The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-02

olitlhls hhVf EIVth ms stttt ltktll IN
uhsnvory reputation among strangers.
ana had The issue not been clearly
drawn AMI the deirnct0rs Of The fair
MANS of North Dakota been required
tn either prO'lncr the proof or their
assertions or else stand before the
public in their true light the injury
might have been permanent. liui they
hnvG been unable 10 produce II single
instance Of mnlndmnlsrnti0n IN state
or national public servant except The
acts of the leaders of The party which
has been going up nnd down the land
declaring themselves Tho political re-
formers of the nge.
Need It. be- amid that the collapse
of the attempt 10 diEsrncc ihr nnnc of
tho state is not rcucting to It's ever
lasting credit. aud that the republican
party IL u score fold stronger in the
minds at The Intelligent citizens of
the state and the milton than II wnn?
The rrnhon Is simple. II IL evident
from tho cxpoaura OF tho rcc0rln of
tboac who were acekng 10 drgtroy III"
party that tho motive which hs,n
prompted those who have noueht the
lonvcn nnd tiahra wnn the ACQUIRING uf
tho Offices for their own personal ng-
ernn.lizcnent, They made til. isnur
upon the grounds that they had never
been allowed to carry tho party trust
| for their fcilowmcn. or If they had done
so that they had not been allowed ia
continue to do HI. Tho rccor,ln which
were known OF all thonc who have
| lived IN tho atnt" during the tlmca
in which theme ,,irrupttonntn have been
| placed in power. have ahown that there
WAS every rranon IN the world why
they nhould not be- ao truntrd. That
when they were. they have cxrrrinod
| that truat to the injury ut the party
aud the people of the state irrrapcc-
| tive or party
| Under thene circumstances IN II any
reflection upon the republican party
| that II han rcf,,ned To again place the
party standard in their hand. and has
rcfuscd 10 truHt them III places where
| tho intcrrnta Of the people of tho state
| Mere cunccruehY
They have been weighed in the hal
ance and have been found wanting
Their own ntnry haa proven that In
North Dakota the man who Accka 10 hr
the anrvant OF tho people must be- such
an will he true To the trust rrpnacl
III him. II ahnwn alnu that no man
can uan the republican party uf Tits
atatn for the acltiah rurpnar Of cn
HANGING htu own pc, aunal ends and
amaitiona without receiving the partya
i condemnation.
These thtnea m,,at strikc the man
future home With power he can not
reniat Here haa hrcu a party who TIM
der tho auhtcrtugr vt reform has
aought to show that the state has been
corruptly administered, The people
have demanded the proof. and the party
making the charge would ride into
victory by sustaining them, Give us
! hr4 nj ~ Wjfk Nh
the people Hut no voice replle. no
violence IL produced. even when he.
anac Ut tta absence the former fol-
lowers are deaarttng IN t,roves, These
! thlnga prove tncontcstihly that the
| CHARGES are falae, II there was even
one iota VI evidence III prove the CON
tentiana Of tho aisruptionists. they
would catch AZ Il like drowning
| man al q atraw,
There IA but one conclusion for the
people who have been waiting for the
production. and that Is that the claims
Mere the mere rlamar Of men hungry
far .he place and power. who could
ROT hope TO win except by y campaign
Of deception and Misrepresentation
There Is nothing left III doubt IN
she mind OF the man who is consider,
ins the question OF locating In this
state 50 Tar as the integrity IL It's gov
eraa,eat and its administration Is ean>
eeshea, Ae has learned tina, IA Sc who
would have him believe such things
are the very mea who have done them.
and that No saaa as a maa proves
himself uawasthN az The trust and con.
fiaeseT, ~ his party associates he is
retired 10 political oblivion, AMI the
people Viii have no more az him.