The Wahpeton times., 1890-08-21
THE DIFFERENCE
Compare the Clean and Able
Democratic Ticket, includ.
ing its Honest Plat
form, with that
Put up by

Put up by
The Republicans, latter being
Captured by a "Gang" half
the Repubs have Habit
ually and RoundIy
Denounced!
What a difference between the
Republican ticket and its platform
and the Democratic ticket and its
platform . In the first instance, the
Republicans adopted platform op-
posed to lotteries and nominated
lottery men, for the most part. Mr..
Burke for governor was supposed
to be lottery sympathizer and
was Immediately feted and honored
by the lottery crowd, to such an ex-
tent that the anti-lottery newspa-
pers were obliged to call him down.
and he finally came out upon the
platform and denounced the lottery
scheme.
Mr.. Burke has been treasurer of
Cass county for three or four terms
and having managed to be neutral
in all things, and all things to all
men during these several terms,
was just such man as manipula-
tors would be pleased to get into
that position, But his accepting
the platform seems to settle the
question so far as he is concerned,
and tends to spoil the defiant screech
OF the Argus, that "the old gang
has the nominations and the young
gang has the platform. And yet
Burke is the creature of the dam
gerous element in North Dakota
politics, no getting away from this
fact; "lolteries" are not the sum
total of all the iniquites in the
management of new state. And
then there is NJ. N. Joh nson for
congress--clearly and undisputedly
creature of the old gang. 1t was
the Argus that put johnson up to
rob Hansbrough of his seat in con-
gress, and worked it through des-
perate game. With the old gangs
promptings, Johnson walked into
the convention and said /: Gentle
men, deliver to me the congress
sional nomination or I will, with
my friends, wall: out Of this con-
vention and put into the field a
third ticket, backs i by my immense
and personal constituency--Scan-
dinavia! and thereby work the de-
struction of the Republican party
The convention demurred day or
more but finally arose to its feet.
hat in hand and meekly delivered
the nomination Now can anybody
point out this boasted party S
strength of character and superior
manhood And worst Of all, no.
body pretends to deny that MI.
Johnson is the creature OF the old
crowd, they brought him out, they
made him and they are backing
| him! If he is an honest man he
must recognize the power that made
him! And he will. What a pretty
kettle of fish we have here. Even
though Johnson has been smoked
out on the lottery" question and
forced to denounce it in Tues
days Fargo Republican, this is
not the only evil confronting this
new state Oh. shades of the
mighty Gov. Miller, Senator Win
ship and Set-up Stoves Good win,
where are are your claims and what
are your forces doing You are
knocked down and kicked out by
the despoilers and nestors of corrup-
tlon, your arch enemies whom you
have most cordially denounced and
hate, men who forced from you-as
the highw ayman calls to his victim
to stand and deliver--your boasted
candidates of integrity, and impos-
ing their satellites upon you gave
you the "platform,'' and in derision
declared that "no sane man would
accept such such stuff even for har-
mony." Was there ever such a
drubbing administered by man to
man before, and did ever party so
clearly demonstrate before, that it
was in such sore need of crucifixion
and extinction, as has the boased
Republican party of North Dakota,
to-day ? Blessed is Scandinavia,
for it is the lever which designing
men thrust deep into the public
maelstrom and unearthed what
the old gang! Upon the altar, too,
the very altar of boasted integrity
which is proving misnomer and
must be known in the future as
cowardice personifed! All cow