The Irish standard., 1910-10-22

IN ~
"Turn Up Some Dirty Story About
Him." Said Liftey RIuntIy.
Van Slyke. "Gormly will wake them
up too"
| IL guess we'll have to fall back on
Mr.. Warren and his administration. -
said Haldane.
Gentlemen" began Warren SEN
| tentiously, II shall always be glad to
serve the people and-er--ny friends
and supporters in any Office TO which
may be chosen
We'll take care OF that" Interrupt
ted Liffey contemptuously.
I'm order TO make it regular" said
the district attorney, II propose that
we all declare here and now our pref
erence for our candidate. don't
hesitate TO say that | think Warren is
the best man we can get. he know
him; we know just exactly what We
can expect from him. He Is rather
liked by the people. and his connec-
ton with this little ring here is not
too obvious"
Il guess that suits me-" returned
Lfrey.
Habberley and Cornell agreed, and
Van Slyke and his colleague also as
sented
Now" said Lirey, 1--WE got some.
thing else to propose. What do you
think as to the likelihood of Gormly's
gittin or acceptin' the nomination OF
the outs?"
II think he could get it by turning
over his hand" answered Haldane !;
but ! think it is extremely unlikely
that he'll accept it. He told me that
he intended to run az an absolute in
DEPENDENT; not to be tied to any party
whatsoever"
They'll offer him the nomination
sure" said Connell They amt never
had such chance as he'll present
since I've been chief OF police, and
that's nearly twenty years"
We'll, if he won't accept it, that'll
make them all sore as the devil" said
Habberley.
Exactly" interposed Liffey, land
therefore l propose that we make a
nonpartisan ticket to run against him
that We divide the offices between the
ms and outs; reservin' to ourselves
the most important and vital ones. OF
course, but givin' the outs enough to
make 'em feel good, let EN- git their
fingers into the public pie for few
pickin's, and so on. We can easily
do that without losin' too much. and
we'l present q united front against
him."
"A united front of all the grafters
thieves, blackguards. financiers, and
politicians in New York;" sneored
Rutherford.
You don't like the scheme. MIR
Rutherford" roared Liffey angrily.
Vastly. think it's one of the best
that could be proposed"
"As for myself" said Haldane, 81
also think it has elements Of attrnc
tiveness, although l must protest
against being placed in the category
| yol nave SuulHol dICu, Wi. lLulltT
ford"
ooh, protest all you like" said the
district attorney easily. "1he sug
gestion is good one. Llffey. It's not
hard to see why you're in your pres
cnt position. You have a level head
l think we are all agreed on what 20,
suggest; eh. gentlemen"
|
sents had been received. ut only re
mains then to make up the slate
Shall we do it now or later?"
I'VE might as we'll do our part Of Il
now" said Liffey. "I'll see Benson to
morrow and put It up to him. He car
name his contributions to the list. and
then We'll announce it,"
And our PLATFORM" queried Ruther
ford.
''To stand on our record and point
with pride. and say mighty little else,
returned the boss conciscly.
Rutherford laughed; SO did the rest
1t was so absurd and yet SO exceeding
ly adroiL
"And I'll carry out my part of the
game" said the chief of police.
What part was that?" asked
Haldane.
While you were out" answered
Rutherford. "our worthy censor OF pub
lie morals. guardian of public inter
ests, and enforcer Of public law, sug
gested that It would be a good thing
to employ the detective force OF the
city In looking out for the interests OF
the party by Investigating the past
present, and future of Mr.. Gormly
You see a reform candidate has got tC
be Of blameless life. That's the rea
son we are none of us allied with that
party, take it. And II anything
whatsoever can be found which tends
to cast cloud over the individual
reformer, his cakes dough-"
Il suggest" said Mr.. Ha]dane, "that
any information you may acquire
should be submitted to those of us
who are present before any use IL
made of It,"