The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-26
FRIDAY, JULY &C, 1889.
NOT A PROPHET.

FRIDAY, JULY &C, 1889.
NOT A PROPHET.
. The friends of Lewis L. Booker
have brought him out for the first stat
treasurer of North Dakota. Now
your correspondent is not u prophet
neither is he an old man. nor yet
young one, but he will venture to
predict that Mr.. Booker will not gel
the nomination at Fargo when the
convention meets just one month from
today. Booker is u fine fellow, All able
politician and good citizen but he
has come into the arena too late; John
Casliel, of Grafton, has many friends
here and a good number have already
pledged themselves to him. Caslel
is none the less republican than
Booker, while his acquaintance in the
territory is probably larger and it
would seem as though lie had succeed.
ell injecting on the band wagon. Any.
how Pcmbina cannot afford to lose
Booker. He is needed at home to help
build up the town and increase the
wealth of the county. We hate to
oppose him, and only do so in the
most generous manner and with the
best wishes of his success in life.
The above paragraph we find in the
Grand Forks Sunday Leader, credited
to a correspondent from Pembina()
The correspondent" aforesaid-says
che is neither an old man nor Il young
one." From this and fiom other
things he says, we Judge him to be a
boy, in politics ut least. lie says, II
am not u prophet" and to prove it
makes absurd predictions. lie says,
"Booker is All able politician" and
then by contrasting Mr.. Cashel's
methods with Mr.. Booker's, he proves
that the latter isn't All able politician.
Again lie says. "Pembina cannot af.
ford to lose Booker, lie is needed ut
home to build up the country, etc"
The converse of this must be, that Mr..
Casllel is not needed at home as he is
of no use to his county. How ITO op.
pose Mr.. Booker ina generous man.
her with the best wishes for his sue.
cess Is another conundrum which
the aforesaid correspondent seems to
have solved. Such friendly orlWsi.
ton is certainly to be admired.
But letting the correspondent S
logic refutc itself we pass to the only
point in the paragraph. The cores.
pendent agrees to the equality Of
Messrs. Booker and Cashel in all rs.
sf too lite I IN tc eX fs haS NV i
ways supposed that an arena was {;
place where warriors met to fight.
The correspondents idea seems to be
that the gladiator who first appears OH
the scene, instead of throwing down
his gage for battle, bids his "Heralds'
blow their trumpcts to scare off all
intruders while lie drives his stakes
and takes out prescription papers fol
the whole arena, with the fence around
lit.
We freely admit Mr.. Cashel's ap'
pearance i'll the ''arena" ut very early
day. In fact before there really was
al arena, we remember seeing Mr.
Cashel's pleasant features illustrated
in the Leader by one of its elegant
wood cuts, and if we still remember
rightly, that same wood-cut peregrin
ated, so to speak, from one to another
Of several journals and was put "nex
to reading matter and ut the top o.
the column us per contract" eacl
time. The correspondent himself
says, that Mr.. Cashcl has got into thu
"hand wagon and we know from til,
dispatches that Mr.. G.. has beer
around considerable III chase OF tina,
now famous carriage. But if this i.
the case. we hardly see any use in eau
cuses, conventions or even an election
If Mr.. C. and his friends have every
thing arranged. they would do we'll tc
say so and save the rest of the public
considerable anxiety and much OK.
pense.
Certainly from the correspondent s
say so, we would Judge that Mr.. G.
was a thorough politician and u much
ADLER one than Mr.. Booker and this
will no doubt add greatly to Mr.. C's
strength among the people, for there
is nothing they admire so much as {,
politician who tells them early and
often that he's the man, and the only
one, who should be their candidate.
The correspondent further intilnates
that MI. G. has large following il,
Pembina. This is news to us but the
following paragraph, from the Grafton
correspondent in the same issue of thu
Leader, looks as though Mr.. Cashe
lad some local prejudices to combat
at home.
"Hurrah for Cashel. Local preju
dice should give way to county pride. >
Now what's the matter with Penn
bina county pride working the same
way as in Walsh county!
MR.. APPLETON's COMMITTEE.