The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-22
FACTS MlsREPREsENTED BY THE
PIONEER PRESS"

paper says:
FACTS MlsREPREsENTED BY THE
PIONEER PRESS
The st. Paul Pioneer Press, which, un-
til recently. through it's too intimate re-
lationship with the sadly notorious gu.
bernatorial candidate, r. G. Dunn, was a
true pride to itself and to the entire
press, has already reached that stage OF
depravity where it.7ne longer can dis
tinguiSh between truth and falsehood IN
it's political writeups. The Pioneer Press,
in its editorial of last Saturday against
the Svenska Folkets Tidning, deliberate
ly misrepresented facts in the following
particulars:
1-When it says that Svenska Folkets
Tidning as a.sRepublican paper intended
but through pressure. from its controlling
interests became a political turncoat, sup
porting Dunn's Democratic opponent
Johnson.
Svenska FoIkeis Tidnings. open oppose
tion to Dunne during the preconventlon
fight and its unreserved deploratlon OF his
nomination are sufficient evidence that
the Pioneer Press has Intentionally ana
purposely misrepresented the truth.
2-In its attempt to represent the
Svenska Folkets Tidning as hostile to
of Norwegian extract ction and not a Swede;
and in its effort to show that the Svenska
Folkets Tidning. because of It's prefer
ence for Johnson has ulslmately Z IN aye view
The Pioneer Press Is bold enough to
assert this in spite of the fact that the
following EDITORIAL. which could not have
escaped their notice, appeared in the col
umnS of the SyenSka. FolketS T1dnlng but
three days previous: sThis paper has
always recognized Knute Nelson as one
of the ablest of United States senator's
and no paper shall be found more willing
than Svenskas. Folkets= Tidning to put
forth its best efforts for his continuance
in Office :" Our readers must indeed have aye
hnn a. CT 1lc ahIi1tV
of the Pioneer Press to manipulate the
truth in the most old-blooded manner to
its own untruthful ends.
3-When il asserts that the SvenSka
Folkets Tidning, through a letter from
John E. Nelson, of Cokato, which the
Pioneer Press falsely claims was promi-
to the Swedish Republicans to vote for
John A. Johnson because he Is or SWed-
ish parentage and to vote against Dunn
because he was born in Ireland. ,
one of them ALL the Pioneer Press makes
itself guilty of. Notwithstanding that the
letter was inserted as correspondence I'm.
der the category, From Our leaders, 1s.
the following reservations. Under TINS
category the paper will insert articles
from its subscribers and friends. Fhes edi-
tors will i'll no wise assume any RESPONSE
sbility for the sgcontents of the articles
printed below, sucE5 responsibility de-
volving wholly upon the writer.
Inc cohtflpuIor III aie, f sneecb
~ sIe ~ t of1e1 reader Of
I az 10 $500 IL EoIiyets ,T;dnino Dunn
s;s sS . i,isa ;f i+ should have anv
Irlenas-1l, pelc4a5eeiirI irI,a i. III Svensirs
SuInLlio1 80 io cad oy 1,ever
folKees Iiuiills ngsel @ aeo Il,tta,
INTENDED 70 use Nir: ,,o''s, a.. tIi
political hobby to rlde upon inIousn iIs .Lts
campaign or any otnef is II dIelu!doiy !!t,iy
proven Dy an eoatollal VI aus. .; -; -
Class PohtfcS, Wilicl We fgpl goiint iilt ~ MS
days issue OF the SNehsha olhets t,- I5;o nio
ming as Dit OF information 70 tue ~ "a
neer Press ana otner caluliillld. ' .oi ?. IL
gT1eVeS US indeed 10 note tlldl gu, Uul o.holS e
wise respected and Woftny eolea que :, ~ ~
st. Paul, owing to hef intimacy With bUu
Dunn, has lest her quailties OF sell
respect to such an extent as TO pc
swear those who oppose her unworthy
candidate with the most WHY caluinHia-5
tions without consideration for the
TRUTH Because our party, the RepuDilc-
an party, has been unfortunate enough
to select a ScIlrvy bird from tneir Hock
and place upon the top Toost," 1t does not
warrant the Republican press, ana leasl
of all a paper as Well edited as the FIo-
neer Press, tossdisguise facts for the pur-
pose of deceiving the voters. boldly ana
In spite of all knowledge to the contrary
merely denying the s'scurviness of the
party's candidate For mark you well,
worthy colleague, that it is no more par
donable to mislead the public during po-
litical campaign than to do so between
the skirInishes.''
The reasons for cur preference 1or Jonn
cnePf the hetter man. and that 1t Is en-