Arizona republican., 1909-03-04

] he cud hear tn thramp " feet " ] citizens all over this fair state march, in to tn polls to vote fir Sweeney. A week or so later he come in to see 1 me We'll says I. I s'pOse ye'er glad about Taft Well, says he, knockin' tn ashes off his cigar an lookin' up 1 at tn ceilin' Yes an mo- he says. agree with some iv his utthrances, | but in other cases he goes too far. do not care to commit mesilf one way or tn other I have written to him. In tn manetime I eXpict to keep an open mind. There may be others who have akel claims on tn 1 prisidincy' says he. But he was | ilicted,' says L He was not says he. ! Thin who waS% says l. I was, says ! he. It is thrue he spoke fr me an gave tn use iv his name to tn head iv tn ticket, he says. Tm not fir | gittin' it. No wan can accuse Peter J. Sweeney iv ingratichood. Amy thing I can do fir Taft, in reason, I'll do.' says he. But says he, I owe a jooty undher tn constitution as a mimber iv tn electhral college, to tn thousands of patriotic citizens who left forge and facthry, workshop. home
 
 polls on tn ides iv last Novimber to cast their impeeryous suffrage fr me; an even me frindship fr Willum Haitch Taft, even me gratichood to him f'r his onselfish support iv me cause cannot swerve me wan i-ota firm me path. he says. Much as I dislike lavin' tn quite iv family life to mingle in tn larger spear iv nap tional pollyticks, me jooty to me thrustin' fellow citizens must lead me on If I find that Taft is tn man best suited fir tn position I'll give it to Taft. But I will considher all can didates dispashnately an ye will not be ashamed iy me choice says he. placin'> his thumbs in tn armholes iv his chest an walkin' up an down tn room with his chin on his chest.
 Perhaps says I, ye'd like appli cations f'r tn job, says l. They will receive proper considhration.' says he. I suppose, says I, 'ye woudden't mind sealed bids with a forfeit enclosed?' says | Well, annyhow, I'm glad that tn future iv tn nation rests on such broad shouldhers. There's on'y wan thing I want ye to reminder, an that is no wan iver grajated firm tn cleo thral coilodge into rale pollyticks,' says L Go now an do ye'er jooty. Be a fearless man. Vote fir anybody ye please, but don't vote at all onless we're sure we're tin fastest runner in collodge firm wan hundherd yards to the Marathon distance says I.
 "Sthrange as it may seem, Hinnissy, no letthers came firm Willum Taft to
 
 pollytician, that Taft He didn't seem to think it was worth concilyatin' Sweeney. an yet up to tn very minyit whin tn electhral colledge met, Sweeney hadn't made up his mind. Wan day he was fr Elihoo Root. An other day he wud remark that he was considherin' Hinnery Cabin Lodge. Another time he says: I wondher If tn cdunthry wudden't be better off undher a good, succissful business man. Dye know amy sich?' says he. I do not says I, 'ontl congress stops talkin' about tn tariff says I.
 50 he wint down to tn electhral colledge an I see him whin he come back Well me old colledge chum,' says I, how was things at ye'er alma mather?' says l. I suppose ye had a fine time singin' tn familyar glees an givin' tn old cheer Have ye arranged a fut-ball match with tn corryspon- dince school? An who did ye ilict prisidnit? says I. We'll says he, I looked thim all over an considhered their qualifications an decided that, | takin' all things into consideration. 1 Taft was tn best that offered among ! I,t Ia I there I found what ye might call tn | consinsus iv opinyon was so sthrong | that Taft was tn man that I didn't | care to express mesilf,' he says. T | didn't tell ye what wud've happened !! to ye if ye'd exercised tn inalyenable | right conferred upon ye. be tn consti- | tution,' says I. No says he, what is | that? Tn same that happens to | amy one that thries to exercise his inalyenabie rights undher tn cOnsti- tution,' says l. The republicans wud | have first chance to give it to ye: I if there were none iv them around tn ! dimmycrats wud give it to ye: an if the dimmycrats were slow. I'd hand it | to ye mesilf as an indepindert.' says I. | I know what it is,' says Sweeney. | Carney told me. l wint to see him before goin' to tn electhral colledge,' | says he.
 50 Sweeney voted fir Taft an all | was we'll Tn proceedin's were very | dignified. In each state iv tn Union tn electhors gathered-men whose names ye will niver see upon tn walls iv the Hall iv Fame, or read in his- thry or even in a tillyphone book, but f names that shud be enshrined in our hearts. They gathered somewhere, tn lord knows where, an tn great pulse iv tn nation stopped while they per formed their sacred function. Sol emnly, in an envelope, acrost wood an | plain, fertile farms an mountain ] range. tn tidings were carried to tn capital iv tn nation an placed rev erently in tn hands iv tn congress iv | tn United States. There was mo- ment iv dhread silence. No wan knew |