Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-10
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
THE WHOLE STATE INTERESTED
NiTs CAPITAL CITY.

! THE WHOLE STATE INTERESTED
IN ITS CAPITAL CITY.
It is very natural that the whole
state should be interested in the civic
affairs of Bismarck. a.s
Bismarck is the state seat of govern
ment, and as such the people of the
state have a right to insist that their
Capital City shall maintain a good
name. Bismarck's relation to the
state is different than other cities.
It: has been said by eminent writers
that nations are judged largely by
their capitals; and in a way states
have pride and interest in the centers
chosen and maintained as seats OF
I. government
Bismarck more than any other city
should be jealous of her good name
and if for any reason we become lax
in our duty to ourselves and to the
state we merit criticism from every
IS pdIl III GuG ECOLlluOIWGdlII
In the recent municipal election the
eyes of the state were upon us and
the comments on the result of the
election by the state press fully justi-
8 lies the admonition made by the Tri-
bune that the election of Mr.. Patterson
would have been disastrous to the
city's good name.
In the issue of his personal organ
after election Mr.. p Patterson, with ap-
parent great feeling bemoans the
election of a democrat for mayor in
stead of a republican.
Mr. Patterson was not the choice of
republicans. No convention, no organ
izaticn asked Mr.. Patterson to become
a candidate. His treachery to the re-
4 publican party in the campaigns of the
past was positive bar to such action.
He forced his own candidacy. Not a
dozen business men and leading re-
publicans could have been gathered
together who would not have dis
couraged his candidacy. Willing as
they were and have been to permit
him to have something to say in party
counse1s overlooking the past they
would not allow him to become abso-
lutte boss and local dictator.
There We're no party lines in the
recent campaign 1t was a campaign
for clean methods and the good name
of Bismarck. Mr.. Patterson's paper
accuses the Tribune of democratic and
insurgent characteristics and chal-
Ienged the Tribune to search the state
press comments
On another page will be found the
comments of the state press. These
are published in response to the fol
lowing appearing in Mr.. Patterson's
paper:
a few days will give ample ]:
proof Of this contention, and if the J:
:: Tribune will be as di1igent in !:
IN: searching out state press COM ::
ment on Yesterdays election as it !:
~: was in digging up and publishing !:
the same kind of comment on the !:
cases commenced against Mr.. !:
Patterson, it will soon be in !:
possession of the truth Of what |:
we say VI /:
4 - . : . . {.
They appear on page six
Read them.
But two papers in the whole state
have criticised the result These two
are conspicuous: One, the Emmons
County Record, whose editor, Mr.
Streeter, in every state convention
and on every occasion has denounced
3 prohibition and screached for wide
open policy, and the other, the
Linton Advocate, owned by G. a.
Patterson, whose only grievance is
4 that Register Jewell Of the U. s. land
Office gives the land potices to
Streeter's paper, inasnuch as Mr.
Patterson takes pleasure in condemn
ing the republican organization, which
he himself held up for this same
patronage when a member Of the legis-
lature as the price Of his vote for
United States senator.
The Tribune IS especially pleased
with the comment of the state press.
The conditions and the issues in Bis
marck were well known all over the
state and the result places the Capital
City on the map with q good name.
The enemy would obscure the real
Issue. It Was question Of principle
not Of men. The public IS not SO
much interested ii the individual as
they are IA the policies that indiyidu-