Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-10-12
THEY'RE CAKE TAKERS
Bentley Goes Back on His Allegiance
Of Twenty Years-can Do
Without the Dutch.
Muir to Get a New Speed Indicator
to Record His Thoughts
by Electricity.

Wallace's Opposition to the Location
of the Capital Recalled-His
Speech Quoted.
Pursuant to previously announced
program, a goodly number Of republi-
cans. democrats, populists and ladies,
the latter predominating, met at the
Atheneum, and gave respectful hearing
to Messrs. Bentley, Muir and Wallace,
pop candidates. The meeting was
called to order by DR.. Fraser, who an
nounced shat his duty was to introduce
the speakers Of the evening. The doctor
presided with becoming dignity, and
showed the agitation of becoming mod
esty, when he 'let the cat out of the bag
by introducing Walter Muir as a candi-
date for the United States senate, thus
showing that that gentleman had for
gotten Lincoln's advice: "Never swap
horses while crossing a stream" This,
however, he quickly corrected, and once
more boosted Muir back into the
straight and narrow path that he Is
travelling to political decapitation. The
first speaker to appear was DR.. w. A.
Bentley, neatly and appropriately
dressed in black. He began by saying
he had NJ apologies to make for his ap-
pearance upon the platform. Whether
he meant that he had not had time to
prepare an appropriate apologize those
present, who had kept him in fat posi-
tions as a republican Office holder, or
that he was not ashamed to speak in
company with Walter and Elmer, he
did not say. He then made the state.
ment that he should not attempt to
make a speech; would only give his hear
ers something to think about. He kept
his promise. He made no speech, to
speak of, and his appearance, speaking
from a pop platform, claiming to be still
a republican, gave every person present
enough to think of as to the ingratitude
Of a politician. They wondered what
had come over the dreams of the speaker
since two years ago, when, as a candidate
for the legislature on the republican
ticket, he denounced the populists as
calamity howlers, defamers of their coun-
try's welfare, and declared the principal
complaint of most of them was that they
we're sore-heads, who had failed to Sc
cure republican nominations; wondered
if the old saw of doctor, heal thyself"
would be appropriate at this time.
Wondered why that wonderful soldiers
war record, in which the doctor fought so
gallantly, had never been published;
wondered if it would aver be; wondered
s. loud on this subject, that the TRIBUNE
promises to publish it for the doctor as
soon as more perfect data is at hand;
wondered why the doctor had hum
buged the voters two years ago, and Ut
terly failed to give those valuable figures
he had last night, showing the distribu-
ton Of wealth, and which we're taken
from the census of 1890; wondered if he
really could be elected, as he said, with
out the Dutch; wondered how it had
come that the doctor had advocated
every measure he last night denounced,
year in and year out, in the past, and
had only just now discovered he had
been in error all the time; wondered
what part Of the pop platform he ap-
proved, and what part he denounced.
And SO they will continue to won
der, until he gives some better ex-
PLANTATION than he has. His speech,
from first to last, failed to touch an in
oident or thing that had happened or
been done since the pop party was born.
AS a pereoration to his efforts, he ex-
hibited three phases of the MOON, and,
instead Of naming them as the astronom-
ers have, he called them st. Louis, Bos-
ton and New York. New York was the
fullest, but st. Louis had most blood in
it's BYE. His constant fitting before
these three luminars proved beyond a
doubt that the doctor was indeed him
self the "man in the moon" and, as such,
the pop party had fallen in love with
him, and proposed, and had been &C.
cepted in a jify. The doctor threatens
to give other "one-night engagements"
during the campaign, when he will show
luna, and talk lunacy, proving beyond a
doubt that, though he has long been in
disguise, he is, in deed and in fact, the
=; o;r al Gr,on IN tho rooo1
Walter Muir during the last part of
the doctors talk became very dry, and
had to quench his thirst several times,
probably because Of the spongy condi-
ton Of what the doctor was giving those
present ito think about"
When Walters turn came he came to
the front as smiling as a basket Of CHRIS
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