Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1913 — Touching the Cardinal. [ARTICLE]

Touching the Cardinal.

At the Democratic convention In Baltimore last summer two of the ser-geants-at-arms were Ohioans, Col. John Bolan of Toledo and Capt. Joseph Dowling of Dayton. Bolan is the wit who laid down the maxim that “anny man who parts his hair in the middle is no Dimmycrat.” When Cardinal Gibbons had finished the opening prayer, he descended from the rostrum and made his way toward the door. As he neared the exit where the two Ohioans were on guard, Bolan whispered: “Joe, touch him whin he passes ye.” “All right, colonel," replied Dowling, with an innocent air. “What pocket has he got it in?" —Popular Mazarine.