The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-30

Cleveland, N. D., March 19.-Hon.
B. F. Spalding, Fargo, N. D.-Dear Sir:
am proud to acknowledge receipt
of your favor of March 10. The cir
culars sent me and which promoted
my other letter to you, l presumed
came from you, as no one else seemed
to father them and the envelope in
which they came was postmarked,
where, no one could tell. only knew,
through newspaper reports, that you
were the head of the pretended league.
1t seems to me strange thing that
you should desire to credit my letter
ito distinguished citizen of James
town" whom you once or twice had
not favored with political "plums." OF
course you are not personally ac-
quainted with us humble, back prairie
farmers, but, nevertheless, we have
schools and good teachers, and did
not suppose needed to borrow Ian
guage to address even our ex-cOngress-
men, although fully admit there al
many who could do so.more beautifully
than we.
As to your not having shook the
plum tree" SO that the fruit should
fall in some particular basket" I
know of only one instance when the
regular republican. organization" of
this county requested, and you re-
fused, to appoint the man recommend
ed and that was in the case of little
postoffice not many miles east of
Jamestown, where you secured the ap-
.pointment, not of the candidate recon-
mended by the republican committee,
but, of the candidate recommended
by the "howlers" of the party, who de-
sired the Office for political aggran-
dizement and over which hue and cry
was raised at their seeming success,
by the same. (your) "howlers." Now
1t is known fact that within two
years after you SO filled this little
office of postmaster, up there, contrary
to the desire Of the local committee,
at this same little burg, your appointee
was removed by the government after
the special inspector, had made him
dig up $l.940 belonging to Uncle Sam.
Is this not securing appointments for
graft purposes which you so loudly
denounce?
Do Roosevelt republicans desire
such appointees? Have you any apol-
ogy to offer for this appointment-the
only one in this county contested-and
in which it seems, you appointed,
knowingly and purposely, the wrong
man?
/ note your disdainful disclaimer of
connection with Murphy. of Minot,
Glaspell Of Jamestown, Lauder of
Wahpeton, White of Valley City, John
son of Petersburg and that you be-
long to different class. note, too,
that you have j. j. Nierling of our
metropolis as an officer In your league.
lott
and says he has nothing to do with it.
You say your league is endeavoring
to exert its reforms within the G. o.
p. Well, If any are really needed,
hope you are. But little history
arises before me as to the good faith
Of the assertion. AS remember 1t,
about 1892, yourself was the body,
head, shoulders, and the very soul
Of the G. o. P. in North Dakota. You
were then the chairman of the state
republican central committee and had
entire control of the party works, and
the people arose enmasse and voted
our G. O. P. down at the polls. Don't
you remember it?
This was the fall when you really
conducted the corporation and monop-
oily and Of the political campaign to
control North Dakota, and as l re-
member it., the only time in North
Dakota, when the party for which our
beloved Lincoln gave his lifes blood.
was ever defeated. Won't you be SO
kind as to enlighten me along this line
a little? Tell me, won't you please,
why you headed the corporations then,
in their attempted greedy control of
the G. o. P. of North Dakota?
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