Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-21
Mr.. EPIzOOT WILKINS.
He Attends the "DimicrntIc sirlsus
and Animal sho' at the state Con-
vention In Ohio and Has Some Mis-
EiviDgs About Its "AttitoOd."
copyright, 1899, by American Press Asso-
ciatlon.l
BURo Nv INFERMAsHUN,
WASHINGTON, ID. Q.

copyright, 1899, by American Press Asso-
ciatlon.l
BURo Nv INFERNIAsHUN,
WASHINGTON, ID. Q.
Fu the Editur:
hev jest got bak frum anuther flyin
trip tn the west, wich inclooded mi visit
tn the Dimicratic sirkus and animal sho
at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and wich out NV re-
speck tu former gatherin's wuz called a
stait convenshun. We hev bin plannin
fer the performance doorin the past fu
weeks under the direcshun of Mr.. John
II. Mclean, hoo wuz the ringmaster at
our rehersals, and hoo IL tn kontinue in
thet capasity doorin the stait campane.
lie lives in Washington most NV the
time, and frum whut l Good see and
hear doorin mi trip tn Ohio, thare amt
likely tn be nothin in the result NV the
campane tn cause him tu change hiz resi-
dence tn the stait WHARF he sumtimes
stays over mite.
All our STATESMEN hoo hev been kor-
raled, occasionally, in these headquarters
hev bin NV the opiuyun thet a CRATE
Dimicratic victory IL needed in Ohio, this
yeer ez u send off fer 1900. We hev all
felt thet it wuz necessary tn hev the
president politically repoodiated bi hiz
own stait In order tu give w the proper
kind NV a foothold II wood hev a most
gratifyin inflooence on the Dimicratic
fackshuns, hoo are fitein each uther, ev-
erywhnre, and it wood also enkurrij the
insurgents in the Fillipeens and in Mas
sachoosetts. Thare hez bin no difference
NV opinyun ez tn the necessity NV hevin
a Dimicratic sweep in Ohio to shO the
kountry thet sich tyrants ez Mark Han
ma, and sich degenerit STATESMEN ez Nc
Kinley kinnot forever rool with an iron
hand. The only questshun hez bin ez tn
hoo wuz best fixed tn du the job. At
fust, none NV w seriusly thOt NV Mr..
Mclean ez the ringmaster NV the sirkus
At sum time or uther, doorn his career
he hez manijed tn be up aginst neerly all
the leedin DimiCrats NV the stait, and
hez blode hot and cold on their measures
travels thet tn menshun hiz name in the
presence NV menny DimiCrats wuz like
shakin n red rag in frunt NV an existed
bull. found a noomerus number NV EN-
at GAINESVILLE, and it took all the keerful
steerin we Good du tn prevent an out
brake in the convenshun. But it he'd bin
desided tn try the experiment NV runnin
a millyunaire tn ketch the aberin vote,
and so we he'd tn squelch all opposshun.
The convenshun wuz about whut | he'd
expected after knOin whut he'd bin dun
previusly. We he'd the job well sot up,
considerin the size NV it and the ma
terial we he'd tn work with. We got Mr..
Mclean nominated all rite in spite NV
the powerful current NV opposishun wich
wuz runnin agin him underneath, and we
hey put him Ontu a platform wich wuz
desined to ketch votes faster than fiji pa
per will ketch flies. Ez vote ketcher it
IL rite in it if we only ketch EN-.
The resoloOshuns is hot stuff. We hev
fired everybuddy overheard fer president,
exseptin Mr.. Bryan, and we hev endorst
him at the rasho NV more than 1G tn ez
the only man in the kountry hoo kin Iced
the Dimicratic party tn victory-and then
we nominated a man fer governor hoo he
woodn't hev on the ticket with him in
1896.
On war and imperialism we hit 'er up
in CRATE stile, endorsin the soljers hoo fit
intu the Revolooshunary war, at Bunker
Hill, hut hoo won't vote the Dimicratic
ticket in Ohio this yeer, and straddlin 9
hosses he did in different direcshuns, or
the Cuban and FiIlipeen wars, and putin
in good lick fer our Dimicratic ally in
the Fillipeens, wich IL Mr.. Aguinaldo,
hoo at last nkhounts wuz all rite and
enthusiastically Opposin the administra-
shun NV William Mckinley.
We also resolooted strongly agin hitch
in Ontu emmy entangin alliances with
furrin kingdums and empires-without
waitin tn see wether tha wantid tn en-
tangle themselves with the Dimicratic
party NV Ohio.
We hit the Trusts and the politikal
Bosses a staggerin bio, and showed
how consistent we wuz hi maxim the
most offensiv Dimicratic Boss in the
whole stait our candidate fer guvenor-
and the one hoo IL in every Trust ez fer
ez he kin git iutu it.
We also deklared ourselves in favur
Nv the inishiativ and memorandum, but
he'd sum trubble in gittin it throo, on
akhount NV the most NV the delegates
not KNOWN whut it wuz. Tha thort it
wuz sum MI kind NV mixed drinks. We
put in a resOloOshun agin sweat shops,
and he'd one reported agin mite sweats,
but it wuz rOOled out on pint NV order.
We got the platform throo the cOnven-
shun without much frickshun, but wen
1t cum tn nOminatin a candidate fer
guvenOr thare wuz sum plane speekin
tibet orter hev bin supprest. 1t was real
mean fer General Warner tn allood tn
Mr.. Kilburne ez "a man hoo lives in
the stait," and fer uthers tn refer in a
SARCASTIC wa tn Mr. McLean's big wad
NV mummy wich he will so grately need
in Ohio before he kin be elected guvenOr.
Ez a whole the program wich wuz
mapped out wuz put throo with ez little
hitch ez we Good expect wen we remember
thet we he'd tn crowd down the throats
NV thousands NV good Dimicrats a man
hoo wuz mOrtally hated bi EN-. But
mummy talks this yeer and it he'd tn be
dun whuteyer the consequences. The
resOlOOshuns don't make much difference,
fer an Ohio Dimicrat is expected tn
swaller whuteyer IL sot before him with
out asking emmy questshuns; but wen |
think NV the attitood we shall be placed
in if our Fillipeen combinashun don't
work l tremble fer the result Giyin
ade an cumfert tn the kountry's enemies
in time NV war hain't brot no distressn
amount Nv glory tn the Dimicratic party
whenever tha hev tried it.