Disserations by Mr. Dooley (1906) - Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt

Dissertations by Mr* Dooley
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Hooray !" said Mr. Hennessy.
66 Thin ye'd run over to ye'er iligant brownstone
mansion in Mitchigan Avnoo, beautifully furnished
be th' govermint; a govermint dhressmaker wud be
thryin' a new dhress on ye'er wife, a letther-carrier
wud be milkin' a govermint cow on th' back lawn, an'
all ye'd have to do f'r th' rest iv th' day wud be to
smoke ye'er pipe an' play on th' accorjeen."
" It sounds good," said Mr. McKenna. " But "
"
In Karl Marx "
began Mr. Schwartzmeister.
"
Keep quite," said Mr.
"
Dooley. Ye mustn't
monnopolize th' convarsation, Schwartz. It's gettin'
to be a habit with ye. I must tell ye f'r ye'er own
good. Give somebody else a chance wanst in a while.
What were ye goin' to say, Jawn?"
"
I wasn't goin' to say annything," said Mr.
McKenna.
" What's the use arguing against a
balloon ascension? The grand old Republican party,
under such
"
leaders as
" Ye needn't mintion thim," said Mr. Dooley,
"
until this month's grand jury has adjourned. But
ye're right. Th' grand ol' Raypublican party will
take care iv this matther. A Raypublican is born
ivry minyit, an' they will niver allow money bearin'
th' sacred image iv Columbya to be dhrowned in th'
lake. It's no use argyin' again' Socialism, an' be th'
same token, it's no use argyin' f'r it. Afther listenin'
to Larkin an' his talkative German frind here, I don't
know anny more about it thin I did befure. Schwartzmeister's
idee iv it is that ivry man shall live in a
story-an'-a-half house, wear a unyform with a cock's
feather in th' hat, an' dhraw his pay in soup tickets
fr'm th' German govermint. Larkin is lookin' for-
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