Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-09-08
MR.. EP|Z00T WILKINS
He Writes Upon Political Topics From Applejack 4
Farm===t1e Swaps Opinions With Grover and They A
Decide That Calamity is Their Only Hope 4

sertln' all our pOIlulkal kalkulat1ons. Un.
less we kin turn back the tide that seems
tn be settin' in agin us on every side, ]
grately feer we shell be swept off our
platform and lost in the currents NV des-
tiny. Everything seems tn be goin'
rong. Our revenoos are increasjn', labur
IL better employed and better pade, there
IL more muney in the treasury, the guv-
erment credit wuz never better, and the
dominyun NV the Yoonited Stats liz bein'
extended intu furrin' kountries ez the re-
suit Nv a war agin IL friends the Span
yards. All this, n much more in the
same line, hez happened under the bale
full inhooence of the Republican party,
witch onjustly and ongratefully snacht
the ranes Nv government out NV mi hands
and means tn hold EN-.
No sich a staff NV affares existed wen
l WIZ president, and l dont want emmy
thing tn happen now or hcnsforth tibet
Will in emmy wa reflect Upon mi admins
tration bi comparison.
1.-THE Republicans seem tn be playin'
in CRATE luck" 1 ventured tn remark tn
the cx-President.
Indeed tina are" sed he, "but it will
not always last. Just at present every
thing is comm their wa il consequence
Nv our tremendous crops and manufac-
lures and a shortage NV food producks
abroad. But waite till kalamities cum
and multipli ! Waite until the weevils eat
up the wheat and the smut bites the
corn and the canker wurms prevent the
Gerseymen frum maxim applcjack! Then,
sir, we shall cum tn the frunt agin, and
wen the kountry calls fer a leader tn
rescoo it frum the Sloo of Despond I
expect tn be where I kin hear the call
in case I am needed"
II hope yu are a troo prophet" sed L,
fer we are deep IN the wilderness, at
present, with no ray Nv lite to illoominate
the darkness. Jest see the co%ndishun we
are in! We hev generally managed tn git
on the rong side Nv every publik question,
and we hev pade deerly fer it at the bal
lot box. What hev we tn hope fer? Skools
and newspapers and temperans ~organiza-
shuns-all enemies NV Democracy-arn
mcreasin'; we hev no offices tn Civ tn
snkurrij our wurkers; the niggers are all
Rgin us, and the laburin' men are de-
sertin' us under the inflooence of better
times. Every place NV trust, onner and
responsibility hez bin conisticated bi the
hungri horde NV Republican ofis-seekers,
and thare remanes nothin' fer us bur
husks and bones. The welth Nv the
kountry is organized agin us, and the
muney sharks Nv Wall street c%rooelly
insist on deprivin' us NV the privilig Nv
payin' our diets at forty sents on the
dollar. Ez a party we air in a most de-
plorable kondishun, and nothin' but ka-
lamity kin IA us. Oh, 1 du hope and
pra that sumthin will happen tn upset
the prevailin' peace and prosperiti Nv the
kountry and gladden. the hart NV evry
troo Dimicrat."
II am glad tn hear WI talk in that wa"
BED Mr.. Cleveland. 1T shows me tibet
yu kin comprehend craftsmanship ez ex-
pounded by the averig Dimicrat. 1t il
wun pecooliarity NV our party tibet we
air alwuz lookin' backward. We air like
a man ridin' in a ralerode trane. We
V see nothin' till we git past it,
And with that partin bit NV gospel trootb
the CRATE man took hiz deparchur.
EPIZOOT WILKINS.