Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-07-23
Official Paper of Griggs County
Our Washington Letter.
From John Smith.
WAsl.INGToN. JULY 10. 1855


.tSHINGTON. July 10. 1856.
\ friend from l5roollings county tells
me that the town of Brookings only
needs water supply, to make that IL
splendid city. 1t that is the case, let
the Water be found. Now if it were
whisky that they need, the price might
be an objection. But water: turn on
the hose.
have seen Captain Maratta out drv-
ing with the secretary of the Interior
have seen him riding ON Il street car
with the attorney general. have seen
him talking with the president You
may guess how easy it Will be for any
of the Dakota "statesmen' to down
that sort of Il man. They might as we'll
try to suppress John Smith.
Mayor Burke has been appointed re-
ceiver of the Aberdeen land office. This
gives me an opportunity to say, IL told
So"
Charlie Frost will be appointed spe-
cial agent of the land Office for the Far
go district. lie would have been ap-
pointed long ago if he Lad gone at it
right. But lie trusted to one in whom
there should be placed no confidence:
hence, lie was deceived. His eyes are
now open to the political day light.
DO you know that there is nothing
that does Dakota SO much harm us her
numerous statesmen. They come down
here like a flock of grasshoppers. and
it was but a repetition OF What they
have been doing for Yeas. Ii they
would come down here occasionally.
either singly or III pairs. they might do
some good. But when they come and
live here at the expense of the dear peo-
pie and spend all their time in tealing
Others down, they are barnacles. and
should be scraped Off. | am led to
make these remarks by reason of the
fact that have just been informed that
there is soon to be another host of the
statesmen here. Well, there's no law
against 1t, and suppose they can come
it they want to. But. before any of
you spend your money for them, just be
certain that you don't want that monev
yourself. If you do, keep it. The
statesmen can do you no good. If Ma
jor Burke, Frost. Maratta. and others
had trusted to the alleged statesmen,
they would never llave seen political
day light. The way to do this is to
come on here yourself, and look after
the office you want. and after you have
seen the way the thing is done. go home
and patiently wait upon the Lord.
Above all, trust to the word of none of
the professional office Settars. They are
all rascals and liars. and there ism t
enough truth in all of them to cover a
grain Of mustard seed. That's getting
them down pretty fine, but it is all fact.
And in the entire class of Office brokers'.
; the Dakota bombast is the greatest and
the worst. These are words of wisdom.
Jules Glthrldge, the correspondent
who took the place of Gil. Pierce, as the
Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago News, made an effort to interview
Maratta this evening at the National
Hotel. lie failed to get Captain Dan to
say anything, but Maratta interviewed
him, and got him to talk quite freely.
Among other things. he said:
The governor is quite warm friend
OF mine, and J. look out for his interests
as much as / can. lie has offered to re-
sigh Il number of times, and the presi-
dent would be glad to appoint demo-
acrtic successor, if lie could; but he cam
not lie likes Pierce, and believes him
to be a good governor. and lie is not
going to make any change until he finds
the right man. The trouble is entirely
with the democratic party. Mr.. lie
bacl's friends filed ii lot of silly charges
against Governor Pierce, ana tried to
kill him off in that way, thinking there
by to force Zieback upon the admns-
tration. But, the president knew that
Ziebach was rot the man. Moreover. he
was disgusted with the man who filed