The independent., 1907-03-14

got up in their might an demanded
a vote
"A what?' cried Mr.. Hennessy
"A VOTE said Mr.. Dooley.
9TH shameless viragoes," said Mr..
Hennessy What did they doT'
''Well, sir" said Mr.. Dooley, IAN i'm
mense concoorse iv forty iv thin gath
cred in London an marched up to tn
house iv commons, or naytional dormi-
tory, where a loud an almost universal
snore proclaimed that debate was
ragin over tn bill to allow English
gintlemen to marry their deceased
wife's sisters befure tn autopsy In tn
great hall iv Rufus some iv the might
lest male intelecks in Britain slept
undher their hats while an impassioned
orator delivered a hem stitched speech
on tn subject iv tn day to tn attintive
knees an feet iv tn ministry. 1t was
into this ASSEMBLY 1v tn first gintle-
men iv Europe that we see on ye'er
way to France that tn furyous females
attimpted to enter. Undaunted be th
stairs iv tn building or tn rude jeers
iv tn mutichood they advanced to tn
very outside dures iv tn idifice. There
an overwhelmin' force iv three polls
men opposed thin. What dye want,
NUM- asked the polls. We demand
tn suffrage says tn commander iv
tn army iv freedom.
Th' brutal polls refused to give 1t to
thin an desp'rate. battle followed.
TIL ladies fought gallantly hurlin' cries
iv brute monster cheap ct cethry
at tn constablry. Hat pins were
drawn. Wan lady let down her back
hair; another, bolder thin tn rest. done
,.Fl toi n I'd
p'raps rendered insane be sufferin' fr
a vote. sthruck burly ruffyan with a
Japanese fan on tn little finger iv tn
right hand. Thin tn infuryated officers
iv tn law charged on tn champeens iv
liberty. A scene iv horror followed.
Polismen seized ladies by tn arms an
led thin down tn stairs; others were
carried out fainting by tn tyrants. In
a few minyits all was over, an naw-
thin but three hundred hairpins re-
NAMED to mark tn scene iv slaughter.
Thus, Hinnissy. was another battle FIR
freedom fought an lost"
TT sarves thin right" said Mr.. Hen
messy. "They ought to be at home
finding tn babies"
"a thrue statement an sound
argymint that appeals to ivry man.
P'raps they havn't got any babies. A
an tn hand that rocks tn cradle sill
dom has time FIR amy other luxuries.
But why shud we give thin a vote,
says |. What have they done to intye
this here impeeryal suffrage that we
fought an bled fr. Whin me fore
fathers were followin' George Wash
'nton an sufferin' all tn hardships that
men endure campin' out In vacation
time, what were tn women dom? They
were back in Massachusetts, millkin'
tn COW. mendin' socks, followin' tn
ploW. plantin corn, keepin' store, shoe
in horses, an pursooin' tn other frivol-
Gus foIies iv tn fair but tickle sect
Afther Ih, war our brave fellows came
back to Boston an as a reward f'r their
devotion got a vote apiece, IL their
wives had kept tn Pilgrim fathers that
stayed at home firm foreclosin' tn NOR
gedge on their property. An now, be
hivens, they want to share with us
what we won
"Why, they wudden't know how to
vote They think it's an aisy job that
amy wan can do, but 1T amt It's
mans wurruk, an a sthrong mans
with sthrong stomach. | don't know
anything that requires what Hogan
calls tn exercise iv manly vigor more
thin votin' It's tn hardest wurruk |
do in III year. get up befure daylight
an thramp over in tn cold to tn Tim
pie iv Freedom. which is also tn office
iv a livery stable. Wan iv tn Judges
has cold in his heat an closes all
the windows. Another judge has built
roarin fire in a round stove an is
cookin' red-hots on it. TIL room is lit
with candles an karosene lamps, an Is
crowded with pathrites who haven't
been ia bed. At tn dure are two or
thlce polismen that maybe we don't
care 10 meet. Dock O'I,eary says he
don't know anything that'll exhaust
tn mir iv n room SO quick as polls
man In his Winter unyform. All tn
pa, ,hrites an as tn pa-apera call thin.
III high priests iv this here sacred
rite. ar-rc sln0iSin' IN best seegars that
m token money OF our country can
buy
"In IN pleasant warmth iv tn fire.
IN harness on th walls glows an puts
out tta own peculiar aromy. tn owner
IN the Hanchooary iv Liberty comos la,
ahakes 40 a bottle iv IMMINENT made w