The sun., 1908-12-20
PULLOF TIE hon. WIN. MAGEE.
THIS POLITICALB0SINESS1SN'T
ALL HARDWARE.
Here's q Girl Might Have Been Cutting
Up Sausage to This Day for All Tim
Finn Did About Rt-The Hon. William
Works the Oracle and Gets . Vote.

Finn Did Aboutlt-The Hon. william
Works the Oracle and Gets . Vote.
The Honorable william Magee when
once be has somsthing on his mind does
not brook Interruptions. He likes to tell
the story himself -ti, t.'f4 - b.. =
This amt no ohinning match," he re-
marked one day -Tn yohi to hear
what I've got to say you've got to tie q
string to your facs and let ierbusz away
for myself. Sure, I'llhsve one. Thanks!'
Then he began TO blow rings into the
air, with the implication that presently
he would reveal his we'll ordered Thoughts,
Before take the drop" said he, after
he had launched the third ring,"I want to
tell YOU this. II fellah's my friend
he's my trienG. and II find thatShe's In
wrong I'll get ON. a train at midnight and
travel until tomorrow night to lift him
out. But cay" and she paused for the
space of half dozen rings-"if fellah
hands me one-goed might! It's all over
with him. Sure it is. I'll skin a crook
If it takes week=two 'weeks! ) 49, -.
Well. Youknow my district? It's the
heofagood district, and I'm it. I'm 1t.
Take a squint at the line Of dead ones
that hang around these political head
quarters. At home they don't count one.
two, three. And what do,they land here?
Nix. But I'm III right. And why? That's
easy In my district cut ice.
WHAT How do l do it? Well, say.
Take guess at that yoarsah.y(S -
The Honorable William paused, in
order doubtless to give an opportunity
for guessing Then he went, on, and in
the corner Of his eye there was something
to indicate that he might notyteH after all
Il had story up my sleeve that was
going to spring on yoH Do you waht Do
hear it or don't you? You do? Huh!
There was fellah over in my district
named Murtz!-Jack Murtz. He used to
train with Tim Finn. You know Tim Fnn'
What? You don't know Tim Finn? Well
that amt no shock to me. I'm glad you
don't. He's the Democratic leader In my
he ain't good enough. \'That'is; he's good
man, considering what he is. Between
you and me. be's the helpfamap. Bpt
that's part 81 the story. = ~: g ~ o.
1T was with him that lack used to run
around, as | was telling you and for
about year he was one of Finp's cap
tains But that was while ago, and Jack
was pretty young, anyhewTs ..rsa =.
Well say. Jack got in mess one night
when he was out with Tim Finn. and he
rot pinched for it. Itiwas Such a helefaA
mess that they put him away. for two
wears. What was IL that he got Ijugged
for? Huh? Well, it wasn't for speeding
TO automobile.
Now, you know that when. fe,lah
gets put away for something like that.
when he comes out again he can't vote Z.
Sure he loses his citizenship. He's just
like kid or dip, or a new dago., Sure.
that's it-or a woman
Welt, it ,wasap,to Tim Finn to sauar
.h IN up and get back h is right to vote
especially when it was Tim that helped
him get sn!tched. No, it amt much of
rick not when you're in right. That
i, it didn't use to be It's the Governor
mat does it,
But you see Tim wasn't in right, being
what he was. There hasn't been Demo-
cratic Governor of this State for helof.
awhile. and of course Tim didn't stand
That was in the days when a leader had
a chance. It's different now. Good
night! gina Finn would get chin with
Who's Who just as easy as the Honorable
William Msgee. But in the time I'm
telling you Of it was helofaiot different
A helofalot.
so Jack when he came home blew
INTO my house one night and had a buzz
with me. Sure he does. He tells me how
it happened, what a young fellah he was
u hen he did it. and how he just fell in
hesdforemost and didnt know, ! could
100 Tim Firms funny business all the way
through, but he didn't say anything about
him. I wassorTy for daot and when he
wont away told him was his friend.
What's that? What are you wan ting
to knSiS now? Say, who's motorman on
so parts TO this story, and know where
l'n goiug better than you.
A couple Of nights after that ! was in
-luSG GGe.t,tete around the corner troip
NJ" hG,lse SIRE, it was a salsag store
hat you doing. kidding me? The feilah
that runs it was one Of my captains and
vet. One. Of the best ip the, world.
fo,,bias softly. ike that You look as
,b,rqh you had lost your district
Blu says he, come in the once a
runutc. Vvefgot someting on my mind.
Say. that Office was about as big as
,av \ you enter telephone booth. sat
,oyn and he stood with his back to the
door There wasn't room for him To- sit
1uNn too Then he says, pointing be-
Look out there. ~
+ took a s1uint through the door az
Io,t I could ard saw his daughter out
IN" saHing np} some sausage asks
, oll.
Look at her face. says be. ...,. 4
" eli? asks again.
m sorry for the girl, says he.
amt says l. because don Know
lat the trouble is =
It's the helofamess, Gays he, and there
N" r'ut> the oil.
You know this fellah Jack Murtz?
Sure says !. he's my friend
HIM and the girl says he w1thout
oomng UP foS wind, used to run around
togeher-before they put him away. !
hen he went I told her that I'd never
let him in my house again. She didn't
-av ANYTHING She never does, put i
thought after while that she'd forgot
about him.
She hadn't The other day, just after
he'd got out, she was standing there where
Won see her now aud she saw him cross
the street right here in front @f the store
and then 90 up the sidewalk on the other
SIDE thought she was going to fall over
~ faint. A couple OF women pointeo
after him, and then she looked worse.
But she didn't say a word.
Bill says he after a. while. that kfnd
q got me. I went out and began to sound
around TO find what people thought OF
him And you We heard the stories about
how Tim Finn put. him up TO It, ana all