The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-09-13
GROSSERKOPTI THE
AND POLITICAL
ISCHMIDTKIN SITUATION.
DISCUSS


alton, already. You know dot vas
always vote der dimocratic dicket efer
SINCE ! vas q boy man, nndil in '96,
ven dot silver craze scared me ofer 10
Mckinley. hafe me TOO much good
money NIT der pank in to follow Bry-
an once nnd his 50-cent-d dollar foolish.
ness. So vote for Mckinley pretty
quick, und like it plenty much. !
hafe got along fine. My stock brings
goot prices, my poys work for goot
wages, my wife been happy und fatter
den meier beforetimes. So tink dot
4 will vote me again for Mckinley,
yonce yet again. .
lyon vas wise nit wisdom, z says
Mr.. Grosserkopt.
Nein, I vas foolish like Won calf
vot don't know his mutter Vrom his
father when der lunch time comes! !
hafe made one big nnistook. McKin-
ley was all right, his prosperity is all.
right, but dot is not der whole cheese
es, already. Do you know dot dis
country vas fast becoming Won EN-
|pire, dot pretty quick right away, we
haze Won king? Dot freedom which
we lofe will soon aus gaspiel und We
might 50 veil pack up our trunks to-
gether und sail back to Germany
Who tolds you desc tings what
doesn't vas?n asks Mr.. Grosserkopt.
i,.tOr hafe You been mixing yiskey nit
your beer SO much?n
ssVho tolds me? Don't you tink SO,
neither? Doner und blixen! Can't
You nothing see NIT your eyes closed
vide open?" vehemently expostulates
Mr.. Schmidtkins. My wife und Bry-
an ind Carl Shurtz und Altgeld und
ludder fellows say dot. Der dimocrat-
ic platform has Elm piece three miles
long about it, already. They all
speak out like Elm Bismark und say
dot de var vas Won excoose to built
up q big standing army vonce to sit
down on der necks OF Won free peo-
piles; dot Uncle Sam wants to be Elm
king nit himself und John Bull, und
will pile up war taxes higher den the
eagle can fly some more; dey say dot
Mckinley believes in a governed NIT
out der consent of der government. I
Und pretty quick right away when We
meet nit der flag we must bow down
und say: Hook, der Kaiser. I like
not dis Imperial business, und / told
you right now to your face in front,
when some man comes to me dis year
ind asks me to vote for Mckinley und
lein empire, will kick him mit der
coattails under so hard dot he will
taste sole leather und shoe pegs for d
month! e
ohm, says Mr.. Grosserkopt in
a reproachful tone, did you meier go
you to camp meeting und hear der
preacher tear his shirt up und say dot
If you don't come up to der front right
away quick, der devil will be roasting
your bones in he'll before der morn
| ing cock crows a httle?"
Yah, Ich haba. =
s.Hafe you never vent by q doctor
when you vas feeling little bilious,
lund der doctor man smelled your
tongue, feeled your pulses, jabbed you
| in the bread basket und said dot you
had der consumption OF the liver or
der fatty degeneration of der solar
plexus; und dot you come shust in
time for him to safe you from der
grave ont?a
ssYafl, / hat me dot. =
! Have you nefer yet heard store
keeper say dot he vas selling hats so
cheap as nefer beforetimes; dot you
moost buy Won hat for so cents dot
day or you lose der chance by your
| life; veil, you buy der hat und next
week you pass dot store und see dose
same hats yet marked downto Is cents
apiece eacb?n
| dot vas so, neider.
ssVell, says Mr.. Grosserkopt, ris-.
! ing to add impressiveness to his ar
gument, ssdose vas tricks of der trade,
my friend. If you hafe been taken in
you vas too green for an COW to chew
mitout making her sick. You haze
been humbugged by dose who under
stands their business plenty much.
You hafe heard Bryan say dot der
country would 60 to smash ana We
would right away become slaves to der
money kings by Europe, OF he und
free silver vas not elected in '96. Veil,
vot was the quenseconsces? He vent
dead at der bat, as the ballplayers
say, aber der country still lives. Und
vat is more yet, Europe to us has come
to borrow money. John, dose fellows
who felt so blue dot year, feel shust
so worse this year. You shut pig
away from trough und he squeal
like Won cyclone; ven he gets by the
swill once, he speaks not Won word.
Vot you hear about Imperialism Is
only der nusic by those fellows Who