The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-11-02

SOpnlSm, tne QeCeltIulneSS ana the Gown.
right falsehoods of many of the state
ments therein. Mr.. Spencer not only
drops all dignity, but he fairly grovels in
the lowest and most transparent dema-
goguery known to politics.
First note the different styles in which
he appeals to voters. In one letter he
wants the recipient to be sure and mark
the head of the ticket with an X. That
is for the democratic voter, who might
want to vote for Kneeshaw, and pur-
posely makes a bungling explanation of
how the voter might x in the republican
column.
Then another letter intended for re-
publicans, appeals to the voter to take
the judiciary out of politics, and ''vote
for Spencer"
There is still another letter not printed
here, but written in the Scandinavian
language, which appeals to Scandinavians
for their votes because he has been a
friend to them for nineteen years and has
s'syslet med lovafaerer" for twenty odd
years. Of which the nearest, possible,
literal, English translation is that Mr..
Spencer has " "monkeyed with the law"
for that time.
Mr.. Spencer also gets off some exquis-
lie gems of English, such as would nat
urally expect from learned attorney
who desires to ornament the district
bench. For example 81 hope you will
give me your vote for a home man, than
an outsider"
These letters, and we have a half dozen
of them, all came from people who had
received them in Walsh county. 1t is
evident they were intended for home
consumption only. People of this and
and Cavalier counties are getting diff
ferent style of letter. 1t will be observed
that Mr.. Spencer in all these letters, tries
to make the Walsh county voter think
that there would be some great advant-
age to that county for "Walsh county to
keep the judge" If that were true, then
by the same rule every voter in Pembina
and Cavalier counties should vote against
the Walsh county man, for any advant-
age that Walsh county might have,
would necessarily be to the disadvantage
of the other two.
AS matter of fact, Mr.. Spencer either
does not know that the law fixes the
chambers of the judge permanently and
continually at Grafton except when hold
ing court at Pembina and .Langdon, or
else he is deliberately attempting to de-
ceive.
AS to the charges that Mr.. LaMoure
was and is Mr.. Kneeshaw's principal
supporter with the insinuation that Mr..
Kneeshaw is simply puppet in Mr.. La
Moure's hands, etc. is equally false, ridi-
culous and unjust to both these gentle
men. Mr.. Spencer knows exactly the
political relations of these men to each
other, and therefore he knows he is falsi-
flying when he makes such insinuations.
Mr.. LaMoure is supporting Mr.. Knee
shaw just as much as other Pembina
county republicans are doing, but it is
because Mr.. Kneeshaw is the republican
candidate. Personally and directly Mr..
LaMoure had no more to do with Mr..
Kneeshaw's nomination than large
number of other friends, and in fact he
had no need to because Mr. Kneeshaw
was the spontaneous and unanimous
choice of his home county.
incidentally, Mr.. Spencer either gives
Mr.. LaMoure the highest kind of compli.
ment or else gives the people of Pembina
county the basest of insults. IfMr. La.
Moure has the ascendancy over the peo-
pie here that Mr.. Spencer says he has
then one Of two things follows. If the
people here are as intelligent as say in
Walsh county, then Mr. LaMoure could
only have the power ascribed to him by
Mr.. S. through superlative amount Of
brains and genius. On the other hand,
if he is only boss Of gang of ignorant
Doors and slaves, that doesn't speak well
Of the crowd.
The base demagoguery of Mr.. Spencer
in trying to connect Mr.. Kneeshaw
through Mr.. LaMoure to the railroads is
the more apparent from the fact that only
few years ago Mr.. Spencer by the grace
Of Mr.. LaMoure and other prominent
r4t
republicans occupied the Office Of attor-
ney general of this state. Mr.. Spencer
was then as friendly to Mr.. LaMoure as
is Mr.. Kneeshaw now. Do the insinua-
tons with which Mr.. Spencer now
asperses Mr.. Kneesllaw also apply to the
man who then occupied but did not fill
the office of attorney general?
a further fact to show Mr.. spencer's
deceit Is that Mt. Driscoll has published
: astaten,ent that Mr.. LaMohre did not
say word to him in reference to the
assessment of railroads. and the actual
reason for MI. LaMoure's disagreement
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