The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-06-15
DESERVING
THEIR CAUSE.

1llLlN NAOOL.
Staley and McCulloch. t h e
American end of the committee ap.
pointed by the Turtle Lake meet.
ing OF the German organization, to
plan and manage the coming cam.
paign in the interest of good gov.
eminent, are planning to drop the
organization and just play for one
or two candidates Judging from the
following conversation between
McCulloch and Lamb:
McCulloch to Lamb: I am Just
back from four days Campaigning
in the Garrison country and am all
exhausted and out of wind. have
been dealing the nasty old gang
some sledge hammer blows up
there and if the sensible people up
there will only vote the way / have
told them to we will beat them
three to one. Charley and I have
been talking things over and we
have decided that the German
movement is too much of a load
for us up in that country, SO we
have instructed all our workers to
wait until the last two or three
days before the election and then
turn loose and work for you and
two Or three other candidates and
let the others go. There are so
many among the candidates that
have been connected with transac-
tons that are hurting them among
the people and the opposition are
exposing them all the time. You
had better call off Sullivan; his
trips around there looking up con.
tests is all the talk and is hurting
you a lot and this talk about you
allowing your clerks, Sullivan and
Edwards to issue certificates and
licenses and signing your name
and using your official seal is tell.
ing against you. If there is moth.
ing in this you should get out and
deny it.
La m b tc McC ulloch: You
known No that in many of the deals
you have had your whack out of
them and you got to turn in now
and help me straighten things out,
[ have handled my Office as eco
nomically as possible and where.
ever possible have saved the coun.
ty the expense of books. 1 have
filed q lot of the business and
thereby saved the county the ex.
pense Of getting books and the tax.
payers should app eciate this. While
you have been away [ have heard
a. lot Of talk about what you said te
the jury in the Eggert case last
fall "that there was no harm in
killing a German Russian any.
way" They are talking this uI
and doing a lot Of talking about il
and it is doing no good 1 tell you
1t looks to me that you have made
a blunder in exploding your com.
paign thunder. You let go Of il
too soon and it is all falling fiat
now and people are loosing faith
in you, and your statements. You
big talk about the dipping tank
deal, rebatlng of illegal taxes, (you
being a heavy taxpayer) and that
you have a lot of property and
your betting that we have them
skinned three to one and you call.
ing yourself a "crackerjack'. is moi
carrying any weight and people
are not taking any stock in it. You
are doing too much talking ane
blowing and not enough rea-
soning. You writing that article
in the Garrison paper and signing
yourself Scandinavian : American
is making the Norwegians mac
too. They have you foul on thil
for I have talked with two differ.
ent parties who heard you say K
watch out for the &C rackerjack'
article of yours in the next issue
of the Independent. I think i
would have been better for me i
you would have let me pull out a
Turtle Lake. It would hav'
helped me in my business. Yo'
know Nc that your record canno
stand investigation. The tall
among the Germans are that w
are only democrats and pops ane
that we have no use for them ex
cept to ride into Office and you
changing the name to the Roose
welt club goes to prove this.
McCulloch to Lamb: l an
down right sorry that l got yo'
into. this trouble. I can see nov
where We made mistakes.
thought we could make our blow
and that they would dare to con
tradict me, but they are adoptinI
different tactics from what
thought they would and are dig
cling up the records and we canno
s+ond that Thew have the best q