The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-10
DUIS EVADES
THE ISSUE

answers questions Put to Him By Mr..
Dinnie With Evasive Queries of a
Nature Remote to the Subject in
Question.
The following letters are self-ex-
planatory:
March 10, 1906.
Hon. John Dinnie, City.
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 9th
inst, sent me by special messenger
did not reach me until 3 o'clock yes
terday. 1 notice that this letter was
published in yesterdays issue of The
Times and that copy was furnished
to the Evening Press, consequently
you must have intended to use this
purely as a political document, and
It was not your serious intention that
l might have an opportunity to an
swer it privately.
am glad to know that you are
taking such strenuous exception to the
statement that 1.-THE gas company is
furnishing lot of Doodle to defeat
me-" AS you will in all probability
publish this letter, as you did yours,
desire to call your attention to a
statement made by yourself to the
writer hereof, when you and I met
in the Elk's hall in this city one af-
ternoon and I stated to you that it
was being rumOred on the streets and
mad also been mentioned in the papers
tfat you would again be candidate
1or mayor at the coming spring cleo
ton. You made the positive statement
to me that you had not authorized
the using of your name and had not
stated that you would be candidate
but that you might be. l then asked
you to keep out of the race this year
ana made the further statement that
IL would be an expensive fight and
entirely unnecessary, because beliey-
ed had given the city good admins
tration and as a matter of common
courtesy was entitled to reelection.
You made the positive statement that
this fight would not cost you a cent.
that you had friend who would
furnish you all the money you needed
to make this fight.
l will kindly ask you to state to the
public who this friend is. I will also
ask you to state il you are at the
present time friendly or unfriendly to
the Grand Forks Gas & Electric Co..
and l will ask you to state publicly as
to what your attitude was when this
city had an opportunity a wear ago
to vote on the bond issue for the pur-
rose of installing municipal lighting
plant, an action entirely unfriendly to
the gas company. desire that you
answer these questions in order that
the people may know just where you
and stand, SO far as the lighting
proposition of this city is concerned.
and when you have answered these
questions, will then furnish Won
some further facts relative to the
statement to which you took excep-
ton.
Very respectfully yours,
Geo. e. Duis.
Reply OF John Dinnie.
Geo. E. Duis, Esq, City.
Dear Sir: l have your favor of this
date in reply to my letter of March 9.
At another time and place shall be
pleased to discuss the matters you
seek to bring up: by way of evasion.
You and l have matter now for
determination which is your SANDER
GUS letter of date March 3rd and do
not propose to permit you to raise
issues with respect thereto; asked
= plain question and you answer it
by full page Of irrelevant matter
and questions.
You have wilfully evaded the issue,
as slanderers usually do when called
to account; your letter is confession
of guilt.
4 You have shown yourself in this