THE BE
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: .. TTades. Apr.
15th, 1900.
To niv democratic friends,
throughout t be Upitea states
rpnr Bovs: I am so glad to
have the' pleasure of writing
vou again . Don 't think , boys ,
that I have forgotten you.
Bless your old souls I couldn't
afford to be that ungrateful.
My future business would be
a gloomy prospect without
our influence and encourage
ment. I think of you all ev
ery time a ballot-box stuff er
or Goebelite comes to my
kingdom, and njy only re
gret is that you paven't got
a Goebel election law in ev
ery state of the American
Union. Or if we had a uni
versal Goebel law it would
be better. We kvould have
a devil of a time then. I'd
soon have to
enlarge my
roasting machine
one hun-
i i f 1 ifi.' ' L . a 4- i C .
, WOUld llKe IO DC WILLI yuu
in the present campaign and
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helo you denounce trusts ana
St against expansion, but
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1 nave lots to up. xuu
campaign yearfare always
year promises no exception.
While I can't be with you in
person I am always with you
A 1 t u T 4- 4- Vl . CT TTTT 1 XT
urea ioia to acc jmouaLc ujci . , - aa
vast increase of business itJ ant devils who preceded to
would afford de. Boys, I If t the Goeblers have it un
, . J -n der the ribs with read hot
in tne suiriL, aim ah tuiaway -l
1 'l , i. Vinnrlc rF pren mv best
help you thru many tignt
v J , 1 JHu
piaces wnere you wuu.u u.u-
erwise be leix
nlio-ht. I trus
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in
saa
you remem-
ber me in all your undertak
ings. When iri trouble al
ways look to me. I'd drop
sr. c- l
my Diismess any u au;
swer tne emmergenc uu ui speding 150,000 dol-
crat advisedly, lnere are tv . . .
a few scatteriW democrats oose his seat ,n the Senate
a icvv owauwv. jz, , is enough to make us all teel
vou know who don t belong J n"Ueg. 15. th
to 'the machine, but there are bad. But like, the good
not enough of them to do us democrat he is Clark is go
any harm. Most of these S ? tr7 ltSa.: 1 hoP.
U eventuaiq go over to the dejjocnge ed itors won
the republican, where they ni
. 11 t" affair. The people are al-
wiu nsrnt us openiv wucicas
they are now fighting us in
secret. Business is very
livelv down here now. and
I'm getting everything siz-
j7. ft t
msr not.; low rcmemuci x
wrote you in February that
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I was having a devil o
t,i:4.
time
with the
Urucucuicu
that had comfe down here. uf vc.""'.
Ahell was otis-inallv con- which are hurting our part.
As hell was original! coiv Wfa B Tillman declared
tracted it was supposed to vv L1 a c" q4-u
contain accommodations for that the democrats m South
every class of people, and as Carolina "had stuffed ballot
a matter of fs.tt I never had boxes shot niggers and were
any serious trouble until not ashamed of it he told
those Kentucky fellows be- the truth but he made a devil
gantoarriveJ You know I of a mistake. There are
had to drop everything else several democrats in S. C.
and build a special cage to that love fair play and hon
put these Gobelites in be- est dealing and who are
cause I knewTthat if I didn't Wwdlj lead to believe that
they would sion steal all the the democratic party is iip
coal and brinistone and even right and honorable, and it
j 1 Ben. who is a little go a a-
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iJC l-4 1 Mil UUL tjl 111 V
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business. 1 no since caeing
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up the boys,
jl nave naa an
awful time.
They keep upl
such an evetlastine racket
tnat it gives me the head-
ache, beside they have act
uallv worn
out two steel
cages fightitig in them
since
anti-
w
irebruary.
J You see I
have two
UoeDei aemocrats
i i j i
in
cage. They
the Goebel
are opposed to
kUV.
IDC vjv-uci law On tne
grounds that it don't afford
as much chance for fraud
and trickery as it should
have done," They accused
the Goeblers of being cow
ards for this defect in the
law and the result, was a
fight which has been going
on incessently for nearly two
months. When the racket
began I tried to stop it by
getting on top of their cage
and pouring melted pot met
al down their backs through
the cracks between the bars,
but the hotter 1 made it for
themthe harder they fought,
besides I like to have met
with a serious misfortune
myself. Unthoughtedly I let
my tail drop down thru a
crack in the cage whereupon
at least a dozen of these dev-
lish wretches grabbed it.
Angels and ministers of
mercy, how they pulled it!
I never, was hurt so bad
since I was kicked out of
Heaven. My screams
brought to mv assistence a-
bout a dozen of my lieuten-
. 14- err.
pitchforks till thej, let go
tnT- fml TTnw T did wish
j zr;' , t
that Ben Tillman had been
there with his pitchfork.
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My.tol wa. badly hnrt and
than ornament ever since.
But this has learned me a
lesson. It learned me never
to let mv tail fall into the
V 7-:. r n
friends, lest m a nt ot po-
u' Hrnnhnhia thev seize
"U4V-":" .r v J
it and tear it rrom its very
foundation.
I was very sorry to learn
that the United States Sen
ate kicked out Clark from
That was too bad
, . n
ready finding out so much a-
bout our devilment .that : e
are going to have .a tbunder-
f ion hara time fe"l"
bodv elected this summer.
j rj.tx.i. ,r
see it c on u a wa .
to be too bold about our
husiness. Several democrats
. ,
I mnncr them, has a little more !
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! 1- -t.4- i r- 4-lnc hA 1 orftintr
ouo" " , . " rt TV"
fn.lrivs tVlfCF tnlkS ItttO the
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Republican party. 1 admire
Ben and all other democrats
for Laei1.
- . "y, but it pains me to
see
tnem stana UP Di:a
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bout xt- Bo's 11 ls ?11 rltit
to accuse the republicans of
rascality and fraud of every
kind, but for mv sake and
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I 1 -a 1?
your saKe ana tne saiie oi
vit-d 1 uiu iai wv. ""J -
of your rascality like Tilman
did. Then there is Aycock
whoin your party has nomi
nated for Governor of ISorth
Carolina, has played thunder
by declairinor that the demo
cratic party 'has ruled by
fraud" in Ins staie.
several democratic editor, .
swear that he never uttered
such language, but I tear
ifc ftinnest democrats
will regard their statements
somewhat like the gooa peo
ple do mine. . But if Sim
mons, who is the ringleader
of machine democracy - in
North Carolina, carries out
the special instructions tnai
I g-ave him we'll score a Dig
victorv in that state u-
August. We will carry the
Ammendment which will
disfranchise over one hun
dred thousand foor devils
and of course it will be
smooth sailing after that.
Those states that have dis
frtirhised the poor and lg-
M, A r4m, V 4, -
norant population are send-
,ng me aoou -? --v -
cruits as tney uiu uuuC1
Soup-house poverty admin-
istration of Grover Cleve-
and. If yo want, to make
a fiend and a devil out of a
man take away his right to
a.
man LclKC away wV
vnte. Give him to under-
;t i rn1v theedu-
4.1 fV,o rh-h xrhn hnv
sense enough to know how
sense cuuuu " "w "
to use the ballot properly,
If vou cint succeed, in ais-
r... : iif'f
why pass an election law
like we have in Arkansas,
Virginia, Kentucky or
North Carolina, which puts
the entire election machinery
in the hands of one
part v.
ill LAIC vx vuv J-
Then you can always throw
mn-Vi vnn nlease
and hold the offices. It may
sometimes strain your con-
sciences to help put such a
law upon any state, but re-
member that you win De re-
warded some time. xou
know how the democratic
legislature which passed the
Goebel law in Ky. also pass-
.. . ' t i i 1 '
ed a bill at tne same session
known as the "Prison Bill"
which turned out the Re-
publican officers and guards
of the penitentiary and supt.
of charitable institutions in
the middle of their terms
and distributed their offices
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amonsr tne memuers oi luc
legislature as remuneration
for their support of theGoe-
bel law.
And then if you should
not be rewarded up there I
will remember you when you
come to my kingdom by fur
nishing a tub of salt and
snow for you to cool your
tails in and a dozen assistant
devils to fan j'ou.
Now I want you to go to
work. We have a big job
on our hands this year. We
have got to yoke the popu
list party and the Bryan
dempcrats up together and
get the free silver republi
cans to get m our Dana wag-
on. we ve got to iuse witn
every old thing that will give
us a vote. Pay no attention
to consistency nor party tra
dition. You know if we had
. A
to abiae dv consistency or
partv tradition, we mierht as
well shut uo shoo. What
k i
you fellows want and all you
care about is the offices . You
have all ot the office trh
and nothing but official sal
aries will do it any efood,but
you have got to scratch like
the devil (that's me) to get
them this year. You have
got to not only scratch, but
you have got to tell lies and
lots of them. Invent all the
new lies you can, and tell all
your old ones in a new way
'Promise everything asked.
If you are running for office
promise places to every
body. This is the way I in
structed Bryan . to dp and
he 's carrying out my advice
to the letter. He informs
me that he has promised
Cabinet positions to 16 hun
dred persons and lesser offices
to a small sized army. You
see this accounts for the way
the boys are whooping her
Hrvan. Come out
o-ood and strong against!
trusts and expansion . ne
trusts wont care how much
you abuse them. They know
that your National Chairman
is a big stock holder in the
American Cotton Trust.
Call them those damnable,
bald-headed, readied brim-
stone.eatinff. blood-suckers
- ---- .r v; . u
of honest toil. You see such
talk as that will scare lots
of fools and cause them to
vote the democratic ticket,
Save lots of breath . to , de-
tiAiinrp pynanmon . DUt ClOU t
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nounce expansion, but don t
call it expansion. c-au
imperialism, ana maice it
sound as horrible as Pps81'
, T , , - A 'a...
ble. In short, rip. and storm
rnn. hpratise as 1 Said in fflV
last letter, you know lots of
uemut. vnxVw
aemocr
that will not stop to listen
t A. ... it --v I nnr n ti i
that will not stop to listen
tp argument. Many of them
also want to believe a- he,
therefore let them be damn-
. , --
ed. That s scripture and 1
want you to help me to ap-
ply it to the people on this
tApauoiuu h
I have a lot more that I
woild love to talk about but
my tan is paimu
mucn ngut uuw tuac x vvm
have to close. I will; write
you again when my tail gets
better and tell you just how
T .--- 4- itmi 4-- . r-i i -n -f l-i 1 n rrc
j. wam ju
Give my love to all the dem-
ocratic candidates. Tell
Aycock and Tillman that I'll
forgive them if they wont
talk so any more.
Now, .boys, for the sake of
all thats in democracy, don't
1 -i4- Viic 1a4--cki" rrcki- vt4-r 4-Vc
icu ti g,-
Hands ot tnat blasted x enow
Jacket man. It just beats
the devil how that Yellow
Jacket fellow is catch in 2f on
to our tricks. I hate him
worse than I do holy water.
Now in conclusion let me
thank you for the valuable
en me in your management
t - 4-. n -CC m mr- n m A
ot election altairs anri m
cheating the republicans out
or votes, i? rom time to time
1 will Hadlv criv von H-
7 m 0 J " ' " -
vice in tbe business of elec-
tion trices, as l nave been in
the business longer than any
lived I intended to have ap
pointed him as democratic
chief on election laws in the
m u w . . m mt m m m v m m - w -mB7
uuikyu v v-v-wj um l -L. aiu UUW
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to Simmon of North rnrn.
to oimmons oi iortn taro-
hna . He comes nearer be-
JX.. 4. ..A, '' ll
iihL d ucuiucidL aiier mv uvvu
heart than any man on your
planet, and if he carries his
state this year I'll reward
him by making him chief
lieutenant devil over all my
dominions.
Lets whoop her up, boys ,
and have a general juonee.
If vou need any assistance
letme know and I'll come up
or send a hand. ; You rs for
democratic success and also
with a very sore tail.
SATAN DID VII.
P. S I forgot to tell you
one thing. Now this is strict
ly confidential. I have de
cided to help elect Bryan by
the use of a few miracles. I
had nearly forgotten how to
work them, as vou know I
haven't had much experience
since the da-s of Pharoah
wtien I blooded the waters
of Egypt, turned walking
sticks into snakes, brought
1
up frogs, etc. But I tried
my luck again the other day
and. the result was that a
hen in North Carolina laid;
an egg with the initials of
W. J. Bryan on the shell.
Lots of superstitious repub
licans will look upon this in
cident with reverence ? : nd
refuse to go against Bran.
They, will never suspect that
I bossed the job. I am go
ing to try another trick. I
believe I can work a miracle
in the ballot boxes, bv caus-
! .i.:. ' f'
. . flvuol. -a fVif-
names Qf the democratic can-
didates to appear m their
places. If I succeed in doing
this we're solid. It will
beat Goebel laws, stuffing
i .
the boxes or voting dead ni
wrR;ollt ofsiht.
the boxes or votins: dead nig
ers;.ouJ of sight,. '
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