The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-16
CORRESPONDENCE.

SULLY County WATCuMAN.-The
President called the meeting to order
and Bro. Fantam Catchcrs asked for
another week to perfect his resolutions,
when Joshua White, Jr., again address
cd the meeting as follows:
at is said that truth is mightier
than the sword, but fiction deceptive
hobbies, vagaries and humbugs are
mightier still. Barnum was the peer
of all humbuggers and he made several
fortunes thereat. Had he TUNED his
humbuggeries into political lines lie
might have swept the field as with
blizzard, and made himself President.
o, for n Barnum today to lead our
party to victory, ere our yonng and
trusting polly-wogs eat Of the tree OF
political knowledge and stray away
from the fold. The revolution produc-
ed Washington and the rebellion q
Lincoln and Grant and will not the
present emergency bring forth a
Barnum. Let us hope and pray that
our political Barnum may appear be-
fore it is everlastingly too late. CHEERS
and yes; yes.) Do you think Mr..
President that if the highwayman
should disclose his hiding that valu-
ables would travel his way? Do you
think that If Barnum had adycrtlzcd
~ humbug' instead of 1.-The greatest
show on earth" that his fortune would
have materialized? Do you think
that if we had notified of our intention
to bankrupt our elevator, fire and hail
companies that the people would have
sacrificed themselves on The alter of
our creed? Do you think that If we
had notified at the time of our in
PRODUCTION of the secret alliance that
its revenues, energies and avowed pur-
pose would all be turned to political
use that its growth would have been so
phenomenal? They say that its money
that makes things go, but we believe
that in politics vagaries and deceptions
must join. Yes! yes ! y Mr.. President
our polly -wogs are absorbing political
knowledge too rapidly by far and |
have not yet obtained my Post Office.
For five long (oh, how long, years or
more have written letters and circu-
lated petitions and lain awake nights,
and have in every political discussion
twitted my opponent OF having thwart-
ed my efforts and | seem To be no
nearer my hearts yearning than when
| first began. Was it all for naught
that gave up my positive convictions
about prohibition and joined party
that declares itself neither hot nor cold
on the subject, and must this thing
dislntegrate before am able to sign
myself w. p, p. NJ? Mr.. President
for months our opponents have been
hammering ut our hobbies and rank
deception and the rascally little Polly
wogs have managed to pick the wax
from their ears, and are catching the
echo.
In the scuflie our hobbies have be-
come so tattered and torn as to be
useless for the next campaign and we
are reduced to the necessity OF utilizing
the Sheriff muddle tor an issue, and
midst all this disappointment and
vexation of spirit, midst the rack and
ruin on every hand, comes the article
referred to, and our enemies will ap-
preciate and utilize the assistance
rendered Shall our paid hireling be
longer allowed to give aid and com
fort to the enemy? Cheers, and no
no, never was echoed again and again
throughout the hall, and the meeting
adjourned for one week. G. L. ELY.
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