Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-07-02
kixTYEK. n. b.. June II. l..5s.

kgxTYEE. n. d.. June II. l..ss.
To the Editor OF the Fmm0ns County
Record:
The Record of the IltI its' onl,
reached me here this evening, and
hasten 70 acknowledge the compliment
you paid me by preserving / nat letter
Of mine ali those years. and 10 assure
your readers that the fac-simile is gen
uine.
And further-to copy from yosr
own headIines-I will state that
" you we're now. as you were then, it
would give me great pleasure 10 write
you another letter just as kindly ex-
pressed, and ! would not be ashamed
OF u either. II was only what one in
surgent might write to a comradc in.
insurgcnt, and entirely in keeping
with the equally liattering letters you
wrote me in 1904, In which you de-
nOunced the machine and the bosses
Of the republican party for taking away
from you your just share VI the legal
printing and giving IL toan "upstaft .
who happened to represent this dis
trict In the legislature at the time.
In all my long ''insurpcntn experience
no one ever expressed themselves
lilmselfl 50 tIuently and 50 poiplctily
as you did, Mr.. Strectcr, In your let
ters and In our "hearl- to-tleart' talks
together, regarding the danger 70 a
presumably free state being controlled
by one or two men only, backed 10 by
powerful corporate influence. who uol
only handled the state patronage. but
the legal printing as well. And there
was the rubA
You talked and wrote with 80 much
conviction then that you converted
many TO 'Jnsur9cntism' and .en
over many friends. Among them .efe
Alick Macdonald and myself: and.
agreeing with you III your principles
then, We promised yoa TO SECURE the
nomination for representative. You
VOL, out by one vote only: therefore.
20 one ever questioned your oft feiier.
ated statement that il it had not been
io' the help u Macdonald and Camp
bell you could not have been ng,ni-
mated.
That winter you remained a rood
"insurgcnt" and anti machine re-
publican, and, knowing OF the many
personal enemies you had, and admir-.
Ing the loyalty that existed between
you and your boy Frankie, / wrote
you on other business and added then
the paragraph you reproduce now.
Soon after that you began to find
That the other wing Of the republican
party had the most and the warmes1
feathers. and you crawled under il, ~,
the same time trying to get Alick
Macdonald to follow you. He declined.
and also refused to be your catspaw to
pun one OF your political chestnuts
out OF the fire. Then you turned on
him and abused him, not only in yo,lr
paper, but also in public places. 1t
was then ] babe you gcoa-bye. had
known Alick Macdonald through boy
hood and early manhood for forty
years, and never knew him 70 20 back
on ms principles or on his word. His
friendship and his leadership was
proud OF, as were, and are. the people
OF ms district, who have so long SUD
ported him for county commissioner
and then as senator.
Seeing you are 50 strong on ancient
history and so incensed toward insur-
gents, allow me to recall nv first in
PRODUCTION TO you and To .insurpent-
ism.
Away back In the cixhtie, YOU wrote
10 my brother Hugh aud Il, me. saw
ing that the regular republican con.
ventlon lad nominated a HoIlander
Tor treasurer: that you and other re-
publicans would not stand for 1t: tia,
you had arranged with tile democga,s
70 nominate me, and that you woi.ld
get up an independent ticket and in.
dorse the choice u the democrats f,r
treasurer.
NY brothers. influence aud hi, offer
OF expert help in the Office; coupled
with your eloquent statements IN
duced me to accept the nomination
offered me. As an ins.ligent you did
great deal toward my election, and
have never forgotten the lessons you
gave me then: and although, hay.
always voted for a republican, pre>i.
dent and for the party Of Lincoln and
Roosevelt in national affairs, 1 have
never hesitatcd To vote for man who
was democrat rather than for a
republican puppet.
That is why ] am SO strongly IN IL
vor of Heroic and Storey being elected
TO the legislature to represent the
people; FOR know that, while they
are both good republicans, they vii
dance To no mans music and have M
personal axes TO grind.
So far la this campaign you .hav,
made no remarks dcrosatory to Mr.