The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-05-12


ing little poem, "The Man with the Dough-" and I
advise ye and yer friends to study it,
Tis not gloomy, nor sad, but a spirit of hope of
ask and yell get it, thrills every verse
The author-Pll not tell ye He's too modest;
guess, yell hit it, and if not no harm done; guess
again.
But it's touching, Spots Ye can take me word
for it, and We know I'm authority on the touch.
Spots, have ye heard of Ben Tillman's larrup.
ping OF our Federal judiciary? Amt Ben the dandy
with the ptchfork and don't he toss up stuff that
would break all the teeth out of Roosevelt's muck
rakel
And the way the inventor of the dispensary holds
some OF the legal autocrats up to public view is
matter OF interest to us reformers. He jumped on
me friend, Don Pardee, of the Circuit Court of Ap.
peals, and said he ought to be impeached for en-.
joining the Florida Railroad Commission against re-
ducing fare on the Ellen NJ don't know; don't
pay fare.
But anyway, Spotts Tillman says of the Federal
Judges ne was critcising chat these fellows are
roaming around over the country and doing dirty
work for the railroads when there is any to be
done.'
Sure, and somebody has to do it. Would Ben
deprive the railroads of scavenger help? That kind
OF talk makes me tired it pains me- Tillman must
think that these Judges appointed to serve the
people-an old.fashioned notion that the Senate will
pay no attention to-
Do yee mind, though, how Senator Bacon of
Georgia defended the Judges from Tillmans vitriol
gun! An, there's Democrat for you. And thus
IL appeared to be the expression of the Senate The
railroads nave many expressions in the Senate. The
sense OF humor is lacking just now on account of
the illness of Chauncey Depew, who was the New
York Centrals idea of a joke.
~, But Ilman won't get any Judge impeached
The Senate won't stand for it. ut would be blow
10 our Judiciary system" is the point take.
liar " sm.sch surprise Spots ye heard sim
farther in effect than that of Benjamin. Shall
ten we about its will not, at least with pen, but
when | see we face to face and We give me your
Pleage, / Will the tale unfold the plot unveil, and
snow We picture of Nemesis that I have in me
pocket 80 '''
Forget me silly words, SPOTS, till ! see ye, ye
y Speaking of me friend Pardee reminds me that
H. Hudson Burr says to him "Pm the Florida Rail.
road Commission" Receiving no answer our state
domestic repeated his assertion
81 heard ye" says Pardee; "and We are enjoined"
But I'm r. Hudson Burr"
II don't care il We are Hudson Bay Ye are on.
joined. What more do We want-to be kickedY"
and peaches?"
And with cherubc smile that had cloud of
0"""o'9 VII i'S hoIlLon, f1ealy answered.: Peaches
most ripe, but tricks-pshaw, Pat, I've Numbered,
and may lose me job If could have had YOU
the milk would not have got split. I'm not a mind
reader How the dickens did / know that somebody
would take advantage of me innocence and give the
snap away"
Cheer up, Major" says there's no closed sea-
son Tor suckers, and any time We in doubt about
oait consult me- Me advice is always for me friends
If they have the price,"
We all make mistakes, Spots. We are none Of
us nfallible or immutable, except George Wilson
and he's the only one who thinks that he is.
=. SPOTS, me boy I've heard lot of rot about the
dignity and enjoyment Of work. Don't We believe IL.
It's fake There is no pleasure in it, and il any
body tells ye that there is we figure that he never
tried It, Frank Hough, is it Emerson Houph.
who says there is hardly today who would
not rather play cards all day on a cowskn than
work, and he is a good guesser.
And that brings me down to me point, Spots,
where want to give We a little advice out of me
ample store Don't do any work for a politician
unless he pays we in advances yell never get it other
wise.
Spots, I'd be a millionaire or less II had al