Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-12-08
MR.. EP|Z00T WILKINS
He Writes a Second Letter to Aguinaldo to Acquaint Him
with the 'Politkal Sitooashun" In This Country and fears
Defeat "Wood Give the Dimicratic Party the %staggers."

an our W sralrsmen LOOK IKE second-
hand dothin dummies.
We shood like tn hev yu cum tn
Ohio and take the stump agin Nc
Kinley, but thare air obvious REGIONS
why yu Good not fill SIGH an engage
ment at the present time. We shood
like tn hev the glory Nv yure presence
bust upon yure enthusiastic admirers in
Massachusetts, but the same REGIONS
will prevent yure cumin. But don't git
d~ownharted. Put in yure best ticks be-
tween now and November, if the mud
and water and insecks will permit, and
we will du the rest. We will kontinue
to speek we'll Nv yu at all our %gatherins;
we will embroider platforms tn suit the
occashun; and we will hatch out an out
burst Nv indignashun, thru the medium
NV men and wimmin hoo fte only with
their mouth, tibet will be herd thru the
length and bredth Nv this crate republik,
if e%nnybuddy happens tn be listenin.
Don't let the Amerikin army lick yu emmy
moar. 1t wood Civ the Dimicratic party
the blind staggers, and dislocate all our
plans. Our only hope, in yure direcshun,
il tn hev w hold out agin u armies
ontil the loss Of life, the crate expense,
and the demoralizashun nv defect or de-
lay kin create a reacshun Nv publik SEN
timent in our favur. Du this and yu air
o. X. Don't du it and the whole shootin
match will be dumped overheard at the
poles, next November, in wuss condishun
than the Tories Nv the Revolooshun, and
the Copperheds Nv our big uncivil war.
I hev thus confdenshelly onloaded mi
self ez the Representative Nv a crate party
tibet amt in no condishun tn make mulch
NV a fte upon pure and lofty prinsiples,
but witch il watein fer sumthin tn turn
up in it's favur without mulch regard ez
tn whut it il. Yu hev no idee Nv the
trubble tibet heds us off, at every turn, in
pursooin SIGH a course. The Dimicratic
party hez alwaze bin in favur Nv eek
panshun'' wenever it he'd a chance tn *
pand ennything, and thare il alwaze sum
Teller well enuff read in the history Nv
the kountry tn bob up in convenshun and
remind us NV it, or tn fling it up at us in
sum ~nooZepaper Sum NV en- air impu-
dent enuff tn ask whit we hev tn gain
bi foppin round and walkin backward
and givin the lie tn all our past pro-
fesshuns. On SIGH mournful occashuns all
l kin du il tn manetane a dignifide silence
and swear. Tu tell yu the plane truth we
hev taken an all fired big risk in defendin
WI, and stakin all our chances Nv win
ming the next elecshun on a very slippery
niger. This il entirely confdenshal and
not tn be respected except in secret Dimi'
cratic Strikes; but thare IL no denyin the
fact thet we air goin tn loze votes bi beir
agin white s~oljers Nv our own blood anc
kountry, and in favur Nv them with
black hides, and no clothes on, hoo la ii
watein tn shoot down our sons in furrir
jungles fer defendin the Amerikin flag.
This il about the sitooashun up tn date
and l hev ritten planely in order tibet y,
ma profit bi it and sho yureself a trot
Dimicrat hoo kin lend us a hand wen W
. need help.
$&1esthI2x,.s
Frum Applejack Farm, wich il next t.
Grover Cleveland's, in the staff Nv No
C<rcor