Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-26
ApgONt &,LSEfA
HARD TIMES FOR THE HERALD.

HARD TIMES FOR THE HERALD.
Between fraudulent manipulation of
the figures from the primary election
with view to deceiving as to the re-
suit, seeking to stir up dissentions
among the organization leaders and
incidentally offering to some of the
organization leaders the hand that has
SO often stabbed them in the back,
these are strenuous times for the
editor Of the Grand Forks Herald. 1t
is not often that a newspaper, claim
ing the standing of the Herald, will
resort to absolute falsehood and the
corruption of its news columns to
bolster up hopeless cause. Yet the
Herald, day by day, publishes a list of
delegates to the state convention. that
is Intentionally unreliable and dis
honest. Of the papers in the state
that have served the insurgent cause.
the Herald is the only one that has
had the hardihood deliberately and
wilfulIy to falsify to election returns
for political effect.
The Herald shrieks stand pat" to
the delegates who have been selected
as insurgents, with all the fervor and
energy Of despair. But by outrageous
Iy misrepresenting the conditions in
half dozen counties, and deliberately
placing in the insurgent column dele
gates to the number of dozens who
acre elected fairly and squarely ON
the organization ticket, the Herald is
able to muster only a few more than
@z80 votes to substantiate its claims.
The nineteen votes of Rich1and county
sare placed in the insurgent column,
when the returns show seventeen
regulars on the delegation. Mclean
eounty's vote is classed as doubtful,
when the regular republican delegates
have $50 to $50 majority. Ward
county is classed as doubtful, when
on fair and square issue between
lars to the number of "a were elected
Surely it would appear that the editor
Of the Herald has grown entirely re
Il gardless of any reputation whatevel
. for truth or reliability when he viii
deliberately misrepresent to the Her
AIDS readers the true condition O
rs,fF afr writ n RI fhn al n
delegates, in vain effort to keep th'
broken ranks of the insurgents from
melting away altogether.
Neither will the editor of tn
Herald be able, either with threats o
with hypocritical pretenses of recen
conversion to friendship for old an
bitter enemies, be able to lay out tn
course that may be followed by tn
organization republicans. The RI
publican leaders in this state are to
old and experienced to be deceive
with such specious articles as hav
recently appeared in the Herald, nc
viii localities be deceived by tn
special kilograms manufactured in tn
Herald Office in an endeavor to mil
represent public sentiment as grossl
as the Herald has misrepresented tn
results of the election. The reader {
the Herald, having seen how willing
the Herald to falsify the result, wi
+ be suspicious of any matter bearin
ON or appertaining to the political sit1
alton in the state, for the Herald ha
proven that it will not hesitate t
manufacture figures, news or eand
B dates in its hopeless endeavor to gal
\ some comfort from it's recent an
calling defeat. ". s>... 4
The Hera1d's election table alone
taking into account none of the Virl
Tencs or prejudice Of its editor.
proof conclusive OF the utter and con
pIete unreIiability of the Herald /
matters political and its utter an
complete disregard OF its mission as
newspaper.
1T Is to be regretted that member
of the city council. or a large pc