The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-16

Am / in favor " WHAT said Mr..
Dooley.
Nv tn NTH III" Mr.. Hen
messy tried again.
"Niver mind tellin me. Mr. boo
ley interrupted Il know what ye
mean be tn faces ye're maxim. NO.
I'm not. I'm not in favor iv ayether
iv these gioryous principals that has
been handed down to Us IT our
Swiss a~ncesthOrS Man an boy I've
voted fr fifty years fr pollytlckal
Issues that l cuddn't understand but
| dhraw the line uhin they hand M
issues that l can't aven pronounce
I've been a free thrader, althouSh
tvrything l read proved TO me that
II | got me foolish wishes I'd be room
ed through the producks iv tn pau
per labor iv Europe poorin' in an
f1oodin' "a out " ye'er job. That
bride " two twenty-five a day that We
cajole out w tn steel thrust fr takin
a healthy mount ~ exercise wud go,
an whin Il whit down wud fall this
splindid commercial ENTERPRISE that
I've built up. So l voted fr free
thrade. An me frind Silo. tn thruck
farmer, who knew he was oein
crushed be tn tariff. voted to go on
bein' crushed. 1t was all right. II
he won tn tariff stayed an if | won
it was increased, an there we were
with nawthin' TO throuble us between
ilictions.
"But these new issues ARE diff
rent. Suppose l say I'm fr THIN.
Are ye fr th'-as yt said-an tn
so-an'-so?' says tn judge " illction.
4 am. says l in a ringin voice. !
wud die f"r thin. says l. Thin spell
thin. says tn judge " iliction. Al
l faint with shame.
But tn recall is betther. I caa
pronounce that without premachureis
agein' me face. Besides It's a fine is
sue. Ye don't have to get a college
professor to take a pointer an a dia-
gram an explain it to tn ignorant
voters. They know all about 1t.
They've been votin' fr it fr years.
Put in simple language it is: We're
tired iv him. Throw hin out Nav
thin is more reasonable thin hat an
naWthin' Will go home quicker to tn
gin'rous heart " tn people iv this
great country. Supposin' some fell
low goes to tn ~ligislachure as a frind
iv tn people an tn Only wan iv his
old chums that can get to see him
a month afther he's at tn capital i;
tn ianyal prisidint iv tn gas
comp'ny. Well. wan day we see hi,
wife go by IN an autymobill an IS
say: Don't We think Higgins has so
enough? Let's put tn law on him.
So we GO down to Springfield an W.
say; Bill ye're such q good fellow
that We can't do without we. We mis-
ye'er snilin' face on tn scow. Y
must be with us again. An to shov
we how kin we feel lords ye we'v
found yer old pick an shovel or
rough thin to We An wan iv u
takes him be tn hair an tn othe
be tn heels an we throw him out i
h window. An that's tn recall.
1T suits me- tn best Nv all tn issue
" tn year. There's nowhere l hat
to see tn same old face. hin with il
feet up on tn desk iv a pollytickal OF
flee. An they lint amy rule iv lif
betther thin this. that whin ye put
man on a perch an he don't sing Il
way We want. bump him off.
Am I in favor iv recalHn' II
Judges, too? Ye bet I am. We
maybe l wudden't recall thin exactl
A Judge that's ben on tn bench ann
Tenth ~ time is poor comp'nv in
crowd. If he says. It's a fine da,
and We say Tt Amt. he's apt 70 thin
he's still on the bench an hand ye
punch. Whin q man gets what Hog1
calls tn joodicial timper it means he
cross all tn time. So p'rhaps
wudden't haul thin back to publ,
life. But I'd pretind | was goin'
Ivry wanst in a while I'd give thin
lark look as much as to gay: "A
I'll get yN. 90. me good fellow if
don't brace UP. An I'm tn boy tn
can do it, An afther a While VIII
l said How dye do to him he mig
say somethin' more janyal tn
Thirty days.
"Ye see. it's this way. Ye mi
little Levy that was ilicted judge.
was tn JUNIOR mimber II TIL firm
lawyers that done all tn lasal W,
ruk in tn common council fr CARR
tn big contractor. I guess he was
much good In tn office. so Perki
his boss mad a judge iv him..
vas a pleasant m la durin' tn ca
paign. an there was a frtnd iv m
hat whit crazy about him. His n a
was D~ougherty. Dougherty cudde
say too much about his frind Jui
Levy. He begun calm him JuG