Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1900-10-19
EMMoNs COUNTY RECORD.
BYD r. STREETER.
Linton, North Dakota.
Pioneer Journal Of the County.
The Record u entered at tho Linton Post
Office - second-class matter.

The Record i entered at the Linton Post
o6ace - second-class matter.
1Hex0B8 q CANDIDATE.
Ever since the adjournment Of the
republican county convention reports
have gone out fron day to day as to
whether G.. A. Herolz was going to
run by petition as q candidate for
county auditor. There were those
who stated that they believed Mr:,
Herolzt sense Of fairpess would not
ALLOW bin 70 sansa1fisf he had gone
into the republican convention and
made = aRht fer the pomination.
There are Others, howe7ks., wlio
have predicted right along that Mr..
Herolz's bashfx s6yness In regard to
the matter, and his many expressed
doubts and misgivings as to the moral
right Of running Independent after
the other nan had beaten him ia the
convention, was only assumed, and
that he intended all the time to have
his petition presented before the
limit expired.
OF course everybody in these parts
knows that the man who has been
engineering the Herolz petition is j.
f. Horton, a gentleman who came
here from Campbell county, S. D., as
q political expert, after having worked
the political field down there as
long as the democratic party wonld
allow him to work it. Now Mr..
Horton comes with . reputation of
being about as smooth as anything in
the way of . politician that ever
came over the pike in this neck Of the
WOODS. Il will be re4enabered that
at the beginning Of the present cam.
paign he assumed the job of control
ing both the republican and deQ-
ocratic campsiens, and that he failed
tngloriously IN taking. charge of the
former.
Neighbor Horton, when he came to
Emmons county, seeking a new
political pastNre in which to browse,
discovered that there were some
differences existing between reppbli-
cans in this county, and that IL he
could only cause one faction to buck
the other at election time, he could
thea, by sha4ting 'Straight. Dem.
ocratic Ticket" ID the democrats,
possibly elect two OF three nen VIC
would run their onaces as an annex
to the Bank OF Linton. That explains
the great interest he has manifested
ap.the palia4eal fortunes Of Mr.. Herolz,
Ind It isto him that Herolz's capaiaeeg
is credited.
But the peculiar feature of the
whole affair is that, while Joseph has
been shouting 'Straight Democratic
Ticket" he has shown in this auditor
SHIP husinsss that he Is willing to
sacrifice democratic candidate and
pull him OF the ticket IL he thinks
it to his own iptereAt. J. II. Green,
| at WtAiamsport, was the regNaaf
candidate for auditor on the dem
ocratic ticket. but the candidacy OF
Green did not suit Mr.. Horton. He
wanted Herolz. So strenuous efforts
were made to get Mr.. Green to with
draw from the ticket, and such efforts
were successful. Rpt Mr.. Horton, a
secretary Of the democratic county
leonafaittee, made . mistake in not
having Mr.. Green's Withdrawal pre-.
sented to the auditor at least twenty.
Ase days bsfors the date Of election
- required BY law, and, when it wal
presented, 1t was shown TO the salts
factiop of M. Horton that the name
could not be left OF the ticket, and II
there remains, so that the offlcial
hallot will contain the names Of
Messrs. Braddock, Green and HeEolz
This information is given to she's
that Mr.. Horton is very strongly il
favor Of straight democratic tickets
except when the shelving of . dem
ocratic candidate will possibly advance
the political and financial inteEests ol
Mr.. Horton.
In conclusion we will state that most
Of the reasons that were given in the
Record against Mr.. shier's candidacy
apply with equal force to that Of MIR
Herolx. And Herolz deserves less thar
shlsf 6hs,ARonaft Of any man who
believes in fair dealing, for the reason
that what Shier did he did openly and
assumed tho responsibility therefor,
while HerolS does the baby .Act, md
]elasael tkik lie wis forced into thu
campaign BY his friends. II b on,
belief that this rankest Of all thu
double-dealers will get the worst
showing under that any candidate viii
have ct the coming election, for th.
people Of this coQpty-of all politissl
fAet4oee-heiieve In fair deal, and
Ethey have no sympathy with a mar
EYho will draw straws for . prize ant
then try to'take the stakes when b,
hpds he has the shortest straw.
Ths TFust Duga$aS.
The trust bugaboo raised by tha
democrats Is answered by the republt
can national committee'as follows:
The mt blow against the trust
- the intesstate commerce Law,
measure introduced by . republican
/ md put in fosus ~ tho party. Thi
has been amended from time to taaI
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