The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
POWER OF THE PRESS.
Mr.. Dooley Has a Few Words to Say
About the Newspapers.

Of. p. Dunno in American Magazine)
''Th' printed wurrudi What can L do
against it? l can buy gun to protect
ME against the inimy. I can change me
name to save me firm gran jury. But
there's no escape f'r good man or Dad
fr m tn printed wurrud 1t follows me
wheriver L go an SthrikeS me down in
church, in me office, in me very home.
There was me frind Jawn D. Three years
ago he seemed insured against punishment
ayether here or hereafter. A happy man,
a religious man. He had squared tn lig-
islachures, tn coorts, IN politicians an
tn Baptist clergy. He saw tn dollars
hoppin' out iv ivry lamp chimbley in tn
Wurruld an hurryin' tOrd him. His heart
was pure SEEM that he had niver done
wrong save in tn way Nv business. His
head was hairless but unbowed. 1vry
Mondah mornin' l read iv him leadin'
chorus iv Onward Christyan sogers
with tn wurruld, tn flesh, an tn divvle.
A good mani What cud harm him? An
so 1t seemed he might proceed to tn
grave whin' 10 an behold, up in his path
leaps a lady with a pen in hand anT off
goes Jawn u. FIR tn tall timbers. A lady,
mind we. dips pen into an ink well.
There's an explosion an what's left Nv
Jawn d. an his power wudden't brighten
crows away firm a corn field. Who's
afraid iv ROCKEFELLER now? TIL prisidint
hits him a kick, a country grand jury
indicts him, a goluf caddy overcharges
him an whin he comes back firm Europe
he has many polishmen to meet him
on tn pier as Doc Owens. A year ago,
anybody wud take his money. Now If
he wanted to give it even to Chancellor
Day he'd have to meet him in a barn at
midnight.
mo. sir. as Hogan says. 1 care not who
makes tn law or tn money iv a country
was talkin' about it tn other day There
amt anything like il an there niver
was. says he. All tn priests in this do
cese together preach to about a hundred
thousand people wanct a week an, he
says, all tn papers preach to three mill
yon wanct day. aye, twinty times
day. he says We give We hell on Sun
dahs an they give we he'll all tn time,
he says. "Tis a wonderful thing he
says 4 see a bar'l iv printers ink.
bar'l iv linseed lie an lampblack. with a
smell to IL that's half stink an half per-
fUme But l tell We If all tn dinnymite
lyddite. cOrdite an gun cotton in tn wur-
ruld wuz hid behind thin hoops there
wUdden't be as much disturbance in that
barl as there is in tn messy stuff that
looks like so much tar he says. Printer s
ink, A dhrop iv it on wan little wurrud
in type he says, will blacken tn fairest
name in Christendom or he says, make
a star shine on tn lowliest brow, he says
1t Will find its way into millyonS Nv
homes an hearts an memories, ii will
go through iron dures an stone walls an
Will carry some message that may turn
tn current iv ivry life it meets, firm tn
Emperor iv Chiny to tn baby in IN cradle
in Hannigan'S flat he says. 1t may undo
a thousand prayers or start a millyon. It
can't be escaped. 1t could dhrag me out
iv me parish house tomorrah an make
me as well known in Pekin as / am in
Halsted sthreet, an not as fav'rably. To-
day tn pope may give me no more
thought thin he gives Kelly tn rowlin'
mill man. Tomorrah he may be readin'
about how great or bad 1 am in tn
Popylo Romano. It's got death beat a
mile in levelin' ranks.
" Yes. sir says he. tn hand that rocks
tn fountain pens is tn hand that rules
tn wurruld. TIL press is FIR tn whole
universe what Mulligan was FIR his beat.
He was tn best polishman an tn worst
liver knew. He was terror to evil do
rybOdy whin he was dhrunk. Martin I
dErink TO tn la-ads all over tn wurruld
who use tn printers ink. May they not
put too much iv tn fred stuff in it an
may il niver go to their heads