Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-09
MR.. EPIZ00T WILKINS.
He Returns From Washington and Brings Discouag-
/ ing News to Mr.. Cleveland Upon the Political
Situation.

loox at 1t rum a military or a pontlkal
standpoint. The Fillipeen heethen hev
not cum up tn our eXpectashuns in OPP
posin the Amerikin armies, and the Bry-
an insurgents are gittin tn numerous and
sassy fer our cumfort. The Republicans
air gittin all the party glory out NV the
wal tina wuz forct intu, and thare don't
seem tn be nothin left fer us tn du but
tn set down on our launches and growl.
"Uv whut good il emmy kind Nv a heeth-
en-, I'd like tn kno, if we KAN yooze him
fer the benefit NV the Dimicratic par
ty," sed MI. Cleveland. 81 wuz opposed
tn the war and still am opposed tn all
kinds Nv strife thct will benefit the Re-
publikin party, but if yu kin sho me emmy
assortment Nv heethen, ennywhere, witch
we kin ketch ontu and rop EN- intu our
own ranks / kin be depended upon tn ex-
tend a friendly welcome to EN- if tina will
promise tn be faithful tn the civil servis
and ~reveioo reform"
"Excuse me, Mr.. President sed 1.
"but tibet il exactly whit l hev he'd tn
| contend aginst in Washington WHARF VI
sent me tn harmonic so menny different
samples NV Dimicrats. One and all Of
EN- sed tibet civil servis and revenoo re-
form wuz plade out, and thet we coodn't
win in 1900 bi hangin live men ontu ded
/ %issoos, nor by hanging live issoos ontu
ded men. We must hev sumthin moo and
s~tartlin, and sumthin thet wont be tn
suggestiv " a graveyard. The preyailin
opinyun wuz tibet we aireddy hev on hand
tn menny unburied corpses hoo air walkin
around and maxim believe tina air alive"
"That il WHARF they air all rong." said
Mr.. Cleveland ernestly. eve don't want
nothin moo. We must foller in the. foot
steps Nv our fourfathers and believe in
whutever tina sed we ort to believe in wen
we got tn it. We air alwaze shoor NV a
man hoo still thinks he. il votin fer An
droo Jackson wen he votes fer me, but
thare il no dependence tn be placed ontu
a man tibet goes huntin around fer noe
issoos and moo candidates. The Dimi-
cratic party kin never hope tn cum inter
power agin if it makes intelligence a test
or tries tn compeet with the Republicans
in keepin ARREST Nv the times. Oul
strongest hold IL tn ignore ez far ez pos
l sible all allooshuns tn passin events, anc
git back and fife agin niger supremacy
and the danger we air all liable tn Of
hevin sum niger marry our daughters
We won the 6te in Baltimore bi SIGH tao
ties, and we kin conduct a campane along
SIGH lines with marvellus enthoosiasm."
1--WE Good du it so far ez VI and ali
conserved. MI. President" sed I, "ant
we Good eazily indooce the Dimicrats W
Moo Gersey to swaller whutever wuz Sc
befoar en-, but thare seems tn be sun
yung men in our party in other stats ho'
want tn look ahed and not 6te the bat
ties Nv their grandfathers. Applejacl
don't seem tn reach their cases at all, an
I am afrade tibet we shell looze thei
votes and their inlooence. I hev appeele'
tn them to waite fer kalamity tn cum, an
. tina skornfully replide tibet tina preferre
. prosperity"
|. . "Ihen thare is but little hope fe
y Them" sed Mr.. Cleveland. "a Dimicra
l hoo kinnot waite fer kalamity in thes
disheartenin times IL no troo Dimicrat."
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