The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-10-23
OppoSition FalSehO0dS Can
All Be Broken Down
The Many Statements Given Out AgainstHanns
County Have All Been Proven Untrue
AS Stated Here

ON their notes, but we don
think that they will be- allowed
i in the voting booth with them
to take their elective franchise
away from them and we don
believe that any voter is going to
be influenced by any ONE Of that
caliber..
This county division is rather
a queer proposition, the same
people that started this PROPOSE
ton in the spring have been at
it all summer except at the pri-
maries where they had hoped to
get on the pay roll. When they
failed they started up the pro-
position anew and started one
bootleg proposition after the
other. The only reason their pro
position was not filed was be-
cause their petition did not have
enough signers. Now they are
sore and they cannot stand to
see the county divided On equal
lines. The voters will be flood
ed on all falsehoods that can be
manufactured to- try to defeat
1.-THE Hanna proposition. You
need not be surprised at any
thing you hear or read. But we
believe that when the people
stop and study the proposition
and consider what has been be-
fore them for the last ten years
that they will see that this is
the only proposition that has
been gotten up without any spite
but with the best interests Of
both counties. You will only
have to read the comments from,
the different papers to know
that the people all over the
country are in favor of this pro-
position. There is no reason why
this should not be supported
and put an end to the propo-
siton forever and let the people
have peace. As a general rule
they all are sick and tired Of this
proposition popping up all the
time.
The same parties who are
now opposing the county division
have tried every thing in their
power to gain their point in hav-
ing a boctleg county and giving
Garrison the county seat. Not
anything else has, been taken
into consideration. They promised
the people at Wilton if they
would stand by them and would
v~te for the Pr r>.positicn they woul
vote to get them in Burleigh
county. On the east side they
Offered to take off part Of Nc
Lean and give to Sheridan if
they would support the PROPOSE
tion. The county seat Was Of
fered to different towns if
they would support the PROPOSE
tion and everything else they
could think of was offered For
trade. Their scheme was so raw
| it fell through and now they
want another chance to present
another bootleg proposition two
years from now, it would be the
same thing as we have had for
1.-The last ten years. For that
reason the people are unanimous
6or putting an end to it. Pa
pers have been circulated for
an EXPIRE ssion as to the division
land wherever presented it seems
Ito meet with favor, have only
!! heard Of a few and they are
(candidat4s who are afraid and
think it will lose votes in q few
localities. In iWashburn 136
signed up in a day and a half:
Around the county it seemed so
unanimous that no further eff
fort was made for an expression.
!, Now the people of Hanna
county who, have circulated the
petition are not politicians, they
are. upright business men and
they want It un n2efstood that it
| is q straight business PROPOSE
tion. They have done their
work in the day time and have
net sneaked around at might
like thieves and they have done
their work in straight business
! like way. The people should
treat them the same way that
they are entitled to. You will
see if you study the map that
the lines are straight, everything
on the square as it has been
from the beginning and will be
until the finish. Mclean county
will be nice looking county
! and have ample territory and
taxable property to support the