Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-11-03
~, Open Letter u the
WixLESfOn Herald

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In your issue of the 29th inst. ap'
pears an article regarding the quail
fications Of F. A. Bronson, Repub'
i lican candidate for Superintendent OF
Schools. In this article you state
that one individual took it upon him
self to look the matter up, as he was
personally interested in another can
4 didate for the same Office. So far you
are correct. You then state that as
succeeded in getting before the COM com
mittee three anonymous letters and
-one from the University at Iowa
stating that Frank !. had
never been reg fegss ktudent
there. You fail rs aat Wheth her this
zone was also anonymous or not. You
/. further say that as far as known in
this county he has never claimed
to have been at the University OF
Iowa, yet when you made this state
sment you were personally aware
1 that I had given the committee
copy Of letter from the Register OF
the State University of Iowa, in reply
to one sent by the President of the
/ Lakota Board of Education, covering
Y this very point, he, F. A. Bronson,
having not only claimed to the above
/ board that he was a graduate of the
Iowa State University, but actually
produced a dipoma from the univer-
sity to that effect, but under the
h name of f. O. Bronson, which the
3 Lakota board always supposed was
Ibis true name until his duplicity was
discovered.
Z You say that his various diplomas
and other evidences of ability to
qualify as county superintendent, if
! elected, are on file with E. NJ. At
.terberry, secretary of the C. c. In
regard to these papers and diplomas
on file, wish to say that neither the
Lakota school board nor I have ever
questioned their validity. We pro-
i nounce them genuine. They have no
bearing on the allegations against f.
A. Bronson whatsoever, and so in
4 formed Mr.. diversion before the meet
ing in writing, and to so state in or
der to save time. You, Mr.. Editor,
were present at the meeting of the
g. C. c., Sept. "a, and heard me say
that 4. was going to submit the case
to the state superintendent of in
, struction, as I considered him the
proper person to investigate the case,
not the C. C. G., which 1 we'll knew
would act from political point of
view and no other. And I have not
been disappointed, as plainly saw
ut the meeting the boss" was the
"whole thing" The state superin-
stendent has received all the facts of
this mans (F. "A. Bronson alias +.
70. BronsoD sduplicity in my posses
sion, and will, suppose, take such
action as the case requires. think
it would have been advisable for you
/ to wait until he was heard from be-
fore making the false statements you
have made, as there is not one word
of truth in your article.
a. Now as to the falsity of the state
ments in your issue of the Goth inst:
First, you say the individual (mean-
ing ME, of course) succeeded in get
ting before the committee three
anonymous letters, a statement which
is false, and as you were present you
know it to be false; but of course
you have to obey. the orders of the
"boss," whether true or false. The
first letter, and the one of most i'm
portance, covering as it does all the
evidence necessary to convict F. a.
Bronson (alias E. o. Bronson) of du
plicity, is signed by the entire board
of education of Lakota, who investi-
gated Bronson. The second letter is
signed by Stenitz X. Way, president
of the First National bank, Wesley,
Iowa. The third letter is signed by
the registrar of the State University
of Iowa, Iowa City. Anything anon
ymous about this, Mr.. Editor? Are
mt you ashamed to make such a
statement? All these letters are in
the possession of Z. NJ. Atterberry
secretary of the c. c., and I hereby
invite the public to call and see them.
There was also fourth letter, Mr..
Editor, submitted by me and now in
the possession of the secretary of
the c. G. This letter, I presume, you
and your gang don't care to men
ton, as it relates to the doings of
your candidate, and his hacker.
Tracy, the agent of the American
Book Company, who is supposed to
be running F. A.. Bronson (a1ias f. O..
Bronson) for county superintendent
Of schools, and paying all his ex-
penses. This letter states that these
two worthless, Bronson and Tracy, are
in Lakota since the 24th, the for