Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-07-22
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him riding on street car with the at.
torney general. have seen him talking
with the president. You may guess hcw
easy it will be for any of the Dakota
statesmen" to down that sort of mar.
Judge Pratt, of Grand Forks, the man
who made Mccormack secretary OF the
territory, with the assistance of Marratta,
is still here, but will leave the city in q
few days. He is one OF the most polished
and thorough gentlemen Dakota has
sent here.
Major Burke has been appointed re-
ceiyer of the Aberdeen land Office. This
gives me an opportunity to say, 81 told
you So"
Charlie Frost will be- appointed
special agent Of the land office for the
Fargo district. He would have been ap-
pointed long ago ii he had got at it
right. But he trusted to one ip whom
there should be placed no confidence;
hence he was deceived. His eyes are
now opened to the political day light.
Doyou know that there is nothing
that does Dakota so mnch harm as her
numerous statesmen. They come down
here like flock Of grasshoppers, and
they stay until they kill each other off.
That is what they did all last winter,
and it was buta repetition of what they
have been doing for years. If they would
come down here occasionaiiy, either
single or in pairs, they might do some
good. But when they come here and
liseat the expense of the dear people
AID spend all their time in tearing
Others down, they are like barnaeles,
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 it, and suppose they can come
if they want to. But. before any of you
spend your money for them, just be GER
tain that you don't want that money
yourself. II you do, keep it. The states
| men can do you no good. If Major
Burke, Frost, Maratta, and others had
trusted to the alleged statesmen, they
would never have seen political daylight.
The way to do is to come on here your
selves and look after the office you
want, and after you have seen the way
the thing isdone, go home and patiently
wait upon the Lord. Above all, trust to
the word of none of the professional
Office getters. They are all rascals and
liars, and there isn't enough truth in all
OF them to cover grain of mustard
seed. That's getting them down pretty
fine but Its all fact. And in the en-.
tire class of office brokers, the Dakota
bombast is the greatest and the worst
These are words of wisdom.
i 1t is lot unlikely that Mr., Brown. oil
Huron, the disappointed applicant fol
the Aberdeen land Office, will be ap.
pointed to the office at Grand Forks
He is SO booked, and unless he makes
some blunder, he will succeed. If he
had taken q different course, he might
have gotten the Aberdeen office. Bn
i he relied upon man who could not ge
him there.
Jules Guthridge, the correspondent
who book the place OF Gil. Pierce, as th'
Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago News, made an effort to interview
Maratta this evening at the Nationa
hotel. He failed to get Captain Dan t,
say anything, but Maratta interviewet
J him. and got him to talk quite freely
j Among other things, he said:
'sThe governor ls quite warm frien'
: of mine, and look out for his interest
; as much as can. He has offered t
, resign number of times, and the presi
, dent would be glad to appoint q demo
} cratic successor, if he could, but he car
, not, He likes Pierce. and believes hir
: to be q good governor, and he is NO
: going to make any change there unit
i he finds the right man
!. Pierce will never be re
. moved, because he will resign wheDeve
) he is informed that the president want
t his resignation. l believe that til
3 president has selected man for th
: position and that Pierce will 500
r / resIgnt"
"Did you know that he is talked OF fl
delegate to congress p said Masatta.
"Yes, have heard that talk, but
don't amount to much. Pierce is friendl
i to Clifford, the present delegate, and wi
o work for his denomination. He do.
n not want the office himself. Ke beliey.
9 that Clifford has done his party and tie
= ritory good service, and he is in favor {
!. sending him back for another term"
/. "Do ynu have any idea who the dem,
!, Gratis will nominate this year, in Dakota
= said Maratta.
= Certainly I do," said Guthridg
"They will nominate man from Bi
= marck, named Maratta. and he is abol
's your size and make, too
=. sis thnt so ?" said Marratta. "Well
u they do, ] can tell you I'm going
y emigrate, for don't went any Office
ID that kind. Several other fellows ha
al been using my pane for that place.
don't know why, unless they want to k
i'd me- off, for Isertainly don't want II
is Office, and won't have it,"
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