The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-07-05
from Fargo Argus.

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Louisiana lottery-The P. P. gets the
money-and to save its morals The P. P.
publishes columns of advice to Dakotans
about the "horrors of the octopus"-and
to make its money it takes the lottery
Doodle for advertising in the "patent in
'ards'' the P. p. controls. This is the style
of Jordan Miller PIP. morals enunciated.
Or as Streeter puts it-"read this:'
"Please turn to the last column of our
second page (patent bowels).
What do you sect
An article headed "Fifteen Thousand for
One"
What is its subject matters?
1t relates the story of A. s. Andeson
of Chicago who drew $4,000 in La. s. l..
Is it u paid advertisement:
It is.
Does The Record get the money for it?
No.
Who does?
The Northwestern Newspaper Union, a
St Paul re%ady-print house, controls the
in'ards ads and gets the money for them,
the weekly lottery ad with the rest.
Who owns the Northwestern Newspaper
Union!
The Pioneer Press Co.
How do you know?
Because the lottery-ad concern ha,
rooms in tho now Pioneer Press building.
Because the type set up in The p. p.
composing room goes bodily into the
plates of the N. w. N. U. And finally,
because the latter writes: You are en-
titled to Copy of Daily Pioneer Press as
a customer of Northwestern Newspaper
Union
Is it not against the laws of the Flick
ertail state to print lottery ADVERTISE
meats?
Yes.
Is not the class of lottery ads which
the Pioneer Press forces upon the pub
fishers of North Dakota calculated to
largely increase the sale of lottery tickets
in the state?
Yes. They are of a very seductive
character, for the reason that they appeal
to human cupidity by giving specific in
stances of good luck.
Editor Wyardo of the Park River Witness
and the other Theoretically nice clean, I'm
cli1nbing-the-golden-stair country publish
ers of the state must be very angry with
the Pioneer Press Co.. for prostitutlng their
inside pages to the propaganda of the
octopus!
Nope. AS yet thoy haven't uttered a
word of protest.
!, The Pioneer Press outfit must be an
awful wicked lot of people?
Oh no. The p. T. was very indignant
when the Sandager bill was introduced,
and it shouted "gang," "rascais," ETC.,
louder than anybody.
Our good governor and those who
tickle him with a feather, must be horri-
fled at the wickedness and hypocrisy of
the Pioneer Press.
No, not to any great extent. The guy
is SO busy killing a dead lottery bill that
Ire hasn't time to express an opinion con-
corning live lottery ads. Besides, he
and the P. p. snore under the same bed
clothes, and the former thanked the
latter publicly for its help against the
lottery.
And Winship?
He took hundreds of dollars from the
lottery, and told Senator Worst and SEN
ator Little aid a dozen others, about the
time the lottery bill came up, that he did
not care for the moral part of it, but was
afraid it would control the politics of the
state. Now he pirates continually about
ths rnoral aspect" and seeks to injure
those who voted for the bill by imputing
TO them dishonest motives.
And Jordan?
He took Doodle, got a Cass county
member to vote for the bill and when he
found it wouldn't pass, came out against
it, bitterly.
And Goody Goody Goodwin?
He sets up stoves, and is mean enough
to set up an angel.
And this is the crowd that wants to RIM
North Dakota on account of their superior
morality! This is the new gang" Amt
they .'birds!"