Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-15
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Washington, Janewery II, 1902. |
FRIEND J1M:--The peepel in this part
OF the land ar getting awair of the
fakt tibet Minnesota jeenius hez kom
among them. Throo q friend of mine
hoos brother IL an oGishoalder in Z
Pennsilvainia kownty, I got an invite
to be present and address meating
of the Omshoalders' Mewtewel Protek-
tiv Assoshiashun of thet kownty. The
meatiug waz kawld to order by the
rekoarder of publick dokewments, hoo
IL Cheef Cabot of the assoshiashun.
He speak ez follers: ::Fellow galoots,
we hev kom together to lissen to sum
remarks by q man hoo beleeys tibet
publick offs is q privait trust, and
tibet thoas hoo wons git in awt to hang
on to it by hook or krook. In this
lawdabel ambishun We ar sumtimes
blokkd by the ekspoashewrs OF tibet
kussed newspaper in this sitty. The
furst number on tho program will
tharfoar ez ewsewel be kussing the
Shallmar Trombone"
Then the fowntins waz opend, and for
Is minnits hurd sum Of the moast ell
lokwent and ekepressiv kussing ever
lIssend to. After the regqewler mem.
bers he'd ekshawsted themselvs q ka-
daverus looking feller-hoo waz not q
reRgewler member, but he'd bin admit
ted bekaws the klub he'd tixd on him
ez air presumtiv of the Judjeship so
as to keap him from skweel-
ing fer not getting anuther plais tibet
be along with number of uthers he'd
bin promisd-maid a desided hit by
stating tibet the edditer of the obnok-
shus paper awt to be droav owt of
town. The sugj ,styun waz refurrd to
the komitty of waze and meens to in.
vent sum way Of karry,ng it owt. The
of1ses were then parseld owt fer the
komfng kampain, tho members nobly
resolving to dye at THAR poast Of
dooty If the peepel wood let them.
waz then kawld on fer my speach,
witch waz ez follers:
"Feller pollytishuns: I am prowd
to meat with yu and SEQ the heroick
way in which yu sakryf1ze yurselvs
fer the publlck good.
"Offen in my hours of seeryus
kontemplashun I hev realizd thet tn ar
Il one danger thet mite thretteu this
republtck, towitt, mainly, % tollers,
tibet we mite sumtime kom to such q
pass that thare wood be mo- ono will
ling to leev pryvait bizness in oarder
to hoald pu blick OILS. l hev thawt
tibet we awt to hev q konstitooshunel
amendment making it . kryme to re-
Jews to surv ez publick ofilser. WHARF
wood this grand and gloryus hail
Kolumbya starspangld banner koun-
try be at If the gallant band OF patry-
otis now hoalding OTIS shood refews
to surv longer, and retier to pryvait
life? But yur akshun today hez given
me renood kurridj. The alackritty
with witch yu hev resolvd to .sakrilze
yurselvs fer the good of yur feiler Sit
tyzens, and awlso sakrifze emmy body
els hoo may be In the way, asshewrs
mo tibet patry ottizzem IL not yet ded
in the buzzums of Ameriken of1shoald-
ers. Yu ar not only willing to serv,
but yu ar awlso willing to talk. on yur
shoulders the addishunel burden Of
desiding hoo shall be the kandidaits
OF yur party. It IL troo tibet it:iz pop
ewlerly suppoasd tibet the peepel At
tend to sech matters, but yu and I no
tibet the ofdshoalders ar better fitted to
attend to sech things, aud generrelly
do 1t. Under the moo sistem of Sc
lekting kandydaits this wurk will be
harder fer yu, and it bekoms absoloot-
ly necessary thet yur masheen IL in
good running oarder, skilfull enjin-
ear at the throttel; awl parts we'll
greesd. It IL espeshelly impoartint
tibet the noospaipers ar with yu, and
I kin we'll understand yur greet at
heving q paper among yu tibet w
kant run to SCOT yurselvs. I am in
formd tibet yu hev kept awl bizuess
away from it ez fur ez in yur powr.
This IL awlrite, but it mite be q rood
skeam to send the moo kandydait to
them and let him promiss to treet them
fare If he IL elekted. It wood kost w
nothing for If he IL elekted he kin Jest
say tibet he thinks it fare to leev them
owt. ::
"Be shewr to be on good TURNS with
the church peepel, and help the likker
peepel awl yu kin, and yur path will
be eesy." ;
"This speach took nifty we'll. kood
planely sea tibet I he'd speaker owt