Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-10
A CURSE TO HUMANITY.

A CURSE TO HUMANITY.
According to one employer Of the
faithful it is alright to call a little SEES.
sion like those held by the "littlc
boss" for the purpose Of running the
county, providing there is no campaign
fund and the various candidates only
agree to get on the ticket and help the
slate, but do not contribute any cam.
paign fund to the cause. The little
meetings that have been held thus far,
which Tho World has called attention
to, have not resulted in the collection
of any campaign fund; no promises
have been made. It is all done for
the good of the dear people in aiding
them to vote right. 1t is all done for
the love of the cause. The destruction
of new office furniture and the burning
Of kilowatts at the present rate is q
gift to the voters. 1t sounds reason
able. No wonder the side-kicker of the
"little boss'' has hollcr coming. No
one need think THAT the "little bosso
is showing the activity which he is
showing, just for the fun of it, The
little boss" is making ready to pass
the collection box. He is started we'll
to violate the pure food election laws.
and must keep it up. If it is posi-
BILE to hold little session now and
then in accordance to law what is THE
necessity Of keeping things under your
hat9 The corrupt practice act was in
stitutcd by Progressive in Pro-
sressive legislature and passed upon by
q Democratic governor. The idea of
it was to do away with the so-called
gang" system Of politics. What sort
of politics would you call that Of the
"little boss,'' both in state and coun.
ty' What kind of politics would you
call the meeting of the democrats in
Fargo, who proposed to fix a slate but
silestepped somewhat when they found
out that it was not good policy under
nike conditions set forth in the corrupt
practice acts
The idea Of the primary law is to
leave tle selection of candidates to
the rank and file of the various parties
and do away with the conventions and
sfe control Of the few. "The law of
the state and common fairness should
be respected are the words used by
Frank Wilson of Bathgate, prominent
democrat who was one in the also-ran
class with Ben Whitehead. "We want
10 go before the people when the cam
paign becomes active with clean hands
and evident honesty of purpose, de-
clares Mr.. Wilson in condemning the
Fargo Democratic powwow which was
held this week This is what the 'slit-
tie boss and his tribe can not do,
after the promiscuous letter writing,
election promises, slate fixing and
secret sessions, which the dear people
must suffer for.
Even though the fixing of slate
was within the bounds of the law and
in keeping with sane politics, how
would it be possible for little meet,
ing in a law office to select men that
would satisfy all the voters of the
county, To be sure the old story
this is our slate, but THE voter will
be at liberty to vote as he pleases,
will be told. But the voter is not given
the freedom he deserves. He is no,
given any privilege before the primar
les to select who he wants to represent
his party. He is bought by gang
such as the select few of the "little
boss The chances of the men who
would make good are kept in obscur
ity. They don It say "this is our slate
vote for who you please,'' No, bu
| they do say ''this is our slate, vote fol
it.''
Who is it that is trying to do away
with the assessors registration and VIC
late the corrupt practice act and tn,
primary lawi
The "llttle boss 'and his tribe VIII,
have failed to gain, recognition, be
cause of their Matchmaking, and nov
want to secure job by metho'
which they have condemned, before tn
/ lawmakers of this state.
/ The hypocrite is as pronounced il
| politics as in religious life. The ''lit
tie boss" and his tribe are politica
hypoerites. disgrace to the state be
cause they violate its laws. and ours
j to humanity because of the poor exam
| pies they set.
/ DEMOcR Alto ECONOMY ANR PIE