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The Washington critic., 1888-07-18

Lots 81, 3s and 80, subdivision. .s12 90
TO LEASE.
For term of % years, q valuable piece OF
business property on Il st, bet 11th and 10Th
n W; rent $3.50 per month and taxes; lessee
to build on same,
The Washington critic., 1888-07-18

EOR RENT-WITHIN FEW STEPS OF CITY
II Hail, by Virginia lady, beautiful unfur-
nished parlors, with or without board; also,
home cooking 3O6 AZ ST N w
The Washington critic., 1888-07-18

EOR SALE-vACANT LOT ON U STREET,
L. between 10Th and 18th W, Soc per
foot. Inquire at 2O32 18th st n W.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
John Bidlake.

Hon. John Bidlake has been renominatsd
by the democrats to ill the position In the
legislature which he occupied two years ago,
with 80 much credit to his district, his party
and himself. Mr.. Bidlake il st present !
hardware merchant ct Osnabrock. His frank,
good nature and honesty has made for him
more personal friends than almost any other
man in Cavalier county. During the ses-
sion Of the last legislature no member had
more friends or influence than he and when
his position on any measure was once taken
he firmly adhered to his resolution. In talk
with prominent alliance men who were
wresent 1t the last legislature, amongst
others Speaker Crosse and President Loucks.
We were pleased to hear from them words
Of highest praise for Mr.. Bidlake and the
wish expressed that he might be again 1t
Bismarck, as the more such true, loyal legis-
lators there were, the more certain we were
of honest legislation. Representing % he
does the active young business mcn Of the
West with the fullest appreciation Of the
necessity Of placing every safeguard about
the agricultural interests, we can with can-
dor say, . better selection for the legislature
could not be made.-Pembina County Demo-
Graf.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
County Ticket.
Villainy Villainy |

We : IL possession of the fact Of
an INSCRIPTIONS deal having been
made By Jake Hager, Of Willow City
with Mr.. Wallace, the republican
candidate for the council, by which
another slice is to be taken off of Bot
tineau county, which with parts Of
Rolette and Pierce counties, are to
form a new county with Willow City
for county seat. Let us down the
"'brainy Jake" and defeat this villain
GUS scheme.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Ts hereby given that in accordance with Law
= . General Election II called for In til,
on the n psss Tussday an afts spu ths q nr. sG Mones1
leth Of November) 1883, for the following pur
i.t-To determine the question, shal
from taxes on their FIGURING mill for Z perioS
and-fo determine the question, For ),
3d-For the election 81 the Following county
One Register Of Deeds and County c,.rs.
n Treasurer,
One Sheriff,
One Judge Of Probate,
One District Attorney,
One Surveyor,
Foar justices Of the Peace.
And Commissioner for Districts Nos. l.
and respectively.
The following are the election precints viz
Com mtssioner District Nc. l. Precinct No,
l.-Comprising own l6l, l62, l63 and 1914,
range ~ Polling place at ]. B. vaillsncourt
Precinct No; 2-Consisting- Of town 100
range a. Polling place at M. Loiselle.
Commissioners District No. q. Voting pre-
oinct 3.-Polling place at J. B. Sinclair's stors
building, Bottineau. Consisting OF 7. l82, r
70.
Voting precinct No: 4:15consisting Of the
AA0AG " SOA1uAAbUxOu0E olStE1Cb 0O 1s-XOAk
ing place at John Taylor's house, T 162 r n.
Commissioners District No. 8.-Being voting
precinct No. 6.-Polling place ct the McBray-
en- Hotel, Bottineau.
Commissioners District No.-Being votina
precinct pfsca M,i No: eS;EPoliins plaos q sandii'
Commissioner District Nc. 5.-Bsing voting
precinct No. Polling place at Oak Crsok
school housed. GIO. J. C~OULTHARD,
County Clerk.
Bottineau, Oct. Is. A. d. 1888.
There are also to be voted for ct said
election, the following:
One delegate In congress
One member of the council from tho 2lst
legislative district.
Two members of the house Of assembly for
the 2lst legislative district.
The following named are the judges OF
election, appointed for tho above named cleo
ton precints:
Murray and J. B. V~aillancourt.
Voting precinct No. 2EG1NaCurie, n. LOi-
selle, aid J. ]. Hunt. A$$5 -.
Voting precinct No.. 81 John
DinWoodie and JohnA N<ka
Voting precinct No.
, ~ GHsRsFa2 ana w H3
Horneman q =. @.
!. Voting precinct No. Cd. C
5 Marshall n Austin Sanderson.
i Voting precinct No. WIN. Clark Jr., u
leVi0ar and Geo. ReO.
1880 E-@ ~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01

dates for congress and the legislature.
These are Of much more importance
than the ucces Of any candidate, no
matter who he may be, on 4 county
ticket. The administration at Wash
ington will not care a peanut from 4
city drug store whether our county
officers are democrats or republicans,
independents or prohibitlonists. WI
consider that. all things being equal,
9 candidate Of Jul party is to be pre-
ferred, but party should not be allowed
to compensate for lack Of essential
qualifications. In addition to that, it
is to be considered whether or not
undemocratic methods and crooked
political practices have been resorted
to in the nomination of men for
Offices, and the same principle should
be made to apply, and King Caucus
with his services should be dethroned
and the party purified thereby.
1t is Infatuated and threatened that
Certain parties, to carry out personal
ends, are prepared to trade, dicker
and knife our congressional and legis.
lative candidates. We caution and
advise the farmers, whose highest in
terests will be best subserved by the
election Of such candidates, to mark
well their ballots and see that the names
of Harden, Cameron, Bidlake and
Niche are on them, and take note Of
any who may be engaged in such
treachery to principle. It is but
just and proper to observe that we do
not believe the gentlemen first above
named would countenance or in any
way encourage such treachery, but
upon them appointed as leaders in the
manner mentioned rests a great re.
sponsibility, that Bottineau county
democracy shall be true to itself in
the manner indicated. and we beg
leave respectfully to remind them Of
it. Voters, Observe ueU your tickets.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01

Farmers, which will do You the most
good-cheap blankets, cheap clothing cheap
sugar and sail. cheap lumber. ehsap coal
and ohsap tinware, q cheap whiskey and
tobacco The great Democratic party a.yl
w VIII givs you cheap clothing, lumber
and other necessaries and make luxnrisa
such o wbiskey and tobacco pay The isx.
The Republican party you must pay
hsayy taxes % the necessariss of liifs. but
you can hays cheap whiskey. IVY free yhis-
KY md tab4cce. Hon. James y. Harden
represents your intsrest. Hon. Ca. a.
Mathews rspressnts he interests q To
ponopolists aad ths rish. chhsess hstssan
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
Land once & Devils I.ake.D.r

Land Once 81 Dsv1ls Lake, b. I.
Notice II hereby givsn thnf the f0iloxinx
named settler has 6led notice OF his Intention
20 make nnalp proof In support OF his claim,
and thAt sid proof win bo made boforo Jno..
". bennett, CIsrk III District Court n and fcr
Bottinesn County, p. T. 81 BottinsAu,o on 1at.
urday Nov. 4, l086, vfs:35 a
FRED WARNEKE,
D q No. 2e2e, for the ssk nsk nsk ~ -
y, Ind nwZ swN &c II, +. l0l, n. ~.
nts continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
ton ", sid land, Wis: Robert Lyon, Duncan
tinsau +. O., Bostineau County. B. 4.
-. q. S1x11AN, Register.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01

House as ven as Mr.. Bidlake, and my friend
Peter Cameron that for the council. / con-
slider that Mr.. Bidlake made q good record
in the house w years ago, though perhaps
at the the time not fully understanding the
aims Of the Alliance. which at that time was
not thoroughly understood as is today.
I Am satisfied that with the experience
gained two years ago, he will make an eff
Gent representative. I have : very high
opinion Of Mr.. Cameron, and believe he is
worthy the support Of every farmer in your
district, but more especially Of the members
Of the Alliance. 1t would seem to me from
what I have heard, that the issue is very
clearly defined in your legislative district,
and farmers should not hesitate how to cast
thcir vot,.
I have nothing whatever to say against
bankers, for banking, legitimately conduct
ed is an honorable, and . necessary bust
mesa, but banking a. conducted by too many
in Dakota, is what we are fighting and ny
information is that the banks which Messrs.
Wallace and McHugh, republican nominees
are identified. are no exception to the rule
in Dakota. Al issues have been defned,the
fight this year in Dakota will be more on
the Usury question than any other, and
want to repeat what / have stated in several
Of my communications, that / believe usury
can be stamped ont more efectually by plac-
ing the stigma If disapproval, by our votes
against candidates tainted with usury, than
it can b. by any legislation that may be
enacted. So long IS you mako the taking
Of usury respectable, and honorable, and
elect to the highest positions in the gift Of
Of the people. men connected with usurious
institutions, then no amount of legislation
will prevent usury ; but most Of our usurers
in Dakota being young msn, ambitious 10,
Office % our conventions are ample proof
lot them know for certain, they cannot 70
osive the votes Of the farmers Of Dakota q
long o. they are engaged in = business o.
thAt kind, and until they hays purged them,
selves from the faint Of usury, then non,
but the shylocks who care nothing for pub
lie opinion will engage in the business; il
will become = disreputable a. il il today il
the EAst, and to ! great extent viii y.
cured rsgsrdlsas Of legislation. Hoping
that yonf ticket may be slecisd, - I conf
IDENTIFY believe it will ~ . large majority.
am. Yours Materially,
q. LOUCKs.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
COLD COMFORT FROM A HIGH
LY COLORDD SOURCE.

Fred. Douglas, the colored leader,
is represented as saying: 81 have re.
Gently returned from a thorough can.
vass Of the Hoosier state and am thor.
oughly satisfied in my own mind that
it will be impossible to carry the state
for Harrison" In regard to New
York, Mr.. Douglas said: eve made
strong efforts in the western part of
the state, and we are talking Of com.
ing to Harlem with 10000 majority
for Harrison, but in my opinion We
shall not reach Harlem with 45, 900,
and l see no hope Of carrying the
state of New York"
The illustrious colored statesman
can't understand either why such men
as VIM. Lloyd Garrison, Thos. w.
Higginson, John @. Adams, Henry
P. Bowditch. Francis Parkmap,
Francis G.. Peabody, Hugh McCul-
Tough and Chancellor Pierson of New
York, boldly proclaim their purpose
to support the nominees of the demo.
cratic party. He fails to realize that
3oalngB p0Wn,saspisit.ai /. marching on
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
MI. aHarden and the Farmer.

MI. aHarden and the Farmer.
Mr.. Harden has much to recommend him
to thsjc.rmers Of Dakota. He il In old
soldi|2sa practical farmer, . leading mem
bsrI, the territorial alliance, : man Of
edGa 3: On, refinement and culture, m able
writ g m orator Of more than average
ahiNss and : man whose record % :
soldier and citizen is without spot or
blemish. Moreover, he is not : politician
and never has been. He did not seek the
Office. and all in all, he il one Of that kind
Of men that, barring his national politics,
farmers are strongly inclined just now to
honor. And even from the standpoint Of
national politics, more than half Of the re-
publican farmers Of Dakota to-day and We
think more than two-thirds--have no sym
pathy with that part Of the republican
national platform which proposes to reduce
the surplus in the national treasury by re-
pealing the ta1es IN whiskey and tobacco
and continuing the duties on lumber, coal,
sugar and other articles Of necessity to tho
poor. The republican farmer has been
thinking since the adjournment Of the last
Legislature, thinking hard, and he has been
getting med until he is about as red about
the nsck a he can hold He don't want 10
vote for naan, sven for pound master, who
u not above suspicion Of ever having had
any sympathy With, Or who has ii any way
aided or abetted any combination to beat
the fArnsr-fron the warehouse combine
tion u the usury roosts. This paper will
support no sush nlan even il he hiss the
shoulder straps 81 endorsement ~ the
Watsrtown convention, and We bslisvs
thsrs ara 81 lsAst 70. 600 fspublisan farmers
in the territory who viii not.-Conklin's
Dakotian.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
TEACHERS. TAKE IOTICR.

Al examination for teachers will b held
in the schoolhouse at B~ottineAu on Saturday
10th day Of November commencing 81 8:45
q. m. Candidates will please give notice Of
their intention 10 write on or bsfors the
preceding Monday, the 9Th OF Nov; other
wise no examination will Be held.
i. w. CArHno,
1913 Co. Stunt.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
Land Once 81 Devils Lake, D. |
Get. 9th. 1883.

Notice ii hereby given this the following
named settler has hled notfce Of his Intention
to make 1nal proof In support Of hts clAim
and that AidLproof Will before the
CLARK Of the District Court FOR
'Hottineau County, st Hottineau, Dakota
I. on Eny. 3Oth, 1889,
DIS NoNTl, for the az nsh and lots I and 2
rec 4, = 49, n.
He names the following witnesses to psoys
his continuous reAid9nce upon, and eultfya-
ton 81, said lAnd, VII: William Emd0, VIII
II, is. q. ~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
NOTION.

" I8uu OuICe ~ U0yIlB LIKE ID T.Y Nbt
Oct. IA, l068.
Notice 10 hersby given: That on Tuesday,
Nov. 18th, 1855, the plats OF the following
townships will be placed on fle in this once:
7. 1853. r. n d T. 100, r. rs.
The following townships will be died on
Tuesday, Nov. 2otn, 1855 I. 100, r. u and
T. 100, r.. rs.
On n after the above mentioned dates,
the land in said townships win be subject to
entry or dling. Z. g. SPYLMAN, REGISTER.
8. s, SMITH, Receiver.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
Peter Cameron.

In selecting Peter Cameron ~ their can
didate for the council the democrats have
placed themselves squarely on record as
opposed to class legislation ~ represented
on the opposition ticket by the nomination.
Mr.. Cameron has been q resident of our
county for about eight years and while at
tending to the work OF the farm has not
found time or had the inclination to take .
prominent position in county politics. He
has, however, bsen active locally in fighting
for what No has considered the best inter-
ests Of the masses, and has been gradually
brought into prominence by his sterling
worth and manly way Of advocating the
interests Of the people with . temper Of
Judgment that stamped him IS : clear head
ed gentleman Of judgment and ability, fully
able to represent this prosperous district in
superior branch Of the legislature until the
feeling .hsd become 80 strong, especially
among the agricultural classes that it was
apparent to all that, il ; farmer Yas to bs
selected TO that position Mr.. Cameron VAS
the { Should he receive . majority Of
the votes st the coming election--of
which from the present outlook there i lit
tic doubt, the people q this district can feel
assured that their representative in the
council will command the respect 81 that
body and with respect goes influence which
will SECURE fair and equitable legislation Of
ell GLASSES. 4 young ! 81 unbiernished
reputation, Honest and capable. The op-
position respect him and the party support
him With hearty good wili-more, with
enthusiasm. 20 the Independent voters and
republicans who - d~isplessed with The
bankers eombinafiap IN opposition % SAY
examine III r4cord, become Aequained with
Lis starting quslitss and you will surely
support him 81 The pollss-Pembins county
Dsmosrat.
RE&I4
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01

was born in Wyoming county, New York,
May %, 1874; spent most Of his time in
school until the civil war broke out, when
he enlisted and lived . soldier life for
three years. On his return he became &C.
qua,utsd with Sophia NJ. Marsh, whom he
married in 1868. They have one SON near.
ly seventeen years Of age. He has acted -
principal of graded schools IN Michigan,
Iowa and Dskots, and is quite q f~avorite
among educators generally. He has = home
in Jsrauld county, in which he takes
much pride in improving. Since becoming
a Dakota farmer he has found that farmers
as . class are Q slave to monopoly, high
tariff and usury, and thinking that by sr-
ganization they can better defend Them
solves he Joined the Farmers Alliance and
has been an earnest and active worker for
Its success ever since. He has always
been . democrat, and unlike many demo-
Gratis who came to Dakota. lie remains o
democrat still.
We ought to hare q farmer to represent
farmers.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
George Niche.

Vas born in Scotland in 1843, and lived
with his father on . farm until he came "a
the United States and settled in the Red
River Valley in the early days Of it, settle
ment. He very soon became identified with
that section Of Dakota in all matters looking
to the benefit Of the farmers. He wss one
Of the first alliance men in the Valley and
fought the monopolies, tooth and nail, on
the free market question; his sympathy
and earnest efforts have always been with
the farmer and it 10 to his credit that his
services have often been recognised by the
Territorial Alliance.
Almost ~ soon as the county Of Walsh
Was organized, he was elected commissioner
and after serving the term, refused . re
nomination, though unanimously rendered
him. He wss four years town clerk Of
hampton and At the Same time . school
officer.
He is m enemy Of Ill rings ~ he believes
them to he detrimental to the people inter-
ests.
On his coming to Bottinssu county he was
appointed to q commissionership, and it is
no more nor less than simple justice to say
that to his knowledge of and experience in
municipal afairs,a are the people Of Bottineau
comfy indebted today for the accomplish
ment of many matters that rebound to the
credit OF the county. He has been nomi.
mated by both democrats and republicans to
succeed himself.
1t cannot be denied that Mr.. Michio's
intimate knowledge Of the wants of the far
mers will prove of incalculabls benefit, when
called upon, 90 he will be next winter at
Bismarck, to legislate in their interest.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01

n GARD.

BoTTINEAU, eOct. Sd, 1881.
TO THE ELECToRs OF BoTTINHAU COUNTY:
GENTLEMEN:-Thanking you for the conf
dsnce already placed In me snd the assurance
Of many Of o for q continuance OF the
same. ! hereby announce myself An indspen-
dent candidate for the oflce 81 Register Of
Deeds, and most respectfully solicit yonr SUP
port at the coming election.
Yours truly,
GIG. j. COULTHA1D.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
The Bottineau Pioneer.
Official Paper 81 Botti,seaa County.
JIo n. BENNETT, Editor and Publisher.

The Democratic Ticket.
For President,
GROVER CLEVELAND, Of New York.
For vice-President,
ALLEN G.. THURMAN, Of Ohio.
For Delegate In Congress,
JAMES W. HARDEN, OF Jerauld county.
grhe Legislative Ticket.
For the Council,
PETER CAMERON, OF Pembina county.
For the Assembly,
JOHN BIDLAKE, Of Cavalier county.
GEORGE NICHE, Of Bottinsau county.
County Ticket.
For Commissioners LIST Dist.-Louis Brunette
For CoNn a issioner 4th Dist. X. Lackie.
For Commissioners 5th Dist.-Geo. Niche.
For Register OF Deeds-W. II. McIntosh.
For T~reasurer-D. Dinwoodis.
For Sheriff.. J. Ferguson.
For Judge OF Probate-A. Macarthur.
For District Attornoy-V. b. Noble.
For As~scssor-Gsorge Curis.
For Surveyor-A. L. Sinclair.
For Coroner-A. Maclay.
For Justices or the Peace-N. r. LAtrace
Murray Moore, w. g. Morden and James
MovioAr. H.,
For Constables-Wm. Bush, ]. G. Stoysr, J.
B. Martin and Richard Wilson.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
CULLIIGS SELECTED 1T RLIDOI
From Speeches by George Niche,
During the Campaign In Botti-
neau and Rolette
Counties.

#S&@
The issues Of the day are legislation for
the farmers, and until those questions which
most effect his interests have received !
favorable solution, no side issues ought to
be tolerated.
/ am . democrat because / am . farmer ;
If / were . banker or q manufacturer, /
think ! would be q republican At least /
could find more congenial friends in that
party, than | could among democrats.
II ever just laws are passed in our legis-
laturs for the good Of the farmer, il will be
by farmers like Cameron, Bidlake and my
self, who make our living by tilling the
soil and having withstood al sbbs md flows
Of the outrageous fortune that has been the
lot Of the farmer since the settlement Of the
Red River Valley, you should give US the
credit Of knowing whore the farmers shoe
pinches him the hardest.
II you want to perpstuats this reign of
usury interest that is eating up the fruit Of
our labor and ~crippling every branch Of in
dustry in Dakota, then vote for Wallace and
McHugh; they are bankers themselves and
allies of that 80 per cent chattel mortgage
institution, called the Dakota bankers $3.50
citation, whose influence in the last legisla-
turs defeated . usury law made for the good
Of the farmers, and repealed the penal clause
of the existing usury laws in order that
they might complete the work Of wrscking
our homes and ssizing and selling our chat.
tells for less than half value, without rum
ming the risk of . trip to the ~penitentiary.
Gentlemen, il you want TO vote against
your own interests, put Farmer Bergman's
name on the head Of your ticket he is .
money loaner and q chattel mortgage man
generally and in open league with the
bankers who are his masters and could
never have got his nomination unless they
knew he would do their bidding, but As he
was . near neighbor and q personal friend
of mine for = number Of years, l shall let
him down lightly; whom under rsmorse Of
conscience, he has often made me his conf
dant and told me that the wages Of political
sin ives political death and gave it to me
straight as q heaven-born fact-,hat no man
could serve God and Jad Lamoure. And
as he chooses the latter he is more to be
pitied than punished.
.Er.-mH-t 49, -2---raL- taF,-.
If there 10 any one thing more than an
other that makes mo proud Of this nomina-
ton, it 10 that it was the spontaneous gift Of
the honost, horny handed democratic far
mers /; that it was not the result Of any
political combination whoseshief and was to
rob the people or to make legislation suhor.
dinats TO that principle.
Gentlemen, I received my nomination on
. platform - just and liberal rs Christianity
Itself, whose cardinal principle il to do to
ethaunoGrTish to b lone by.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01

Farmers: do ron hssitats Tor whom You
should vote for delegate IN Congressi-read
the statement pnbliahsd elsewhere from the
report 81 he oonsular agenl, 4 London,
Onts;-thsrs you viii learn how the farmer
Is being robbed IA the increased price hs
hss AZ nv for his farming Implements
which The manufactures il selling ID Canada
81 ~hat the republicans call the paupsr Ia
Dor prices. SGT he seal Of your condemna-
tion on il and vots for Harden.
Clothlnel clothingI ClothinEi
VI have now 5000 10 clothing for boys.
youths and msn md IA pr0pons tosen thela
1hsspsr Than they we're solds in BotttnesH
cnpKtys hsfors. Now is9athe lime buY
whttle ~ sfeckk ~ nsW
znslIn4pxts AaIAsssk Arsn