Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1894-11-02

INTERESTING ITEMS.

The Wlnona Times is terribly worried
because the Record will not oppose the
Republican legislative ticket, and that
paper prints parallel, half measure col
umas regarding the matter. The writer
is willing to inform the Times that it is
not out of respect for the legislative
nominee from this county that he is
saying nothing, but out of respect to the
two men with him on the ticket The
Record has not said one word about II. a.
Armstrong that it cannot prove and has
no more regard for him and his methods
now than it ever had.
Messrs. Braddock, Van Beck. and
klynstra are working hard for what they
call the Republican" ticket and hope
to get elected on the "hoorny" principle.
AS matter of fact not one of them ever
voted straight county ticket in his life
Van Beck has always been ready to trade
of any candidate at any election if by so
doing he could strengthen his pull in
3nkker. Klynstra is a democrat one
year, and a. republican next. He has no
political principles whatever. Braddock
voted and worked against the writer. who
was on the republican ticket. in 80 and
in '92. They are nice men to talk about
straight county ticket.
The Winona Times shouts for Mr..
Bradaock in its last issue. There is
nothing remarkable about that. But it
will not help the Beaver Creek usurer,
however. And when we say "usurer"
we mean it, and can prove what we say
The Record truly believes that, in spite
Of Van Beck and Armstrong. Lynn and
Ycater will each receive more votes than
Braddock. Draddock claims the Russian
settlement but reports received by the
Record state that he will not receive one
quarter of the 200 votes of the Russian
Germans His campaign has been a
campaign of lies from beginning to end
He has told the most outrageous lies
about both of his competitors. AS we
heard wcll-known Republican state,
the other day :"Mr. Braddock would get
more votes if he would stay at home.
The Times last week had puff of
Van Beek's man Ouwcrsoot, and tells how
he can speak three languages. If he can,
the Record predicts that he will be
swearing in all three of 'em ftcr election.
AS matter of fact, Mr. Ouwersoot was
| total failure as deputy assessor under
MIR. McRay In more than one instance
he failed to assess personal property at
| all, He stands in the same rank as Hnsper
| and Klvnstra men whom Van Beck had to
do something for, in order to retain them
to help him in carrying cnucuscs and
downing Rowerdink and his friends. Let
us look at the facts. OF the three offices
of commissioner, assessor and county
| Judge. not one was given to men that
Van Beck could not control. Win0na
got nothing Glanavon got nothing, and
Isaac Allen was defeated in the conven-
ton because Van said he wanted Haspcr.
One of the most important offices in
the county is that Of district assessor.
1t is to the interest of every tax. payer
that an intelligent canvass should be
made by the man who makes the assess
ment. In this district, as every one
knows, Mr.. Pctcr G. Levin was not nom
mated because he is well qualified for the
position, but because he did all he could
TO help Israel Robinson carry Logan pre-.
cipct fqr,the gang, When Lincoln Cell
was nominated for the position by the
/ populists, :le was MS much surprised as
any Que, and gave it out that he. would
decline the nomination. But he was re..
quested by voters in various parts of the
district to run for assessor. and is making
IA good canvass. One thing is certain: If
he should be elected, he will make n
thorough and careful assessment, and he
is competent to prepare his books with
out anybody's help.
| Now let us look at the man who is
against Ouwersloot, Peter Kraft Mr..
Kraft is an educated German. He occu-
| pied Il position in Russia corresponding
to our justice of the peace, but one
which IL an absolute monarchy like Rus
sia is clothed withlmorc official mower
and jurisdiction. Certainly the Russian
Germans have not been very forward in
claiming office since they settled here.
In other counties they have had rccogni.
tion. In Logan and in Mcintosh, in this
state, and in Mcpherson and il Camp
bell, In South Dakota, they have been
given representation In the county offices.
They are among our most prompt. paying
taxpayers. If Mr.. Kraft is elected he
does not propose to go stumbling over
the district without knowing what he is
doing. He can read and write English
very well but he intends to have a
deputy do the work among the Englisll-
speaking people. He will assess the
| Germans himself. He promises to get a
full assessment among them. And is it
not necessary chat some such system be
| adopted? The third district has as many.
| people as both the other districts. 1t
really requires two men to Go the work
Is it not better that an Engllsh.speaking
man should assess those of that tongue,
and that German who speaks that Ian.
guage well, and who knows where to find
every one Of his countrymen, should do
the work among them? Mr.. Braddock
has seen fit to get German candidate in
the field in opposition to Peter Kraft, for
the purpose of helping Ouwcrsloot. But
the writer is Informed by Germans from
southern Emmons that Lis candidacy
will cut little figure, and that he will get
only such votes among the Germans as
Braddock can pull. If the people of the
third district who were disgusted with
Van Beek's hGggishness want to teach
him lesson they can do it in no better
dates-Ouwersloot for assessor, Hasper
for commissioner, and Klynstra for
county judge.
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