The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-10
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you don't give it to me it will make
me still stronger. SO you can take
your choice
Made a Call on President.
"Wen, after a few days | got
message that the president would like
to see me. SO / went down and. gee
heck he came out in the middle OF
she room and he laid that great, big
ham Of hand OF his on my back and
he said, My dear man, l wanted to
see YOU about that North Creek posi-
office matter but Mr.. Root says you
are Democrat
$50 l says, L don't care what Mr..
Root says about me. l ain't got any
use for that particular Root, anyhow
Well he says, you'll hear from
me about the matter in a day or two
ana ! says L don't care when you
send word to me, I'm through with
this whole business. I am not going to
polly-fox Mr.. Root about any appoint
ment.' And came out Of his office
and rye never been in his office
since.
what do J think Of the way the de
partments are run down here in Wash
ington? Well, / say, just look at the
war department! What does Stimson
know about the war department?
why, what should Stimson know
about running mans farm out
West? He doesn't know anything
more about the war department than
"A Poland China sow knows about
polite society. He's a good lawyer Is
he? Well, that's a good reason why
he hadn't out to be in the war de-
partment If you're going to run a
farm, you want a farmer and If you
ere going to run a war YOU want a
general.
"Now / was down at the war de-
partment the other day to see the
adjutant general but before | could
get my hand on the door / was con-
fronted by a big colored man who
asked me what I wanted, and. of
course, being come upon so quickly,
looked around and said none of
your damned business"
What Kind OF Joint DO YOu Run!
But he put his foot against the
door 50 that l couldn't get in. SO
/ went to another office, and says to
a friend of mine. Say, Is there any
way of getting into the adjutant gem
erals office without a Jimmy and "A
crowbar?' And he says Yes and
he took me along and went right In.
AS 1 went to go I'm at the door | was
confronted by the secretary. He said
What Is tho matter. sir?' Matter
enough / said, What kind OF Joint
are you running down here. anyhow ?
Has a man got to go around with an
| axe in his hand ana kin half n dozen
| colored men in the han before he
can get into your office
"What do | tAnk Of having an
army ana navy? Wen, about the
army part of It. / think II we had
| a good substantial home guard or
| state militia, with reasonable
| amount OF pay to keep them in trim,
| 1t would be all that is necessary. This
is great country and guess II would
| take a foreign army n long time to
get across it. If they tried TO II
would be like what the man said
about the Spaniards attacking New
York. they might take 1t IL the police
didn't stop 'em
"'rhe navy? No. Pm against this
| cNtrdVaBant Duildlng or ships. We
ought 10 have a good coast guard,
hut I'm against this big warahip
business.
NOW about the tariff. don't
know much about it; but / do know
that II got It's name from an old
trigand named Tarifa, who had a
little lookout on an island off the
Straits Of Gibraltar, and he could
look out over the straits there and
see vessel when it was coming
and he would jump into his little
boat and capture the vessel, just be-
cause he needed the money.
NOW, that Is about the way
look at the tariff. l told my people
up in Fulton county that believed
in a fair, decent, downward revision
OF the tariff along All lines. but that