The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-06
Stories ofGrand Forks

II Judge Church had his way, some
OF the old-timers who come before him
in the daily grind of justice, would
be compelled to earn their nights
lodging and breakfast. In speaking Of
the large number of men who are
hauled into police cburt within each
month and cared for by the police,
Judge Church said that 1t was an inn
position to think that the city was
compelled to furnish lodgings and
meals to these men free of charge. :.
The Judge said that ii he had his
way every man that comes up before
him who could not pay his fine, would
be sent out on the streets with broom
or scraper and be compelled to put in
from three to five days scraping the
streets would be kept clean and the
city would be directly benefited. This
scheme would. according to Judge
Church. also have a tendency to make
men of the calibre that come before
the police court. think before they
drink too much
their money in drink. and are brought
in. are given their freedom often be-
cause of the fact that in keeping them
in Jail. the city is called upon to pay
for their meals. 1t costs 81 cents a day
to keep men in the city prison and
by adopting the scheme as suggested
by the court, the city would be reim-
burscd for money expended in keeping
them and this would also leave a good
balance to pay for an overseer to guard
them.
II do not believe that Hearst stands
any show of election today down in
New York" said H. o. Madigan of
New York, at the Dacotah. They are
putting up too hard a fight against him.
He hasn't one chance in twenty. Hearst
is burning up lot of money, but with
all his wealth the battle is costing
him enough SO that he will feel de-
cided slump in his finances before
checking-up day has passed. And the
other side is using just rs much money,
or more. They are putting up ter
rible fight, and nothing is too expen-
sive.
"A favorite trick of the republicans
has been to employ prominent demo-
Gratis to make speeches for Hughes,
roasting Hearst. am told on what |
consider the best of authority that
500 democrats who have played more
or less important part in state politics
in the past. many of them being state
legislators, are stumping the state
against Hearst. They are paid from
$50 night up and expenses. Aside
from these there are the countless
ward and precinct workers, numbering
an army of men. Hearst has another
army in the field, and the two armies
hi Hxrk,k
ever waged on the field of battle.
There is no getting around the fact
that there is strong Hearst senti-
ment In New York city and in other
parts of the state, and the fact that he
Is menace to the republican nominee
Is recognized. Personally. do not be-
lieve he has show today, but there
are enough people who believe the
other way to make the republicans
think 1t necessary to expend fortunes
to make sure of his defeat. l was
thinking the other day that if all the
money being used on both sides in the
fight was devoted to charitable pur-
poses in the great city of New York,
the unfed would not have to go hungry
for years to come, and marvellous re-
forms could be accomplished.
THE little election excitement see
in your state campaign here Is like a
mosquito beside an angry elephant
when compared with the political dis
turbances in the state of New York,
came almost calling it political VOL
cano. and that would be about as near
ly describing the situation as anything
l could say. The campaign orators are
spouting fire from one end of the
state to the other, and the thousands
and thousands of campaign banners
that are being used are so lurid in
effect as almost to light up the sky at
night. Yellow journalism brought
Hearst into prominence, and it is yell
low journalism that will kill him
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