The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
MR. COOLEY ON SIR ALECK
BY F. F. DUNNE. Copyright 1907. by H H. Mcclure & Co. inc. |MuguMRGuIrMH MMaMuNuMuguMRuIEur

sisted that they accept tn hospitality iv neighboring dockA Sir Ali Jones even pressin' tn hospitality so Tar as to threaten to throw thim overheard if they didn't lave at wansr.
 "Ye may guess. Hinnissy, what a sac riflce our cousins were makiu' to men and women that they'd niver met be- fure nor hoped to meet again, but that were bound to thlm be a language com mon to both. though spoken through diffrent features iv tn face. FIT m luxuryous dock was open to tn gin'- rous sun be day an tn kindly moon be night. 1t had niver been used except to store molasses rum, an colored gen. tlemen., an twas swept be ocean breezes always, be tn ignobie broom seldom. Our fellow citizens were so much gratifed be this almost over- whelming outburst " hearty old Eng fish hospitality that they passed res- olutions askin' tn United States Gov ernment to land supplies in Kingston be inclosin' thim in twelve-inch shells an shootin' thim at tn Goy'nors pal ace. st
 ''Th' Admiral proceeded on shore an wint to make an offlcyal call on tn Gov'nor. Tn reciption was charack- teristic iv that old fashioned good cheer that commerce an tn greed iv Americans is desthroyin' Tn Admiral was allowed to stand in tn outside of- flee fir as long a time as he wanted. Thin a ruddy, janial face appeared at tn dure an says, James, tell him I've gone away to stay till nineteen hun dherd an eight
 Here. Hinnissy, I'd like to read ye a sketch tv this gr-reat man that has done so much to bind two sister nations in perfect knot an to show that rr1Qx Do soIr ter heads are thicker still. Sir Aleck Sweatingham was born in Forthring- ham Court Road in tn year eighteen thirty-four. He was a mimber iv an illusthrees family that had not been out iv tn parish f'r four cinchries. Arly in life he showed traits that marked him fir diplomatic career. No wan cud get along with him. At six he kicked maiden lady who offered him gingerbread; at nine he bit tn parson who thried tc make him a present iv a dhrum. Such traits cud not be lightly pushed aside. It was clear that he was destined be nature to rule over tn swarthy thribes upon whom alone the sun iv England sets an sets hard.
 While still a mere youth he was dts patched to tn Island iv BoolooIoo, in tn Indyan Sea, where he soon made a name fr himself be formin' the native Rajahs into a Church iv England De- hnse League. His rise was rapid. First appointed in thirty-four, in sixty three he was promoted to tn Gov'norship iv tn popylous Island iv Gazip. in the Gulf iv Baf, population. 1860, twoI white, five millyon blacks; salary. two millyon pice (f50J. In rulin' this dif1- cult province he made a Er-reat repy- tation, which extended as far as tn borders iv Swat A man iv iron. cold an hard. he inthraJooced hanson cabs dhrawn be natives instead iv tn old fashioned rickshaw. induced tn Ratah to throw away his pagan turban an adopt tn more seemly stovepipe hat, started muffin bakery. an took steps to abolish plural marredges.
 Fourteen years later & still more important honor was lavished on him. Whin tn Gov'norship iv PIaguetown. on tn East Coast, was made vacant tn, last name that occurred to tn ColonvaI Office was Aleck Sweatingham, an he was appinted. Afther survivin' fir iliyen years in this arjoos post he was again promoted at tn request iv tn on'y other white man in tn colony, an rayceiyed tn important post iv Gov nor iv Jamaica, an honor which few achieve an still fewer desire. This completes tn career iv tn gr-reat man. which may soon ber-rounded out be his bein' fired. Anywhere he wint he made frinds where he'd been befure. In all tn counthries where he ruled he left n reputation fir janiality am repose. All taste. he niver had 1t with him whin he showed up at tn new job.
 'It was mighty statesman that our