The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-11-01
A Public Disgrace

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midst every Scandinavian they could catch
in the town for the purpose of treating
him and inducing-him to vote for Staloy
and Lange. Our newspaper" friend, Larry
Casselman, appears to act as the runner
in" for the aforesaid drinking resort, and
G. T. Lange oficiates as proprietor. The
boys call it "Lange & Casselman's Blind
pig" but it is the worst "blind pig" we
ever saw. The proprietors charge nothing
for drinks, but they want every man to
swear vengeance on John Satterlund, and
declare their allegiance to G. T. Lange, and
faithfully promise they will vote for him
next Tuesday for reelection as county au-
ditor. On Monday evening last half do
zen men could be seen on the streets of
Washburn reeling drunk from the whisky
obtained at the hands of county officials in
the auditors Office, and one of their victims
had to be carried to place of safety out
of public sight. One young man who visit
ed the said auditors Office that evening
came into the Merchants Hotel and said he
never saw more filthy place even among
the lowest saloons he ever visited. he said
the liquor was kept in the vault where the
county records were kept, and was dished
out in pint cup and passed around with
more generosity than he ever beheld be-
fore.
A number of honorable citizens from
different portions of Mclean county were
in Washburn at the time, and witnessed
the drunkenness created by this
wanton violation of all law and
decency. They we're not at all reserved
in expressing their disgust, and said it
was the most disgraceful state of affairs
they had ever witnessed in the public Of
fees of county buildiag. They consider
ed it shame and q disgrace to the people
of Mclean county that such state of
things should be tolerated.
Mr.. G. T. Lange, in whose Office this
''free-and-easy" saloon is kept, is now be-
fore the people for reelection to his pres
ent position as county auditor. Will the
honest people of the county tolerate such
doings by voting for him?
And Mr.. Lange and his chums are the
main workers in this county for Staley and
Reishus against Satterlund and johnson
for the legislature.
They cry "blind pig" against Satterlund,
whom they know is not engaged in the sale
of liquor at all, and yet they will entice
men into their official quarters, made filthy
by their Bacchanalian orgies, and fill them
full of rot-gut whisky, thereby thinking
they will secure votes for Lange and staley.
This is Mr.. Lange's style of electioneer-
ing, but we will ask the honest taxpayers
of Mclean county if Mr.. Lange is the style
of man they want for their next county
auditor?
This article is not written for political
buncombe, but it is statement of the facts,
which can be verified by at least twenty
respectable witnesses, besides the men
themselves who were drunk on the afore-
said last Monday evening.
We expect the LEADER will be charged
with falsehood in this matter, and that Mr..
Lange and his friends will assert that the
whole thing is "a tissue of id lies
gotten up by Copeland for political
effect" but for the benefit of those
who may feel inclined to believe that such
is the case, we will refer the reader to such
men as Peter Miller of Turtle Lake, Jack
Dwyer and James Bartron of Coal Harbor,
Hans Holtan of Sverdrup, John D. Carlson
of Weller, John Ecklund of Conkling,
and to any number Of respect able
citizens of Washburn. This is not the
first time that drunken orgies have been
held in that Office, in which, on former
occasion, considerable damage was done
to the building, and the taxpayers of the
county had to foot the bills for repairing
the same. Will they allow such scenes to
be repeated? II you are opposed to the
use of the county building as drinking
saloon, then vote against the Lange and
Staley crowd.