The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-10-03


ton:
Mr.. Chairman, and gentlemen of
the Convention: l appreciate very
much the good will of Mr.. - in
placing my name for nomination.
After holding office for nearly four
years, the first question in my mind
would be: what should I go into the
compaign on? On my record, of
course. And what is my record?
Gentlemen, | am afraid it is pretty
cloudy right now. And what is the
reason for it? When I accepted the
nomination four years ago 1 made the
promise that I would be honest to the
bottom of my shoe soles. Since then
hot headed politicians, especially
democrats, have approached me and
said, why don't you get out and hol-
Ter, why don't you kick and raise
hades." Now, gentlemen, it is a fact
that in all important questions where
differed from my colleagues | re-
corded my vote accordingly, when
ever | could force vote being taken,
but that has been no easy matter, as
| had to fight hard for it every time,
so much SO that even Dave Greig
once exclaimed, "All you accomplish
Mr.. CHI is only to delay the pro-
ceedings of this board" And | have
got to admit that he was right, as
the outcome was just the same.
call on Mr.. Gray, who now is in this
| hall as a witness that I mad to call
or the assistance of the county at
| torney when the recording of my vote
was denied me. On the other hand
| admit that | had some influence
with the board, and I had to guard
against losing what little influence
I had. I admit that il I had followed
the hot heads advice in tearing loose
and making myself conspicuous, and
letting the interests of the county go
to the dogs, it would have benefited
me personally. But, gents would
that be the action of an honest man.
say no, a thousand times no! When
you elected me four years ago you
expected me to take care of the af-
fairs of the county and not to pro-
mote my own political aspirations
Again, not one-tenth part of what
takes place between the commission
ers is recorded. | can prove by
County Surveyor Grier, John Nc
Cracker, Jack Kendall, Michael Their
riault and others that fought against
Dave Grieg's wing dam from start to
Sol, N n
that I was opposed to building the
Cooley bridge below here at that
place. | can prove by County Attor-
ney Gray that I was opposed to the
holding of the special court house
election after the attorney generals
letter was received. In spite of all
this not in a single, solitary instance
has the Inter Lake excluded me when
it raked the commissioners over the
fires. If my record is shaded today,
the Inter Lake is to blame it.
What grudge the Inter Lake has
against me | do not know When the
printing contract was awarded |
voted for the Inter Lake, in spite of
that paper being the lowest bidder
Of course, | admit that it was the
greatest mistake that ever happened
to me that I was not born under the
stars and stripes, and thet I even
failed to record my vote against the
outrageous proceedings. But this
happened before the war, and I sup
pose the narrow minded editor of the
Tpf aly 10 Of thp foo M
that I at this time was disfranchised
from voting and was only allowed
to holler and kick, which I did. Even
the democratic Bee has shown me
more courtesy and justice, even when
was not a subscriber, than the In
ter Lake ever did. The Bee could
tell its readers that I on several oc-
casions appeared before the city
council on behalf of the county But
it did not suit the narrow minded ed
itor of the Inter Lake to give me
any credit for it. When all the pa
pers quoted my vote wrongly and
asked MIR. Goshorn why he did not
give me Justice, he simply said:'1
borrowed the type from the other
paper" and never took the trouble
to rectify it. I am glad to be here
today and able to tell you that have
kept my promise and met your anti
cipations. There is not man in this
hall or in this county today who can
lift his finger against me and say,
christensen, you have not been hon
est" or &C., you are not competent
to run this county" The only thing
that can be said is, that I am not
politician; but we farmers consider
smart politician crook, and I as
sure you, gentlemen, that the Inter
Lake will have big job on hand to
make crook of me after this day.
In conclusion I will say that as the
time rolls on l hope that the clouds
that now oyershadow my record will