Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-02
A BARE FACED FRAUD
THE MOST DAsTARDLY POLITICAL TRICK IN THE HISTORY
OF NORTH DAKOTA EXPOSED!
Lemke, the Tool of the Unscrupulous Gang Leaders-A Contemplate
Effort to Beat john Burke.

Lemke, the Tool of the INSCRIPTIONS Gang Leaders-A Contemplate
Effort to Beat John Burke.
Alarmed at the tremendous sentiment which is sweeping over
mittee, in an effort to head off the inevitable, has resorted to the low
est mderhanded methods used by them since the day that Alex
Nchenze relgned supreme at Bismarck.
THE STORY:
The story is a sad one. 1t shows that in this state of North
- apm,u a state thought to be p progressive or Ir,, that the real leadership h OF
n the hep"ndsa% party pa E,m is again again in in n the hand" Ids 1i. those re 1n4 ant@n who
and that their leaders have not changed their old-time methods but
Here are the facts. From Box III in the City of Bismarck
whch prpo rte to be a Democratic advertisement having for its
But more than this, on IN imprinted lcterhead was sent an
run certain plate matter, which should come to them from St. Paul.
To the letter was pinned a filthy, crumplcd bill, such as they used to
ture of the politics of North Dakota. This letter was to the effect
Wilson I supporters ot si in North toT Dao 1, H But strange ran get to say acyS the St. t. Paul
concern, which made the plate matter, was given the original order
newspaper man. The advertisement "a simple enough on its face
but when one read it it could be seen that it was intended to throw
to the support of Porter J. McCumbcr. This same advertisement
was then seized upon by the Republican State Central Committee
and published with screaming head lines in the farmers organ in an
endeavor to stampede them to the support Of the lieutenant Of Pen
USED BY GANG PRESS.
Note first that this advertisement did not appear in any Dem
troled by Jerry Bacon: The Bismarck Tribune, controlled by G. B.
Little, and The Ninot Optic, controlled by G. a johnson, all motor
in a single Democratic paper in the state, and we doubt if any really
respectable Republican paper will publish it. or countenance such
But what of the souce9 Who holds the key to Box III in
The notorious Jim Shea!
Then what happened9 Lemke became the tool of the unscrupu-
lous old gang leaders. and in a full page advertisement in The Non
partisan Leader he uses this very adyertsrment, written and paid
name y Of Fl z!"n P" j. Frazic !? s"' '"'' nc "''''' are '"'''"S '"'
What political trick! What wiz the people think about this
latest work of the Shea-Lemkc combinations
TO take a statement which they thenselve prepare and then to
use it again in an effort to beat the one man in this state the interests
fear. John Burke, is an act that should be rcDudiated bv every think
ing citizen. -m~
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 the
members Of the Nonnartisan League will be fooled by any such
warning issued by the recognized officers of the League.
READ THE WARNING:
NOTICE TO LEAGUE MEMBERS:
tei,c: =; ~sv ia isb ": h %;s" to lss ' f;~ "a '%Fo"' Section sas o to %ss LEAGUE ssu,
ss"siss ssn. Tor sI 1stsas. sfes zT5.s sssssH ns. are At It letters: MESSAGES
effort to how that he Leagu is for or against this or that candidate Tor
!zAa s5!"i IS M IT,! + ;s%"f z5 {" s 81 4 sst ;s4''; 4a NJ - 54a5'14 HHe F F9s
not; od Ase: m ban { sn Issaus ap I% %a apnsss il. The L s M st candidates
"s"'S W. Want "a , . to- to rssd these sa w f@s$o s%s . s ss"H s5 ss'' fs; ostioo.,
S Ssss NJ thsr f y?ss ;. sy s sss!a" them: as 30 30" no ss be- tt s sis" S sS s s|s syo s,"a or
tss ' i:ss's has: ;"so; :s;' any tbs s:" s';'s;% 10; or ; :*:s:ss IFS s::'h's' or report that
AS the Democratic State Committee has not sent out a single
circular or pamphlet on State issues during this campaign, and in
spread broadcast thousands and thousands of the socaned Brinton
circular and others equally misleading, the above warning from
paign followed by the Republican State Committee.
HELP CLEAN OUT POLITICS BY VOTING FOR CLEAN
MEN. WIPE OUT THE OLD GANG FOREVER, AND MAKE IT
WILSON FOR PRESIDENT AND BURKE FOR SENATOR.
CLEAN THE STATE!
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE.
BY +. w.. Mclean, Chairman.
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