Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-02
DEVILS LAKE NTER-OCEAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1900
MR.. EP|Z00T WILKINS
He Writes of the ''Conclushun NV the Confab' al st.
Louis and Gives Inside History of Democratic Ell
forts to Promote Harmony.

ana so KIN emmy good Dimicrat hoo hez
the welfare Nv the kountry at hart, vile
at the same time not foolishly fergettin
hiz own.
Whut l hev ritten consernin Mr.. Bry-
ans willinness tn adapt hizself tn cir
kuu1stances in order tn gain votes fer a
nominashun or an elecshun, must not be
known outside Nv the contractin parties,
so we all pledged his helth in a foamin
beaker Nv beer and solumly swore our
selvs tn secrecy. If we finally conclood
tn go it alone on free silver ez the issoo,
we shell fix the platform in that wa; but
if we conclood that the Trusts kin be
made tn pan out better fer us, or we kin
scare moar people with EN-, we shell maik
the fte with EN- bi addin a plank agin
imperialism" wen we find out whut it IL.
l think we Good hev agreed upon sum
general plan Nv acshun if it he'd bin left
tn the members Of the committee hoo
were present. Tha were mostly frum the
south and west and a majority of EN- were
friendly to Mr.. Bryan; but l am afrade
thare il goin tn be a hot old time wen we
git the. full committee tugether. The Dim
icrats NV Moo York and Moo England,
and sum of the Middle Stats, air badly
broke up over gold and free silver, and
we didn't dare tn commit the party on
any fnanshal issoo notwithstandin we
he'd a fat majority witch we manoofac-
tered on the spot. Vile we felt tibet we
were capable Nv rasslin with all kinds Nv
publik questions, and settin 1Ae course
fer the Dimicratic party tn steer bi, yet
we thot it improodent tn du so with so
menny members absent. Therefore we
got over it bi publikly deklarin tibet we
he'd only cum tugether fer a friendly con-
ference. and tibet we he'd no in%tenshun Nv
dictatin whut the party shood du. The
real inside trooth NV the matter wuz tibet.
aside from Mr.. Bryan-hoo il alwaze
present everywhere in every part Nv the
kountry wherever two or three Dimicrats
are assembled tugether-the CRATE stats
men Wv the Dimicratic party staid ava
n pade no more attenshun tn our meet
in than tina wood tn a sowin sirkle Nv old
maids. l feer their course indicates tibet
tina don't konsider the chances fer success
with much fer next yeer, and l ask mi
self, kin it be possible tibet all our laberin
and sweatin and drinkin and %palaverin
will be in vain?
Thare wuz wun distressin incident, vile
we were assembled, tibet upset us consid-
erably vile it larsted. Wun Nv the kom-
ulItee ueCum WuIeIlOSSeu VI urluklu Cu
much NV the ice water provided fer the
speakers, and he'd a faintin fit. 1t wu2
lait at mite and we failed to find a doctor
handy. The only wun we Good git wu2
a young colored mar hoo wuz found bi
the clerk Nv the hotel, and no wuz study.
in tn be a doctor. When he entered the
room we Immediately fired him out agin,
fer we yoonanimously conclooded tibet
emmy troo Dimicrat wood sooner die than
be helped hi a ~nigger-and the niger sed
he wuz willin he shood. A sniff frum mi
bottle Nv Applejack soon brot him around
all rite and the insident wuz regarded e2
cfysed.
$M7ostNax,ns
Frum Applejack Farm. wich il next tn
Grover Cleveland's, in the staff Nv Moo
GerSey.