The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-08-23

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Think Of this and content yourselves.
HOLLAND AND THE PRESS.
The Beltrami County News would
pass better as q republican paper,
were il not opposed to every worthy
republican candidate. The News made
a thrust at Editor Greeley last week
Ihecause he favors w. s. Nice Glen ahan,
the republican nominee for the district
judgship, and brands him as tool
to less worthy men. lt i'll becomes
the News, s.reputed republican
newspaper to question the motives Of
other editors who stand by their party
nominees. The honesty Of the those
papers who bolt their party nominee
| to chase after less worthy gods, is
most questionable.
Yet we do not question the integrity
III Brother Martin. His paper is
above reproach, or rather unap-j
proachable. The News is a political
mermaid one-haH woman and one
half fish, but not enough fish to spear
nor enough woman to hit with Cupid g
arrows. The poor bewildered News
stands at the political crossroads, un-
decided whether. to work IN the pea
nut garden OF the republican elephant
or in the green pasture OF the demo-
cratic mule. With the appetite Of an
elephant and the mental capacity Of
mule, the News has fellowly feeling
for both parties. .s.=
Our contemporary cannot sting us
into q controversy over the relative
merits Of the two judicial candidates.
That paper never uses argument; its
sole weapon il the syringe Of abuse.
II cannot use the sword Of logic, the
bayonet Of wit or the gatlin gun OF
facts, but always falls back on mud
balls and throws stink pots like q
Chinaman. For proof Of these as,
sertions, read last issue OF the News
when it roasts Congressman Morris,
Co. Attorney Street, Sheriff Nygaard
and others.
In its glorifcation Of Judge Hol-
land last week, the News reprints two
heavy editorials, one from the popu-,
list Cass Lake Times and the other
from the democratic Brainerd Arena.
These inspired gems appearing in a
REPEATED republican paper certainly
puts the judiciary campaign on a
.'non-partisann basis. And this Is
| all that the democrats of the district
want.
| The friends of Judge Holland seem
determined to defend him by abusing
the republican press and by impeach-
ing the decisions Of the Supreme
Court. The leading papers ofthe dis.
trict are calling attention to the fact
| that Judge Holland has been reversed
/ frequently and the voters have right
to know the facts. The Cass Lake
Times rants about judicial Hanna
ism, 2 miscarriage OF decency,a
etc, and then being at a. loss to ex-
plain away Judge Hollands unfayor-
able record, bursts into tears and in
womanly anguish says: It is not
fair to arraign the judge upon a few
difficult cases that have been appealed
from his rulings to the Supreme
Court. 1t further argues that d few
4 reversals, more or less, should make
no difference, as the great majority
of litigants do not appeal their cases
and may therefore be said to enjoy
satisfactory treatment.
We ask the Cass Lake Times, Is it
any Recommend alton for a Judge to
not know the lew in difficult cases?'
| And if he is reversed frequently where
the parties interested have the money
| to take an appeal to the Supreme
Court, is it not probable that other
eases where the sutton cannot afford
/ to go to the Supreme Court would
also result in a reversal, if appealed
We are not way up in the study OF
law, but we know that the most
feomphcated questions Of law do not
necessarily arise when the prop
erty in litigation is most valuable.
The title to a homestead may be more
difficult to untwist than that to 10000
acres of forest pine.
The Times would have it, however,