Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-09-01

Tu the Editur.
Instid w britenin up and givin us sum
hopes fer the footure mi labers tn weld
tugether the fragments NV our Dimicratic
party hev bin generally unsuccessful. Mi
larst attempt tn du so wuz a dismal fale-
yure frum a strickly partizun standpoint,
and tibet IL whut We all steer fer wen we
go out tn fool sumbuddy. Ez I stated in
mi larst lettur, we he'd resolved tn drop
the old issoos tibet he'd BEGUN danger sig
nails tn the kountry thru our bad manage
ment and look ahed fer once and tri tn
Iced the processhun with sum prinsiples
not tn much shopworn. I waited fer kon-
gress tn ajurn, so tibet our STATESMEN Good
not excuse their absence bi sayin tina he'd
the publick bizness tn look after. Sum
he'd roodly insultid me befoar hi tellin me
tibet the bizness tina wuz pade tn trans
ackt wuz Nv Moar Importance than eny-
thing tibet a Moo Gersey Dimicrat Good
suggest, so I wuz forced tn overlook SIGH
hoomi1iatin treatment and ketch them at
a time wen tina he'd no publik dooties tn
perform.
Bi maxim a mu1titood NV promises, and
the persuasiv logick Nv seven gallons NV
Moo Gersey applejack witch Grover Cleve.
land he'd sent tn me by xpress fer the gen.
eral good w the cause l he'd at hart, 1 sue
ceeded in assemblin quite a large number
Nv our representativ men frum different
seckshuns Nv the kountry tn konsult with
me upon the contrariness Nv the sitooa-
shun. We he'd a goodly number frum the
southern and western stats and sum frum
other s%eckshuns, incloodin wun from Moo
England hoo he'd escaped frum Massachoo-
setts and wuz huntin round fer some sort
NV an assoc tibet Good be yoosed bi men
hoo wantid tn konduct war without ftin.
After we he'd sampled the liquid produck
befour allooded tn I kalled the assemblage
tn order and sed: Gentlemen, we hev
met wunst moar in the interests NV the
Dimicratic party tn maik a final attempt
tn git tugether fer the wurk ahed Nv us in
1900 and tn kOnkoct plans tn enable us to
git offises fer our trends. Ez agreed upon
at our larst session, we hev conclooded tn
treet our past rekord ez a korpse tibet IL
ded and buried, and we don't want no
resurreckshun Nv it. Fer the first time we
hev concluded not tn waite tn see whit
the Republicans are goin tn du, and then
du the contrary, but we air goin tn talk
the 1n1shlat1v and perseed tn maik things
hum in the next campane ez we want 'em
tn. With tibet objeck in vue 1 shell be
pleezed tn hear from enybuddy hoo kin
trot out sum o idees tibet kin be de-
pendid upon tn hoodwink the people wen
wurked intu a politikal platform. Re-
member" sed 1 in conclooshun, ''thet
thar IL tn be no lookin backward. Our ize
air sot and sot strait ahed." Then I took
mi sect and awaited the effecks Nv mi re-
marks.
1 he'd expected thet our CRATE men wood
almost tumble over each other in their
anxiety tn be the fust tn advance sumthin
moo tibet wood sweep the kountry fer US
two yeers hence; sumthin thet wood en-
thoose the rabble and the aristokrats, the
laberin men and the capitalists, and sum-
thin tibet Good be KEEP doun hi the silver
ties and not be hove up hi the goldbugs.
Tu mi surprize nobuddy sed a word. I
he'd expected the fludgates NV talk tn be
opened, and thare wuz ded silence instid.