Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-20

nounce whether tn mayor had or
dhered thin to be thankful FIR album
dant crops or not. At this minyit We
shud be waitin' with a penny in ye'er
hand FIR tn eXthry on tn Thanks
givin' proclamation. But ye're not.
TIL wurruk iv these sages is wasted
on We. No wOndher NANNY iv thin
ARE packin' a few ink-wells an
paper weights into their grips an
gettin' ready to lave tn public sar-
vice
It's pretty hard on man that's de-
voted his life to his country as long
as tn country w1d have him an thin
made ivry sacrifice to hold on a little
longer, to set down on a bleak No
vimber Afternoon with tears in his
eyes an tn returns firm tn third
precint iY tn tWinty- eighth ward
ringfn' in his ears an shout out a
message calm on We in claryOn tones
to be thankful because there's been
good hay crop in Ioway an thin
have We pay no attintion to it. How
do We expict public officers to sarve
We il we threat thin like this? Are
ye heartless or is tn fault theirs?
hdNDt lHty uOH 6ApIlSS lnlllSliNtS
right l amt sure but that that's tn
throuble. They don't put their heart
into their wurruk, as Hogan always
says to his helper. Supposn' tn
boys wud put in just how they feel,
We might want to read their stuff
Thin instead iv havin a message firm
a o-grissive republican askin' us to
kick up our heels over TIN production
Nv spinach, we'd have somethin' like
this: OWN to immemoryal usage
it's me joOty to call ye'er attintion to
few things that we shud be thankful
f'r but can't think iv amy. Follow
in tn example iv me predecessors
have to notify We that we have in
deed been gr-reatly blessed with tn
products ~ Nature, but that doesn't
in amy way make me frget tn
threachery at tn polls that deprived
tn republic iV wan iV it's most self
sacrificin' servants an compelled him
TO go back to tn practice iv tn
law. But what's tn use iv me vast
in me time talkin with tn likes iv
We. Most iv We didn't vote for me
anyhow. AS FIR tn rest iv We what
We lacked in numbers We did not make
ye'er fate an will now go home an
sob mesilf to -hleep. Be tn gov'nor.
tn sicrety iv state, who has also lost
his job
Thin ye'd have a message firm
Willum Taft like this: This has been
remarkable year on tn whole.
don't know if l liver seen such a year
1t started in bad an / was in great
despair at wan time. In tn middle
iv Summer l practically had to give
up all hope iv cillybTatin' Thanksgivin'
at all. Ivrything looked dismal. l ex-
picted a very hard winter an looked
for'ard to havin' to move into smaller
quarthers. l didn't think there'd
har'ly be amy harvest. But about
October things began to look up. Ma
ture took on a more bounchous hue
an at tn prisint moment l feel JUS
tyfied in followin' tn example iv me
illusthrees predecessors an INSTRUCT
in We to cut loose an go as far as We
like. AS FIR me l will on'y express
me gratichood fr tn bounties that
has been heaped upon our nation be
askin' tn sicrety iv state to stand
by an jine me in givin' three cheers
givin' Tiddy Rosenfelt is havin'. Ye
don't hear much firm him these days,
do ye?" said Mr.. Hennessy
Am / complainin'? p" said Mr. Dool-
eT "Tiddy Rosenfelt done late what
ivry hero shud do just about tn
time he finds he's a heero. He dove
into tn coal cellar. l don't think he
done it quick enough. II l was him
/ wud've made me escape arlier. Il
wud've excused mesilf firm tn en-
brace so that | wudden't have to fight
to keep firm bein' throttled. II r.
iVer become a hero I'd be tn on'y
prom snt citizen missin' firm tn
ovation. They wud meet but they
wud miss me. / might satisfy me
pride by goin' up tn night befure an
lookin at tn lori wreaths. tn tisty-
monyals, tn blue immortelles an tn
gates ajar. But whin me enthusiastic
fellow citizens gathered in tn mornin'
to do me honor with an Address iv
welcome in their left hands an their
right in their hip pockets, sthrange
man muffled up to tn eyes might be
seen boordin freight FIR Keokuk. II
wud be tn hero who took no chances.
hdy NC lIuuy 1SOSeilell lIJyeS Delfl
hero so much that he's willin' to
take tn chances iv bein' lynched af-
therward. Anyhow what is there fr
him to say. TIL best We can do f'r
a hero whin he's escaped tn just
indignation iv his admirers be a fut
or two is to give him a chance to
catch his breath. Let him hide f'r
awhile in comfort He's down in tn |
cellar with tn most prominent an
dignified people in tn wurruld hurl-l
in things at where they think he is !
an invitin' him to come out if he |
dares. Maybe he'll wait fr awhile |
an thin put a few Jumps iv coal in |
his pockets. slip out tn back way an |
fall on tn thriumphal pro-cissyon |
just as it's breakin' up. Ye niver
can tell. But WHATEVER he does Wen |
all be glad to see him again. Ye can |
bet on that Aven if | was a mimber
w tn Bankers Protective ASSOCIATION
I'd say that much. Ye can't be mad at
a man because he thried to knock off
ye'er stOvepipe hat, Onless We dAn't
like him. If We ra-aly don't like him
we cud be mad at him about amy
thing
But / didn't start to talk about
Tiddy' Rosenfelt Can't We get off
that subject? l started to say some
him about Thanksgivin' an We turned