Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-08-06
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
SPEECHES FOR WINNESHEIK COUNTY
A New Candidate Announces That He Will
Run for Congress, and Will Stump
the District, in His
Interest.

Far has got sum letters wantin to no
more about the Maid of Orleans that
he rit about short time ago. He sed
he had no time to run buro of infor-
nation as he was runnin for Kongress
and wanted l shood anser them. Now,
l don't no eny thing about the maids
in Orleans township but am we'll
acquainted with sum milk maids in the
country where l used to work on a
farm but that woodnt' fit the bill.
Par has got terrible dose of politikal
ambishun and have tried all mi no.
ted persuasive powers to keap him
''off the trak" but he is awful set in
his ways, and is bound too run. l
told him this was an OFF yer and when
the vote was kounted he wood be so
fur OFF that he woodnt git home in
time to spend 4th of July with l and
mar. told him his opponent unstood
one more language than he did and it
kut quite politikal figger in sum
phases he sed he node it and had been
studyin the blamed jargon for a year
and all he kood undo rstand yet was
good dog" l told him that after
elekshun he wood feel more like
WHIPPED kur than good dog" Also
that his competitor didn't want his
constituents nor nobody else to eat
taller, but par thinks that if sum fell
lers like sum taller at less price than
tina doc sum butter at higher price
they have a konstitushanal rite too
ct it. Par sed he had votes enuff pro-
missed to elekt him twice over. I
told him thare was many a. slip be-
twixt the kup and the lip" but thare
was thunderin site more betwixt
promises and votes. Par sed if he
was elekted, which was ded sure, he
wood make me his private secretary.
l told him l didn't think I was kom-
petent on akount of mi poor spelin !;
he sed he never Sc young Teller
make such rapid strides in spelin
and | was as good authority as Web
ster and l spose par nose. don't no
nothin about the dewtys of private
secretary unles it is too keep trak of
what they do when they sneak of into
the kloke rooms and restorants or go
fishing to bust up quorum. / have
no idee what kind of rum quorum
is but it must be better than Boston or
Santicruz rum for our hired men that
we send to Washington take nothing
but the best down there. But when
they are running for offs sum of them
will take 'any old drink" with fell
Ter that they think his vote is for sail
at that price. "CeeZar Reed" was
my kind of moderator, when the time
KUN for bizzness he wood kount all
whether in sight or out of sight. We
the people don't want any laws pas
sed or unpassed by shy kanery or any
other shyners. We expect our repre-
sentatives will meet all questions like
men and not sneak off like towards
but face the music, give every ques-
tion due consideration and vote as the
facts and conscience dictate regardless
of what party introduced the bill or
what officiales chances for reelection
will be benefited or otherwise, always
remembering that nobody but an an
archist wants to ruin this country.
If the majority enact bad law they
have the power to repeal it; in any
event the minority can stand it if
they can. Par says he will speek every
day til elekshun. He speeks tonite
at Protevin, tomorrow at Pinchville,
next mite at Ravena and the next at
Clay Hill. That kloses his tower for
this week. l would like too go and
hear him but l kant find them are
sitys on the map and III be darned if
| no where they are lokated.
Abe Jones, Jr