Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1892-12-09


ukase abollshing the schools in the settle
ment? Already number of the rising
generation down there can speak English
speak it at least as well as Campbell
docs and the time may come when venal
returning boards will have more difficulty
in finding excuses for throwing out Rus,
sian precincts.
Mr. Campbell speaks of Treasurer elect
Lee as man of honor. Certainly he is !;
and that fact--coupled with a knowledge
that he would run the office himself--is
why the people elected him treasurer.
With man against hlm who fought ii
straight fight and took no part in
bribery schemes, the RECORD looks upon
Mr.. Lees majority as the most tlat!cring
of any successful candidate. And 1t is
because he is man of honor that the
candidates and voters wanted HIM to read
The names on the ballots Mr.. Campbell
has expressed his opinion of Lee. With
Il knowledge that the leading spirit of the
returning board was the chief factor In
all the trouble and expense caused the
| lreasurer-elect, Lees opinion of Camp
bell would make mighty interesting read
ing.
Sir. Campbell states that the board took
action that will insure a court OF law
passing on the question at issue" This
is something like it would be If Il robber
after knocking man down and taking
his pocket-book, should say, Excuse me-
sir; but if you feel aggricvcd over this
trt1lng incident, you can go to law about
it," The leading spirit Of the returning
| board has lived iu the United States long
enough to know something of our laws
aod he should know that it was not neces.
| >ary to throw out Il precinct in order thai
The equity of the case might be settled.
1t Was the duty of the canvass,ng bOaru
TO add up the figures sent in from the
precincts; they ha! no judicial power
whatever. If Mr.. Parker or any one else
felt himself agyrieved by anything done
in SeIz precinct where Mr.. Z. does mol
| claim that vote was counted for Lynn
That should have gone to him-he mad his
legal remedy iu II contest And why
| throw out S.iz, when the letter of the
new law was not complied with in hall
the precincts of the county? AS to prcc
edents, which is most dangerous the ucl>
in Selz township, where no CLAIM is mad.
that the vote was not returned us the vO.
lers wanted it returned, or TO establish
the right of Il partisan cauvassing board
to elect candidates of Its choice by throw
ing out autngonislc precincts at Will?
X"
AS to the editors republicauism, qucs-
| toned by Mr.. Campbell We will state
That 1t is at least as good as the lastcr's 5
democracy, and fully up to ,hc standard
of four Years ago, when the RECORD. be
llcvlng its course to be for the best inter-
rsts OF the county, strongly supported Il
gentleman named Campbrll--lhc one who
| wrote or is supposed to have written the
letter to the TrlDune--wh was the demo-
cratic candidate. for treasurer, and who
was elected. Undoubtedly we made u
mistake then, and 1t may b" thnt-us II
bribery, illegal action. by u canvnSsin.
board, and kindred forms of polite ! ras
| cali!y, Whcrein in all but one or two of tn,
actors were republicans, we have alsn
made mistake; but, if so. it Is mis-
take in which we glory. Let us compare
the records Campbell was chairman OF
the democratic county committee then
he resigned and announced (In the pres.
nee of witnesscs) that he would Vote for
Harrison then, in order to better help
Armstrong and fight Strecler for indorse
ment, he next appears in the democratic
county convention at Winona as II
proxy-laden delegate from Cherry Grove
And yet this political bushwhacker has
the assurance to question the editors re
publcansm
The writer has been a republican from
| boy hood. He believes in the principles
Of that party--rcgardlng the tariff, the
| banking system, the pension system, and
l H. ,,F foir and i,cf fr,,,
| settlers on the public lands. He believed
it before election, and democratic success
mas not changed his views. He believes
that the democratic policy will greatly
lniure the sheep-raisers OF the North
west. But he also believes IN llrge lati
tude to the citizen when 1t comes to choo>-
ing county ufficers--to choosing men TO
do the work for the taxpayers. Nor is it
Il new and inconsistent belief With him,
for the RECORD IN tbs years gone by las
frequently advocated the election of dem
ocrats to local offices, Mr.. Campb.ll being
one of the number. But it is not human
nature for a man to vote for an enemy OF
for one whom he considers unworthy,
for II local place, simply because the can
dldate bears party label. And the ava
Ianche of split tickets recently dropped
throughout North Dukota shows that, s.,
far as non political Offices are conccrned
the mark of the political branding-iror
has escaped general notice. A straigh'
party ticket nowadays, so far as a county
men Than the opposition, if Il united party
support is expected.
In the late campaign the editor sup
ported the national and state tickets as
well as he could with phulanx of p0lit
ical bashi-bazouks in his own party hus.
Ting for his scalp. They began the fight
early iu the summer They didn't want
him to go to Fargo; even bucked him foI
school treasurer; and then went in tt
knock him out for district court clc,l
through the medium Of an alleged demo.
cratic opponent whose expenses they
were paying. With their Doodle schemes
and what not, they didn't allow the cd'.
Tor much time for that calm, serene ant
profound contemplation of national ant
state politics so necessary 10 the country
scribe whose mission it is to assist in saw
ing the country. But the state commit
tee, through Major Hamilton, kindly of
fered to edit our patent innards in the in
eagerly accepted and all was we'll. Il
addition. the complete ticket was printed
right along all inquiries from tn,
republican state committee promptly an
swcred, and the editorial pocket turnct
wrong side out to advance. without wait
ing until it could be raised by snbscrip
tion, the Emmons county assessment t.
the republican campaign fund aud. whel
it was raised by subscription at the WI
mona convention, the editor gave as mucl
as anybody else. Did any of his fellow
patriots in this neck O. the woods dr
more than "Wc" for true republican
Ism IN the late campaign?