The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-06-21
Notice 10 Retract

Notice to Retract
To the Washburn Leader and to Johl
Satterlund. Publisher:
You Will Please Take Notice that thu
following statements published in thu
Washburn Leader issued under date Of
June IA, 1912, under the heading Of
''The Man Who Works All Sides" are
false and defamatory, and you are here
by required to retract the same, towit
We stated in the Leader that the
columns were open to Nuessle or his
friends to show the people n reason
why they should support the gentleman
for district judge. In our last issue
Nuessle attempted to show some excuse
for the votes of the people. He ad.
mitted every fact we stated in a pre-.
vious article, but attempted to white
wash the substance of the truth SO
that it would not show up in quite as
glaring a light, but the truth is there
and will remain. This gentleman with
the wishy-washy vertebrae overlooked
the most important question in his at
tempted explanation of his past conduct
and failed to state where he stood on
the county division question between
Mclean and Stevenson counties. We
know that he said "Get rid of the Rus
sians'' when the vote on Sheridan
county was given, but many of the
voters would very much like to know
how the gentleman of gall stood on the
question between Mclean and Sheridan
counties.
Mr.. Nuessle who works both sides
and the middle, admits his defeat for
reelection to office but charges the
same up partly to his friendly relations
with liking John Satterlund." This is
certainly surprising to the people who
know the gentleman of gall. We have
failed to find that he has been a friend
or straight with any lie, let alone the
Leader. Look up the files of the Leader
during the campaign of 1908 and you
will find nothing was said about Nuessle
but that which he had written and paid
for. No support by US was given to
this person. We had at that time
become acquainted with his double
dealings and could not see u way clear
to come to his assistance.
If we were the cause of his defeat,
at that time, why, after our arrival
from the coast this spring, did he ask
us to assist him in his campaign in this
district? Up to three weeks ago he
was begging us for help to get elected
to the judgeship. Finally to get rid of
him we asked the gentleman point
blank to give us just N reason (out-
side of the itching desire for the salary
of S., 600. 0O), Or tell us n good thing
we could say about him either in a bust
way OF politically as an induce
ment for the tax payers to vote for
him. The nan of unlimited gall and
less amount Of legal attainments, could
not give ONE. Everything he had
done was a mistake and he was sorry
for it, expensive mistakes for the tax
payers of this county, W. are also sorry
for them.
He stated that he was very sorry
that he had given the wrong advice up
on the county division question, sorry
that he went to Fargo and traded off
the Mclean county organization to
Hanna and Alex Mckenzie, sorry over
several business deals We had in which
he used us in a low contemplate and
miserable way, but could not give one
reason why we should support him fol
Judge, except that he very much want
ed the Office and the SIS, 900. 90 salary at,
tached to it.
Our readers will remember that we
stated he wat the man ''Who Worked
All Sides" In the fight for delegates
to the Minot convention Mr.. Nuessl,
got a few Of his friends together ant
passed resolutions to GUST the Grea
and Notorious Alex Mckenzie. He wa
denounced as a republican leader, bos
of the state and the head of corrup
politics and graft. But this leader wa
not forgotten when Nuessle an
nounced himself as a candidate TO
district judge, n of the highest gift
in the hands of the people. Before tn
campaign opened The Man Who Work
All Sides made a trip to Minneapoli
and to the West hotel where McKenzi
makes his headquarters. A c%onsulta
ton was held for several hours between
the wishy-washy gentleman an
Mckenzie. The readers have notice
that this same Mckenzie was in Bis
marck about a month ago and Nuessl
again packed his grip and made hi
way toward the Big Chief, Mckenzie
From the train he went direct to. tn
Hotel Mckenzie where he found Ale
Mckenzie sitting in the lobby. TIL
%uuo wonf nm in the elevator Tn roor