Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-10-17

PIONEER PAPER or THE COUNTY
Tho Record is entered a, Linton rus,ohice
rs second-class matter
Peter S. Cameron. local attorney
of the Northern Pacific Railway |
Company and states attorney Of the
free and independent borough #
Emmons, has finally served his sum
mons and complaint in the libel suit
of which Armstrong. Herolz, Gamer
on & Company have had so much to
say Of late. AS stated in the Record
last week. they changed their minds
as to bringing charge Of criminal
libe ], and have concluded to ask for
only the small sum of twelve tnou-
sand dollars as balm for the injured
feelings of the gentleman who turned
over tc the lawyers of the Hackney
Boynton Company the preparation
of papers in suit which MIR Cam
eron af.erward signed as state S az
torney of Emmons county: G. IA.
Naramore signing the same as
treasurer.
In connection with the filing tf
the papers in this libel suit. the ed
itor of the Record again states that
every word printed in the columns
of this paper regarding the failure
Of Mr.. Peter S Cameron TO proper
L. tor nf +
county in the matter of the Hack
ney- Boynton tax lands, and in the
matter Of the action brought by IA.
A. Armstrong 10 secure the setting
aside of the $225 Of taxes due the
county, is absolutely true, and will
be proved IN court if Mr.. Cameron
and his backer- ever bring the case
up for trial. He did just what the
Record SAID he d.d in both cases
The truth Of the matter is that
the disbarment proceedings against
Lynn and the libel suit against the
Record publishers were delayed iin
til it was too late for trial befpre
election, with the hope that the
cases might have such an influence
on public opinion as would enable
Herulz, Armstrong, Rocks & Co
to accomplish the otherwise inn
possible feat of saving the official
bacon Of Peter S. on election day
Let us look into the action of Mr..
Cameron in tins connection. Last
March Mr.. Lynn published in the
Record the identical charges regard
ing the Hackney Boynton matter
for which Mr. Cameron brings his
belated suit for libel. Later, Mr.
Lynn made precisely the same
charges regarding the Armstrong
case that were made in the Record
But, instead of at once proceeding
in the matter. the bunch waited un-
til near the close of a political CAM
paign before taking action when it
was too late to have the courts settle
the matter Def re election.
The fact that the libel suit was
bro u,ht against the publishers of
the Record. and that no suit was
brought against Mr.. Lynn, the man
VINO long ago made the charges.
shows tina, Hcrolz. Armstrong, Cam
eron & Company thought they would
be able to scare the publishers from
continuing to show up the methods
that have for long time prevailed
i'm administering good part of the
business VI this county. But we as
sure the Hackney Boynton Company
and their agent. Mr.. Herolz. and the
Northern Pacific's local attorney,
Mr.. Cameron. that their recent ac-
tion will not cause the fight against
them to weaken in the least
We believe that Messrs. Herolz.
Armstrong 4 Cameron will find af-
ter this campaign is finished that il
would have been the part of wisdom
to have taken the public into their
confidence and long ago gone into
print to stare their side of the case
If they had one The Record has AL
ways invited those whom it has cri,i-
cised to make reply in It's columns:
or the flerolz Armstrong Cam
eron Combine could have made am
swer through their organ at Haze-
ton. They simply failed to do it be-
cause there was no defense To make.
And they have waited until the cam
palgn is nearly over before they
make a move in the matter.
We believe that Mr.. Peter S. Cam
eron Will ascertain in the near flu
ture that it would have been better
for him when he came here to locate
had he attempted to huild himself
up instead of attempting wilh the
aid of Mr.. Armstrong, his partner.
to pull MIR LINN down, as was done
with the misleading publications
fathered by Armstrong during tie
campaignof 1915.
Elsewhere in the Record this week
will be found the announcement of
Conrad Kraft, of Strasburg, as a
candidate fur Trnac,irar of Itp,,,,.,,, Y