The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-18
The METHODS or COLE
AND BOISE SHOWN UP.

Mandan, N. d., June ITO The
roruin' we notice that The Fargo
searcn- Light has in every issue the
iolloWlhg heading: Published in the
interest OF good government and clean
! politics"
That is heading they use to fool
sle people with. In their issue Of
June IL we find the following article.
Inc Search-L Light advises all of the
voters TO investigate for themselves as
TO the qualifications and personal
| standing of all candidates Of all fac
| lions and parties in the state, as false
rumors are liable to be afloat as to
any or all. The people should not relyy
absolutely upon any statement or re-
port until they have investigated for
themselves and found it to be true or
II not true, have found IT So and Of
course reject 1t. This Is but matter
or Justice to the candidates and but a
matter of justice to the voters them
serves In order that they may vote in
tellgently and in such a manner az
Will serve the best interests IF The
people. The Search-Light advocates
the idea of more thorough and closer
investigation on the part Of each voter
IN order that justice, and not Injustice
may be done. This always tends ~
serve the better interests of the peo-
pie and the state"
we suppose clean politics'' would
mean to tell the truth about can5i-
dates, and this they do not do. In
thelr issue two weeks previously they
told deliberate lies about Hon. w, @
Glloreath. Mr.. Boise, one of the edi-
tors of the paper, called at the state
treasurer's Office, and obtained some
data from that Office given by enemies
of Mr.. Gilbreath.
II Mr., Boise had been interested in
clean politics. he would have stenned
across the hall into the Office Of the
state auditor and learned that vouch-
ers TOT every dollar Mr.. Gilbreath has
eNpendea OF state moneys are on file
tnere approved by Governor Burke. But
ne ala not want to have the truth.
Clean politics" of Search Light
standard means to print a lie about
X. f. Flint, dairy commissioner of
North Dakota, and the best things Cole
ever did We're worse than the poorest
done by Flint. There never lived
fairer and more honest man than r. F.
Flint.
Clean politics" to Boise and Cole
means to refer to the domestic rela-
tions OF Mr.. Gilbreath's son. Mr.. GIL
oreath's son is not candidate before
the voters of the state, and The
Search-Light lied about him. as vouch-
ers approved by Governor Burke and
IN the hands of the state auditor will
prove
This is another case where the state
,reasurer's Office allowed personal feel
ng to give false statements.
AS yet, however, The Search-Iight
has not had that christian spirit which
would permit them to retract their lies
lbout those parties.
They will undoubtedly circulate their
papers or that infamous article as a
'ampaign document for the insurgents.
they know positively that they lied in
hat article and yet "clean politics" is
heir creed.
Why don't they print in their paper
he truth about State Treasurer BiclS-
ord's office? They don't need to tell
my lies about Bickford's office. The
ruth is bad enough, but we forget that II
'ickford's Office is one of their pets.
This all goes to show that they are
wing hypocrites, and public documents
n file in the offices at Bismarck prove
ms assertion. Fair Play.