Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-01-04
more truthful than the man who
rrota the article for Collier Sc

And who OF Us here knows Rex
Beech: Is there any reason Why hi:
Iunila.erai statements should be taIer
without question: So fax as We IL
these parts know. be may be as Con-
sclenceleSs person as c. A. Patterson
is known 10 be-and can be proved q
BE- BIZ unimpeachable testimony from
lall iar,s of this county The mere
fac. ,ha; years have passed without
IL. Bs,okloyers and Rex Beech coming
10 The front NTH their attack tends
10 CIV that it is NOW brought for.
ward az .i4a beginning vi i state ca u
paign at the instance OF the Winshlp-
+ He se>en-T rovatten crowd who are
chiefly responsible for its advertise
meni and circulation ia North Dakota.
When Patterson was al Grand
Forks. year before last, iiobngbbing
With tie party leaders anu as usual
! TRYING - fsatn his OWN nest instead
OF seeking occasionally u help his
political friends. the editor of the
Record MAS a, hoile lighting week
after week that justice might be done
u tliss>s whom he believed We're In
the hight in kidder county. We didn't
ask nor carr whether the machine
axs sUr OF agAins, those III kiider
county mhom we believed T. he right.
We believed then that Beldcn and his
friends ought u have q squire Ge.sl:
and we oelisye that A.eNa..der NJ
k-nzir. lie man who has uoae more
fer Tie Missouri Slo.e tliaa any OTHER
one man. should have squire deal
now And. as .onl Is the euits1r of
tie Record IS able ~ Use tongue or
pen. ne viii get fair deai 80 fsr as
We are concerned. II he has il. an,
manner robbed this common.ta III.
A.r. Patterson should st lie sliesi and
,l,ese: ii Governor Sall-s ana lie
other state usticrfs whom Mr. PalIer-
Son le!ped TO nominate ii Grind
Forks are >coundrriS- give names and
any North Dakotau holding an Office
# b nor ami trust. ate 81 ia ioaa.
j. . uooiler and a knaye. the Record
vii; not for minute support him III
the coming campaign. But j. | vii
/ take more than oiie-siied statements
bv either OF these great men Rex or
Charlie. to c'Il.ince US.
Below we give an extract from let
ter written from Washington u the
Fargo Forum by Col Lounsbury al.
hpnored Union soldier. wllo when
scarcely OF legal age. commanded a
Michigan regiment in the civil Wat:
who 'ws>s che of the earliest settlers
on the Missouri Slope: who has
known Alexansser Mckenzie more
than thirty years: ~,who has been
with him and against Linn in adj
vocacy OF OF opposition is ques-
tions territorial aud sla'e that hrsye
from time to time come up for settle
ment: who holds civil.service posi-
ton under President Roosevelt a
position in which friendly or adverse
political influence cannot touch him.
This is what Col Lounsbury thinks
of Alexander Mckenzie.
II see there is an element in North
Dakota that is working overtime in
the effort to lose Alexander Mckenzie
in the politics of the state Alex. Nc
kenzie came TO North Dakota in 1871.
lie worked OH the railroad LAYING
track. He worked on the line from
Brainerd west TO Bismarck. lie en-
gagged i'm a little manufacturing enter
prise at Bismarck and delivered his
goods in a wlieelbarrow. IManufac-
turing Soda watcr. In the winter Of
4 1874 the sheriff WAS drowned aud he
Was appointed sheriff in his stead.
lie was reelected term after term.
That was the only elective Office he
ever sought He WAS director wien
the penltentlary was built at Bis
marck and member Of the capital
commission. These Mere ihr only az
puintive Offices be ever held or ever
sought
Whatever he la, done WAS for Bis
marck and North Dakota. He might
have made many thou ,.ld, Of dollars
when the capital WAS loc tied at Bis
narck. He did MT sell a 1T. He
helped others sell where they wished
] his help. He VAS determined that it.
should MT be said that lie cfetied
condition and then tried 70 unload
He Was satisfied To bod his properly
II the advantage came Is Bismarck
that lie hoped fsi by the location II
the capital He did tot propose to
AID ~ he burdens 81 ans one or to
bs. accused Of unloading He has
fieg'f sought ana personal advantage
through any aeti'f. b, North Da-
spta .sisiatute He has meyer made
dollar through The &c ion " he
legislature On any subject. Others
may have worked a graft. Alexai cr
Mckenzie never did. There may be
tht'se who will try nov to build up
prejudice against him because Of
his alleged connection with Nome
affairs. That is ancient history. lie
was not injured in the estimation of
any decent man who knew the facts.
Mckinley knew the facts. Roosevelt
| knows the man Soma n.i4,1n.....xa