Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-14
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WRESTLING TO KEEP Up COURAGE

WRESTLING TO KEEP UP COURAGE
The Grand Forks Herald is whis-
Ting to keep up its courage and by
the same mysterious mental mathe-
NAUTICAL processes which enabled it
to claim the state convention of two
years ago, and to predict the out
come Of the recent mayoralty cleo
ton at Grand Forks, it figures out
a majority Of the Insurgents as the
Minot convention.
The Herald is an adept at figures.
1t can figure out anything it de-
sires from any set of figures ana
have some left over. 1t disregards
facts entirely in making its esti-
mates. 1t is governed only by what
it desires to be true. It's recent es-
innate of the relative strength Of the
stalwarts and the insurgents at Mi
not would be ridiculous if it were
not pitiful to see in a newspaper,
claiming to possess some of the Gle
ments of reliability and dependable
ness.
The Herald realizes that the in
surgeHf cause in the state is wan
ing It knows that the rank and
Tile of the insurgents have become
disguised with the false gods of in
surgentism. It appreciates that the
cause in the state is lost and to keep
its few remaining followers from
losing heart altogether, it seeks to
encourage them with figures that
are entirely at variance with the
facts and that are deliberately falsi-
fed to give them an insurgent color
Ing.
In the first place there are the "a
votes from Ward county, which are
inconveniently in the way of the
Herald's doctored estimate, so they
are taken out Of the list altogether
4 and dismissed with the bold and bald
statement that no delegation has
been elected from Ward county when
everyone knows that the delegation
has been elected and that it is stal-
wart. When any delegates stand in
the way Of our predictions, says Ihe
Herald, strike them out. Easy fol-
the Herald, when it is engaged in
the pleasing task of manufacturing
n1ajorities. Y
1t is necessary to dispose of some
more stalwart delegations, SO thu
Herald places them in the doubtful
column, knowing that to claim then
for insurgentism would be too ri
diculous, even for so adept a falsi
fer as the Herald.
Whenever there is a divided dele
cation, the Herald claims the who'll
delegation It dips into Morton
county and fishes out one for the in
surgents. Wells, Sargent and Nc
4 Henry county it steals in too, no
because it is pleasant toy have t
steal them, but because II is nee
egsary s5.3 81
BY following out this renarkabl
and shameful task of falsifyine
eliminating transferring and math
ematical skyr0cketing, the Heral
squeezes out lao votes for the IN
surgent to 100 for the staIwart!
This removes from the stalwart Iii
Ward county with "a votes, Pemb
ma county with 1 4, McHenry count
with 10, Wells county with 9, Sare
ent county with 10, Oliver count
with S, and few others that al
stolen boldly for good measure.
The Herald knows that, with th
delegates already elected, the sta
warts will have the control Of tn
Minot convention by a vote Of tw
to one, and yet it continues to d.
ceive its readers and seeks to bols
er up the shaky cause OF insurgen'
ism by ais bold doctoring Of th
records as was ever attempted By
political footpad.
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