Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-07-10
A Swedish Nomination.

The following good thing, entitled
"Speech of Ole It. Torkleson Nominal
ing Knute Nelson for President in
! 1885," is going the rounds of the
travelling men:
"Master Chairman, Yentlemans and
Lady: Ay never med spetz on repub-
lie conversion before, men ay tank
ay haw got SO gut ritz to med spetz
| for sweed mans some live on Manso-
ia, as gankee fellow hod to med spetZ
for gankee mans DOM est en-.
cay hvin on Mansota long time
Master Charmans, ay been nerly born
on Mansota, plenty more sweed fall
Ter living an Mansota, mor-en millin
of it, all good mans, and Master
| Charmans ever tame We needen pres
sedent for the Unite States, bout
forty tusend gankee Taller down esten
yump up and Want to make himselfs
for president and ven him didn't get
nOmason him scratch the ticket like
-schuse me Master Charmans.
ave got pile schmart sweed faller
SO med gud pressedent on MansoUa,
and ben hare to nominate one of it
Mr.. Knud Nelson, Skidgo county,
Mansota. Hay ban gud substans-
able farmer, and ay nominate him
for top of republic ticket
"Knud Nelson him run farm yus SO
gud som any man onMansota hay ban
hard worker. Hay can hire two
mans run farm, and Knud him can run
business round Vashingtown Unite
States capitol hoos strate as string.
AT Knud ben lected president him
Yod yus keep one gud mans and dis
charge hole cabinet. Two Sweed mans
can do yus so much work as all do
gankee faller on Vashingtown, and
Knud Nelson ban gud mans. Any
mans like Nelson who can keep Chine
Bug and coke bur out $40 acre land
on Mansota, can run hole Unite
States like top.
cay haw me farm on Mansota, and
me broder Ole, him got farmstead
vesten side Vim river, Dakota terri
tory. We bod plenty bad crop and
Ole him put big moryaje on farmstead
and first geer Clevelan him ben pres
sedent, come long grass hopper him
ate up everything on Ole tarmstead
but moryaje, and We wont SO get gud
mans for president so Clevelan he
Won't get in gin.
cay tank Master MacKinley better
pay him bill before him wont to run
for president, him ben hole talk vid
Democrat on Mansota.
"Same tame Harrison him run for
pressedent ay reden on Sweed paper,
Ben. Harrison hay are uncle for Ole
Thompson, Sweed Taller, him live on
Mansota, so'ay work hard for Harri-
son two, and ay get gud many more
Sweed Taller him work for Harrison
two, and so soon him are lected ay
not hear Won word from him, hay
amt so write me letter and say tank
you. And him made minister for
Shili out of Irish mans and hay
not give Sweed faIler yob tall, only
Poster Office, and we haw big fite vid
gankee faller bout dat.
"Harrison amt so good Sweed mans
likeKnud Nelson, and at you lect Knud
Nelson ay bat he Won't go shootin
duck nice veder. Knud Nelson ban
plenty gud shoot yid gun, but hay
will tend to bisness on Vashingtown
and shoot duck Sunday.
"You tank more en- millin Sweed
mans on Mansota keep still and let
voomans out vest run hole bisness?
Not bay a-ay don't tank so.
"Af you don't give Knud Nelson
nomnasson, Sweed mans him will
made tamany hall out Mansota, and
med combinason vid Irish mans on
New York and run hole Unite States
yus de same so him want it. But af
you put Knud on top of republic teck-
ct We carry Mansota and We carry
ever staten mort side Mansota.
"And ay bat Knud Nelson him won't
send faller out vid powder mashine
med rain for ten cent acre and now
him can't stop it.
''Ay ban thankful for tame so ay
med this spetz and hope ay amt SO
use two much big word. Sweed mans
can make besten spetz ven him can
use few English curse word. Ay tank
yon gentemans and lady for your kind
intentions -