Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-12-26

Wute0. WIN D Nv exC9 49, tpey,
have 20 regard whatsver ybr tte vel.
fase d their hard -drintinG cuato0ess,
ana viii g 70 such customers - loog
. IL latter can produce . dtme.
Not possessing llcense that may Be
revoked b The authorities, the aver
- illegal dealer hes llttle incentive
70 b careful = TO whom he sells. He
doos not favorably compare with the
o,d-time licensed dealer Of territorial
dayA But be has right 70 b con-
sadered innocent until proven guilty.
Even Z murderer hes that right. But
nAckard. 10 his nswspapss, has tsted,
l0und guilty and sentenced the Nor.
ton county moo. And The worst Of II
Ill + that Packard, 10 hts Newspaper,
aDumes 70 Be close TO Judge Burke.
THE sssslected" Morton county grand
jury could not have provoked our
sympathy for the indicted had such
grand jury been drawn BY lot. and had
Il acted 10 . fals aud impartial man
nes, and had u roasted only thoee
whom It was justified 10 roasting.
But they went much farther. They
turned loose on most OF the county Of.
ncers. They attacked the newspspets
for their sins Of omission and commits
sion. And then they ended their dirty
screed By vtrulently attacking Judge
Winchester, . man Who has been
elected and reelected TO the district
judgeship-who has illed the position
for seventeen yeafs, and Who u he
lives will again oil u. He y like other
men-he b liable to make mistakes.
But he has never at any time failed In
bis duty under the prohibition law
when cases under that tyrannicslstst-
ute were brought before him. with
kept constantly moving, ne could
hardly b expected, like Andy Miller,
to oct = blind-pig spottef. Unlike
some judges 10 the state, Judge WIN
chester - teetotaler, ana always has
been. He has not made II his custom,
when going to . county seat TO hold
court, to Get his personal friends u
work to procure beer Tor him from the
bltnd-ptRgerS that b may possibly pun
tsh for selling such beer. He b IN old
man, and IN old soldier with . good
tecoFo 10 ts.e c.v.l VA. ne y cout.
ceous ana .'nu 20 al. - coo.emps
nss oeen s1o.n ~ anyoooy. - M
ueen snown - .ne @e1 wuo ~
se"p'ea Duesm'.Sns uoke w''.cnes.e'
y innuenc'ne ct'e .tsna July "
's'aclous'y ss.sck nlm, Study 20
cause 10 naa oeen Tepes.eo'y chosen
70 his pcs'tson ~ t'ue-o'ue .epuoi'-
csns soo noe ~ lor"o1 poPu's's ps'
ing - Insurgents.
Ine necosu commeneeo s1ton9'y %
tae actson OF tnose wno weto lespon-
ao'e toF tine outfseous snu una meI-
'can act'on over IN AotCon county,
ma y mas no reason 20 cnsnse 'ts
opinion = expressed Two weeks ago
Inc article was wIlt!en WHOM any
desife 20 os paia6e 1uoKe burke y
any way' - Judge. nus We oeAeveo
tnen tnaS MS metnOos we're en1ire'y
700 strenuous ana We Oe''ese 10 nov.
At this stage OF the proceedings the
lying skunk that disgraces journalism
down ct Valley City comes into view.
During the past ten days he has been
publishing paragraphs 10 his paper, and
sending dispatches to other news
papers. to the effect that Editor Speel
Of Mandan and Editor Streeter Of
Linton had been called up by Judge
been written to. ETC., and told that
they would b put In jail for con.
tempt and al sorts OF horrible things
Now. II Packard, the Monumental
Liar, had not been 10 Judge Burke'i
immediate neighborhood, there might
have been some excuse for his lying
But he could have easily ascertained
the facts from the Judge. And tht
leading fact is that there Is absolutely