The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-10-26
FINNEGAN'S PHILOSOPHY
PurQinQ the Heart.

Eyes sir. He's like the patriarchs
Which iv them? All iv them. He
smites the Civil Service Rock and re
frcshin' jobs gushes foorth for thursty
but dishurvin' Dimycrats. He blows
on a horn an iyrythin' falls for ut
II the people call him liver SO soft
Little Samuel had no quicker ear. An
for sacryficin' what's dear to his heart,
Abraham had nawthin' on him. Sure
he is Dimocricy's shield an exceedin'
great reward.
"T'is his Presbyterian bringin' up,
I'm thinkin.' Furst he adopts policy
thin he thries to justify it, thin he
sanctifies it wild a phrase, while choir
Nv Dishurvin Dimmycrats sings q
hymn. An there We are. Justification,
Adoption an Sankty-ficashun.
"The choir med great harmony whin
Jim Smith, George Harvey an Bill
Brine was all in ut. But wan be wan
their Vices cracked an they passed out
iv the life Nv the great Idaylist.
Harvey went back to edith an Bill
Brine wint in search Nv the HOwly
Kale. McCombs was canned, because
him an Billy McAdoo cuddent sing a
duet, an Oscar Underwood was weak
on Tariff ragtime. But WudthrOw die
Grated thin all. Wild f'what say We?
Wild the Order iv the Double Cross.
Ohio. I mind we'll the time at the
Manhattan Club, whin he kissed Brine
an kicked Harvey wild wan motion.
Now the choir has what Wudthrow
calls the vital stuffs " life Stone an
McAdoo Danyiels an Jim Ham Lewis,
wild Redfield for the high falsettO.
Wudthrow sits wild his hands crossed
while the stuffs sings songs iv praise,
an Col. House winds the Victhrola.
"Wudthrow is fond Nv music, but
Colonel House himself Is the quiet
man. Faith av he danced Clog on
a WashbiIer ye'd niver hear sound.
"Well, wan night in August the
Colonel come tiptoein' in through the
basement dure.
elbows the game, ColonelT says
Wudthrow. 'So-so,' the Colonel says.
'Ye might round up few more votes
says he, scratchin' his ear wild an
absent air.
"'Aint I got the full dinner-paiPsT
axes Wudthrow, anxious like. All
that's forgot the first two year and
half, says House pleasantly. Aint
/ KEEP EN- out o. WARP axes Wudthrow.
Part O. tn time says House rubin
his left shin wild the felt-slipper on
his right foot. 'Aint my voice our
greatest liquid assetY axes Wilson
earnestly. It's some voice says House,
but lot iv suckers can't tell asset
firm an li'bility, the Colonel says
"'F'what are We drivin' at says
Wilson, four flushing a little.
"'Arre We watchin' the strike? says
House. Half a millyun votes might
be useful says House, tiptOein' out
through the dure, an closin' ut behind
him.
"Well, Sir, he left Wudthrow sunk
in profound miditashun. At last he
spakes. I hear, he says, in a low
sweet tone that vice iv the people, |
which is to me as the vice of a Car |
negie Penshun.' oh he says thrill |
lin in iyry nerve, must / indade sacry |
flee wan more IDOL says he, ON the |
altar iv me Counthryn says Wud-
throw.
"'Was not the Wan Turn Plank, he
says; AN the Sugar Tax he says; |
an the Tariff for Rev'noo,' he says;
an all me friends, beside says he,
sixteen per'fiy good Mexican Policies
was not all thin enough?' he axes
n agony. But 1 will purge me Heart
v ivry pers'nal fought says he,
;tartin' for bed An before he re-
Tres, he takes Heart Purge iv his
,wn invinshun the way it III wurk
While he sleeps. 1 dinnaw f'what the
purge is. TITS a secret.
'In the morn he was puzzled. He
wanted great sacryfise of pur-
inclple, dear to his heart, but he'd
Ised most iv thin already, an he felt
lldL ILLS was uO llluc Luz SCCOuu |
r slightly damaged sacryfises. So
e sends for House. Colonel says
e, 'F'what pur-rinciple d'yr think
,ud be an acceptable sacryfise in this
treat morel imargincy?' he axes
nxiously.
whisper says the Colonel. And
e said wan wurd in WudthrOw's ear,
nd faded silently away through the
ure.
For wan instant Wudthrow stud
DellbOund. Thin he burst into a
hoop; "The Ram in the Bushes
les he wild tears Nv j'y.
"T'was an impressive ceremony
hin the sacryfise was solemny-ised
the Capitol.
"The procession started f'om the
'hite House wild the Prisidint walkin'
lead carryin' the Ram in wan hand
l. q box iv Safety-First matches In
other He was followed by a coon
.arin' four gold pans and behind |