Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'afọ 1900, e bipụtara akwụkwọ nke atọ Dooley dere, nke isiokwu ya bụ "Mr. Dooley's Philosophy". Akụkọ bụ́ isi bụ "A Book Review", ya bụ, mkparịta ụka Maazị Dooley na-enwe banyere akwụkwọ akụkọ oge agha nke Gọvanọ New York bụ́ Theodore Roosevelt dere, nke aha ya bụ "The Rough Riders". N'ihe Mr. Dooley dere, Roosevelt meriri n'agha ahụ dum n'onwe ya, nke bụ́ ọrụ dịtụ ukwuu karịa nke ahụ o dere n'akwụkwọ ya n'ezie. Dooley kwubiri, sị: "Ọ dịghị onye na-eburu onwe ya iwe n'obi nke ga-abụ gọvanọ steeti. Ọ bụrụkwa na Teddy mere ihe nile o nwere ike ime, o kwesịrị ikwu ya ma mee ka obi ghara ịna-ajọ ya njọ. Ma ọ bụrụ na m bụ ya, m ga-akpọ akwụkwọ ahụ "Nanị na Cuba". N'ụzọ juru Dunne anya, "Rosenfelt" (dịka Dooley kpọrọ ya) jiri obi ụtọ were ihe ahụ, mgbe ha abụọ zutere, gwara Dunne banyere otu nwa agbọghọ na-eto ya, onye gwara gọvanọ na ọ gụọla akwụkwọ ya niile, yana ọkacha mmasị ya "Na-anọ naanị ya na Cuba". A họpụtara Roosevelt ka ọ bụrụ osote onyeisiala na tiketi McKinley na 1900, na mgbe o mechara nwee ihe ịga nke ọma
e gburu onye isi ala n'afọ na-eso ya, Dunne dere banyere onye isi oche ọhụrụ ahụ, onye nke kasị nta n'ime ndị nọ n'ọkwá ahụ, "nwoke bụ... okenye ruo n'ókè nke ịbụ onye isi ala mgbe ọ ghọrọ onye isi ala. Ọ bụrụ na ọ bụghị, ọ ga-eme ka ọ kaa nká".