Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1894-10-26
Plenty of Abuse..No,h,nr More.

For the past two or three weeks there
has been nothing much In the Winona
Times but abuse OF Slreeter. But what
does it all amount to7 1t simply shows
the cl"ven foot of the bribery gang. They
ovcrdo the thing. The people Of this
county know what it means. They know
that the Van Beek-Braddock- Armstrong
combine are painting for revenge. They
have generally had the worst Of it, so far;
and they hope now to becloud the issue
by shouting as to their superior republics
anism. But have they just cause for their
bitter and malicious onslaught7 Let us
see. When the Record first appeared, in
June, 1884, its salutatory editorial said,
among other things: The Record will
fearlessly defend right, oppose wrong.
and always take the part of the people
against any corrupt rings or cliqnes tina,
may arise" And have we done more than
that7 We have never believed in whip
ping the devil around stump" or calling
spade anything else but spade, aud
we Can prove and stand PREPARED to prove
everything we have said regarding official
rascAlity during the past two years. When
the br'hers tried TO get in their work. we
fought them without mercy. We believed,
and we believe now. that the practice Of
buying votes would mean anarchy in the
end. When one of the bribers-but not
the one who did the brain work in the
scheme-was convicted, we did all that
could justly be done. as clerk Of court, to
modify the rigor Of the sentence and we
have letters from the man convicted
thanking US for it. Not word was said
for months in the columns OF the Record
| concerning the matter. But, us soon as
the brlbers and their henchmen recovered
their wind, they at once began to scheme
for revenge. And, even while laying
their plans to overthrow the editor who
neither feared nor respected them. they
professed great astonishment because
their crime was not allowed to be forgot.
ten. But why--when the same men are
desperately striving to again put their crea.
lures into off1ce--should 1t be forgotten
Should the editor who had unmasked
their villalny be expected to keep ouie,
while they are striving to get in position
to repeat their election tactics if they sec
fit, and while they are taking steps te
punish him for doing nothing but hi.
duty7 Is it wrong that we should proles
against again turning over the county Of
fees to men or the hackers Of men who
have been tried and found wantinp7 A,
the great crime was a crime against the
ballot is it not proper that it should be
kept before the people when they arc
again about to cast their ballots9 What
other chance have the voters had, since
the crime was committed, to express theil
approval or disapproval of it? Was the
attempted bribery joke? Was it {
dreamt Was 1t right or was it wrong
Is there no dividing line between
right and wrong in this county? W.
think that there is; and we believe tina,
the expression OF disapproval will be SO
strong on the 9th Of next month that In
future no man convicted OF election
bribery will dare to appear at Republican
conventions in the county for the purpose
Of saying who shall and who shall moi
I'll the offices. Vote against Braddock,
Kurtz, Klynstra, Hasper and Ouwersloot.