Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-11-27

Guo IrSG cudptor only.
Why didn't you follow this up? Why
didn't you show how anxious all these
Law and Order League fellows we're to
down the awful curse of liquor and pros
ecute Swenson. until near election time,
November Sd?
Why didn't you tell your readers about
the Healy-S wenson conference on the
Thursday prior to election? If you was
really against Healy and his %co-laborers,
why didn't you show this matter up?
Excuse my impudence, but it seems very
strange that you should have been 80 ig-
norant of what was going on unless it
was intentional.
Why didn't you, I say, give the inside
facts of that Healy- Swenson compact
how Healy sent down for Swenson, and
Swenson went up to see what he wanted
how Healy winked and told Swenson
he (Swenson) was in trouble-how Sven
son admitted he was-how Healy said he
thought he might be able to help him
how Swenson cautiously asked, us that
so?"-how Healy got more confidential
and told Swenson that if this man
Mason, who had informed on him, didn't
appear against him there would be no
case-how Swenson assented and ex-
pressed the hope that Mason wouldn't
be so mean-how Healy said this man
Mason was ~janitor of the Baptist church,
of which he (Healy) was deacon, and he
could control Mason-he thought-if
Swenson would only be right on election
day, understandable and his friends vote
right, see?-Mason would be conspicuous
for his absence when the case of the
state against Swenson was called? Why
didn't you publish this matter at the
time?-how Healy told Swenson to think
it over and decide-how Swenson con-
suited his attorney, and how the attor-
ney advised him to accept the proposition
and to get good hold of Healy's leg and
tell him he (Swenson) had no further use
for the old stitfs he was training with
how they we're no good when it came to
a show-down-how he believed he could
be of assistance to Healy on election day
how he knew some fellows who could
be influenced-how far a little money
would go-how much he could do with
$25 if Healy would give it to him-how
he (Swenson), after all his negotiations
were completed, could "throw the har.
pooh" if he wanted to-Australian ballot,
don't you see?
You say you didn't hear about all these
negotiations at the time? I don't be-
lieve it.
Now, what's the sequel?
Election came-Healy was elected
commissioner by nine Notes.-The mem
bers of the Law and Order League
"thanked God"-Healy declared he had
been vindicated by the people, and there
was general rejoicing.
District court convened on Tuesday
the case of the state VS.. Swenson is
called-Mason the informer is asked for
he is not within h%earing-a search re-
veals the fact that he has departed in
the direction of the north pole with an
OK team-a bench warrant is issued
Sheriff Donnelly and Nels White start
in pursuit-they get onto his trail-it is
followed out over the hills toward Wards,
off to the east via simpsons old place
around the hills and across the rail-
road track a couple of times near Men
oxen. It is 3 o'clock in the morning
when the party reach Logan township
a bowling blizzard is raging--Donnelly
has to be back to Wednesday mornings
session of court-he returns to Bismarck
about daybreak-White gets scent of the
trail again and starts on-he overtakes
Mason and brings him back to Bismarck
where he finds rest behind the iron bars
OF the Burleigh county Jail.
Now what does all this mean? Is two
and two four, or don't you know?
All of this makes me exceedingly
weary. What rank hypocrisy I have
been Disguised many times at the antics
of the old gang in this county and it's
high-handed way of running things, but
good Lord deliver me from the new
gang of hypocrltes, who preach morality.
but under that cloak practice the most
v%illainous deception.
Can it be that in order to save a brother
from defeat at the polls-a little county
ofice-Judge Gray and his cohorts on
the Law and Order league will agree to
wink at crime-bat one eye that it
may not see which way the other is look
ing?
I want to say more, but I'm too hot to
proceed further. If you are not afraid
to publish this, and do not object to my
observations about the press-for you
are GUILTY. will come again. I want
to show up a lot Of iniquity in this
county. I want to show that it is about
time for people who have been hood