New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

NCF uron time there was man
who was most unhappy. He had
~ undertaken two or three business
ventures which looked nne. out in the
end depleted his bank balance. His dog
got into fight with his ueighbor's dog.
and the neighbor's dog chewed his pup to
pieces. His wife took to wearing a hareii
skirt and an extinguisner hat and the com
bination of circumstances so preyed on MS
mind that he started out one night 10
drown his sorrows. Like Joe JenerSoh
or was it Rip Van Winklc's-ihey
"wouldn't drown" until ne had insisted on
II pretty emphatically and was-well. say
tired from his labors
In that condition he strolled into con
cert hall where a masked ball was III
progress. Everybody was dancing III
fact. the room itself seemed 70 him 10 be
dancing He couldn't resist this invitation
10 the waltz, and seiZ!ng FAIR cnSrinef ne
whirled away with her in happy ABANDON
Through dance after dance ihey ghneu
until the signal came To unmesK re es-
corted the damscl - a chair ana turned To
Nnd one for himself. Returning with II NJ
found awaiting him short. dumpy bioWSy
peroxide blonde. with face which hauh'ed
him for weeks She was chewing gum
vigorously.
"In the name of all that's unholy who
arc Won and where did YOU come from
walled the man who had undertaken to
drown his sorrows.
The darnsel turned on him gaze OF mia
renroach Shifting her cud 20 the o'hor
cheek. she remarked accusngly'
.yhv dearie. don't you remember? You
choosed me. dearie.
With this highly peItinent-or imperuheh'
tale Assemblyman Edwin a Merritt r''
o,,en sought 10 tighten the feelings OF the
d,snirited organization Democrats VINO were
sunnorting William + Sheehan IN the late
un,amented United States senatorship deaf
,ocL Merritt is a big man. Besides, most
NJ the Tammany Hall Democrats IKE MIN
n,rsona,lv so he got away with IT,
merritt, Is a man with a grim unyied-
,r- sense Of duty. anyhow. and he felt 1t
his duty 20 point a moral The Repubh-
"orx NOT vet used TO being in the minority
,r m. state Legislature, haven't got over
the habit Of pointing mofais ior 'h9H
friends the Democrats.
Pointing morals" along AT the beginning
~ that senatorship deadlock was uckhsh
business The "rcgularS were oulescu
that a little group of insurgents-oniy
tusnty-one Of them-should be able to set
O, naught the will Of the majority and
defy the great boss" Of Tammany him
defy the great boss Of Tammany himself.
called the process and soiemnly swore that
n never. never, could be. This particular
tail. though, kept on trying, and by CON
slant exercise il grew bigger and suone
enough. so that If IL couldn't was the dos
q, least il succeeded IN preventing the dos
from making any progress toward ms bohe.
This f. not TO be tale OF the tan Of lhe
dog The great inspired historian OF the
Great inspired Democracy at some remote
future date can write scientihc de>cilp-
,ion of that interesting appendase. rms -
a narrative OF some Of the occurrences our
ing the process of dog g-waeging by the tail
which contribc'-l slightly To tighten the
rloom for al persons implicated and
which. naturally. will never appear IN the
sforesaid scientific description.
r, will be recalled that early N the sen
e,or,aI deadlock one Edward NJ SnepalG'
of Brooklyn, was alleged by some Demo-