Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-12-08
DECIDEDLY INTERESTING.
Tho Legislative Contest in the Watertown
District Creates Some Feeling.

The Legislative Contest in the watertown
District Creates some Feeling.
Watertown News.
There ID not man who has figured all
the returns to all the county boards
without throwing out single precinct
on either side, that does not know that
DonaldD0n hos . majority of all the
votes cast, and those of the people who
have not the facilities for knowing all
the facts in the case, do know that for
weeks the best informed of the Gang in
this city have admitted the election was
60 close that it might take an official
count to determine who was elected to
the council or house of representatives.
Indeed the pool here Who had over two
thousand dollars bet on the election of
the McCauly ticket with telegraphic re-
turns from all counties figured them
selves beaten by few votes and sent
out one of their Pals in hot haste with
arguments in his pocket to convince
county csnvassers the precincts giving
Donaldsoon's ticket large majorities
ought, for certain irregularities, to be
thrown out, and upon receipt of tele-
gram announcing his success, the repre-
sentative of the betting pool appeared
upon the streets Offering new and large
bets that the Donaldson ticket was all
defeated BY not less than forty majority.
Yet this same Gang now finds man
with cheek enough to assert for, and in
the name of the Infant, that the Gangs
legislative ticket has been robbed by the
legislative canvassing board of their
votes. A more d1abolical falsehood was
never published. Its very proportions
will damn it with all honest men. The
Courier says tissue ballots and intimida-
ton will not flourish in the climate
of Dakota. Where were tissue
ballots used in this district ?
Who has been intimidated? :?
Tell us who the "mob of scoundrels
were who threatened, intimidated, and
assaulted Mr.. Spicer; give us the names
and the particulars, be more specific, OF
acknowledge before the world that you
are but following out the old programme
and taking the same course adopted py
defeated tricksters and unprincipleG
partizans, every since politics has had 8
history t.e., to raise the cry of robbery
fraud and intimidation; and who wel,
the intimidators? Representatives Q
the infant please be more specific, tina
We may disprove the allegation if untrue
or join you in condemning the perpe
traitors, if there be any guilty of sue
deeds. In the same article the Courie
charges that Mr.. Spicer was threatened
abused and assaulted for insisting tina
the count be delayed until the clerl
from Sphinx county arrived" We de
nounce this statement as an unmitigate,
falsehood. Donaldson, Schaffer, an,
Hauser, have received majority of tn
legal votes cast at the election in thi
district, and hold their certificates G
election. They will take their seat g
Yankton at the organization of the les
islature. If there is any thing in all Q
these charges the defeated candidate
have their remedy defore the legislature
let them make the contest. If wha
they say is true, they are in duty boun
to contest; but we assure the people G
this district, and of all Dakota, that b.
fore the assembled wisdom of the mex
Legislature, all the lies now being tol,
and all the false charges now bein
made by the Gang will fade out like I'll
baseless fabric of dream, and our cal
didates elect will not only take the
seats, but they will hold them.