Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-19
Scandinavian i Paper Makes Iill / S
Desperate Attempt to Dis
cf e / N Kennedy 9 I
The Fake Is discovered and
False Statements as
Shown u
Winships Herald Also Comes
In for Scoring as an
Accomplish Iii

Fargo, N. ID, Oct 4 8. The desper-I
/ ate condition Of the insurgents of this
state and the depths to which they
will so in falsehood and misrepresenta-
tion-lis shown by an article in this
Y weeks Normanden, the insurgent
!. Scandinavian publication at Grand
Forks. U,
In a big feature article purely for
political purpo they make an at
tack on Alex Mckenzie of Bismarck,
and James Kennedy, the Fargo con
tractor. S$ S355s
Their article is so absolutely untrue
that it will be a regular roorbach.
The gist of their falsehoods in their
attempt to be sensational is to the
effect that Alex Mckenzie went to
Reed Smoot, the Mormon senator from
I Utah, told him he lacked two votes In
the senate, and that he could remedy
this matter through the North Dakota
4 senators Ii.
Alleged Smoot Combine.
The Normanden then claims that
both North Dakota senators voted for
Smoot; that following this Contractor
4 Kennedy Of Fargo, was awarded big
B 5000, 900 irrigation ditch job in Utah
as a reward for both votes of the
United States senators The deal was
engineered, the Normanden claims,
by Mckenzie so he could get Kenne-
4 dy's support in Gass county, and else
where over the state. M
The facts are that the article in the
Normanden lis a tissue of falsehoods.
S IN the first place both North Da-
\ kota senators did not vote for Smoot.
81 Nice umber was for hinls and Hans
brough against him.
IN the second place Il nnedy never
& got cents worth Of irrigation work
In Utah in his life; never even bid on
& any. 81 a
In the third place what contracts
he secured were in Salt Lake City Oh
sewers
In the fourth place they were got
& ten without any assistance of any ma
tture from Alex Mckenzie or either d
sss the North Dakota senators.
IN the fifth place three fourths Of
w the contracts were gotten long before
81 the Smoot matter came up for d vote
al the first being year and a half ahead
of the Smoot vote. H
True Facts In Matter.
The facts of the matter are tina
Contractor Kennedy had made a sue
cess of his contract work Ia North ia
kota. He heard in 4 904 of some biz
contracts In Boise, Idaho, and wen
after them He made a big fight an.
landed about s225,OOO worth Of busi
ness.
His work there attracted attentio,
because Of the excellent manner i
which he handled II. ia the fall q
1906 Salt Lake City advertised som
big sewer jobs Mr.. Kennedy's atten
tion was called to the bids and ii
went after hem. The Jobs were diff
cult and 50 extensive that few peopl
JARED to tackle them. He was success
FIJI III getting $4,000 worth Of bus
S ness
That was iii October sos. TIL
nlormons were ii, exclusive contre
Of the city government at that Tins
The following month November, sol
the American party came into powe
IN salt Lake City and has been since
y Since their. administration Mr.. Kel
needy got s64O,0oo worth Of new bus
ness or this amount s425,0Oo wa
PRIOR to the Slnoot vote ard the re-
since
Good Work Got Contracts.
MI Kennealy s contracts for the siirs
job were secured frnn The Mormon