Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-04-02
rHE COLD FACTS.

rHE COLD FACTS.
THE election Ut Mr.. J. j. Flint TO the
office of mayor is foregone conclusion,
but the people should rally 10 the polls
Saturday and give HIM majority as
overwhelming as that by which he was
nominated by the citizens ConyeLtlon,
both as an evidence Of their good faith
in the part they took In thai convention
and as an emr hattie rebuke to the "rulc
Or ruin'' malcontcnts who, dlsregardlng
their obligations of honor to abide the dc.
cision OF the convention, seek by fair
means and foul TO draw others off into
their ranks.
1t has been shown that these boilers
have misrepresented the sleners Of pa
per circu: ated previous 10 the convention
requesting Mr.. Davidson to be candi-
date before the citizens convention by
p,IIaaSclng them before the public ~ the at:
they took part. The Capital which plac
ed these men in this comp, omising posi-
,ion before the public has never had the
honor and fairness to set them right or
even to offer word Of explanation, apoi'
ogy or correction.
In one case, that of Mr.. II. E. Mueller.
an absolute forgery has been shown and
exposed over that gentleman's own sig
nature. The publication OF the names OF
the "over two hundred others'' who, 1t is
claimed, signed the petition, has heen
repeatedly challenged but the challenge
has only been answered by studied and
discreet silence. They dare not publish
those names for they well know large
number of The persons named would re-
pudiate the false position in which II
would place them and that other forge
rics would he brought to light.
L. is a, well known TO the pubic that
the Evening Capital was the first to sug'
cest and clamor for a convention OF cltl-
zens to select candidate for mayor as II
Is that that paper now dishonorably bolts
the decision of the convention and is the
organ and inst,gator of the boiling move
meut. II Mr.. Davidson had been nom'
ina,o I at tha, convention Mr.. Flint wou'o
now not only not be candidate pu'
would be supporter of Mr. Davidson
against any opposition that might b'
sprung against HIM; and We still nave
confidence enough In tee personal hono'
of MIR. Davidson to believe that if he Wer
no. basely deceived by tie misrepresenta
ton, fraud and falsehood Of false friends
designing demagogues and inscription
schcmers he would now be giving US loya
support to MIR. Flint as he himself woul@
have received from that gentleman Ia
| the people selected him as their candl
=. date for mayor.
e The Office was not sought by Dir. Fin
it was rendered him by mass meeting
! his fellow citizens, and by vote that ws
e almost unanimous. The spirit OF TN
g meeting was unity and harmony. Fa'
e uonal feeling and personal antagonist
J.. were buried with the dead past and II
y disposition manifested by the lcadlr
i sneakers was to unite heart and hard
d building up the city of jamestown al
: her interests. 1t will be remembered Tn
MIR. E. P. Wells, who has heretofore
ways been an antagonist OF MIR. Fiin
&c and. as he stated, came to the conventi'
N to oppose him, laid aside all personal al
l. ract,onal feeling, and rs an earnest OF
i good faith presented the name OF
e Flint to the convention Tor nomination
of The people who attended the conVe
ss ton, and the people of the city general
It's were satisfied with the nomination OF
n. Flint as well as that of the other memo
ur of the ticket for the city officers, ana
o. several days afterwards there was ie
all ing that one city election would be n
zee without the turmoil and bitterness u
he has heretofore characterized these G.
set tests. This would have been the case
of for the dishonorable course of few
ing das Iscariots who for the selfish pnrp
he of private schemes or personal notor'
our boltcd the nomination aud brought
another candidate. 1t is now for the
,ses pie to cay by their ballots whether
nc. will stand by their own selection
IN. nomination or whether they VIII aoan
ted him and support candidate brought
nile nv = few btlters and schemers who n
lint N dark lantern caucuses IN the dea
,in night. 10 which the select few that II
!. to the ring only are admitted, to MAJ
eet. their plans and concoct campaign Is
pre- hoods.