Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1885-11-04
An Angry Editor.


When, after two or three changes Of
editors" Mr.. George Douglas tool
charge of the Winona Lancet and con
verted it into the Times, the RECORD tooh
occasion frequently to say good WORD
for the paper and for its editor. No,
have We ever lost an opportunity to speak
kindly of the bona-fide, aw.loving por
ton of the people of Winona. At the
same time, We have had, and will continue
to have, nothing but harsh words for the
rascals who have sought to obtain govern
ment land through rank and unblushine
perjury, and to defeat tho will Of the
people Of this county by glaring and
wholesale fraud At the polls. From thi.
latter class-military or civilian--we ask
no quarter, and shall give mono, and We
have the assurance of more than one resi-.
dent of Winona that they have as little
use for the gang referred to as we have.
A few weeks ago an article appeared in
the Greater Douglss's tewnsite organ,
presumably written by the Lesser Doug.
las, in which there was put forth whine
as to the Jail being built in an out.of
the-way corner of the county" In a
subsequent issue we took Douglas Minor
to task for referring to the county seat in
sighting manner; we also made some
truthful comparisons, and invited the
editor to come up this way and see for
himself what has been done in the said
Corner" We expressed no sentiments
not justified by the attack of the Times.
and stand ready to prove every assertion
made in our article. There was nothing
of an unfriendly nature manifested
toward the editor of the Times; mere
particularly, there was no harsh criticism
intended of the decent people in Winona,
who have always shown great kindness
and hospitality to Williamsport people
visiting them; and wh0m the: Citizens of
the latter place have always endeavored
to treat. in the same spirit when they visit
the county seat.
Whist, then, was our astonishmeut
when, on opening a late issue of the
Times, We found 1t boiling over with rage
and professed indignation, and IN one
column an article which for peculiarly
constructed sentences and dictionary
words" fired promiscuously leads us to
believe that the mantle of 1.-THE Miss
ing Link" has fallen upon the townsite
compnny's new editor. Briefly a. pos
sible We will call attention to what the
article said, and what ground the writer
had for his statements.
l. We "villifed tho Times in There
insert all the adjectives in the dictionary
of derogatory nature] manner"
We did nothing Of the kind. We have
always had good word for the paper
and its editor, some time ago, in quoting
an article in the RECORD complimentary
to his paper, said. in substance '.The
EMNoNs COUNTY RECORD, as usual, in its
last issue has kind word to say of the
people of Winona and of the Times. -
This IL not the exact language but, by
looking over his files Mr.. Douglas will
see that the spirit of his article, if not the
exact Language, is given.
2. We ''slandered the people of this
part of the county, as well - the garrison
across the river"
As to slandsring THE PEOPLE (still
meaning the respectable. all-the.year.
round residents of Winonal as stated
above, the Times has said that we have
never missed an opportunity of compli-
menting them. and we will continue to dc
SO, for they deserve it.
In the matter of "slandering the garri.
son" we plead not guilty. We once wore
the cloth Of blue, George; and oul
father died in the dark days Of 'eS dressed
IN the uniform Of the Union. We believe,
also, that every army officer who attends