Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1890-05-23

blatherskite up IN Ward county who
says that the octopus people gave
him century plant for his alleged influ-'
ence. But the RECORD is constrained to
say, after peruslng the candid old party's
newspaper for some time, that Josef
Koletun. even if he drew o hundred dollar
prize in the shape of wad Of Doodle
from the octopus, certainly never drew q
prize of any kind at a spelling school.
The situation stands just this way: The
men who stood up in the Legislature for
lottery charter, $3.50, 600 year to tighten
the state taxes. and plenty of seed wheat
without mortgage or lien, still claim that
they acted for the best interests Of their
constituents as those interests appeared
to them, ard they challenge proof of ve-
nal motives, which is not forthcoming.
One of the ''eld gang" in Burlegh ads
vances nearly four thousand dollars to
buy seed wheat for his needy neighbors,,
at per cent without mortgage, and says.
Distribute it impartlally.''
Two Others of the "old gang" in Pens
! bina do the same thing.
On the other hand, the 'new gang"
point to Gov. Miller and ask the people
to behold his purity and innocence And
what do we see?--
A governor who, after receiving the
loyal support of united party, has rec
ognized but faction.
A governor who has thwarted the will
of the peoples representatives when they
wished to abolish lot of useless and ex-
pensive state boards, claiming that it was
a designing attack on his prerogative of
patronage.
A governor who says the pioneers in
the unorganized counties shall not vote,
although they pay taxes, for fear they
might vote illegally--a most outrageous
and insulting assumption.
A governor who tells reporter that is
about to write sketch of his (be govern
or's) life, "They say I look like Grant, -
but who didn't FEEL like Grant and staid
at home, and who supported Horace
Greeley against Grant in '72.
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Minneapolis and St. Paul sharks in a
Isscheme which, If it had not been practlc-
Eally repudiated by thesfarmers Of North
4 Dakota, would. in case Of crop failure, have
i given over to sacrifice under mortgage the
property OF those who had been COM
ipelied by necessity TO pay one dollar per
bushel for 65-ceht wheat and trust to
luck for a rebate this fall.
4 a governor who vetoed the bill to- post
Ipone for two years tie foreclosure of
mortgages.
The condition 10 just this : The lottery
i qnsstion in this ,statA,s has been settled foi
Tall lime. Even the Pioneer Press admits
Jhat it will stay in louisiana. If we can
raise Il good crop this year our farmers
Twill come out all right There is but one
reason for tie continued abuse by the
governors organs Of the lottery advo.
Gates, and that is--PRoBtBITIoN
1t is fact that from Winship down to
Moffet those editors who are still harping
about the "old gang" and who assert
that the lottery must again be fought this
fall, are prohibltionists. They'KNOw that
the lottery matter will not again come up
in North Dakota; but by continuing theil
abuse they will draw reprisals from jour
Inals friendly 10 those abused The racke,
thus created will disguise the real issue =
lTesubmission of the prohibtory section in
the constitution. They are aware that
prohibition won by ''the skin of its
teeth" in North Dakota that it is IL mi.
uority measure that g. 191 less votes wer.
cast in '99 that in 'sS; and that of those
who went to- the polls last year 2,153 did
not vote ut all--elther for or against,
They know that prohibition is an open
question. and that 1t IS meeting with
'nard lines everywhere that it has
been seriously crippled by the supreme
court of the United States in the ''orlgi
nal-paclage" decision that in Nchrasks
seven to QUE of the towus have repudiated
it; that it has elected Democrat (Horac,
Boies) governor of Iowa that the Clark
sons, even, are now in favor of local op.
ton ; and that a Republican convention
in tue second city Of the State (Granq
| Ferks) has declared for high license
They do not dare TO have prohlbl-
ton brought up on its merits this fall
aud therefore they still harp on the lot
terry. But their abuse of good men in
every section is making friends for the
latter Many opposed to the lottery are
opposed TO prohibition; and are deter
miaed that the governor and. his friends
shall meet the question squarely and moi
hide behind dead issue.