The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-22

Reader, did you ever caress an"
feed hungry dos, and then have
the ungrateful brute bite you? y
you did, then you can sympathize
with the Independent. We have not
only been bitten but we've
been stung as we'll. You
probably have seen one Of the cam
paign circulars that A. ". Swanson.
the independent candidate (not the
independents candidate) has beep
circulating over the country over his
signature. II you haven't seen one
Of them, you ought to get one a.
the earliest opportunity and read
it,. Its about John ]. Lee and the
illegal collection of taxes, the editors
OF the Independent and Mr. Sor-
enson, whom Mr.. Swanson hopes
to defeat on November 8. MI
Swanson could not get reputable
mape1. to blish his libelous state
ments-he had to resort to the COW.
ardly posters, with which to STAB
some of his best friends In the
back, in the hope Of getting votes. !.
~, Swanson. in his own estimation.
81 the only Simon Pure littiy white
man in the universe and he never
grows tired of telling what do
when a county commissioner" SWAP
son claims that he was honest. wher
he was county commissioner
S. s., True he didn't; get removed from
once for crookedness, but that Is
not to his credit. Does man de-
serve boquets thrown at him be-
cause he is honest? Swanson mere
lysclaims to have performed hi'
duty. Was it so hard to do this
that he has to spend years in tell
ing people all about it?
Our, sire used to TEN us to looF
out for the man who was. always
,preaching about his own honesty
and running every body else under
the sun down. We have learned Of
late, that It i will do no b, harm ar 1T to
keep your eyes on even Mr. Swanson.
He. has done no more than thou
sands OF other men who have beer
placed in public ONCE who have
been content with trying TO do thelr
duty without telling the world about
r. Mr.. Swanson, evidently is not
one of these men who blieves in
ahiding his light under ! bushel. I"
Our readers we'll remember that
the Independent supported MT
Swanson before the primaries, for
the nomination for sheriff. We
told Of his good qualities and d."
The best We could to assist him to
ret the nomination. We hereby ast
to apologize to the readers for
having supported this man. We are
almost ashamed to admit that We
did so. We didn't know him as We
now do, for We are certain clat ne
toll an untruth In more
than one statement. This Is good
plain English. and If We did not
know what we were talking about
We certainly would not make SO
plain a statement.
At first We resolved not to pay
any attention to swanson's circular
knowing the man so we'll. who wrote It
and realizing that 1t would be ut
terly ridiculous among those who
have the pleasure of the acquaint-
ance OF this holy man. But Albert
vivacious is not known personally.
by every man in the county, and vel
have concluded that 1t will do no
harm to show the gentleman up in
his true light.
We have heard various reports
Ncncerning Mr.. Swanson from va
rious sources. and not until tonight.
nave We taken the pains to; investi-
gate any Of them. Let US. hook thru
the veil that surrounds the life OF
this man, and see who A. v. Swan
son really Is sei- = - ',s.s
the Aist time tast,we ever, knew
Nr. SvaaUos, was rwAs6 be - ]
sans 10 Wass essasys ftolr =! eltaas
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