The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-06-20
ding the giving of free passes and

ding the giving Of free passes and
tickets.
l trust this will give you the
Information you desire, and I have
sent copy Of this letter to Mr..
Devine, as l Judge that the letter
of May 25th addressed to Mr.. Hall.
secretary of the committee, was
overlooked. Yours very truly,
Howard Elliott,
President.
Bat for DevineS
The following letters from Presi
lent Elliott to ]. NJ. Devine in a dou
Die refutation of the Herald false
rood:
June IS, 1910.
Mr.. j. M. Devine, Chairman Pro-
gressive Republican Committee.
Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Dear Sir:-I wish to apologize
to you for not having previously
replied to letter Of May 10th sign
ed by yourself and other members
of the executive committee Of the
progressive Republican committee
of North Dakota. My attention
was called to this oversight by
having this morning noticed an
article in the Grand Forks Her
aid. My only excuse is that the
time your letter was received I
was on an extended western trip
from which I have only recently
returned and upon my return
found a considerable accumulation
of urgent business which required
my immediate attention.
Replying at this late date to
your letter, I beg to advise you
that during the current year this
company has not, issued and has
not now outstanding any tfanss
portation issued with the intent
or for the purpose of in any way
influencing the political situation.
AS in years past we have issued
certain annual transportation to
state and some county officials,
members of the legislature, news
paper men, clergymen, and pro-
fessors Of agricultural and other
schools. These, however. were
none Of them issued with any
political end in view and we have
issued absolutely no transporta-
ton or mileage for purely poll
itcal purposes. I trust this ex-
planation will be satisfactory to
you. Yours truly,
Howard Elliott,
President.
The following Is the letter frol
President Pennington of the 500 1
which the Herald article stated he ad
nitted issuing transportation to tn
'talwarts. The letter and the state
nent were published in the same col
INN of the Herald. but the absolut
lntruth of the statement seemed nc
have caused any trouble:
Pennington Letter.
Minneapolis, st. Paul & sault
Saint Marie Railway Company.
Ofice Of the President, 317 Second
Avenue So, Minneapolis, Mimi,
May 13. 1910.
Mr.. ]. M. Devine, Widlund Block,
Suite 208-211, Grand Forks, N.
q.
Dear sir:-Replying to yours
Of the 10th inst. in regard to issu-
ing of transportation.
l quite agree with you in the
matter and would be very glad
to see an anti-pass law passed in
North Dakota
We give very few passes, must
say. on political account and we
do not enter into the political
situation in North Dakota, or any
other state, confining ourselves
strictly to transportation busi-
ness.
Often in self-defense. on account
OF the action Of the other compa-
MES. we are obliged to give trans
portation, and II the other compa-
nies will not issue transportation,
assure you we will do the same.
Yours truly,
-E. Pennington.
President.
Eating Grow.
Under date of June II, Mr.. Coope
wrote Editor Winship Of the Heral
Is follows:
June II. 1910.
Hon. George B. Winshtp, Grand
Forks. N. d.
Dear Mr.. Winship:-In the is
sue of the Grand Forks Herald,
under date of June 18th, appear
ed an article signed by ]. NJ. De-
vine. which charged that free
transportation was being issued
by the railroad companies and
distributed in North Dakota
through these headquarters. This
statement is absolutely untrue and
without foundation, as is clearly
shown by letters from the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific
Railway companies, enclosed here
with.
In it's issue of June 20 the Heral,
made the following Introductory ex
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