The Bottineau courant., 1922-01-19
YESTERDAYS CHAMPIONS
AND T0DAY'S


esntis-but 1t y nons tAs lsss vEoaH
II must be nnse hy nolsrn nassAeAa
and defeated. e7g T..
How Can Yea Tell Wissa rss
~. Havs q ehanpssnf =.
You would not think mnsh - 0arseh
had - bss1 On the sids a ths hoad-
up aetasts one tins and against them
anothes. You can tell he was right.
bsaanss his blows all fsll against thu
wrong-doers and ON behalf of the
helpless and INNOCENT. - r.
Did you ever msASure your own
Courisr-Nsws on that sort Of . yard
stick?
It began to fight for the people a
Fargo, by, supporting them In thstl
demand for redress OF the wrongs IL
city government and for the com
mission form. You know that ths
cottsd then becauss II stood agains'
vice and the l1qsor traffic. But the
commission form at last won and &c
fell the Morning Star.
: II stood for reform in state gov
ernment and fought the railroad DOM
| ination that allowed st. Paul to name
the state officials at the state con-
ventions. 1t fought for the right OF
the people to name their own Officials
in their own way-through the pri-
maries. You know who the newspapers
were that stood for railroad dom!na-
ton, and that the CourierNews suf-
fered because 1t would not yield. The
people finally won what they needed
another wrong was redressed-ano
SO fell the Noon-day Sun.
It took up the battle for the farmers
and the Taboring men-the ffercest bat
tie of them all. 1t stood for the Non-
partisan program and. despite the loss
6 patronage in it's home city, 1t saw
those principles win in seven straight
elections You know who opposed that
advance and the names of the news
papers who stood with the enemies
OF progress So fell the Evening STAR
s8s Now it faces for you the challenge
OF Night and Death--a hfdeol5 mon-
ster who threatens to destroy all tnat
has been gained in the years of strug-
gle But the Eourier-News is per-
suaded that Night and Death are but
a frsghtful mumrssry. wht 4. when
assailed stoutly and with courserra WIZ
soon succumb and out OF which will
come for YOU and for it, new life
and a happier one. -.%
The Mocking "Lynettes" Have "
Not Yet Vanished a7~z - +,
There are those who, along the road
ADf the past fourteen years, have like
Lynette, made mock OF and derided
the newspaper that fought their bat
ties They have rewarded with gibes
and jeers the efforts Of this newspaper
Ito attain better things for them. The
Lynettes did not end when ehiyalTy
vanished. There are such thought
iessly ungrateful folk, who sneer at the
dust OF battle and the marks OF con-
sliet upon the cloak OF the cham
pion who fought their fight
You may not be one of thoah Yet
| on may hare forgotten that the news
paper that fights your fight is en-
titled to some recognition from You
1t expects your support. 1T can only
gain other support by proving traitor
to you. DO you feel compiaisant ovel
the thought that II could wax pros
porous tomorrow, were II willing "a
abandon you and your cause
1T has sacrificed much in the las,
fourteen years. It has not looked fol
for what was right and Just for th,
common people Is II unreasOnabl,
to ask you to sacrifics little Tor it'
Ts ii unfair to expect thAt half q
the League members IN the state WI
subscribe tor it--H only a. token q
| their recognition It should have zs.Q0l
Subscribers by April and E0. 600 by fsll
1Aon II would be armed cap-a- pie
w continue the struggle Tor the rn,
drons of WRONG. for tl1e FAecae ~ tfz
lriGhts 0f the common p4opaes for ffs
duty "a asdoEender 81 yeuF fAifh. Whe1
that time ca1nee-4sa1 oopae 1 IL Iii
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