The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-01-31
DOOLEY ON THE CONVENTION
CFlorida Grower. Nov. 9, 1910

to his side pardneT
IT'S the Gag Conyintion I suppose
We mean?" said that philosopher.
Faith / war, but to tell ye the truth
the reel convintion was hid at Jack
sonyille.
Suppose says Ketchem TO the Ma
jor. suppose theys more ef the 9th
er feIlers thin e our own lads,
whatu We do thin. says he
"Niyer you fear, says the Major, l
have not made me prisint reputation
for nothin' What do We do whin the
mayer vote gifts too strong? We take
his vote away firm him bedad. Have
wan ef our own lads made chairman.
SAYS he appint yure own committees;
admit no wan 10 vote but the lads
that's agin Timpie, an thin the crate
voice eff so per cintim eff the Floriday
citrus frute orange growers kin be
heerd untrammeled. says he"
What did they do thin? From
Jacksonville they came to orlando
wild their valises loaded wild gags
They have a gran rehearsal at the
I San Wan Hotel. Says Ketchem, whose
chairman thatn work whin I pull
a string? I'm a modest man, says a
lad firm Frstis, bar I have the prop
er qualifications What's thin, says
Ketchem. I'll he lookin' at you all
the time. says the Eustis lad, an do
what I'm tole, says he, Yure goOd
an thrue man. says Ketchem, appint
Won chairman. | mysilf, in the abb
/ sence of the honorable prisidint ef
the Society Fer the Promotion eff
Ketchem 6, Co, will call the meetin'
to orther. | have in mind lad to
make the motion. another to sec0n'
the motion, an siveral other lads
drilled to say Aye, says he"
Well continued Mr.. Dooley, livery
thing whit off lovely. The lad firm
Eustis takes the chair a committee
on Credentials was appointed an goes
back in the lobby an preti-d theys
maxim plans. Pritty soon they comes
! back an they goes around to the min
in the hall. Are you a grower eff cit
rus frute oranges, says they to man.
l am says the man. Do you believe
IN condimin the poysen ulligraft?
says they. | do, says the man, an
! down goes hees name fer a vote. Fl
the $50 min prisint, SO sines the call
TO condimn the telligraft. After all
the names is down a lad that WIZ
posted says | move this conyintion be
made a perminint body an those tibet
will not vote Aye be denied the right
eff voice er vote"
L suppose the Major made the
name spache," said Mr.. Hennessey.
Faith it was name enough" respond
ed Mr.. Dooley, "but eff you mean the
principal spache, he did not. A lad
be the name eff Farmer eff orlando
: took the hide eff the Major, threw it
an the fure, an used it fer foot mat
fer the rest eff the meetin. Who S
Farmer, says you? Did he sign the
quit elaine deed to himself? He did
not, but furst lit me till you abute
the Majors spache. Faith, the tIajOr
is little bit eff man wild strut,
an eff he liver was a spaker eff furce
he got over it an is unable to cume
back. He had a voice like the morn
in after | wuz disappointed in the
Major. l think Ketchem paid him too
much. How much did he pay him?
Faith 1 dunno"
. Z cume befure this glorus body eff
SO commission min, frute spectators,
green frute orange packers an fell
] low citrus frute orange growers,
riprisinting as you do, so per clint eft
the growers eff FIoriday, as we'll as
the other 10 other min who sined the
] call stint out be frind Ketcheem- This
dirty sheet which l hole in me hand,
The Floriday Grower, says that |
am here riprisinting the Floriday East
Coast Railroad. 'Tis a base fabrica-
ton Ketchem is payin' the bill. 1t
is ben said that | was STINT here be the
railroad because that eniquous insti-
tuition the Floriday Exchange, has
brought suite agin it fer damage
claims 1t is thrue tibet there is a
suite on fer several thousan' dollars
tibet these divilish growers are tryin'
to collec' but as l am only called in
cases eff Importance it is probable /
Will not conduc' tibet case.
"Gintlimin, the Floriday Exchange
is but the tool eff the CalifOrnay EX-
Il Change, du tApdLiIOIS AIOtIl tIiII ott1IC
is hired to ruin the FlOriday citrus
frute orange business. Me own core
eff detectives hez discovered the APP
palm fac thet the name ef sales
manager Burton, thet ust to Wurk fer
the Californay Exchange, is still an
the tilliphone books eff Los Angeles.
Also thet he did not live in Los An
geles, but in Hollywood, an thet
when he wuz formerly in the employ
eff the Californay Exchange he always
TUX the elevator whin he whit up
stairs. Is there no connection in yuTe
minds bechune these combining fac s?
What does he want eff a tilliphOne
onless it is to tilliphOne the secrets ef
the Floriday citrus frute orange grow
ers an why shud hees name be in
the book onless he had a tilliphone.
| ask you that"
''Havin' thus established the con-
nection bechune the FlOriday EX-
change an the Californay Exchange,
!, will go farther to prove this, though
l think you will agree It's unneCes-
sary, but I'm a fair man. | have IN
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