Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-04-05
MIR. 0ooIey on the
|. Burning Issue
By F. p. Dunno.

question now befure tn American
people ?"
What dye mean?" asked Mr.. Hen.
messy. 18th tariff"
"Th' tariff" cried Mr.. Dooley. 18th
tariff isn't befure tn American peo-
pie. Thin that tn tariff takes care
w Will take care iv tn tariff. No
sir. Ye don't see anything in tn
pa-apers about tn tariff. 1t may be
there but We don't see it, Tn on'y
burnin question befure tn American
people today is will tn foremos;
American emerge firm tn retirement
to which he gracefully whit afther
Dustin tn map iv tn base pretinder
Munroe an restore tn supremacy iv
tn white race or will he lave tn
larols rest on tn brow ~ tn SHINY
gamban an let tn Cowcasyan sink
slowly back omit We become again
hewers iv wood an drawers iv
wather an chambermaids iv Pullman
tsleepin cars
mo wondher tn country is aggy-
tated. Business waits on tn decision.
There can be no return iv prosperity
till it is settled wan way or tn other
In ivry place where men gather tn
great issue is discussed. All petty
factiOnal differences are frgot in tn
face iv this appalling disaster not to
nation but to a race. A pettyshun
signed be such inflooinchal names as
Willum Hatch Taft, Charles Eliot.
Mary Baker Eddy, Andrew Carnay-
gle, Richard Watson Glider, Harry
Pratt Judson, Woodrow Wilson, Hin
merry Cabin Lodge an Edward Everett
Hale has been stint to tn Greatest
American askin' him fr tn honor ~
civilization 20 abandon tn comfort iv
private life an desthroy tn coon A
bet iv ten thousand dollars at eight
TO five has been made be Lyman Alb
bOtt that johnson won't last twinty
rounds, weigh in at eight o'clock, give
or take ten pounds. TIL short end
was taken be a gintleman who doesn't
want his name mintioned fr BUSH
ness reasons, but is undhershtud to
be prominent in lie an philanthropy
circles.
Yes. sir. tn great heart iv tn ma
tion is torn be anxiety. Down at
Dock O'Leary's office last night afther
him an Father Kelly had had their
usual wan round preliminary over tn
mOdhernist movement tn Great Issue
come up. Prize fightin',' said Dock
O'Leary. is a degradin' an dangerous
sport an shud be suppressed ontil
we are sure Jeffries can take off tn
nicissry weight an be sthrong enough
to knock tn naygur's chimbley off.
says he. I think ony Nv tn deplor-
able moral aspect iv it, said Father
Kelly. But I'll bet-I mean to say /
feel assured be what / have accident
ally read in tn pa-aper that tn
blackamoor cudden't get through tn
big fellows quart with a machine
gum says he. Gentleman. says T..
amy news iv tn TARIFF says l..
What tariff? says tn dock. 7 must
be going sayd Father Kelly. An
there We are.
"All l can say to me fellow coun-
thrymen in thisN great crisis is to
be cam an patient Thrue: this is
wan iv thin times that thries mems
sould. But tn more mominchous TIL
issue the greater tn, need iv self
restraint. There is no occasion fr
onseemly display iv wrath. Each
must do his part in securin' public
ordher. If tn porther iv a sleepin'
car inflamed with pride be tn
triumph iv his race, ordhers We out
iv tn wash-room ontil he has COM
pleted his tilet, do not thry to wrest
tn soap dish firm his hand. Go out
an secure tn cooperation " tn
brakeman an induce tn frind " John
son to lave tn thrain in tn middle iv
tn next suspension bridge. II a
colcred fellow citizen iv a sthreet car
says to we: White scum. remove ye'er
feet firm undher mine do not take
umbrage. 1t NAV be all tn poor man
has. Take tb' brake handle.
Me fellow counthrymen, we can do
no betther thin to follow tn example
iv our illusthrees leader. Like
Washington at Valley Forge, or Lin
coin afther Bulls Run. he is melan-
choly but cam. He knows, none bet
Their, tn extint iv tn calamity that
has befell tn race iv which he is tn
representative with tn wallop. TIL
cry iv millions has reached his ears
an Care, TIL handmaiden Nv Respon-
sibility, has creased his pale an
thoughtful face. He rallies tn
weight that rests upon his shoulders
but tn weight that rests upon his
stummick is a more seeryous matther
Whin approached to declare his intin-
lions he was found deep in thought
afther an exhibition iv tn manly art
iv skippin' tn rope at a vaudeville
theaytre. AS he extinded his hand FIR
another dipper iv champagne. which
is his on'y stimulant. whin available,
durin' his hard thrainin', he raised his
head an exclaimed, 'Watchuwant?
Sir said tn emissary iv tn Press.
not FIR tn Avenin' Blight alone but
in beholf iv sixty millyon white men
who see tn supremacy iv their race
threatened. I ask we will We wrest
tn lorls firm tn grasp iv this Da-
homeyan?' IF We mean, says tn First
American, will / fight tn smoke,
can on'y say, go chase ye'ersilf.'
Let us take these wurruds to
heart It is not nicissry as yet FIR
tn prisidint to proclaim a day iv gin
raj fasting an humiliation. Let us
go soberly about our daily jooties
thrustin' to tn destiny that has guild