The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1900-01-04
Mr.. EP|ZOOT WILKINS.
He Relates His Experience During
His Holiday Trip TO Kansas "tu
RcIecvc the suncrins InRicktcd ON
tn the Poor Downtroddcn Farmers
NV the west"
BURo wv INFEHMAsnUN,
WASHINGTON, u. C..

BURo wv INFEhMAsnuN
WASHINGTON, ID. G..
Tu the Editur:
| ! hcv Jest returned home frum the
Wild and woolly west WHARF | went tu
spend the holidays doorln the agurn-
mcnt Nv kongrcss. he'd herd SO mutch
about the suffcrins innickted on tn the
| poor downtroddcn farmers NV the west
hi the Republican administrashun and
the Trusts, thet concloodcd | wood
investigate n little on mi own hook and
see IL | Good orglnizc sum plan fer
their rclccf. ] also he'd the welfare NV
| the Dlmicratic party I'm view, fer knu
| 1t wood help us If | Good In bcfoar the
people NV the Yoonitcd Stats the facts
In the case, and let EN- realize the aw-
| ful condishun NV the toilin mllyuns
| hoo wuz swcntln and gruntn their
lives ava, vile the Republican millyun-
aires wuz rollin in luxury and drinkin
the best whisky, and warein out their
sizzcrs and thum males In clippin the
coopons Off NV the government bonds.
hev laid awake mites mournin over the
condishun NV sich NV our fcller citizens
cz hcv bin I'm contack with tn mutch
work ontil Good stan 1t no longer, and
then ] lit out fer Kansas wich he'd
bin led tn believe wuZ the center NV
kalamity and distress.
Wen rccchcd st. Louis felt 1t mi
dooty tn git Off the trane and buy
few dollars wuth Nv fodder-or cz
mutch cz l. Good carry-tu relieve sum
NV the prcvailin dcstitooshun. "IIoo
nozc," scd tn mlsclf, "but this humbel
| contribushun ma be the mccns NV saw
In the life Nv sum poor starvin, horny
| listed son NV gun hoo hcz bin rasslin
with grasshoppers and hoo hcz he'd all
the ambishun nockt out NV him and hiZ
aspirashuns crushed hi the kapitalistic
| combinashuns, the giant octopuses and
sich things" | almost cried wen |
thot NV all the suffcrin and destitoo-
shun l wuZ soon tn witness in the
storm center NV kalamity, but l dried
mi eyes wen | thot NV the politikal
capital the Dmicratc party Good make
bi picterin tn the people NV the koun-
| try the troO sitooashun Nv the agricul-
| tooral populashun wich IL the back
! bone and several ribs Nv our gloriuS re-
publik.
Wen mornin busted and allied frum
the tranc sed tn n man, hoo stood on
| the platform ut the depo, kin yu tell
| me WHARF the most destitooshun IL
holdin forth?"
"Whut air We givn us, old man?" sed
he, GRIMM, and lookin kinder queer at
me.
81 am Dimicrat frum the stait Nv
Moo Gerscy," sed l, land mi objeck
In cumin way out heer IL tn relieve
sum Nv the dcstitooshun wich our
speekurs and riters hev sed wuz rain
wuss than the smallpox"
hi this time several people he'd gath
cred around and proseeded tn hurt mi
feclins. Hes off his nut" scd one
man hoo he'd II part Nv hiz breakfast in
hiz wiskers.
He's got sum grub fer church pic
mic" scd another ez he looked at the
bundles NV groceries carried
'Sa, old man, yu kin git n good job
shovelin grain and huskn corn," sed
one moar NV EN-.
Then ! got madder than wet hen
and | sed fcercely: az this the wa WI
trcct man hoo Gums thousans Nv
miles tn relieve yure sufferins and
keep yu frum starvashun? If it IL, WI
air an ongrateful set Nv low down
SkoundrelS. ! hev cum heer tn organ
ize relcef fer yu ontil we kin send yu
few carloads Nv provlshuns, and VI
treet me cZ IL | wuZ u nigger tryin tn
vote in Kentucky. Whut duz it meen?"
81 think ! see whut the trubblc IT,"
sed well drest man hoo he'd bin lis
senin tn the conversashun. "Our new
friend hoo hcz jest arrived amung us
hez evidently bin delooded bi the mis-
representations Nv the Dimicratic
noozepapers and speakers hoo hev led
him tn believe thet the condishun Nv
the western farmer liz one thet calls fer
sympathy"
Sympathy" sed !. "Du yu meen tn
tell me thet the people NV Kansas amt
sufferin and starvin and hunger nawin
at their gizzards ez a dog wood nav at
n bonew
Hunger be durned," sed a man in
the crowd. "Yu don't kno whut WI air
talkin about. Kansas wuZ never so
prosperous. We hev moar than three
hundred millyun bushels Nv grain, so
mutch corn we don't kno whut tn du
with it, and everything thet man or
beast kin eat IL found everywhere in
abundance, The grain elevators air
full, and the ralerodes can't begin tn
git enuff cars to haul ava the crops.
The people Nv the stait hev pade off
moar than hundred millyun dollars
Nv mortgages doorin the yeer, and we
air livin on the fat NV the land We
hey good houses and hosses, smoke
good cigars and kin give yu drink NV
good whisky or applejack."
Crate C9sar!" sed |, droppin mi
bundles. "Yu don't sa yu kin make
Moo Gersey's standby out heer, do yu"
1--WE du," sed he, 'and wb shall be