The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-04

ed today for u acSsloH Wv
immensn possibilities. bcf"r" !" wv"
been adjourned sometime IN tho "Pr'"h
or early summer "f next year. ~ VIII
prohuhlv hnvo developed tn" ISSUE"
on which tho next presidential CAM
patru VT. he fought. Win /" N'P""-
l,rnn president IN I'll" Whit" h"nHe. "
sr,u,,y reduced Republican majority
In tho senate. representing widely
variant Views Of party policy. ana 1"
Democratic minority IN tn" house. III"
average citizen who d"sir"s I" Keep
posted "n the situation as II d"Nc'"Ps,
viii moro thar eve stand III h''"
Of unbiased and nccurnt" r"p"r'" W
the proceedings. vi what IN SAL" M"
done, cr left undon". the why IN"
whcrcfcrc, tho mon ana thu" motives
obviously hN can not look for or OK
pcrt this IN the columns or II r"rt's""
N serving as tho organ OF ms or
thnt Individual or faction. Ill" must
turn tn the newspaper which rec
ognises Its nrst aud only duty I" the
public Ia Ia print tho nrws without
Coloriug, nvnslon or omission.
The policy " th. Times hns been
and WITH continue to bc to xiv" IN"
news ns II ta: to exclude from !s
news columns nll editorial op'ni"''s
except when such opinions h"roni"
matters of ncws: Ia make It's n"Ws re-
ports ns fair md correct m the nhil'
fly and experience at n n"wS'GAth'
ering agencies can max" them. ana
to sivc the readers this news FOR
WIN, II In worth. This policy will he
strictly followed during the present
session Of congress by which party
platforms will he tentatively ron
struotrd and personal ambitions ~
candidates made and unmadc.
The reader who desires from the
mntcrinl furnished by the accredited
party lenders. to form hts opinion of
parties and determine tho manner In
which no can east his ballot for the
grcntest good. first to himself. and
second. to the er"ntcst number OF his
fsllnwmrn. would d" we'll to sift this
material co"ly ana With m open and
unbinhrd mind. 1t ts II evidence
presented In II rnSr In which he Is sit
ting ~ II %l,inrnr. 80 juror could h"n-
cslly decide II ra.o when he had heard
l,ut one side. When M has heard
all. he should nualyzr. weigh and
compare all that Ia produced and
from the wheat sathorrd from
tho chntT make up his verdict.
IL In tho duty "f the press to furnish
his rvidcnrr. The verdict Is the
work nf the reader,
MNWh Wall he snid In this session
Of congress TIM IL intended only 10
tickle the fancy and leave the .iudE-
mcnt untouched. Campaign cpl
Srnins aud catch penny phrases will
MI tho reports, They belong In the
columns of Information. but they
should hN taken at their worth and
not NJ their sound. r" say that the
tariff On wool IL Responsible for tho
Increased cost of clothing 0ver that
Of ten q" fifteen years ago.. and that
tho number who grow WOO is not n
thousandth of those who wear wool.
will catch the Nj and plenae the
fancy, lHut the tact that tho tariff
on thu raw wool In II suit nf clothes.
Al tn" present tariff rate Of e cents
u pound. nnd with n suit Of clothes
Weighing. even With the trimmings
Within tho tlve pound limit. would he
INV hltIt tulu IttN CctltS. WHO tuC
cost of a suit VI clothes has advanc.
Hd from ten lo fifteen dollars. would
upset such a plntitudc and make the
one who uttered It appear either q
knaNc or y fool.
When party leaders have nothine
more important to present to the pco
PIE than an effort to wreck the op-
position party. not by showing tina,
its power Is inimiral tn tho nation
hut hN fostering party Guarrc,s aud
farttoMai tratousies. il sets Il low -.
tilMatc on the public Intelligence
Tho reader who uses his brains ~ hi.
guide will demand reasons and fact.
for the claims of y party. 1t Is
riGht that he should. II they can.
not he produced, he Is Justified II
concluding tina. they do not cxts,
This Ia another reason Why tho news
paper which. nils Its mission shout,
rivr all the evidence. The readc,
should know that nothing offered 4
c"lorcd, nothing cvAacd or ncthin,
suppressed.