Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1890-06-20

THERE seems to be a disposition on the
part of the anti-lottery Republican press
to return to falrer methods in discussing
the dead issue. We should have said the
hYpocritical anti-lottery press, as distin-
guished from the honest anti-lottery
press. The latter was opposed to the
Sandager bill on principle, but recognized
the peculiarly unfavorable conditions ex-
listing at the time in this state, and accused
those who favored it in the legislature
with nothing more than the commission
of a mistake. The malicious wing of the
antis however7-composed of papers like
the Grand Forks Herald Fargo Republic
can, Lisbon Star, and the governors sub
sldlzed ssheetsat Bismarck -Who are mostly
prohibltionlsts, have, on the contrary
sought. by every means in, their power
through the weapon Of the anti lottely
cry, to ainjure the regulations ana pros.
poets of those Republicans IN the,legisla-
ture who believed that seed wheat on per
:aonal security and 4i50 900 q year were
aettsr than begging: y + 1fiiisse attempts
hAye been futile, however, because, ID ilIt,
sGfst places every intelligent Republican
has understood that those who have
been loudest In their abuse Of the legisla.
tive majority were prompted wholly by
selfish motives that their object was to
kill off politically tho leaders of the party
lin the state who were not prohibitionists,
that they themselves might alone feed on
the official fodder that the proprlctors
of one of the papers loudest in abuse
[the Pioneer Press) are to-day receiving
money from the lottery company for, fore
ing its advertisements into the ready.
prints of scores Of North Dakota news.
papers; that another (the Graud Forks
Herald) printed lottery ads for: years, and
that its publisher George B. Winship)
openly stated at Bismarck that the moral
feature did not trouble him. but that he
was afraid the octopus would control the
politics of the state; that Jordan, of the
Fargo Republican, acknowledged to re.
ceiving money from the lottery company,
asked member from his county to vote
for the bill, and then turned against it
when lie found 1T wouldn't pass that the
attorney generals organ at Lisbon went
into the fight soas to "set up stoves"
with which to roast the attorney general s
local rivals aud drive them from his polit-
lcal pathway
h Furthermore, the rank and file of the
party lnthe state know that their chosen
presentatiyes in the legislature, even If
mistaken, were actuated by an honest de-
sire to help their constituents and that
not q scintilla Of evidence to support the
charges made against tiem by political
rivals has been forthcoming. II is, not
strange. then, that we hear from Republi.
cans opposed to the lottery words OF dis.
appreciation regarding the Winsh,p gang
of character assassins in their attempt to
drive tho lending anti prohibitionists out
of The Republican party. Justice aud a
love Of fair play are Inherent IN the
American character. Il ,..
239,5s u.
The Republican party in this state has
need 10 be united. It Itwillinot do to taboe
4 good Republican who voted for tue San.
dagger bill, unless proof that he sold hi.
vote can be given. Neither should i
word be- sad against those who opposed
The bill from principle. Let the mex
state ticket be made up Of mensregardiss