The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
RINGS AND BooDLERs.

The vote OIL county poor asylum was ;
sweeping one against it. 1t is not to bG
understood from this that the people
have no desire to have n suitable asylum
for the poor, bnt it is to be understood
that the people have no confidence il
the present ring management of thil
county and that they do not feel in tho
least inclined to place even the paltry
sum of ~ 600 ut their disposal without
proper guarantees that their money vii
be properly expended where the people
want it, and not where it might suit the
convenience of some boodlers. That the
present county board is at a low discount
in the county and not altogether unjustly
and an immediate improvement is no,
apparent though much needed, and
would be hailed with the greatest salts
decentralization News.
The result of the vote OH the poor
farm proposition is 4 severe rebuke to
the Pembina boodlere. They being de.
featcd nearly two to one. This is MS il
should be. Let the people watch and
think before they vote and light taxation
will be the result.-Bathgate Democrat.
by the above articles, it will be
seen that the News discovered d mig.
ger i'll the commissioners wood.pile
and the Democrat found a gentleman
Of the same color among the "Pembi.
iii boodlers," Whether it is the same
darkey OF not, deponent saith not,
though if prosecuted criminaly for be.
ing in either place, he could certainly
prove an alibi.
While the News and Democrat have
titus made two mountains out of a
mole hill, yet it is really the same
little mole hill, that always obstructs
their vision when they look to the
eastward. 1t is not IL question with
them as to whether poor.farm is u
benefit to the county. that has no
special weight, but where is it to be
located! No matter how good a
thing it might be for the county, it
may possibly be located at Pembina,
so vote it down.
Since the News and Democrat wrote
these spleeny editorials, the full he.
turns have been counted and the ''re.
buke" to the "Pembina boodlers'
and to the "ring management is not
so great after all, for a change of only
81 votes would have turned the ere.
buke" into al Affirmative.
Asa matter of fact the proposition
was beaten for two reasons: one was
that the people atlarge, had not thor.
oughly thought over the matter, and
the other was, that the News and the
Democrat and others like them false.
ly asserted that it was Il "l'embini.
scheme" and thus raised the suspic.
ions of enough of the voters to defeat
il.
The PIONEER EXPIRES sheds no
tears over the defeat of the PROPOSE.
ton. for we lave all along thought
the scheme experimental, hut wish to
call the attention Of the citizens of
the county who voted in favor of the
proposition, to the fact, that accord.
ing to the News, they are in the "ring, -
and are according to the Democrat
they are "boodlers" and the supporters
Of "boodlers." The total vote was
y6S of which the 425 who voted in
favor of the proposition, now know
why they did it. Out of Il ships
seven. gave greater proportionate ma.
iorities than Pembina "for the PROPOSE.
tiOn," two being unanimous and
several practically 50. Fembina voted
l2S for, .l3 against, so there are 43 non.
boollers even in Pembina; while St
Thomas voted 1876 for, to 81 against
therefore by the News and the Dem.
Ocrats' measurement, st. thomas must
have been expecting a poor.farm itself
and Crystal was evidently not without
hope with its 90 for to l against.
Seriously speaking, it is too'lad tina,
such question should not be Judged
OH its own merits, and it's locality has
nothing to do with its merits. Fol
Pembina people, We can trutlfully say
that the question of location had but
little to do with their vote. and we dc
not believe they would be fools enough
to willingly increase their taxes fol
the sake of the questionable advantage
of the location of poor.falm neal
this city.