Arizona republican., 1909-02-07


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 Well Sir" said MT Dooley, "Th' iditor iv this paper is tn comical fel low to be sure"
 Whats he say?" asked Hennessy. He speaks iv Tiddy Rosenfelt as tn retirin' prisidint. Retirin', mind ye A good description. So was me Uncle Mike retirin' whin he attinded tn meetin' iv tn Longshoreman's Union Dancing Class, spilled tn leader iv tn grand march into tn supper, carved his way to tn dure with a thrombone' he'd bOrTid firm a mimber iy tn orchestry, took a kick at tn polisman on jooty there an went home with tn remark. I must rest affher me in tellecchool efforts but I will return anon an clane up what is left Tiddy Rosenfelt wud've been me Uncle Mikes ideel prisidint if me Uncle Mike had not been cut down in his prime at tn age iv eighty-three be in dignation at tn sight iv a Swede pol lytikal parade. They wud've got on fine together if they cud've been kept apart.
 
 dumped back amongst tn tax payin' classes, has been threated like a man with a bad cough an has acted as such. Few wint to see him an none stayed long. Tan bark was put in front iv tn White House an Sinitors an Congressman wint by on their tip toes fir fear they might be asked in. Tn retirin' prisidint spint most iv his n, ,l,s walkin' up an down tn room whistlin' a poplar melody or playin' dominoes with tn Minister firm Paraguay. Con- gress received his messages with re- spictful inattintion an tn newspapers printed careful summaries iv thim at tn bottom iv column three, page four teen. Whin tn palajiunIs iv our lIber- ties spoke iv him at all they said things like: While in tn heat iv de- bate we have sometimes differed with tn chief magistrate an have accused him iv burglary. an while We are not prepared even now to withdraw wan wurrud uttered in manly criticism We must acknowledge tn sintimints iv respict we have always felt fr him as an honest, if perhaps too obstinate a charackter He retires to private life accompanied be tn good wishes iv tn people, in which We heartily jine. It Is melancholy to reflect that he is to be succeeded in office be a common horse thief
 Pictures iv him begun to slip hur- ridly back firm tn front window iv tn news stores an hide thimsilves on a shelf with Cap Hobson an Tod Slone. FIT tn first time in four years tn vice prisidint cud go to tn White House an not be searched f'r conceal ed weepins.
 Its a good thing fr us poor human beings that we don't always hear what other people think about us. That Scotch poet who's frind iv Hogan's was all wrong. He wanted to be able to see himsilf as others seen him. Foolish man! He looked on himsilf as a poet who sometimes took a dhrop too much. Other people looked on him as a dhrunkard who sometimes wrote pothry. No sir; my idee iv good pome is 'Wud some power tn giftie gie us Gt's a horrible dilect tn Scotch) to have ivrybody see us as we see our silves. Pm goin' to have Hogan put that in rhyme. 'Tis a thrue sintimint
 
 asylumS. . So. a prisidint Hinnissy, so long as he has tn power iv removal can keep good opinyon iv himsilf Amy insults hurled at him he can thrace to corrupt inimies. Whin he comes into tn cabinet meetin' tn sicrety iv state whispers to him Congratulations on that letter iv ye'ers to tn Coal an Wood Exchange. It was worthy iv Lincoln. May I ask as a boon firm ye tn pen. that signed It. 'Ye'er lookin grand to-day says tn Sicrety of War How on arth dye keep ye'er good looks-so vivacious,' he says, but so refined he says. What did that fel- low in Congress mean be callin' me gargoyle?' says tn prisidint. Why sir says tn Sicrety iv War. "a gargoyle as ye know, was tn image iv an angel placed in front iv cathedrals to ward off evil spirits. 'Tis a symbol. Ye are