Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1899-08-11

tion was fair. Every ballot allowed by
the court In the injunction trial clear
ly and plainly showed the intent OF
the voter. We haven't u possible show
of success. The matter should be
dropped."e They did nothing of the
kind. Emmons county had not yet
had an application Of Burleigh county
political ways, and her people must be
given dose. We never had leaves
torn from our books of record by cOun-
ty officials. No disreputable gang in
this county had ever broken into the
room Of a defenseless woman in the
dead eof night in furtherance Of a
scheme to despoil her of her means
of making a livelihood. We must be
made to feel that we were simply an
annex of the senior county, and that
the time had come when our people
should be deprived Of their rights as
electors, just as time and again they
had been robbed in Burleigh county.
But we assure Messrs. Allen and Ste
vens that, whatever may be the con-
ditions with the people Of Burleigh,
the citizens of the county Of Emmons
are not yet prepared to lie down and
let q lot Of political crooks at the cap
ital walk on their necks. The Bis
marck robbers seem to have the people
of our sister county subdued and cowed,
by means Of ballot-box stuffing and
kindred rascality; but they will find
that they will have some hard sled
ding before they get the people of this
county in the same fix. Only recently
a prominent citizen Of Morton county
who was in Linton said: "We are GO
ing to rise up against Tuttle and Voss
next year. There are lots Of republic
cans over there who can't stand 1t any
longer" Several men in Bismarck
who have always voted with the Allen
and Stevens crowd have recently
stated to residents of this county that
things were getting altogether too rank
up there, and that they would next
time be found with the opposition.
And, as far as this comfy is concerned,
we intend to give y couple of hundred
majority against anything and any
body on the state ticket that will not
promise to train with the people in
their coming fight against the infer.
nal scoudrels who are seeking to dis-
franchise the settlers of the Missouri
Slope by voting repeaters, stuning bal.
lot-boxes and endeayoring to set aside
fairly and squarely conducted elec-
tions.
A gentleman who is prominent In
Bismarck was in Linton a few weeks
ago. He has studied the situation up
there pretty carefully. He said the
Allen-Stevens crowd were trying to
get Judge Winchester to become can
didate for the supreme court. They
would endeavor to have the district
convention held before the state con-
ventlon, and, Allen being nominated,
1t was small care they would have as
to whether Judge Winchester should
win or lose at the state convention.
Said the Bismarck gentleman: "With
the opposition of Allen and Stevens
and their followers, and Of Tuttle and
Voss in Morton county, Judge Win
chester could run independent and be
easily elected in this district. The
writer asked the Bismarcker IL IL was
possible that Allen, whose name had
rightly or wrongly we do not know
and cannot prove-been associated
with SO much infamous work In Bur
leigh county, really had. the sublime
4 gall to seek to be Judge in this district ,
The answyr was " Yes" He has beer
quite successful in Burleigh county
j politics, and he believes he could snc