The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-11-22
BIG GRAFTERs AND LITTLE.
Mr.. Dooley Discusses Political Hon

Mr.. Dooley Discusses Political Hon.
In Golfers for November IS, Mr..
Dooley, discussing business and po-
litical honesty, among other things,
says:
Its sthrange people can't see it tn
way I do. There's Jawn Cassidy. Ye
know him. He's POLITICIAN or
CRATER. TIL same thing. His graft
is to walk downtown to tn city hall
at s O'Clock ivry mornin' an set on
high stool ontil in tn afternoon
addin' up figures. Ivry week twinty
dollars of tn taxpayers money, twin
ty dollars wrung firm you and me,
Hinnissy, is handed to this boodler.
He used to git tMinty-fve in cloth
ing store, but he is a romantic young
fellow an he thought 'twud be fine
thing to be a statesman. TIL diff renee
! between a clothin clerk an a states
man clerk is that tn statesman clerk
gets less money, an has tn privil-
ege iv wurrukin' out iv Office hours.
Well, Cassidy come in wan night with
thumbs stained firm his unholy call
in Well says I, 'ye grafters ar-re
goin' to be hurled out I says. I sup
pose so, says he. We'll, says he, 1
| wondher what kind iv a business will
it be-" he says, will it tn insurance
| business? tell ye if they iver
| inthrajooce life insurance methods in
our little Doodle Office there'l he
rivolution in this here city. Will i
be a railroad administration, WITH
tn Office chargin ye twice as much
f'r wather as Armour pays? VIII 1t
be tn bankin business, with tn
superintendent takin' tn money out iv
tn dhrawer ivry night an putin in
few kind wurruds on slip iv paper.
What kind iv a business ar-re ye
goin' to use to purify our corrupt
govermint? Look here says he.
I'm goin' out iv pollyticks,' he says.
Me wife can't stand tn sthrain iv
SEEM tn newspaper always refe r.n'
to me be nickname in quo alton
marks I've got me OF job back, an
I've Quit bein a salesman, he says.
But let me tell we something. I've
ben a boodler an CRATER an pub
lie leecl f'r five years, but I used to
be a square business man, an I'm
givin' ye tn thruth whin I say that
business AMT got a. shade on polly
ticks in tn matther iv honesty. TIL
bankers was sth1ong against Null
cahy. But 1 know all about tn
banks. Whin I was in tn clothin'
business Minzenheimer used to have
tn banks overcertify his checks ivry
night. That wud mean two years in
tn stir-bin fr pollytieian, bur
don't see no bankers doin' tn wan
two in tn iron gaIl'ries at Joliet. I
knew a young fellow that wurruked
in q. bank, an he TOT me tn prisidint
sold th' United States Statutes to an
OF book dealer to make room fr
ticker in his office We may be a
tough gang over at tn City Hall. A
foreign name always looks tough
whin' it's printed in rayform idi-
toryal. But, thank th' Lord, no man
iver accused us iv bein' life insurance
prisidints. We ANT buncoin' an
scarin' people with tn fear " death
into morgedgin' their furniture to
buy booze an cigars fr U.S. he says.
We may take bribes because we
need tn money, but we don't give
thin because we want more thin we
need. We're sraftcrs, We say, but
there's nanny dollar pushed over
tn counter iv a bank that Mulcahy
wud uing in tn eye iv tn man that
offered it to him.
." 'Th' pollytican CRAFTS on tn pub
lie an his inimies. It don't seem any
worse to him thin winnin' money on
a horse race. He doesn't see tn
writhing iv tn man he takes tn
coin firm. But these here high
f,-i.ancers CRAFTS on tn public an their
inimies, but principally on their
frinds. Dump yeer pardner is th'
! quickest way to tn money. Mulcahy
wud rather die thin skin frind that
had sthrung a bet with him. But
if Mulcahy was railroad boss in
stead iv a pollytical boss, he wud
sell thin his stock, thin he wud tell
thin tn road was goin' to tn dogs
an make thin give it back to him
f'r nawthin, he thin he wud get out
fav'rable rapport an sell th' stock
to thin again. An he'd go on doin'
this till he'd made enough to be ilict-
ed prisidin iv good government club
Some iy tn bows down at our Office