Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-10

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Alert is one OF the state papers which
doesn't fly some kind OF a ticket at it
masthead. It certainly can't be posi-
BILE that Keg isn't suited yet, for il, gu
of all the nominations which have beer
made, he can't pick out q ticket to hi
liking, then indeed is he hard to please
Or perhaps the conditions just at pres
ent are 50 uncertain that Keg doesn'
care to be bitterly partisan. I am in
clined to think this latter is the NOR,
cogent reason.
The demo-pop fusion committee SHOULD
accelerate its pace somewhat, and furn
ish the second chapter OF the seria
story, begun at Grand Forks, July 26th
"Wedded, but no Wife" being a succinc1
and reliable account ofthe journeyinqs O
democracy in it's path. down the popu.
listic throat. The people Of the state
are eager to know which one of the
leading characters are to be killed off
who will marry the girl, and other de-
velopments of :he story.
In an account of a suicide at Omaha
the st. Paul Pioneer Press y
Facing a large crowd of sight-seers he
drew a revolver and with a smile blew gu,
his brains and dropped into the lake.
I understand that hereafter every man
who arrives at the lake will be searched
by special police, that no smiles of the
disastrous character indicated above be
concealed about his person. But [ am
curious to know, the victim having
blown out his brains with a smile, what
he did with the revolver.
OF course, I am not vain enough to as.
sumo that my allusion to Moffet and the
pea had anything to do with his hosting
of the republican flag this week, but
now that it is there, I am curious to see
whether Moffet will defend it IN case Of
assault, or just sail along under it fol
safety, in order that he may claim a seat
on the band wagon after the fall cleo.
ton. The ticket is a nice looking one,
and it's appearance Is the nearest APP
proach to republicanism I have seen in
Mofet's paper for some time.
The South Carolina dispensaries are
running in full blast again, and the Till
man cocktails, the Palmetto juleps and
the South Carolina state gin tizzes are
again riding on the top wave of popu-
larity. The governor has abrogated the
decision OF the supreme court in the
matter, and is operating the state sa-
looms on his W hook, and Palmetto
state whisky is flowing freely from the
state spigot. I understand that Tillman
is to have conferred upon him the high
est OF honorary degrees by the Ancient
Order of Kentucky Colonels.
In answer to my comment of a day or
so ago, as to the absence OF any indication
of political preference in the way Of a
state ticket, from the columns Of the
jamestown Alert, Editor Kellogg re.
marks, his explanation headed p~articu-
larlysin my direction, that the publish
ing OF such a ticket is q clumsy way OF
denoting political belief. Clumsy, as I
understand the word, is synonymous
with awkward. Reasoning logically,
then, Kegs explanation is, in effect, that
it would be awkward for him to publish
a ticket at this time. I accept the OK.
PLANTATION.
Let me call attention. to the photo.
graphic corner of the Grand Forks
Plaindealer. Since the democratic con.
vention, the corner has been adorned
with the likeness of Senator Kinter, but
q couple Of days ago, the Plaindeale1
shifted the cut, and ran in a cat OF An.
ditor Porter, with a democratic label
The Plaindealer accompanies each cut
with a touching little eulogy Of "oul
candidates" and when it gets around &c
Nomland and Iceland, it is thought the
crow feathers which have sprouted in
the fertile soil Of the Plaindealer edi.
torials will be long enough to curl will
an iron.
I see numerous references to that re.
mark concerning the desirability Of q
dollar, which can raise up its right
hand and say, i know that my redeeme1
liveth,' and it is always accredited tc
Col. Plummer. I feel certain that the
versatile colonel does not wish to be &C.
credited with the authorship OF the re-
marck, under the circumstances, and il
is only an act of simple justice to say
that it originated with Col. r. G. Inger.
soil, years ago, when fiat money agitation
was at it's height, and when the learned
Robert held the boards forhonest money
andfo dollars which were worth dol
lars because there was something more
behind them than the mere statemen,
that they were OF such a value.
I see that Gen. Jeffries. with as many
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