Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-05-24


ONE of the good government" lead
erS is II gent named Devine. more pop.
ularly known throughout the state as
"HOly joe. Joe is "a genius. lie Is
nOtedf for his Sailctinnonious appearance
ON the lostrum. When Joe gets up Ia
speak he closes his eyes and assumes a
very devout appearance. When the
writer first saw him arise to crate, lie
thought Joe was blind man. There
is "a big bunch of hungry politicians In
this sei-called reformer outfit, from the
PattelSunS and Rraddocks of the
counties tp tile eX-otiicellolders of state
prominence, like Spalding. Winsllip,
HeIgeSon, Frank White, etc, etc.
But. notwithstanding .Ioe's leatitic
appearance when making talk medi-
cine, the Stalwart republican papers
vi the state are at the present time
monkeyng with his dignity i'm il most
disrespectful manner. They refer to
him as .'Chief Three Salaries. y 1t
seems that once upon Il time, when
joe was lieutenant governor Joe
waSn'ta refurmer then, because Joe
held otiicel the governor. Frank
Briggs passed to the great beyond. Joe
acted as governor. Then Governor
Lieutenant Governor Joe drew two
salaries. While filling both offices so
far as the salaty VAS concerned. Joe
got Il sideliLe job To make IA spiel at
some state educational function. Joe
put in Il bill for that, and then Joe
drew three salaries. That is why the
untegenerate newspaper men uf The
state refer 10 Joe as "Chief Three
Salaries
Joe is also being given tine title If
Chief Thanksgiving Proclamation :.
The whertforeo this is also hetegiven:
Joe is dramatic rusS, and an at,i.
tudinizer from away back.
When Joe stepped into Governor
Briggs shoes le Looked around for
some medium through which he might
create "A >ensa ton tn. drawing
nigh OF Thanksgiving day would give
him the opportunity. Presently there
burst upon the people Of the state a
proclamation that made everybody sit
up an! take notice. Frank Bipp, IA I'd
teen plain. unassuming business,
man wl" had fe" airs. kept his ewes
open when he talked. and was amli
lions only To give the state IA success
full administration. hi, manner was
a great deal like that of Governor
Sarles. But Joe was an educ ,tor''
and q man ~ brains and gumptjon
lie liked To talk about "higher educa.
tion. 1.-THE uplifting of the masses,
and things like that. And So. when
his proclamation was hurled upon the
startled people of the state, they wer,
pleased and said: '.lIere is a governor
as is IA governor We've had no,hin.
like him. What 4 writer he is. What
massive brain and penetrating intel
lect he possesses Aud the people 4
our fair commonwealth were filled
with JOY and pride.
There was at the time i'm lSismastk
an iconoclastic cuss the first letter of
whose name was and is Tom Poole
lie was and is q sinful lad one whom
Holy Joe would not for i; minute con-
slider worthy to sit among the elect
and help divide up the proceeds
dumped from the contribution-box.
But Thomas whose surname is Poole
mas memory, and, having been
btought up on the banks of the raging
jim. amid the political turmoil of
SCOTSMAN county. it goes without
saying that said Thomas is what is
known in the parlance OF the sinful ne
foxy Now. Thomas read ,h.,
Thanksgiving proclamation and No
thunk think in fact seriss =,
thinks. The dictiun was familr., :,
seemed to him that he had heard !,
before. ST. he proceeded To ,nvas,,
gate. lie looked over the COMES of ~.
Thanksgiving proclamations of ~.