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

BY D. K. STREETER & son.
II. L. sTREFTnR T. - sTREFTEK /
PIONEER PAPER OF THE COUNTY
Ihe Record Is entered AT Linton P',,toiiice
As 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
libel, and have concluded to ask for
only the small sum of twelve thou
sand dollars as balm for the injured
feelings Of the gentleman who turned
over TO the lawyers of the Hackney
Boynton Company the preparation
of papers in a suit which MIR. Cam
eron af.erward signed as state at
torney of Emmons county: g. h.
Naramore signing the same as
treasurer
In connec ion with the filing Of
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
~ represent the interests of Emmons
county in the matter of the Hack
ney- Boynton tax-lands, and in the
matter Of the action brought by a..
A. Armstrong to secure the setting
aside of the S225 Of taxes due the
county, is absolutely true, and will
be proved IN court if MIR. Cameron
and his hackers ever bring the case
up for trial He did just what the
Record said he did in both cases.
The truth of the matter is that
the disbarment proceedings against
Lynn and the libel suit against he
Record publishers were delayed M
til 1t was too late for trial beflle
election, with the hope that the
cases might have such an influence
on public opinion as would enable
Herolz, Armstrong, Rocks & Co.
to accomplish the otherwise inn
possible feat of saving the official
bacon uf Peter S. on election day.
Let US look into the action of MIR.
Cameron in this 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
brought 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, Heroic. Armstrong. Cam
eron & Company thought they would
be able TO scare the publishers from
continuing to show up the methods
that have for a long time prevailed
in administering good part of the
business Ut this county. But we as
sure the Hackney Boynton Company
and their agent. Mr.. Herolz. and the
Northern Pacitic's local attorney,
Mr.. Cameron. that their recent ac-
ton 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 state their side of the case
If they had one. The Record has al
ways invited those whom it has criti-
cised to make reply in It's columns.
or the Heroz Armstrong Cam
eron Combine could have made am
swer through their organ at Hazel
ton. They simply failed to do it be-
cause there was no defense to make. !
And they have waiteduntll 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 l0cate
had he attempted To bulid himself
up instead of attempting with the
aid of Mr.. Armstrong, his partner.
to pull MIR Lynn down, as as done
with the misleading publications
fathered by Armstrong during the
of 1916.
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