Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-13
pleting his second term of Office with,
what his party friends at least say, high

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what his party friends at least say, high
honor. Observe the concluding sentence
of this would-be defense. 1t can only be
taken to mean that Mr.. Benn declines
the courteous invitation Of this paper to
explain the matter.
The line Of defense adopted by the
Daily Bulletin betrays one Of two things.
A mental acrobatic power to phenom-
email degree, or sucl an abiding faith in
the damphoolishness OF its readers as
would mark splendid subject for gold
brick man.
Hev. It is. Read it:
"The campaign lie has started upon
its travels.
"This time it is an attack upon Mr.. F.
e. Jones, the very competent county
assessor.
''Just why Mr. Jones should be at
tackled and the serious charge be made
against him that his campaign expenses,
two years ago were paid, or attempted
to be paid, by Mr.. Samuel Benn and the
Northern Pacific Railroad, is hard to
understand. Two years ago the charge
might have been made with some reason.
Then Mr.. Jones was candidate for pub
lie Office and the HERALD might have
been justified in opening its mud bat
teries to defeat him, but he is not now
candidate and is upon the eve, presume
bly,, Of retiring from public life.
$50 far a. Mr.. E. B. Renn is concerned
he processes great respect for Mr.. Jones,
and does not believe his campaign ex.
penses were paid by anybody. certainly
he, Mr.. Benin, paid no part of them nor
did he offer to pay any part of them. He
might have put in some good ticks to de.
feat Mr.. Jones' opponent and to elect
MIR. Jones, but it was done in square
and legitimate manner.
"Mr. Benn's railroad record is beyond
question and nonody has better reason
for knowing it than the editor of this
paper. 1t is hardly to be presumed that
the Northern Pacific would have selected
MIR. Benin to intercede with MIR. Jones.
There are people in this county much
closer to both Mr.. Jones and the railroad
company than Mr.. Benn could ever be
and one Of them would, doubtless, have
been seleeted had any fixing been
desired. n y
"The present campaign lie is quite
mild one and is not calculated to be
more than a boomerang. The HERALD
will have to dig deeper into its magma
ton if it wants to produce an effect "
The mental makeup that can extract
an attack on Assessor Jones from the
HERALD article is real curio, and we
will wager years subscription to this
paper and that it cannot be duplicated
in the state, outside Of an insane asylum.
The HERALD has opposed Mr.. Jones
twice as candidate for office on the re-
publican ticket, without, we are pleased
70 say,in any way disturbing the pleasa,.S
personal relations that have existed for
q number of years between that gentle.
man and the editor Of this paper, and
the attempt Of the Bulletin to shift the
the controversy (if indeed, there be any
CONTROVERSY from Benn to the HERALD
is too silly for notice.
Just why our neighbor, across the
street, drags in the name for Mr.. Samuel
Benn-for whom this paper has the
highest respects not clear, and, in
fact. the entire article appears to be a
"space fil!er," in which not word of
denial is SO placed as to be attributed to
Mr.. Bean.
This thing resolves itself into the
single fact. that if true, MIR. Benp is not
a proper person to send to the legisla.
ture. If untrue, tina. gentleman is I'M
der obligations to the HERALD for maxi
ing public what was being repeated on
the quiet all over the county, thus enab-
ling him to have ample time for its re.
putation. 1t is up to Mr.. Bonn.