Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-04-06

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ter of whether or not their plans
agree with those of a majority of
the voters of their district.
These men owe it to their
voters for the additional rea-
son that but very small minor
ity of this county had any word,
directly or indirectly, in their
choice.
The legislative matter, so far
as this district, or, rather, this
county, is concerned is simple
and can easily be made plain be-
fore election. The state ticket,
however, is entirely a different
matter. We have not time to 90
into the subject exclusively
here and we will confne our ar
guments to but a few points.
Last week some thirty or forty
representative farmers met at
Fargo and, behind closed doors,
picked a state ticket. Remarks
by the president of the League
showed that there was some diff
ference of opinion on various
candidates and in many instances
he remarked that "the candi-
dates name was withdrawn after
some discussion" 1t would be
interesting to know just what
part the league organizers took
in that discussion and what part
the farmers themselves actually
had.
Any way, two of the candidates
endorsed ought certainly to win.
N. c. Macdonald, for superinten-
dent of public instruction; and
William LANCER, of Morton
county, for attorney general, are
the logical men for the positions.
RhetLler the voter be a farmer, a
n2e""hanf or what-not, the record
n - nen are sufficient
20 x nem.
aA II call attention
l. som ii .nc candidates who
nave no excuse whatever for be.
: ing CONSIDERED fit timber for the
positions 10 which they aspire
Ile most daring of the bunch is
. kozltsky, of Bismarck, for state
auditor. kozitslsy is the gentle
man who acted as secretary fol
the state tax commission two
years ago when they were flood
ing the newspapers of the state
with bulletins---at the expense Of
the state---the chief purpose Of
which was to show what a won
derful organization it was anc
/ what a wonderful collection Of
talent was to be found in the
state tax commission. The Rec
} ord commented on the perfor
: nance at the time in no uncer
: tain terms. Kozitsky has the
, reputation of being one of the
: smoothest politicians in Burleief
county, that home of a pretty
live bunch of such animals. He
has been advertising his candi
dacv in large punches and his
} endorsement is aflagrant violation
of the leagues avowed promise
that they proposed to make the
Office seek the man."
30 mucn Tor kOZltSky. Now fOl
Luther Birdsell, of Grand Forks
who has been endorsed as a can
didate for the supreme bench
Birdsell was one of the members
of the aforesaid tax commission
, two years ago and the Record mar
knows personally that the great
est batch of political, wire-pull
ing ever attempted was that Of
trying to land Birdsell the Job Of
dean of the North Dakota law
college. The Record man saw q
copy of a telegram sent to q
prominent local man who is q
graduate ofthe law school asking
him to at once wire demano
for Birdselps appointment. AT
terward, while going to Fargo
the writer had the pleasure of an
extended visit with Judge
Young, the noted Fargo attorney
who was then on the board ir
charge of the university and the
, law school. He told me thai
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