The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-11-02
A BARE FACED FRAUD

OF NORTH DAKOTA EXPOSED
Lemke, the Tool Of the INSCRIPTIONS Gang Leaders-A Contemplate
Effort to Beat John Burke.
Alarmed at the tremendous sentiment which is sweeping over
North Dakota for John Burke, the Republican State Central Com
mlttee, in an effort to head off the inevitable, has resorted to the low.
Mckenzie reigned supreme at Bismarck.
THE STORY:
The story is a sad one. 1t shows that in this state of North
Dakota, a state thought to be progressive, that the real leadership Of
the Republican party is again in the hands Of those reactionaries who
and that their leaders have not changed their odtime methods but
are ready for any form of hypocrisy and fraud in order to gain their
Here are the facts. From Box III in the City of Bismarck
naGe been nr sent TO the tn three e gang sngd papers %rt the state al h adyert's SEN m
purpose the alienation Of Nonpartisan support from Governor Burke
But more than this, on a imprinted letter-head was sent an
unsigned message to each Wilson paper in the state, asking them to
run certain plate matter, which should come to them from St. Paul.
To the letter was pinned a filthy, crumped bill, such as they used to
t sprs' Of 1 tho pattis s'e or t Ssr tt't Da xesn this rh isi letter. 1T s" ~as to T tss q effect fss:
that a st: Paul concern would ship matter of great interest to tn:
e ~noen Which He1' made 1H"'' plate asG matter oV was '| given Il ." original ;sa a." ord d
in a letter signed by the forged signature of a prominent Bismarck
but when one read it it co9ld be seen that it was intended to throw
tho the Set su of 59f d 5fr 'Pes+ of SJ Or ma Rsnets :"s Ti f's sam s' aav esiss sna
was then seized upon by the Republican State Central COMMITTEES
s n puort to sta m1n se1 them 70 t "a su M n IT. n the ea Ga"tena organ q, p Pe = 4
rose in the Senate of the United States.
USED BY GANG PRESS.
Note first that this advertisement did not appear in any DEM
ocratic paper but was found only in The Grand Forks Herald, con,
Little, and The Minot Optic, controlled by G: A. johnson, ali motor.
ious and bitter enemies Of John Burke. This article will not be found
in a single Democratic paper in the state, and we doubt if any really
respectable Republican paper will publish it, or countenance suck
fraudulent tactics.
But what of the source' Who holds the key to Box III ID
Then what happened9 Lemke became the tool of the unscrupu-
partisan Leader he use this very advertisement, written and paid
for by the Republicans. to show that the Democrats are surring thu
What a political trick! What will the people think about thp
latest work Of the sheaLemke combination9
To take a statement which thew themselves and then n
fear, John Burke, is a n act that should be repudiated by every think,
THE REMEDY:
The progressive citizen of North Dakota must repudiate these
tactics by going to the polls next Tuesday and rebuking this sort Of
business. If these kind of men, using these kinds of methods, gain
control next Tuesday where will be the cause of progressive govern,
The Democratic State Committee does not believe that tn.
eleventh hour talk: Not this year; and particularly in in view s' Of IL
warning issued by the recognized officers of the League.
READ THE WARNING:
NOTICE TO LEAGUE MEMBERS:
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SO @'~'' 100 "'"' '' '""""' 10 A. {" 7o%Hlev President
view Of the further fact that the Republican State Committee had
circular and other: equally misleading, the above warning FROM
PsSsidi fo5l9 T1wpl by is is: sR Senu5liss only gt to The Go@ dssRisses plan of CAM
HELP CLEAN OUT POLITICS BY VOTING FOR CLEAN
MEN. WIPE OUT THE OLD GANG FOREVER, AND MAKE ri
WILSON FOR PRESIDENT AND BURKE FOR SENATOR
CLEAN THE STATE!
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE,
BY F. W. Mclean, Chairman.