Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-01-14
ton to fire little pop,euns at the coming

ton to fire little pop-euns at the coming
great men. The conundrum may al
well be answered now as later. There
is not a man in the outfit but has tried
to lnjure and down John Smith. But
notwithstanding personal feeling to
ward most Of them, there is no DISPOSE.
ton 10 in any manner try to hampe,
them while they are here. They come
to represent the ideas Of a certain class
of people Of the territory, and q fairly
large class. They should receive cour.
teous treatment at the hands Of every.
one, and they shall have from thi,
source. The last letter concerning them
was merely suggestive. The idea wa.
paternally mentioned. that, il they wan,
to succeed in their measure, they mus,
not come here and spend their time In
the department and at the white house
They must attend to their knittin' be
fore congress. They can accomplish
nothing by going to the postmaster gen.
eral, secretary Of interior and presiden,
almost daily to inform those gentlemen
that NJ. H. Day. M. L. Mccormack, Dan
Maratta and others are unworthy men.
That Is the kind of political work they
did here two years ago, and they mus,
not do it any more. If they do it shall
be recorded against them, and the PEG
pie of Dakota shall hear of it. The
newspapers which patronize the Dakota
News bureau are not the personal or.
gans of the Washington manager; and
they will not be used, and should not be
used as conduit for his personal feel.
ings towards any gentleman. The visit.
Ing statesmen will find this bureau USE
full to them and to the territory In re
cording their actions.
The return of the solons starts the
wheel in motion sgain. The city is full
of-not exactly news, but rumors OF
news. It is stated today that Gen. Ste.
yenson will soon resign the position Of
first assistant postmaster general. He
feels. as does the late commissioner oil
the general land Office, that Illinois De
mocracy has been outraged by the pres.
ident in every direction in order to build
up Col. VIM. F. Villas of Wisconsin.
There is no doubt that Grover struck Iii.
nois hard when he removed Sparks and
nominated Villas to be the superior of
Black, while at the same time he select.
ed a postmaster general to rule over
Stevenson. 1t was cruelty to animals
to hit innocent Illinois i'll that way.
True, he permits Bishop Oberly to play
sham reformer, in the civil service com.
mission; but Illinois feels that she needs
and deserves the earth and the %fullness
thereof. To be swiped across the Wis.
age as she lately has been, is discom-
forting, to say the least. 1t cannot be
ascertalned, from General Stevenson
whether or not he will resign. Many
Of his friends think that he ought to do
so, but Others advise him to hold on.
1t is remembered that President Arthur
treated Frank Hatton in a similar man.
ner, yet, at the Chicago convention he
was obliged to depend upon Hatton,
and rewarded him with tho postmaster
generalship, soon afterwards. 1t Is
more than likely that CLEVELAND will be
obliged to fall back on Stevenson in '88,
if the convention 10 held in Chicago
One thing il definitely settled. and that
is that Villas cannot get the vice presi.
dental nomination. no matter how hard
Cleveland tries to give it him. Villas is
able, but he is unpopular with the lead
ers Of his party. He cannot possibly
get the nomination. Consequently, it
will appear to Cleveland at the proper
time that he has made a great big jack
ass Of himself, and he will fall back on
Stevenson, and beg him to save and
preserve him; provided Stevenson ire
mains where he is in tho postoGce dc
partment. Dickinson certainly would,
be of little or no value to Cleveland in
a nominating convention. What die
Gresham amount to in the convention
of "a. He was building a boom fol
himself. Dickinson will lay the found
alton for his own boom as soon as he
gets into position here in Washington
| Watch him.
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