The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-01
THIS "PIPE" HAS
BEEN Shattered
FARGO MORNING PAPER cLAssED
GREATEST PREVARlcATIoN -.
IN HISTORY or N, o.
JOURNALISM.

Bismarck Palladium: In the future
we need not go beyond tbs stats boun-
DIARIES for an example Of yellow joura-
alism which puts the most saffron col
ored New York sheets and the Hearst
syndicate 10 the blush for disreputable
exaggeration and utter disregard OF
manhood and common decency
In its issue of the 23d inst, under the
title Capital City Full OF Pigs, The
Fargo Daily News places the cap
sheaf on it's career Of mendacity and
steps into first place with a collection
Of Misrepresentation and downright
falsehood which has never before been
equalled in the history Of Journalism
In this stae, not even excepting the
legislative performances OF Packard and
Ployhar during the last session.
The article bears a Bismarck date
line and waves It's story around the
unfortunate suicide of young Sheldon
last week. II attacks everyone In any
way officially connected with the In
quest which was held upon the body
of that unfortunate young man. II in
suits the state attorney, police officers,
coroner and the people of Bismarck
generally, and IL II Is, as II purports to
be, written by a resident of. this city,
1t entities that citizen to be ridden on
a rail ont OF town. for the lying cur that
he Is, and this without In any way re-
lieving the responsibility of the cow
ardly editor who hides his personal
identity behind o cooperate name.
Bismarck is the home Of Governor
who have been active, both i'm public
utterance and by every legal means
within their power in enforcing, so
far as It can be enforced, the present
law governing the sale of liquor in this
state, and the success which has fol-
lowed their efforts has drawn praise
even from the most incorporating
enemies Of the law as 1t now stands.
The article In The Daily News is a
direct and personal insult to these
gentlemen for no such conditions as are
alleged could possibly exist without
their knowledge. IL the allegations are
true.
AS a mater Of fac. they are not
true. While undoubtedly there are
sporadic instances where liquor is sold
illegally-as is more or less the case
I'm every city in the stbte--there are
not scores of pigs in Bismarck nor
any 80 far as is known to the officials
who are always on the alert to suppress
the Illicit traffic The city is believed
to be as free from the evil as any
city it's size i'm the state, and much
more so than many
Nor was the body Of young Sheldon
hurried AWAY tventv-four hours after
the suicide. On the contrary It re-
manned In Bismarck for more than
fifty hours after that occurrence A full
and searching inquiry was held by the
coroner, st which the state was repre-
scented by the deputy state attorney.
The jury consisted Of reputable and
honored citizens, business men Of
shrewd perceptive faculties thoroughly
alive to the responsibilities Of their
position, and, on their behalf, the peo-
pie Of Bismarck resent emphatically
the cowardly insinuations Of The Daily
News and it's worse than cowardly
correspondent. Under the searching
inquiry, no slightest suspicion was de-
veloped that the young man lost his
life In any 9th manner than that
Indicated by the verdict and men whose
names have been so freely and scurriI-
lusly used by The Daily News are as
free from suspicion of foul play as
.hough they had been hundred miles
away at the time.
The. money which the young man
night be supposed to have had was
accounted for, and every dollar left
by lin in he care Of others was