Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-12-26
He Explains the Nationality
Phase OF the Recent Sena-
tOrial Contest.
How the Prairie of NOrtl, DakOta u
Wears it's Fall Overc0:.t far
into the Winter.
Mole up on the Graii, Graders
by the State ress-Legisla-
tive Tribes.
A Senatorial Incident.

senatorial election has been given to the
public by Hon. NJ. N. johnson himself
He writes for the information of A. E.
jacobson, debator before the Buxton
Trail County Literary society, and the
letter is reproduced in the Fargo Argus
Of today. Mr.. Johnson lefers to the
speech of Senator Robinson of Traill
county, wherein that gentleman changed
his vote from johnson to Sprague. The
reason for this was stated by Colonel
Robinson in crisp speech in which he
said: FL
ut has come to my knowledge from a
source of-undoubted credibility, that q
trusty lieutenant of Mr.. johnson has
circulated the report that the American
members Of the senate AMI house OF
representatives from the eighth and six
Jeenth districts, and myself in particular,
have not voted for Mr.. johnson from a
matter Of choice, but simply because
they dare not vote otherwise"
Mr.. johnson explains his understand.
ing OF the situation, and criticises the
remarks of the senator as follows:
He did not claim that had circulated
such report, or that it was done by my
knowledge or consent or even that he had
himself heard the trusty lieutenant say
it. The trnsty lieutenant positively de-
MED saying any such thing, and the
colonel refused to reveal to the Iieuten-
ant and myself the ''source of undOubted
credlbiity" through whom it had come
10 his knowledge. That was as far as
Me coulu Slac1 .ne lepor:. !. sne colo-
hel nea1u sutn = Iepol1,. o ~ was eInlnent-
pruPeI ~ n - HoS " oLu oou.laulos I
~. s ~. ot tharo @ an,s ..a'e e'Ept1a tl :
snor' .nsnV 'h..o ano gvne " ,Hls - :he
even 4I tenol ~ nas ~; sook sIeauny
~ r. Sno .no .M a,',.,, " Y W i;..s 10 80
was "1 .a,,e no one.+ ,,,;t, ~ "i ,,;os..a oon
@ L.. .. - %. .opau .oaUst+ tn s ns
~ * ;mnnad;ataly sa..d 49,. ..ara;stensiv
ss6Sf ra3;cf fha Snntrsd;cf;an II vnt;n :,
sir timaa AGAINST tho noano of h;s chn;oa
Ha voted for mo tonr times and ana;nst
mo CIV t;mas do NOT nndarstanS the
nh;losonhv of hia logic Ha either votad
nfrom matter n choicau tho f,nr
times or the six times. Tam free horn
American citizen ,nvself and + r Ind
heen in the colonel's nlace T sbo,,l6
have voted for the man az nv choice
r1oht straioht along. without reoard ~
little foolish rannrts that m;oht
hear from outsiders, IL was not necas-
sarv to vote wrong IN solemn occasion
s;mniv for the nnrnosa of nrnv;no IN Tho
world that he had the cnnraoe tn do
someth;n0 which he knew tn he eronr
Il is no nroof Of courage to dare to do
wrong. Tn the came conv of The
Ianootown DAILY Alart from wh;ch T
have conied the foregoing from Colonel
Rohinson's speech. there is aome ii.terest-
inU editorial corresDondence. written hy
W.R KELLOGG. the editor and proDrietor
himaalf. then IN .Rismarck. Sneak;np of
certain members. he savs.
"The club that holds them in the
Johnson column ls the Scandinavian vote
a;stn;t ~ 49, o a t%a o.aat,,nas ia1 ~
circnmstances and must vote for johnson
or the Scandinavians will sound their
political death knells.
anGs;t eio "e ~ Lase ~, sun1:nE 9;a,tast ,ess
latino ranortv or aaonrce Of nndonhted
credibility' twaddie about that. No un-
certainty OF sound or memory. There 1t
- N n2 Dlack aha wnlte on one Pr.nteo page
ma nv lottar % that ~ p wrota tbat CORES
pondence himself.
The copy from which l have quoted
was printed at Jamestown the day Casey
was elected at Bismarck. Ii Caseyls sup
porters had acted on Roblnson's theory,
that statement IN The jamestown Alert
by "trusty lieutenant of Mr.. Casey"
would have stampeded them all lmmedl-
ately to me.
The head lines OF this correspondence
are quite In harmony with the body OF
the article. Gloating over my defeat in