The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31
MR. DOOLEY, JR.
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''Wint to Washington the other
day. said Mr.. DooIey, An inj'Yed
meSilf enormous.
See amy wan ye knoHed said
Mr. Hennessy.
"Shure, Oi am well acquainted in
the capital city" responded Mr.. Doc
ley 'say me ould frien' Bill Tat tn
same as was in Granesboro racintly
an escaped jist in tonne TO save him
silf. lie told me it was cxcruciatiu'
plashure thot was his whin he fit th'
car wheels giratin' undher him goin'
away from Granesboro.
''DOoley," SAYS ne, "Oi have been To
tn barbrous FilIypilcs an visited tn
Whoitc House tonne or two, an
thot eschape Of moine from yurc
Sthate was tn closest shave Oi iver
had.
Oi told him tn b'ys was on their
ears q little bit thOt nSight but ii
didn't think there was amy rale dan
ger, but he shook his haid and smoilel
at me.
All Dooley" says he, "Oi know
fellcrs betther than ye do. Oi have
been Ground more and Oi am firmly
convinced thot should Oi hey shtayed
in Granesboro over nolsht, Oi niver
Wud hey been Prisidint."
Oi left him thin an wint over to tn
Bond buildin. TIL porther looked at
me suspicious an cunnin'.
''Phat ye want?' says he sharply.
"Oi want to see me ould comrade
Misthcr Butler" says Oi, him as usto
be sinator from tn State iv Sampson. -
''Phats yure name?" says tn por-
ther
me name be domned' says OF,
'phat We so chasey about
We'll, says he, we see, Misther
Butler IS ingaged in maxim a new
map iv North Carolina, an he can't
be dishturbed.'
Then Oi wint e=Sadly away. OF
shtrolled down to tn Raleigh an set
down. Whin OF done thot Oi heard
voices thot sounded familiar. an Oi
looked around, an bejabbhcrs, there
was Misther Butler an JedGc Adams,
talkin' confidential Oi hastens to pay
me rashpects. They was real glad to
see me, Hinnissy, an Oi squared me
shoulders an looked with har-rd cold
Dyes at tn hunerd iV enViOuS pa-aple
thot was lookin' on whole Oi chatted
with two distinguished shtatesmen.
'Ye ar-re tn very mon we want says
tn Jcdgc Me an Marion here is
plannin' a little Group de tate, aint we,
Butler an Marion shtroked his van
dyke. Set down, Dooley, says he.
Adams, We betther lemme manige thit
little matther.' says he, FIR ye know
IOi am good hand at Wurrkin'
schames.' TIL Jedge was agreeable an
we wint into tn Details
'Dooley,' says Marion, me an
Adams is goin to see if we can't break
into tn Washington Post tomorrow,
an git oft some real Warrum atmis
phere about our chanct down home.
We hev got to impriss it on tn mOinds
v some iv these pa-aple up here thot
we ar-re all to tn Ru1lWeiser, if We
Iar-re to git phat we want out iv tn
kitchen. We want ye to help us push
tn deal through. an We can git d lit
tie bit printed about vuresilf whole
ye ar-re at it. Tell thin about
Charles Frinch Toms an tn hunerds
an thousands iv whoite men thot
ar-re toired iv tn Dimichrats gittin
bate all tn tonne an niver hevin' no
FideraI patronage.
SO We fixed it all up, an prisintly
Ialong come wan iv them domn ra-
porthers, an tn Sinator called him.
Say. we want to sit interviewed a
| little, hev shegar." TIL raporther got
out his books an shtarted to WROTE.
Hold on says Marion. I'VE don't
want to throuble ye at all, at all, an
to save ye throuble. we jist wrote out
Iphat we want to say. Jist take this
an put er in Fl us. Ye know Jedge
! Adams, don't ye, candidate f'r Con-
griss in 1898, candidate f,r guv'ner in
1900, former jedge in Injun Terri
tory. an chairman iv tn anti-Black-
| burn crowd down at Granesboro, Okla
lhoma-ah, .er, OF name North Caro-
| lima, little Shtate down here thots got
some bonds. Oklahoma is where me
oil wells is. This gintlemin Misther
| Dooley. but he aint nothin' prepared
fr publication, SO ye can jist wait till
/ he comes up mkt tonne
Divil bit iv it We won't says
| OF. 'domn ye, Marion Butler says Oil
| 'Oi am gOn' to be interviewed same
as tn rist iv ye. Oi aint niver sued me
Shtatc an OF hev niver been bate in
me own ward. Jedge, but Oi voted fr
I've, Butler, Whin ye was a pop an Wint
about tn Shtate swearin' thot tn two
| ould parthies was rotten an tn farm
ers must vote Fl ye if they wanted TO