The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-21
WARD COUNTY IS.
INDIGNANT OVER
ATTEMPT
Of 1nsurgent Correspondent to
the Herald to Create Ill
Feeling.
Minot, N. D.. July 10. 1906.

Editor of the Evening Times: l
noticed an article published in the
Grand Forks Herald of the 18th inst,
presumed to have been written by it's
Minot correspondent. The article is
headed, Delegates Herded Like
Sheep" The article does not reflect
either the disposition of the Ward
county delegation or the people of
Ward county.
In the first place, it appears to the
average reader to be an unjust re-
Election upon the people of jamestown
VINO entertained the convention WISH
tors so royalty. 1t must be UNDER
stood that jamestown is not a large
city, having only population of a
little more than 5000, and yet there
was no visitor that was not acommo-
dated with all that he could eat,
drink, with good bed thrown in.
Ward county delegation did not have to
pay one single cent for any accommo-
dation that it received at the hands
of the city of jamestown, and for that
reason 1T is unjust to say they were
herded like sheep and to add, they
were compelled to seek refuge in the
insane asylum in order to enjoy a
nights repOse.
Now to the facts: The managers
OF the Ward county delegation seem
to nave neglected to advise the proper
committee at jamestown as regards
to accommodations, and it is known by
the writer that the committee was
very much at sea as to what dis
position they would be able to make
OF the delegation and it's accompany
Ing friends upon arrival. AS the last
resort, Superintendent Moore of the
asylum was appealed to and asked if
he could not furnish accommodations
for about fifty. Mr.. Moore said that
ne was quite unprepared at that time
to say whether he could or not, but
ne would investigate and report to
the committee. His Investigations re-
suited in favorable report, and when
the Ward county delegation arrived at
jamestown, automobiles and carriages
We're in waiting to convey them to
their temporary headquarters. They
We're not locked up, as stated by the
Minot correspondent to the Herald.
but on the other hand were given the
freedom of jamestown to the same ex-
tent that other delegations enjoyed,
So far as any disposition to keep the
delegates from Ward county from
mlngling with the general crowd is
concerned, must appear ridiculous in
the sight of everyone who was on the
ground, and at all conversant with the
conditions. If there be any fault at
all, 1t can be charged to the negligence
of the men who had the delegation in
charge. So far as the members of
the delegation is concerned, there is
no complaint whatever, and they tell
your correspondent that they were
never treated in more royal manner
than they were during their brief
stay at the asylum. They had a large
room and were treated to all the
courtesies that could possibly be ex-
tended, and in fact they liked the place
so we'll that nearly all of them, re-
CARELESS of the fact that other quar-
tiers had been provided, insisted on re-
turning the next evening.
1t is evident that the purporta of
the Herald communication was writ
ten by an insurgent who desires to
create a division in the ranks of the
republican party of Ward county, but
he will fall short of his mark, for the
reason that Ward county was never
more united than it is today, and even
Major Murphy, John Lynch and NJ. s.
Williams who managed the insurgent
campaign, are among the warmest
supporters of the nominees of the late
republican state convention. Since
the rank and file of the republican
party, together with the visiting dele
cation to jamestown, are satisfied
with the result. it is not consistent to
believe that one man who assumes the
responsibility of creating a dividing
line at this stage of the game could
be considered as reliable authority.
When the November election comes
around, Ward county will be found
standing at the head OF the republican
column of this state and through the
gauzy robes of insurgent treachery
will be noticed the verdict rendered
by the state convention which reads
that the republican party and its prin-
ciples are greater than any single in
dividual or collection of individuals
who imagine that they can overthrow
the state government for no higher
purpose than to gain Office and politi-
cal preferment at the expense of party
loyalty.