, fr'm th' proudest
doby story-an'-a-half palace iv th' rich to th' lowly doby wan-story
hut iv th' poor, that this flagrant pathrite hasn't deprived iv
at laste wan ornymint. Didn't I tell ye he is a killer? I didn't
mane a man that on'y wanst in a while takes a life. He's a rale
killer. He's no retailer. He's th' Armour iv that particular
line iv slaughter. Ye don't suppose that I'd propose f'r to
enthrust him with a lofty constichoochinal mission if he on'y
kilt wan man. Me notions iv th' jooties iv public office is far
higher thin that, I thank hivin. Besides in th' case ye speak iv
'twas justifiable homicide. He had ast th' man to dhrink with
him. No, sir, I have examined his record carefully an' I find him
fully equipped f'r anny emergency. He niver misses. He's th' man
f'r th' place, th' quick dhrawin', readily passionate, hammerless
gun firin' Terror iv th' Great Desert.'

"But th' Sinit didn't approve iv him. Th' sinitor fr'm Matsachoosetts,
where human life is held so cheap that no wan thinks iv takin' it,
pro-tested again' him, an' 'twas fin'lly discovered that early
in his career he'd been caught runnin' off a bunch iv cows an'
pushed into jail, an' that was too much f'r th' hon'rable body,
hardly wan member iv which has iver been caught. So they give
Jake th' go-by.

"But it'll come out all right in th' end. Th' prisidint knows
what th' West wants an' he 'll get it f'r thim. Th' West is no
effete community, where th' folks likes a quiet book-keepin' life,
an early supper, a game iv cards, lock th' windy, wind th' clock
an' so to bed. That may do f'r th' East. But in th' West, we
demand Sthrenuse Life an' Sudden Death. We're people out here on
th' des'late plains where th' sun sets pink acrost th' gray desert
an' th' scorpion clings to th' toe. We don't want pianny tuners
or plasther saints to govern us. We want men who go to bed with
their spurs on, an' can break a gun without spikin' their thumbs.
We'll have thim too. Undher precedin' administhrations, th' job
wint to th' la-ads with no more qualifications thin is needed to
run a dairy lunch. Some iv th' bes' places in th' West is held
be th' poorest shots, while men capable iv th' mos' sthrikin' gun
plays is left to devote their talents to private functions. An'
they call that th' merit system! I expict th' time is near at hand
whin justice will be done thim worthy citizens. At prisint whin
a man is needed f'r a govermint offic