Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-12-17

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The machinery provided b ths Dlais
letter OF the law has lnally hoeo put
in motion, ana the special elsesioa
which should have beeo held three
weeks ago will b hsldoo Monday, IL
18th day Of Decembes. q The pisces 10
the various precincts 0here the gen
eral election 10 Novembes was held.
Elsewhere 10 the Record viii b
found the joint call Of Sheriff DaslIng,
Of Kiddes county, and Sheriff Jo0eo.
Of Emmons county. Alsn Auditor
Pitts' odcial certificate Of nomins.
lions.
In Emmons county the names Of q.
A. Herolz and John Storey, republi-
cans, and Of James ]. Hayes, democrat,
viii sppear o. tho ticket Any other
candidate or candidates will have 20
run By writing 10 tts name q b
sticker. How The ticket Will b peo.
pared 10 Kidder county makes ltttle
difference, - the lev providing for the
special election does not 6eGno The
details - to the ticket to b voted,
simply saying (Section 65l Of the Pc.
lttical Code)-
Provided, That whom . tie shAll
exist between Two or more pessons To-
the Senate or Hou1o Of Repeeoenta-
tives, the County Auditor shall give
Notice TO the Sheriff 0f Tie County,
who shall Immediately advertise an
other election, giving at lsast ten
days notice. !"
And the coming eloctlon = The last
oct In one Of the most dannabls con.
spiracies against . worthy citizen that
the people Of any county q any state
Of the Union ever experienced. Let
Us look backward . few montha
At the spring caucusss 70 etooee
delegates to the State convsntioo q
Minot the issue was made . between
Messrs. Herolz and Storey o. oos sids
and Nessrs. Tuttle and otroetsr "a the
other. The contest resulted n Ns1sr0.
futile and Streetsr being indofDsd -
candidates for representatives. b over.
whelming majoSltles 10 both counties.
Than the dirty work bsgan. P. g.
Rocks, chairman Of ths dsmoceatic
county committee politics Tor
eight years 10 this county has consist
cd Of = succeosful effort, through Z
combination with n. Herols and
other alleged republicans, to ksep
himself In once 10 county strong-
u republican - was enlisted 10 tho
cause. He went shout The county
misrepresenting Judge Winchester,
Streeter. Tuttls. Jones and practically
every other republican candidate which
the Rocks HerolE combination ha6
resolved should not b eIoctod-can.
didstes whom u was known were not
favorable to the fast an. loooe uotl,oda
that had prevailed In building bsldges.
handling the county's funds, making
expensive and practically worthless
road-grsdes, lstting conniDlones'a
resignation 30 By default % that Z
man in sympathy With ths Hssols-
Rocks combine could b appointed,
and other kindred methods Of pro-
ceduYe.
Fearing for the RESULT, . short time
before election, knowing that somo.
thing had 70 b done Of Tuttle ed
Streeter would Win, Mr.. Hsrols
wrote TO the sstranged wife Of
Mr.. futile and asked and obtainod
from her ono Of the most vlllainous
and positively Indecent screeds that
ever appeared 10 print. Than Ne.
HeroIz and his political hackess went
to work with this letter. which thsy
printed 10 Mr.. Patterson's paper snd
circulated 10 leaflet form. TO create ,
public sentiment not only against M
futile, but against Strester. whom
they said should b opposed ''lor train
log with such . man." Tue circuls
letter appeared too late for IT, evl
effects to 10 Offset. Furtherm0r(
Herolz and Pattsrson we'll knew thu
II would b impossible Tor . man VT
any feeling whatever 70 enter b ~
Of refutstion, into the details Of .
unfortunate domestic drama In while
he might be IN actor.
The scheme worked. and With u
assistance Of The democSatic chal1ma
and owing to tho test that about 8
hundred voters who vnted later q 4
general election failed 70 appear
the primary. MsesIs. Herds q
Storey headed the list when The !
turns came 10.
The ns1t scheme Of the eou9Dlrato
NJ to secure tho appolnt0o0t