Willmar tribune., 1900-07-25
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Of Holland, with the chances in favor of the

In the Third district Mr.. SmithsOn would not
refuse denomination if the people see fit to
accord it to him. The friends of Nels b. John
son of New London have suggested him as suit
able timber for county commissioner On the
republican side Peter Hagen of Irving has be en-
mentioned. He was q candidate four years
ago.
It If there is any open rivalry for Commissioner
Quist's place, no inkling of it. has reached u.s.
There is yet ample time for candidates to ap-
pear, and after the busy days OF harvest are
over, we will hear from them.
900 ~. =
The independent voters in the three districts
ought to be very careful to nominate men who
are tried and true and wellbalanced. With
such men, there are good reasons to believe
that Mr.. Feig will be the lone member OF the
next board to owe any allegiance to the cop. ,
. 900 i. ID, ~
Reports from different parts of the county
seem to Indicate that Peter A. Gandrud of
Sunburgh will be the Republican nominee for
representative, in spite of his statement that
he is not. candidate. Other parties men
toned for the honor are James Sanderson,
Olof Olson, S. M. Sivertsou, H. G. Hanson and
Mason Spicer. It is not unlikely that the field
will eventually unite upon one man with whom
to contest with Mr. Gandrud
T. - =" = 900, al.
In it's last issue, the Willmar Argus takes the
undersigned to task in an article under the cap
tion "a Personal Explanation" Among other
things it says ~ 49, Ssz 4
with saying that the: democratic state central
committee was furnishing you with q press
We never made any such statement and YOU
owe it to the Argus to correct your insinu alton
and we shall expect you to do SO. What we
did say and ALL that we did say in reference to
the matter was, The Tribune under demOcra-
tic influence is forging to the front with the
I'm conclusion, Bro. Lawson, wesWish to
state that we enter upon this campaign with
no desire whatever to depart from the plain
and naked path of truth and duty. !" s9- xs
Here Is the charge as the TRIBUNE made it,
have charged that the TRIBUNE is engaged in
an underhanded political game to deceive the
voters of Kandiy yOhif county, and after series
cause USE Of their carefully constructed verbiage,
the Gazette hiding under the name OF Stern
sucker or some such signature openly says
ea e sRe RGsn h r2psne ne
y giant Democratic spoutetin these parts Of
the state. =" s$Es ss 5k.ss$qh
Now, Mr. Wharton you will notice that we
mot charge you with having openly published
the falsehood Again the TRIBUNE said:
when the influences pack OF Crosby and
| Wharton saw they could not make the charge
| Of O1lce-seeking stick they boldly invent the
| lie that we have accepted the present of: 2
new press 5* S5s.$ Sss#
The week following the announcement IN
our paper Of our press deal, the following items
appeared In the Argus (June 49,:
.The democratic state central committee
has bought many papers this year and started
tseveral new ones. 2Kandiyohi county has had
The Tribune under democratic fndu-
ence is forging to the front with o proper de-
gree Of prosperity. s
! Now viii you tell us that the above is not
an insinuation that the TRIBuNE has receiyed
financial aid from the democratic committee!
tItit is not, we humDly apologize for our mis-.
taken Judgment. In any event we apologize
to our readers for inflic citing this matter upon
them again. sss ss
1 Now, Mr.. WhaTt on, you who have mo desire
l whatever to depart from the plain and naked
i path 81 truth challenge the truth shat
i item ferring to the democratic comrnittees
Wedo not believe that i has Plrch ased a'sinSaFF
1 ne wspaper nor that & has uliilshed the means
4 rs establish on B do not know. hut doubl
i the truth of your stat gsanesone pape1
s. estab abllshed, caii tosset
tle our doubts u - sss