The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-09-07
FACT AND FANCY.

11eEe snOuid not De q great deal Of
hesltancy about entrustIng the yOt-
ers with their own business, and the
county commissioners will find that
TIE easiest and best way to get rid Of
this subject will be to let the respon.
sl1tllty rest upon theaf0uldeFs Of the
voters, II the petition has the .rcquir-
ed number of legal voters upon it.
and no good evidence of fraud having
been practiced in obtaining the same.
The Call has no special Interest in
the relocation OF the county seat, but
as a matter Of right and justice. the
commissioners should be favorable to
submitting tho question to u vote.
The Call after a laborcd editorial
on the subject at county seat removal
In which It enunciates some remark
able statements, such us, "Thcre is
no justice In considering the ren,on.
STRANGE further than fraud can be
further established. s'Votcrs are
supposed to know what they are do
ing when they sign a petition" ITO
consider the remonstrancc is to open
the way to unlimited bribery and cor
ruptiOn,"-closes with the above con.
illusions.
Mr.. Minder assumes that the "easi.
est way is the best way" and that
the easiest and best" way 10 ito let
the responsibility rest upon the vot.
ers." No more nonsense could be con-
dcnssd 10 one small paragraph.
First; the responsibility does not
"rest upon the voters" as the mat
ter now stands. 1t rests with the COM
missioners. Second; 1t by no means
follows that ordering q vote by the
commissioners is the easiest or best
way" II Mr.. Minder will temper his
final conclusion with his own "if the
petition has the required number OF
legal voters upon It," the PIONEER
EXPRESS will agree with him. But
don't forget Brother Mlnder, that 10
the exact point of difference. IF the
petition has the required number
Of signers." Certainly you would
not advise the commissioners that
the easiest and best way'' wonld be
to order vote without the required
number of signers.
AS to the slgncrs of the .remon.
STRANGE. $50 persons, the majority of
whom arc among our most intelligent
voters, say, that they are not In
favor Of removing the county seat at
this time, and that they desire to
have their names stricken from the
petition for that, among other rea.
sons. Mr.. Ninder says this remon.
STRANGE should not be considered.
We believe that when those remon.
strators signed the second paper, they
were then thinking Of what they
were doing, II ever.
Mr.. Minder assumes that the petit.
ton represents two-thirds OF the vot-
ers Of the county, that is fancy; IL tie
petition does represent two-thirds
Of the voters, It 10 fact that the
commissioners should order q vote.
But, VIC claim. and believe we can
prove to any unprejuaiced man, that
the total names represented on the
petition is much less than two-thirds
Of the legal voters of this county;
that when the names of the semon.
strants are stricken therefrom that
there Ii less than half the voters of
the county. We make this assertion,
and have published any amount of
figures, based on actual county no
cords, aud all the answer made BY the
other parties is, i've don't believe
there are over: 200 voters In the
county" We have given figures, prov
ing the number Of names on the petit.
tion to be less than two-thInds Of the
total voters. Brother Minder, like
some Others, ignores figures and says
"the best way Is to vote" Our idea
is, that eyen for parties who want re-
moval, the "the best way" would be
to have . legal vote.