Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-02-27
DAKOTA ON THE POTOMAC.
Marshan Marrata's v.sit-The
Gang Gone Home.

Special Correspondence VI the Ixr1RIC cIAN.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. .24-Abe Boynton
has gone home, and I am informed that
Col. Tompson went with him. Birds Of
. feather flock together.
Il MI. @Boynton prosecutes his libel
suit a vigorously. as he did the office
seeking business. he will never gain it.
In my judgmentthat man needs some
kind Of a stimulus. He: seems daxed.
Ifhe ever had any energy. 1t has gone
glimmering, with his political pros.
poets. -
A Dakotan who knows q great deal Of
what is going IN in the departments,
informs me that .Ordway johnson has
done an exceedingly t~reacherous thing.
johnson says that he is advocating the
claims Of Major Burke, for the Aberdeen
land Office, and that he Is doing o
great deal of good work for his friend.
My informant states that, on the c0ntr lry
johnson is applying for that Office him
who also claims to be friendly to Burke.
II these things be true, there is no more
traitorous horde in the world. Burke is
an ex-Union' soldier, and an honest man.
He needs the place. And, ~ party GUS
toms go, he has q claim upon It such as
no other man can have. johnson Is we'll.
to-do. or claims to DO, aud II he is trying
to get that Office away from Major Burke,
he is doing an unnecessary act Of dam
It 10 u true; but my informant Is nsu.
ally reliable, and his statements are
given credcnce by all.
Dan. w. Maratta, U. s.. Marshal for
Dakota, is here again, and Is received
with open arms by his many friends.
There 10 no more lovable mani In Dakota,
because he is square. He don't believe
that the territory should be admitted to
statehood, until her alleged political
not worth considering. until house and
senate are both Republican. He believes
in division, yet recognizes the fact that
there are good arguments against 1t. He
had an interview with tho attorney gen.
eral yesterday and told. him, that "the
so0ne you get acquainted with Maratta,
the better. I don't want any clerk to
sit down here and tell me what I need
and ought to have in my Office. I want
took the Office Of marshal, I found an old
greasy book, and the key to the peni.
tentiary, and that was all there was to
the Office. I want 1t fixed up, and In.
tend to have it, and don't you forget it."
And the attorney general told him that
hereafter he should have anything he
wants. That's business. Maratta is q
business nan He says that some Of his
best friends are Republican. and he isn't
I am credibly informed that y. B.
Johnson is trying to defeat the confr.
nation of NJ. l.. Mccormack and Mar
alta.
The whole outfit makes me tired.
BOynton came here as q representative
of Dakota Democracy, and to "down
Day." He has been cronyiug with john
son, who has always been a Republican,
and was q leader Of that party In Brown
county, He cronied 80 much with Ord.
way that it has been alleged that Ordway
money he possesses. He has been on the
opposite side Of the political fence ever
since he came here, from those who are
the recognized leaders and managers Of
the Democratic party; and vet there have
been Democrats in Dakota who have
given him their support. No wonder
Maratta thinks that the politicians Of Da-
kota need to be civilized before they are
admitted to the Union.
McManima, ofthe Pierre Press, says
he does not expect the reservation to be
opened until some time in April. IT
takes SO much time to get a bill through
the house. Hon. j.. J. Kleiner, Of Indi-
ANA, tells me that he will be able to help
the bill through the house In q couple Of
weeks. McManima Is not so sanguine.
By the way, I ann informed that Ordway
has written letters to people at Pierre.
e~ndeavoring to prejudice them against
McManima, becausethe Pierre boy dared
to be Independent OF him, and refused to
do his bidding.
The popular idea that the government
clerks do not accumulate ANYTHING Ia
probably q correct as a whole, but
there are exceptions; A.iaay wa driv.
the senate pcstofice wagon ran into her