Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-11-16

He told the people along the river that
the citizens of the Williamsport country
would vote for this man and that, and
tried in every way to discourage McGec's
supporters. The ballots showed the falls
ity of that charge. To get signatures to
his petition for removal he told the voters
along the river and on Beaver Greek that
the Hollanders and the Wilismsport
people would divide the county this win.
ter. He had no foundation whatever for
this statement. Even if few here close
to town would vote for it. is it likely that
those taxpayers few miles distant, those
in Cherry Grove. those in Logan, would
favor it? Up here we all to man voted
against It, once; a few, dIsgusted with
Wade's treachcry, might favor it pow.
But they are few. Beaver Creek and the
river, with majority of the county's S
vote, would oppose 1t to a man. The
Russians distant from the point of loca-
ton of the southern county seat would
not see sufficient benefits to offset the big
increase of taxes. Finally the law re-
qulres that there must be $50 votes in each
half, and--what. knocks the thing COM
pletely--al counties which, like Emmons,
have once voted OH division under spe-
cial act of the legislature, are barred
The sheriff knew these things when he
told the people that unless the county
seat was removed to Winchester the
county would be divided. Who lied?
If only fear of division possessed him.
why did he not stop to consider that re-
moval of the seat of government to an
other non railroad town would certainly
not make the feeling up this way against
division any stronger? Nor would 1t
have added to it in the center of the
south half. Mr. Wade gives his true reu
son for removal when he says, "Thut
shack cost me $1,000 in good hard
money"
This county can be divided only by
such methods as Wade and his combi.
nation pursued ut the recent Republican
convention. If the system of trading Of
| fees for the support Of proxies should be
come successful, and incompetent officers
be forced upon the county, we believe
that the voters Of the north half would
''of two evils choose the least" and be
only too willing to cut loose, and would
JOIN with any section in the south end
for that purpose,
He uses the kingly "we," and remarks,
"We don't take the Mud Singer" Yes,
You did stop your copy of the RECORD,
William, soon after its editor refused to
be bribed or bulldozed by you. Aud you
were laughed at IN all parts of the county
for doing u thing so babylsh. Yes, you
we're. But you borrowed u copy, just
the same, and read every line of it all
through the campaign. Yes, you did.
Stopping your paper" is like poklng
your finger in water and tnen WONDERING .,
why there is no hole. Yes, 1t Is. |
Wade says that mo one has said, or nc
| one will say, that Winchester is not the
right place fer 1t" the county seatl
Yes, they have; you, particularly, have
From the time the county was organized
| until you began your ''sneak" along the
river with your petition, you were an out.
and out Williamsport man, Yes. you
were. With Winona and Winchester in
port. Yes, you did You always wanted
us to watch Bumstead." You wanted
The one polling place established said if
there was one established at WinOna we'd
be downed by illegal votes said, after
election, that several illegal votes had
been cast; said these things publicly.
You stated that. if elected sheriff, you in
tended to come here to live you often
spoke of moving your hotel building to
this place. Yes, you did. You bursLeu
the Duttens off your undergarnlcnts, fig
| uratiely speaking. III hurrying the build
ing of the Jail. fright away" You wen,
10 Blsmarcx, got Healy Bros. to make out
plans and specifications, and had them II,
the meeting OF the board before that body
mad passed an order for the building Of il
Jail. AS Bill Erwin said Of you IN II
murder trial, you smelled "fees--yEEs-
did. You had no thought of Winchester
then. You wanted votes, and they were
plentiful here. Yes. they were But this
year you concluded not to run, and you
hought i've bamboozled the Brlapor,
ties long enough. shall now howl for
The convenience of the dear people, and
shall take the county seat to my shack
Yes, you did.
. you're dandy politician Yes You
are.
AS to that promised railroad, if Win
chester gets it within the next two years,
and becomes good market town. the re
| suit Of county seat vote would probably
be different from the one just taken
Mr. Wade talks about railroads as though
he himself were a president and board of
directors. Whence comes his knowledge ?
As for the RECORD, if Winchester gets u
lrailrosd, the paper will go there without
| Waiting for the county seat, and regard
less of any other newspaper plant tha,
might he brought In" by it's enemies.
Yes. it will.
Big Boy Wade also calls, our palatial
manson "a potato p-i IT." Our anger
over comes us ! Yes. it does
He also credits US with hut sixteen
days service on a gunboat, laying [lylngl
fast to the wharf at St. Louis You
should have said six months. Bill, which
wasn't very bad for sixteen year old
and the vessel never came north of Mem
phs until the war ended, BILL But Of
course the writer's service was not equal
to your own years Of devotion to your
country-at Standing Bock--punclllng
mules. cooling coffee, dog robbing and
attempting to solve the Iudian problcA,
by process of bleaching. No, it WASN'T:
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