Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-27
:, The Gore Verdict

r. The snit Of United States Senator Gore OF Okla
hona, who was charged with improper conduct by q
woman whose husband was applicant for an import.
ant Office, has resulted in a verdict which has brought
forth numerous editorial opinions in the newspapers
Of the country. the most Of them, however. favorable
to Mr.. Gore. The case has been before the public
for several months and the friends Of Senator Gore
were sometimes afraid that sympathy would be arous-
ed for him; ON account of his total blindness. They
wanted the ease tried on its merits. Now that. The
trial is over, this is what the Baltimore Evening
Sun has to ray of the verdict:
Senator Gore has been exoneratcd by the jury
In the case against the woman in the case, ana we
are glad of i, because the blind Senator has rendered
good public service, and it would have been a pity to
be obliged to think i'll of him. Eut the moral is:
When you go to a lady's room to talk business with
her. take your wife along" ut. - ... 49,
Evidently the suit against Senator Gore was no
more than could he expected from political coadi.
lions in a state as young as Oklahoma. according &c
the Springfield" Ohio. News: L..
One nevcE knows" says the News, but there are
30 many elements of suspicion in the charges against
Senator Gore that it seems entirely possible taat
there is a conspiracy to besnirch his name for polit.
ical purposes.
"Okahomassis a new state, and new country always
produces a bad grade of politics, witness our national
reputation a generation ago. There has always tcen
a class Of political manipulators of nnscrupalcts
methods in politics. whose motto seems to Dc the
classic axhasof %intriguers, "%Calnmniate! Crla:ui.
ate! Calumniate. Something will stick"
1T is asdastardly way of getting The better of q
man. but it is effective in many instances. Human
n;,ture is suspicious and .cs charges D.. brought
against a mans good laHc end tier, will be people
Hho will spin suspicions]y and remark %tnatwaere
trere Is much. SMOKE ttsre must: De- some fire. 1t
ic. stated. that the dist:;c: attorney at Washington,
t, whom the woman who accuses Senator Gore made
her first charge, refused to have anything to do
with them. On .tis contrary. a'tar looking INFO :he
whole array Df evide,;e she ha to present, he told
her that If .te tool: any ac.iol at all 1t would Ec, to
slrest nd her ."6-r, as blackmailers."
The Po41 @keepsie n. Y, Enterprise. published in
a city whts1GsAas been the scene Of some sensational
political chasses Of graft. etc, is pleased with the
verdict. ltzpserves: 4.
1.-THE jury in the case deliberated but about ten
minutes. returned a verdict for Senator Gore and
supplemented. the verdict with a statement that had
he .oferedtss1s evidence In his defense. the verdict
would have xeen the same.
This vepdct will be hailed with satisfaction by
oil right thinking people. and it should serve MS, q
rebuke to q certain class OF political 'freebooters,'
who sand ready, not only to take advantage Of every
circumstance in ones life to discredit the standing OF
decent and WORTHY men. but who are ready to destroy
facts, n'iastaie conditions, and even cover the truth
n order 10 get even with someone who has stub
torn;y refused to deviate. from the path Of honesty
and docency at their behests or commands. These
political conspirators are beneath the contempt of
decent people, and yet they are found In every com.
munity where there may be seen a citizen ~conspic,l.
GUS for devotion to public duty and who works for
the public veal without feaEyqs favor"