The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1901-01-03
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Was in Bad Company.
AS the anti-Lauder faction
in Richland county, with their
ramitications in the district
have met their Waterloo, the
position of the Independent in
the judicial fight is overwhelm-
ingly sustained. Lots of voters
who lQyalIy supported Judge
Lauder. and Indignantly spurn-
ed the vile electio n e ri n g
tactics; of the gang back of the
Wahpeton Globe, were person
al friends of G. E. Wolfe, but
they concluded he was simply
in bad compay which they
could not countenance. All re-
cognize his eminent ability for
the office of district Judge, and
that his candidacy was the
strongest possible with which
to oppose Judge Lauder. This
adds materially to the victory
of the latter. We move that
the matter be now dropped and
that all get in line as good
friends and neighbors. Lauder
has been vindicated and can
afford to be generous, while
the 3ther'side should not hesi-
tate to bow with respectful de-
ference to the will of the peo-
ple--expressed with emphasis.
Sargent Co. Independent.
There is go,d deal of truth
in the above. Mr.. Wolfe is one
of the best lawyers in the state
and hundreds of men regret the
manner of his nomination and
it's environments, and had con-
ditions been other wise, would
have been Plad to support him.
When Mr.. Wolfe gets.the right
kind Of a nomination-when
it comes right, he will develop
very different shoMing.-The
Wahpeton Times.
EDITOR TINES. While the
foregoing a article may have
been printed by you in perfect
good faith and was, possibly.
intended to be complimentary
to me, it certainly falls far
short of being pleasant. In the
first place, if 1 have been in bad
c o m pany, politically, 1 was
with the Republican party, as
l have always been, and that
is much more than the editor
of the Forman independent or
any of his associates can say.
In the second place, l chose
that company voluntarily, am
not ashamed oft and desire NO
better. In the third place, the
campaign is over and, unlike
Mr.. Hurry, I occupy exactly the
same position, politically, now
that / did during the campaign
and desire neither confidence
nor flattery from those who,
without justifiable cause, lied
about me and my frien d 8
during the campaipn. Please
understand, that. II am not
criticising the campaign med
hods of Mr.. Hurry or his as
sociates. They must believe it
to be right or they would not
have followed it for so mauy
years. What want under
stood it. briefly. that if it is
wrong to have Republican
nomination, then / have been
wrong; but, that being the only
crime / have committed, at
least, the only one ] have been
convicted off, don't feel like
b eing "soft-soaped" by men
who could never be convicted
of either that crime or the one
of supporting Republican no.
minees. While politics m ay
m a k e strange bedfellows, I
have no desire to change those
who were with me in this
campaign. 1t may be that l
am paragon of perfection and
that gang" supporting me is
"a herd of unconvicted black
egs, but, if so, my moral OBJ
aiquity will not permit me to
see it in that way. / am satis-
fled with my gang" ] sim
cerely hope the members of the
other gangs can conscientious
ly say the same thing.
CHAs. E. WOLFE.
London, Dec. 15.--Lord kitchz