Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1894-08-31
EDITORIAL NOTES.
And Other Matters of Interest
to the Readers of the
Courier.

truth" the North Dakota Indepen-
deat says: "The Griggs Courier
must have a new editorial writer
Heretofore it has been very fair
and reasonable paper, but OF late it
hzs taken to ways that are dark and
tricks that are vain'," and the editor
Of this paper proceeds to give the lie
TO the editor of the COURIER for
saying that Mrs. Eisenhuth stated at
the late democratic state convention
st,at .she was a democrat" The
COURIER pleads guilty OF the charge
at always being fair and reasonable
paper but when it is accused of lying
ard going into "ways that are dark
and tricks that are vain." we deny
ste allegation and politely inform the
political trickster who presides over
tsse destinies of the Independent
ehat he is either a notorious prevari
Gator or else he is SO densely ignor-
:aot that he does not know what he
he is talking about. The COURIER
sSot it's information from delegate
wao attended the convention and we
would certainly take his word in
preference to the hireling who does
ttae bidding of the gang of office
seekers who are striving to gain con-
troll of the state government. Mrs.
Eisenhuth was at Grand Forks and
went around among the delegates
selling them what good democrat
she was and whined around until she
rot an endorsement on that ticket.
This the righteous editor of the In
dependent nor the lady can deny.
She is about the smoothest politician
tue pcpulists have in their ranks and
they have got some good schemers
where there is any Office in sight.
Our unconverted friend Of the Inde-
pendent says: els it generous, is it
s,aanly, in the Courier to try to make
Mrs. Eisenhuth responsible for what
the democratic convention did?"
We might ask the hypocritical qu.l!
driver of the populist organ if it is
zaauly, if it is generous, for him to
publish such lot of rot in his sheet
about Miss Bates, and we would ask
zfit is womanly, if it is generous, for
ATS. Eisenhuth to get her friends to
ezdmp up such stories about her
opponent as appeared in the Inde-
peadent two or three weeks ago?
Just as soon as somebody says any
ching about Mrs. Eisenhuth the
pcpulist organs send up wall to the
heavens like the last notes of a dying
swan and cry for shame, for shame,
for abusing a lady, but when their
own papers are filled with Billings
gate rot about Miss Bates, they shut
,eteir eyes and see not the "beam that
Is in their own eye" We have the
same right to defend Miss Bates as
stse pepulists have to defend their
candidate and we are going to do it.
Both are estimable ladies, but when
saey go into politics they must ex-
pect all kinds of criticism. The
populist organ had better study the
,aife and character of Washington
himself in regard to truth before he
undertakes to preach to his brethern.
His zeal for missing the truth crops
rap again when he tries to make out
Eshat the COURIER lied in regard tc
the Oregon and Alabama elections.
He says Of Alabama: "The popu-
taists did not fuse with the republi-
scans. The republicans endorsed the
populist ticket and then voted the
democratic ticket at the dictate of
their eastern leaders, If endorse
anent by republicans is not fusion we
don't know what fusion is. In re-
gacd to the republicans voting the
democratic ticket, that lis always the
excuse put forth by the popullsts when
1hey get licked. The republicans
are not such big fools as to vote the
democratic ticket. The .populists
and republicans tried , to down the
democrats, and the result .wes both