Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-10-22
Communicated.
Editor COURIER DEMOCRAT

Editor COURIER DEMocRAT:-
The three column article which
the Republican devoted to my
humble self in its issue of last
week must indeed have been ter
rible strain on the Uranium of its
editor. But as desperate cases re-
quire desperate remedies, I sup
pose the Republican considers the
labor we'll spent.
The Republican commences its
terrible arraignment OF myself
from that very important event,
"The coming Of the present editor
to Langdon.' This great event,
which no doubt will cut an impor-
tant figure in the political history
of the county, is all the more i'm
portant from the fact that the
present editor" came with "great
mission" to perform. Which
great mission" was neither more
nor less than the enlightening Of
the poor benighted democrats and
populists of Cavalier county and
the turning over Of this county to
the republican party this fall. OF
course such a paper as the Repub-
lican should experience no trouble
in the consummatiop Of such 81
change. But a las, those obstinate
and benighted democrats and
populists would not be enlightened
according to the Republicans
ideas and it is now rumored that
the "great mission is likely to fall
through and drag the Republican
alcng with it, and forsooth the
Republican is getting desperate
and must do something, and here
am I, one Of the poor benighted
democrats who wouldn't be en-
ligbtened, not even after the poor
Republican man lying awake at
night for no other purpose than
rejoicing at my prosperity and
thinking Of nice and compliment
tary things to say of me and re-
garding me- as a kind and gener-
GUS man, and after all this [ havn't
given the Republican cents
worth Of busiress-or in other
words [ wouldn't be bled, as can
didates for Office should be around
election time. And when I would
not be either enlightened or bled
the Republican thinks it has vast
ed its sweetness on the desert air
aud goes after my political scalp
and suddenly discovers that I am
not the kind and generous man it
thought [ was but malicious and
dangerous fellow in whom no per-
son should have any confidence.
Next the Republican speaks of
its great experience in interview
ing and reporting noted and pro.
minent men of the day. and among
others w. j. Bryan, our next pre-
side1,t. OF course this was in the
days when the Republican m an
and W. J. Bryan were chums and
it was Chilly Bryan and l." or II
and Billy" and consequently we
were in very high standing those
days. Really I do not know what
the Republican would have done
!: had it not been for its passing &C
quaintance with w. J. Bryan and
surely that acquaintance must have
thrown a wonderful halo around
the present editor" as it gets off
a squib "reminiscences Of those hal
cyon days in almost every issue of
the Republican.
The editor of the Republican
may be all right as reporter and
} l never heard his ability question
ed as such. However on last
Thursday evening, the 18th inst,
Hon. c. A. M. Spencer, candidate
for district judge on the fusion
ticket said ut the Court House
that "the Republican youngmau"
Il use his own words,-publish-
cd what was untrue of him, and
thai he had 10 proof of what he
printed, and be, Spencer, believed
that he knew it was untrne ar tho