Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-30
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RS%>>~$SSS%S$SSSS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Editor Tribune; ~
! desire spac !. in your columns to
reply to the editorial in the: last is
sueof the Bismarck Settler, wherein
was made the subject Of attack.
The editorial in question was written
by John Andrews, deputy secretary
of state; this man Andrews do not
know personally and to my knowledge
/ have never seen him.; but upon in
vestigation find he is simple hire
ling who does not pay a dollar in
taxes in the city of Bismarck, in the
county of Burleigh and not one
thousandth part in the state that 1
pay in the city of Bismarck alone, ne
draws a fat salary to run the secre"
tary of states Office, which is sorely
neglected by the secretary himself;
he spends much of his time in writing
stuff for his newspaper at Lidgerwood
and he edits the Bismarck Settler;
through these two mediums he at
tempts to tell the citizens Of Bismarck
how to run the city. and their private
business, and he attacks the business
and character of many good citizens.
The Settler is edited by this man
Andrews, the type for each issue is
set at the Tribune plant, and the Set
ter itself is printed on a tumble-down
plant in Tatley's basement, where the
reformers can keep a string on It.
Little Poopdyke, who is supposed
to be at the head Of the sheet, spends
his time selling stock In his "corpor.
alton" to those he can bluff into think.
ing they will get roasted if they don't
buy.
/ do not propose to answer the
Settler editorial in detail; will, how
ever, reply to the main charges there
in; in the first place, I was never
asked to donate towards the Indus.
trial Exposition; doubtless the solicit
tors realized that am heavily in debt
as result of my investment in Bis
marck, and that would be folly for
me to attempt to donate very much
money towards anything until l have
paid my honest debts. So far as the fix
lures and furniture, which sold to Mr..
Gifbreath are concerned, will sim
PLY call attention to the fact that
this list Of articles was selected by a
committee composed of Commissioner
Gilbreath, and members of the Com.
mercial club: they selected the ar.
ticles and asked for a price on them,
which was agreed upon long before
it was ever thought of asking for q
donation from the county, as they
were needed at the Exposition build.
ing; l made price of less than fifty
cents on the dollar and the state
saved over one thousand dollars on
the DEAL. If stole a portion of the
$4,000 received from the county
through the sale of these fixtures and
the furniture, then the state was q
party to the theft, as I dealt with the
state Of North Dakota; and this fact
alone is the only one that could give
rise to suspicion by reason of the
notoriety already manifest in connec.
ton with the administration.
l would respectfully call attention
to the ''1ndustri.-4 Edition of the
Settler, which everybody conceded
was a joke, and which Poopdyke
claimed to have netted him upwards
of a thousand dollars, this was the
only real graft I noticed with regard
to the Exposition. :
note that the Settler does give
me credit, however. fos securing this
5000 donation. from the county. For
once the Settler is right.
believe I have spent more money
in building up Bismarck than has any
other one man in the city, and owe
more money than both Andrews and
Poopdyke will ever be worth; and
what is more, am going to pay it
every dollar-and then will be in a
position to donate to any and every
public enterprise that come along
l will even be willing and in a position
to finance an industrial exposition on
my own hook. .
. While Poopdyke and others Of his
ilk are praying that will 90 broke
on my large investment in the city Of
Bismarck, principally the Mckenzie
hotel, I am going about my business
and trying to make good; and l am
not going to sell a dollars worth Of
stock to any man to help me out. l
would suggest to Mr.. Poopdyke, who
claims to control the policy Of the
Settler, that while I have several
hundred thousand dollars invested in
property in Burleigh county, made
every dollar of it-made 1t, mind you
Il didn't marry it, and that is more
than Poopdyke can say, and further,
If I had married a bunch of money I
wouldn't crow about it. !
EDW. G PATTERSON
Bismarck, N. D., January %. 1912.
DIME SOCIAL.
Mrs. Wolbert, Tomas, Bergeson and
Mol am vyi11 Qivo 10 dime sncia1 NJ tHo