The Redwood gazette., 1918-10-16
Billy Baudette
Writes Dave Evans

Dear Dave-An astigmatic slant
at the political situation informs us
that you are trying to get your hook
on things down at St. Paul, and as
there are a few features concerning
your candidacy that we don't like
we are not going to be slow in telling
you about them. However we intend
to start this spiel off modestly and
merely wish to inform you that we
think as governor you would be about
as useful as a corkscrew in Baudette,
which is about as essential as snow
shovel in the place where the kaiser
will eventually land.
Dave, old top, your attitude on the
liquor question is an wrong as two
foot yard stick. You have been cam
ouflaging around as dry, yet you
have the nerve to say that you will
veto the prohibition bill if it doesn't
suit the little gang who hypnotized
you into believing that you could
dynamite Governor Burnquist out
of his job. Honestly, Dave, when
there are any votes in sight you can
change your mind quicker than a
grasshopper can change his address,
and it would be a laundering waste
of money to pay you six thousand
dollars a year to chaperon Minnesota.
Whattzmore, the way you are for
ever squawking about things in gen.
eraI is enough to give the average
citizen pain. After reading lot
of your double barrelled bunk, we
gather that everybody else is always
to blame, that Minnesota is going to
the eternal bow vows, and that un-
less you are allowed to park your
number tens under the governor S
desk this great state will go entirely
on the bum. You are always sore at
something whether you know what
it is about or not. Your political
raving, remind us of the habits of
the mysterious Australian animal we
used to read about When it growl-
ed it was a sure sign that it was
angry, and it was always growing.
But nobody could ever tell whether it
growled because it was angry or
whether it was angry because it
growled.
If you had a legitimate reason to
bellyache at conditions in this state
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been barking louder than one of those
long distance, baby killing guns of
the kaiser while you have had the
velvet coming your way ever since
you hung up your hat in Minnesota.
AS we got it, you waved goodbye to
Merry England a number Of years
ago, and after slewfooting around
Minnesota you finally landed at Ira
cy, where you have given anything
but an imitation of a man heading
for the poor house. In fact, David,
it is being whispered that you have
modified a half millions trips of the
long green, i. e.: dollars, and it would
appear that things have not been so
awfully tough in this state when a
poor immigrant can amass that many
iron men. If you had stayed in your
own country, Dave you'd probably still
be earning your daily biscuits by the
sweat of your classic brow, and you
would have corns on your nose from
scrapping the sidewalk every time
lord or nobleman flatfooted past
you. Under the circumstances it
i'll becomes you to be establishing
so many roars against conditions in a
state that has treated you so kindly
and from which you have grabbed
a garagefull of money. Of course
there are some voters with patches Of
ivory between their ears who will
swallow that bunk of yours about the