The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-23
institutions an repel TIL outrageous attimpt to

institutions an repel TIL outrageous attimpt to
make us wrrruk overtime.
An there We ar-re. I don't know where
1'iddy Rosenfelt will land onless tits in tn
Middle West, where we're kind " cross be-
tween Harvard an Apache. He's welcome.
Well push over an make room f'r him. Well
find job f'r him. Be hivins, he can have
mine. This here neighborhood is gettin' too
tough f'r me. TIL place needs stronger
hand.
IT'S a great question always with us,
what're we goin' to do with our ex-Pr.sidints.
10 stop bein' Prisidint is like jumpin' out az
balloon without parachute. F'r four or
eight years man is up in tn clouds, an thin
suddenly he is rayquisted to step out into tn
cold March air an rejoin tn boys that have
been lookin' up at him. If he don't step out,
he's pushed, an down he comes. ooh, look at
him. He's gettin' nearer an nearer. We can
SEQ his face now. 1t amt much iv face afther
all. Is that tn face wo thought so sthrong?
Well, well His clothes don't fit him. His
neckte amt on straight. He's very fat. Hear
him talk He talks TIL same foolish way we do
His voice squeaks. Twas TIL PRESIDENCY that
made it seem SO sthrong. TIL White House is
a gr-reat soundin' boord In weeks time he's
wan iv us, no more, no less. Polismen move
him on if he stands on tn corner too long He
has got to do something to make Twin. He
takes up bankin' a few weeks ago he cud've
closed amy bank in tn country, an now he
can't keep a bank iv his own open. He thries
to practice law, an q Judge that wanst come
into his office on his stummick now gives a
hearty smile at his argymints. There's nawthin'
ho can do as well as somebody else. Our old
Frind Rutherford B. Hayes was good Prisidint
f'r wan that got into tn job with a dark lantern
an a jimmy, but as a raiser iv chickens there
wasn't an old lady with four cochin chinys in
Ohio that didn't look down on him. 1t makes
q lot iv difference in TIL game whether ye're
dealin' or bettin'. I'm a lofty an imposin' man
toye, Hinnissy; but what kind " a figure wud
Lieut. on ye'er side " TIL bar? No, Sir, take
back what / said about giyin' up me job as
Prisidint iv this bar to Tiddy Rosenfelt. He
can't have it. Pm candydate Fl reelection
IF tn tenth term, an TIL divyle take George
Wash'nton an his example.
Yes, Sir, It's great question what we'll
do with our ex-Prisidints. But 4. amt ra-aly
much " question afther all, dye mind. It's
something / think " whin I've read through
all tn advertisements in tn pa-apers, wound
me watch counted up TIL cash, an am waitin'
f'r some 'hriflin amusement like a visit firm
you, There's nawthin' else to think ", an I
think about that. But if ye think much about
anything, no matther how thriflin' it may be,
it gets to be as a big as a lone house painted
red. begin to think " nawthin' but our ex-
Prisidints. They threaten TIL land. They OBJ
scure tn SUM- They're divastatin' our crops.
Pm no sooner settled down to sleep thin an
ox-Prisidint is knockin' at TIL dure seekiu'
shelter. I must get up an give him me bed
an go to sleep on tn flure Tn ex-Prisidints
will eat us out " house an home. They'll in
crease 80 that in few years respectable people
will have no say in tn governmintsiv TIL coun-
thry. They'll be formin' unions an leagues;
they'll boss US; they'll tyrannize over us; we
won't be able to say our souls ar-re our own.
On th' other hand, if we don't threat thin
right, what'll happen? They'll have to take to
ignoble pursoots; ex-prisidints will be pam