Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1890-02-21

would he De statesman. lie is an out
and-out prohib and he has been the mark
for much criticism at bismarck on &C.
count of his effort to steal the credit of
the Worst school bill, and In such effort
be was guilty of deceit, if not worse.
He is not in sympathy with his constitu.
ents, and would be much sooner influ-
enced by some canting bypocrite from
the outside than by the united appeal of
the voters who made the mistake of send
Ing him to the legislature. He is too
narrow man for this liberal district.
Personally. he is a very pleasant gentle
man /; politically, lie is Pharisee from
Phariseeville, and his name is Dennis.
The chief matter of discussion at Bis
marck last week was the lottery bill. The
majority in both houses were in favor of
the measure. Their line of thought re-
garding it was something like this
While, by many, lotteries are considered
immoral. is there really any foundation
for such belief7 Is not birth as to sex,
marriage as to compatibility, and death
as to age, a lottery? Does not the ele-
ment Of chance enter into. every day of
our existence from the cradle to the
grave? Isit consistent to taboo lotteries
while church fairs and raftles, boards of
trade, etc, are in full blast2 The evil of
gambling--Or wagering on Chance--lies in
the opportunity it gives for large and ill.
afforded losses through the excitement of
actual play. Laws We're at drst made
against games of that character. Then
eu h1r of Lot tLnt
failed to give the prizes they advertised.
Laws were made against these--not be-
cause they were lotteries, but because
they were swindles--until finally in most
states laws have been passed against lot
teries. But, If a lottery be absolutely fail
In its drawings. is there any more harm in
man or woman putting dollar into II
with the hope of obtaining a thousanC
than there Is in buying town lot with
the expectation of unloading it during q
boom for ten times its value? Further
more, even our straight.laced forefather.
believed IN the lottery, and much of the
money raised for public purposes in the
early days was through this medium
Even If in the old and rich states public
policy may demand the ostracism of tho
lottery. here in this new commonwealth
I the conditions are different. Our peopl,
| are poor. They came with little of tn.
worlds goods. Frost, drought and tn,
Sbylocks have made many penniless. Ir
| some counties there is suffering; in 9th
ers seed must be provided, There is nj
| money to buy it, and cur constitutions
| Louisiana lottery offers, If chartered, t,
at once advance the money for seed, t.
pay large sum annually into the stat,
treasury, and to put money into bank
l in every county, to be loaned to the peo
pie at low rate Of interest must no
let pass this opportunity to help my peo
| pie. They MUST have help. l will vot'
for the bill.'' -
! Then arose one Of the 'foulest consplra
cies to becloud the issue, btackrn charac
ter and make political capital the world
has ever seen The governor. the cranl
lieutenant governor the freslrchief Just
ice with his bawdy. house slang, eve,
down to poor old Uncle Underhil will
his filthy two-dollar simile, all united II
denouncing the majority of the two
| houses and seeking their political ruin
TO what ally did they go7 To some rep
| resentative journal within tue state thn
had honored them7 No. 70 an apoiogis
| for the railroads, the Minneapolis Milers
Association, and the elevators to all op
| ponent of the people III every shape ant
form Of their combination to an aristo
cratic batter Of the proletariat to vlru
lent antagonist Of the inter state com
merce law p; to u paper that has glOate,
:over dissensions iu the Knights of labor
that has always bel,tled the Farmers
Alliance and ridiculcd lts officers tina
has never missed an opportunity to dis
courage liberal pension legislation fo
| the benefit of Union soldiers to Il dali,
newspaper convicted by its contcmpelur,
| Of obtaining nouey under false pretense
| through promised but neglected write up
| tor provincial towns to the lying shee
that has excrlled all others in injuring tn
| Dakotas through spreading Tie "destitu
ton cry; to the Very fountain- head @
all journalistic meanncss-to the St. Pau
4-Pi0neer Press--went the governor, tn,
chief justice, Private Opinion Goodwin
| Uncle Underhill ct al, for assistance il
| blackening the characters Of the maiorit,
IN the egislature--representa men 8
| their own state whose only offense wa
! that they would let no disputed point o
morality stand between immediate relle
| and their needy constituents.
10000
The Pioneer Press was only too glad Il
accept the proposition. It sent to BIS
marck charactcIless and unconsclonabl
hireling named Hamlin, who a, once pro
ceeded to forward to his paper the mos
| outrageous stories of conspiracy and brib
cry that he could invent. Az investiga
| ton committee was ut once chosen b,
the senate, and witness after witness ha
been called before it, but not scintilla o
evidence has been educed TO show that ir
the lottery matter corrupt means wer,
used.
| Gov Miller having seen fit to annoupc,
! in advance that he would veto the bill, il
| became necessary to have two-thirdt
vote in each house. In fact. such vett
| Was required to pass it at all with til
emergency clause. But the fifty-pcr, cent
| a-mInute sharks. who feared lower rate,
| Of interest, and the clcrIcals. who care no
for the bodies of the people so long a.
their souls are fed. came to the supper
Of our truly good governor aud it wal
| found impossible to secure q twO.third
vote in the house. Whereupon til,
friends of the bill In the lower body lait
| it on the table. There it now reposes
and, 80 far as state aid for seed wheat \
concerned, the needy North Dakot,
farmer is "in the soup" For all of whicl
he may thank the preachers and til,
money sharks.
10000
As q result, of it all it is said that the
governor, with the other official backcap
pers, expects to gather in bushels Of pnllt
ical prestige and power at the next stat,
convention, and will be able to still bet
ter pursue his policy Of rcwardiug .onl,
those in the party who assist him in con
vention, regardless of the subseouen
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