Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-11-27

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There is always a holiday in the govern
ment departments on the day of the
That is a cas- for the SEEM
ing gladness of the clerks upon such an
occasion. Wrong, it is; but true.
The northwestern representatives are
coming on here in great numbers, but
the congressman from the eastern and
middle states will not be obliged to leave
their homes until after they have eaten
the Thanksgiving turkey. The capitol
should be builded on the banks of the
Mississippi, and it will be n Of these
days. Not because of the turkish ques-
ton, but because of public business,
and also because of the dangerous loca-
ton of our legislative metropolis in time
of war.
Gen. Sherman, who spent a day IN this
city, said, before leaving: washington
is a pretty place, but I like st. Louis
better. There are not SO many pretty
girls in st. Louis, but the whisky is bet
ter" Now what kind of an osculatory
reception will the kisserissimo receive
when he returns to his native homer
Those st. Louis girls are not handsome,
it is true; but they are dear, good, big
footed girls all the same, and they love
army officers, old and young.
The number of acceptances of invita-
tions to participate in the grand military
national drill at Washington, have be-
come SO numerous from all parts of the
country that it is now certain that Ar
lington Heights and all the old camping
grounds of the Army of the Potomac
will he occupied next spring, and the
white tents dotting the hills will be q
mennonite panorama of the days of 81.
From the far south they will come, as
we'll as from the north and west. There
will be a pageantry of the panoply of
war which will tend greatly to promote
fraternity and harmony between the
sections. All people under the flag Of
the republic will assemble and make
the capital city a martial field once more.
The cabinet officials are still struggling
with their reports, which are two months
behind, and the president is sweating his
head over the annual message which he
must prepare. Prominent members Of
the party are trying to get audience with
these high jinks, but cannot get near
them. They are too busy. A senator
received the message that q cabinet off,
cial was too busy to see him, and would
not open his doors, and the senator
walked right in and said: "You are too
busy to see me, are you? Well, I want
you to understand that lam too busy for
this f0%olishness. I came to Washington
to transact public business for my poo
pie, and lam too busy to be fooled with.
When I come here 1 expect to be served
by public servants, or 1 shall vote that
no money be appropriated for such SER
wants. 1t is time for this nonsense to
STOP" And he transacted his business.
Some kinds of red tape are redder than
others, but red tape is red tape. We
have whole cart loads of it here, and
plenty to spare.
Hon. Nj. H. Day is still here at the Ma
tional hotel. He is very strongly in
dorsed for the Dakota governorsh,p and
the officials at the department say that
he Is likely to be appointed, but he does
not seem to take an active interest in the
matter. He says that his first choice for
that position is Ziebach, and he is not
greatly inclined to seek the position him
self, although it seems now pretty we'll
settled that Zieb cannot get the position.
There can be NJ doubt that Ziebach was
the first choice Of the Democrats of Da-
kota. but there were so many enemities
stirred up against him that he is practic-
ally out of the race. He is a splendid
man and as trua as steel to his friends,
Day also is q mar who stands by his
friends to the last. That is his chief
characteristic. I have known men to
abuse him like apirate and he has turned
around and befriended them ut the first
opportunity. His appointment to the
governorship would be polite for the adj
ministration and good for the territory.
Charlie Frost, of Huron, is here look
ing after some land interests of a client.
He was an important factor In the late
campaign in Beadle county. He ran
away ahead of his ticket for the legisla-
ture. Charlie is a staunch Democrat
and withal not a partisan Of the bitter
sort. Mr.. Day says that he is one Of the
best young working men in the Demo-
cratic party Of the territory.
Hon. J. j. Kleiner. Of Indiana. owns
5000 acres of grazing land in Dakota and
Is therefore interested in the territory
even more than some Of its resident citi-