The farmer and mechanic., 1907-03-12
By F. p. DUNNE

iurm im ih beoth. Tgses te a1i ogtY~
pied be wFtth8u' free men. c4l4su 8m
sthr4uEjeJ voices Er SesuseeEau tu lleht
ia candle - theNn -. sure fh*A aAu.f
Nakin th rrhybiiEou ticket tt g8lscss
sheets eNer ;h' front Is an booths wave
au ar-re pushed uHf Ike th curtains
~ pullman car uutu A fst fuHn is
disves> inside while fn thran -
eoIu rIand curve. Iu ttuv a free
mau bursts through with p,E~pS f18tiHa
Ieoria down Hi~ uaSv hUYl~ ht~ ~uG-
fragr II tn Judge Az staSE~r~ uut- !
plunge io. sharpen al uuch D. load
pencil b, r-utiiu' Il With mv tteti8.
mutiiute me ballot NJ TIA top ST. lis
3lmm4 cratic column. an run fr ne
life
"Cul iudy % that / ASK 81 So
SIT. tlS np Jpb fr n fair las men
Nurruk. Molly Dpuahue wants "A vote
tut though she cud buuu1 kamHcbat-
ka "a .ti>lly aS ye cud this pgcciui size
amt CYaltied Cr L. It's meant fr
sr-reat sturdy American pathritcs lake
Mulkowsky IN Ponaeky down IN
~thrcet. lie don't know yet that he
amt Votin' fr tn King ~ poland IL
thinks he's still oyer there prctindln
10 be z horse instead il 4 free Amert-
can giVin an imitation is steam
dhredgc
'.on tn first Choosday afther TIA
first Monday in November an April
4 man goes around 10 his house.
wakes him up. leads him down tn
sthreet an votes him IN way ye'd
wather a horse He don't mind inhaiin'
tn air iv liberty in a livery stable.
But If Molly Donahue Wint u vote
in a livery stable. I'll first thing she'd
do wud be 10 get a broom. sweep up
tn fluIe. open tn windows. diSinfecs
tn booths, take tn harness firm tn
walls. an hang up pitcher iY \iagary
be moonlight. chase out tn watchers
an polls, remove tn seegars. make tn
judges get a shave. an p'raps invaly
date tn iliction. Its no job fr her.
an | told her 80.
We demand q vote, says he All
right. says j. take mine. Its old. but
its trustworthy an durable. II may
look a little tn worse f'r wear fr'
bein hurled again a Republican ma
jority in this country fr forty years,
but it's all right Take my vote an
use ii as ye please says /. an III get
an hour or two exthry sleep iliction
day mornins,' says J. I've voted SO
often I'm tired iv it anyhow. says l.
But says /, Why shud annywan 50
young an beautiful as We want 10 do
anything 50 foolish as 10 vote says
l. Amt we intelligent enough says
she. 'Ye're too intelligent says L.
But intelligence don't give ye vote.
What does thin, says she. We'll.
says |. enough iv We at wan time
ar-re there in we're Woman's Rights
Ciub?' 'Twinty says she. Make it
three hundred says l. an yel be on
ve'er way. Ye'er mother doesn't want
it. does she? No, nor ye'er sister
Katie? No. nor yeer cousin. nor ye'er
aunt? All that illiction day means to
thin is tn old man goin' off in tn
| mornin' with a light step an fire in his
| eye an comm home too late at night
| with a dent in his hat. newsboys hol-
| lerin exthrics with tn news that fifty
| four voteS had been cast in tn third
precint in tn sivnth ward ut O'Clock.
/ an Packy an AloysiuS stealth bar'ls
! FIRM tn groceryman fr tn bonc-iirc.
! + they ivcr join yc an make up their
! minds to vote, they'll vote. Yc bet
/ they Will
'Yc sec. twas his way votin' come
about In III beginnin' ony tn king
! bad vote. an iNrNbodY else Was u
/ Chinyman or IN Indyan. Tn king
/ clapp"d his crown OH his head an
/ vint down to tn polls. marked a cross
/ III tn head il tn column where his
| name was. an Wint out to. cheer tn
! returns. Thin tn Jocks got sthrong.
!! an says they. 'Notin seems q healthy
exercise an we'd like 10 thry it. Give
! rs tn franchise or We'll do things to
| ye.' An they got it. Thin it Vint down
! through tn earlS an tb' markiSrS an
! tn rest iv tn Doolcy family. till hn'lly
i all iIldI WIS Icft ~ II WIS IiunS IL III
! iGn-rant masses like finniSSy. bcCauS"
! they made a lot IL noise an threatened
/ t. set fire to tn barns.
! An there yc ar-re. Ven nivcr
! got it bc askin tn polls rr it. No
] wan iver got his rights FRI IN polls
! man. an be tn same token, there ar-rc
| no rights worth havin' that a polsman
! can keep ye firm gettin'. Tn ladies
! " London ARE followin' the right
/ coorse. ony there ain't enough iv Thin
l. there were forty thousand iv thin
| al-rmed with hat pins an prepared 10
/ plunge tn anne into tn stomachs iy
/ til inimies v female suffrage. an
/ If instead " faintin' in tn arms iV
| tn constablry, they charged an pune
tured thin an broke their way into
| tn House iv Commons, an pulled the
! Wig off the speaker. an knocked tn
/ hat over tn eyes iv Sir Camel Banner
m3n. it wuddn't be long before some
/ mim5pr wud talk in his sleep in their
/ favor. Ye bet, If ye-er suffrage club
was composed iv q hundred thousand
i sturdy ladies ARMED with Tollin'
| pins. hroomS. mops. potato masheES.
! stove iiftcrs. an IN other wecpins that