The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
HIS LAST WORD TO VOTERS.
BY F. p. puNNE.
Copyright, 1904, by NJ cclure. Philips & Co.

be tn dimmycrats to capture tn ray publican vote which strangely enough, has not been consistently dimmycratic in past years. At tn arly age iv fifty, Judge Parker, fr he it is, suddenly ap- peared on tn pollytical horyzon an since thin f'r six months at least he has stead fly grown ontil now he is beginnin to talk an has all his teeth but not so nanny as his opponent or so few as his companyon on tn dimmycrat ticket. Judge Parker's eandydacy was first heard in a whispet which soon swelled into a roar fir m Willum Jennings Bryan. He is manly courageous man as his goold tillygram Wud tend to show It r-read as follows: Boys. if ye've nomynated me an there's no backin out, I'm ir- revocably solid f'r tn goold standard Judge Parker Is a frind iv tn wurrukin' man an numbers such labor leaders as August Blmont an George Foster Pea body among his closest assocyates. He rayceives thim often as they come up in their overalis firm tn bank. Nanny peo- pie ar-re opposin' him because they think he is a man iv too decided opinyons an wan who, If ilicted, wud plunge tn coun- thry into a great an disastrous sleep. I won't go that far. While l think, Hin missy, he prob'bly exceeds tn bounds iv caution, ye must raymimber that he Is a young man an that his judicyal thrain- in has made him little teeny mite rad ical. I'm sure iyry dimmycrat heart was fired be his utthrances las week.
 " I am,' says he, irrevocably fir goold standard but wud sind best regards to Willum Jennings Bryan he says. I de- nounce tn tariff as a crool an un-Ameri- can ncissity,' he says. I abomynate tn thrusts. On. if I had wan here now. wudden't do a thing to it. But there ar-re good thrusts an bad thrusts. I wud not desthroy thm. What good wud that do? 1 wud coax thim, he says. I wud tache thim to ate out iv tn hand. If they ct th hand that wud be their mistake says he. As fir me views on tn Ph'lippeens,' he says, they ar-re very decided. I wud get out iv that unhappy spot at wanst, nex year, some time. I wud lave thim unhappy people to bask in their own wretchedness,' he says, 'as soon as they ar-re in condition to be free which may be niver, he says. AS f'r tn rest iv me views he says, what dye want?' An there ye ar-re. Wud- dent that fire tn heart iv amy dimmy crat? Wudden't it almost fire tn heart out? I tell ye, Hinnissy, that If ye wud not see this counthry over-run with cor morant thrusts an dimmycratic thrusts without a coat to their backs, if ye love ye CT cOunl0Ty DeltHeT lIln ye eT party an we're a dimmycrat, yell vote fir AL ton B. Parker, tn peoples choice nearly
 T will lightly skip over tn other can dydates. Thomas K. Watson, tn can- dydate iv tn popylist party Is in tn race to stretch his legs an improve his voice. It is doin' him good, an he will get tn popylist vote as well as his own. Eugene V. Debs. tn socylist candydate. stands a good chance If somebody don't get out an injunction again him. | ray mimber him kindly because 1t was through him that me frind, Grover Cleve- land, was injooeed to sind some Swede sojers to shoot at me whin I wint fir me mornin' sthfoll in tn Stock Yards. If Debs Is ilicted, all tn money in tn wurruld will be divided among tn pec- pie afther Wall Sthreet has been helped If ye vote fr Debs ye vote fir a good man an I will sometimes call on ye whin ye are not vi'lent I will on'y refer briefly to Ransom w. Swallow, tn prohybitionist candydate hence tn name"
 ''Ye needn't go on," said MT. Hennessy.
 'swell, that's all I have to say" said MT. Dooley "Ye have all tn facts. Act accordin'ly. On'y raymmber in marlSin' ye'er ballot that if ye thry to vote fir Debs fr prisidint an tn prohybitionist candydate fr vice-prisidint whose name escapes me fir tn moment an I hope longer, ye are lfble to break tn pencil"
 How ar-re ye goin' to voter" asked MT. Hennessy.
 That" said MT. Dooley, lis between me an me conscience an I'm not sure I'll aven tell me conscience this year"