Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-24
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EDITOR CoURIER-DEMoCRAT:-
If this heading looks like hog Latin"
to you at the first glance brother Demo
Gratis, and you too who are our respected
opposition politically. l have no doubt
but what you will readily and easily
translate it into plain English.
Its great to be great, isn't it? And in
the limelight, even of the Fortieth legis-
lative district. And the position of the
man prominently in that limelight at
present reminds US of many noted men,
far back through the misty corridors of
the worlds history, but more particular
ly of one Benedict Arnold in the latter
years of his life, when he was known as
the man without a country. Hated and
exiled by the country of his birth, which
he had betrayed, he was loathed and de-
spised by those to whom he had betray-
ed it, and by all the rest of the world.
The f~avorite son, the pet, the idol al
most. of Cavalier county democracy, a
man to whom fortune and favors had
come easily. and in abundance, and who
had come face to face with the greatest
opportunity Of all Such an opportunity
as comes to but few men in a lifetime,
and one which asked Of him only thathe
be staunch and fearless, or in other
words who would stand by his colors
and not give up the ship, in order to
r,olya q 1jnn yf hin, rpcn- .-l
place him in line for greater honors
politically.
But, alas! He who might so easily
have become the lion we fancied he was,
has whined a whine and announced ne is
only a poodle, and that he considers his
mistress, Miss Democracy. too i'll and
weak to longer care for HIM as he would
like to be cared for and so be must needs
scramble onto MIR. Republicans band
wagon if possible in order to reach his
goal. Well. now that we know he is so
diminutive, such a small creature, we
hope he gets aboard. at least far enough
to get him out of the way of Miss
Democracy's on coming chariot.
One doesn't need to be in the legisla-
ture or even in politics, but just an Or
binary citizen like myself to know that
the minority party in any legislative
body has many recognized and establish
ed rights and privileges as the minority
party. And when the minority party of the
upper house consists Of but one or two
men, ability instead of being handicap,
ped is given a rare opportunity of showing
itself to advantage while lack of ability
is pretty sure to be exposed. We found
all the proofs we need in last weeks
Milton Globe that thcgentleman in Dues
ton had failed to make good and adj
mitted that he was not cast in so large
a mould.
At no time in the past forty years has
the democratic party been in such a
favorable position in national politics as
at present. That is, so in accord with
public sentiment. And at no time since
Cleveland's administration has it stood
such an excellent show of winning at the
polls in all its contests from now until
and including, the next presidential cleo.
ton. And SO under such circumstances
it is quite deplorable that the uncommon
and distinguished position which our
state senator has occupied for the past
two years had not been filled by u man
who was equal to the occasion and op.
p%ortunities.
No good democrat of the Fortieth
Legislative district need feel at all dis
couraged because 50 many Of US may
have shown our good democracy and
good citizenship 10y voting for Theodore