Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
MR., EP|Z00T WILKINS
He Bewails the Increasing Prosperity of the Country
as Ininical to the Democratic P~arty-=Repleting Its
Banks From the "Fillipeeneze." -.

in tn du whatevera Dimicratic heller tells
him tn. If we he'd only he'd a few thousan
FillipeenoZe In Moo York and other stats
at the last elecshun hoo wood hev voted ez
ordered, we shood now be spared the hoo
miliashun NV seein a Republican guvener
Nv Moo York, a Republican majority in
the mex kongress and the prospeck NV re.
mainin outside the breastwurks Nv offs.
The o I konsider the sabjeck the moar
I reach the konclooshun tibet we must hev
sum moo %recrootin territory frum witch tn
draw u votin supplies. We hev about
exhausted u resoursis in this kountry,
and we ar losin our footin everywhere. 1t
suddenly occurs tn me tibet perhaps the
oneazy, lawless and nakid heethen NV the
Fillipeens, who are agin the government,
may be jest whut IL needed tn wurk out our
politikal salvashun. We hev alwaze he'd
the best LUX wenever we hev he'd the least
intelligence tn buck aginst, and WHARF
law and order IL held in small respeckt.
Sho me a place WHARF yu kin hang OF
burn a niger without hurtin ennybuddy's
feelins but the nigger's, and I'll sho W a
place WHARF we kin alwaze kount on q big
Dimicratic majority. 1t IL the same WHARF
ignorance prevales, and if I Good be as
oL1O UAO l. 4AJ1pCCuOL0 COOu no AOp
ava from schoolhouses and nooZepapers
and other civilian inf1ooences I shood
favur bringin 'em tn our shores at wunst.
l shell speek tn Mr.. Cleveland about
this promisin outlook ez soon ez I hev an
o~ppertoonity. He hez he'd CRATE LUX in
gittin folks hoo didn't kno much tn vote
fer him, and I am almost shoor he wood
favur emmy scheme hi wich Dimicratio
votes Good be imported bi the shipload free
Nv dooty If tina Good be yootilized next yeer
fer hiz benefit. SIGH a course wood call fer
sum sacrifisez on hiz part, to be shoor, fer
he wood hev tn explane why a yaller man
In the Fillipeens IL more tn be desired ez
a voter than wun in the Sandwich Is
lands. He Good refer it tn Queen Lii NV
the latter place, and whutever she sed wuz
the reezun he Good declare it tn be the rite
wun. am confident tibet Mr.. Cleveland
hez n principles witch kinnot be altered
tn fit the occashun if thare ar votes enuff
to warrant the trubble NV maxim the al
terashun. 1t IL an experiment with tryin
and wun full Nv CRATE promise if it pans
out we'll. We hev nothin tn looze and
everything tn game hi ennything tibet will
bring intu the Dimicratic fold a lot NV
voters hoo don't kno much and don't want
tn share tn prolniskuously in distribootin
the of1ses. l think we kin safely maik a
proposishun tn the Fillipeenoze tn fiji tn
our rescoo and save us frum the defect
witch awates lis In consequence Nv tryin
tn ride tn menny bosses in different di-
recshuns in the same race. I hev alwaze
felt tibet we needed a closer contackt with
sum infeeryur race tn strengthen our grip
on whut appeers tn be slippin out Nv our
hands, and it begins tt. look ez il the eloo-
sive Fillipeenoze wuz about tn be provi-
denshally projected intu our midst fer
votin purpusses. We hev tride in various
waze tn gobble up the niger voters, but
hev ignoominiusly failed tn gather 'em in.
The Fillipeenoze don't kno us so well,
and we may hev better LUX with 'em.