Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-14
LETTER FROM GEORGE PFISTER.
Democratic Candidate Writes from North
Dakota. Taking q Fall Out Of Certain
Republicans and others.

our readers may De Interested W
know what has become of me as /
have not been seen at home of late.
Ny wife and | are up here with my
son Willet in n. d. l made longer
stay than l intended bat will try to
be home by the time they see this in
print On our way up here we found
it hot and dusty until we reached
Fargo, from there on it had rained at
night all the way to Berlin.
1t was hot and calm as we stopped
off at Berlin The southern part of
the country had sufficient rain for
good blowing, the northern part had
no more than the dust laid since some
time in June.
Crops were fair and of good quality
Wheat yielded from ~ to 10 bu. av-
erage, barley 10 to 30, oats 20 to 20,
fax to z, potatoes a small crop.
prices of grain the same as in Iowa.
Many improved lands are selling from
So to $50 an acre, mostly on half crop
payment plan.
After being here a few days it
seemed l was suddenly transferred into
Siberia. put on an overcoat and
huddled near the stove, had it re-
manned cold much longer would have
looked around for some felt boots.
What miss here is my daily mail,
as they have no rural routes here.
Farmers are too busy blowing to get
their mail often. l have not seen a
democratic paper since 1 left Iowa. l
do not know if they are prohibited in
this state the same as liquor. Perhaps
the papers are used as much on the sly
as l have seen liquor done.
| was surprised one day in reading
the Republican State Platform of
North Dakota The Platform favors
! the election of u. S. Senators by the
people. 1t also favors guaranteeing of
bank deposits. L discussed the
platform with the Representative of
! La hOuIC OOuhby. Ilo uocS hOt lawn
guaranteeing Bank Deposit but cam t
give a standing reason why. He
claims the Democrats stole part of the
Republican platform. / would like
to know whether it is the state or nat
ional.
have heard Mr.. Bryan say the Re-
publicans stole his platform. Now
which is correct? Mr.. Bryan will poll
more votes than he ever did in North
Dakota but it seems that the state is
going for Taft. 1t will be close rub
for u. S. Senator between T. Marshall
and my friend. M. N. Johnson former
ly of Winneshiek county.
also was surprised that our Presi-
dent has mixed himself up in this
campaign. He lowered himself in the
estimation of the people. He seems
to be the president of one party now
and not of all the people but he was
wise in not taking the stump. He
would have made votes for MIR. Bryan
instead Of Mr.. Taft as he wishes to.
This all set me thinking and in
looking over the worlds history l see
how the mighty have fallen and how
they fell. The wise Solomon of old
made the mistake in marrying Gentle
women. The mistake made by Nap
oleon Bonaparte was in getting di.
vorce from Josephine, the Empress
Chauncey Depew in being mixed uI
in life insurance; Our Teddy in be.
ing mixed up in the campaign Cover
nor Oummins in calling an extra ses-
sion of the Legislature l will be ready
to discuss any question of today not
from partisan standpoint but from
facts as soon as will be among you.
1t is well for any citizen to bolong to
a party but as soon as elected to Office
he should be servant of the people
and not of the party.
Yours truly
Geo. Pfister.