Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-24
Do Tell!

Do Tell
Under the above caption, Editor Crary Of the
Devils Lake World, pulls up a tight rein on Editor
Bloom, of the Devils Lake Journal, and reminds him
that the subject of graft" should be a delicate one
for him to handle. # az
There is one point which Editor Crazy could have
made stronger, and that is in the next to the last
paragraph, wherein he mentions Blooms house jour
nal graft in the sum Of $1J5s2. 70. Crazy overlooked
the graft in the sum Of $4,000 in Blooms bin for
senate journals, which, added to the 1882 10, makes
a total Of 81. 554.79 I.
Crary,s editorial. follows:
Last Saturdays ."'only Democratic daily in the
state" charges that Walker Bros. & Hardy, by the
grace of our county officials, have been grating. the
taxpayers of the county. Nothing is further; from the
truth, as the records of the county will show. 1t is
rather far.fetched for the Democratic daily to have
i, to 60. clez3tst0 Fargo to ring in someone to help be-
smirch OH County officials. Any person. who cares
to investigate will find that during the past two or
three years,Isamsey county has been getting; its sta.
tionery and other office supplies at asverytlow figure,
and the only grating that has been going on for
years was, when the Democratic daily had contTo:
of the board of county commissioners, and was being
,handed. out county printing at its own price. and its Is
work was, then SO rank that most OF, the bills for
printing. were cut in order to keep within the bounds
of decency::N tr s. =
'But after this great daily" worked Ramsey
county to q FRAGILE, and got into bad repute, 1t had
to- turn elsewhere and consequently went out after
some of the state printing, which it landed believing
that the state, under the Burke administration would
be easy picking. Soon thereafter came q change.
and a business governor, Hanna by name. was hand
ed the reins of government and he proceeded to. see
49, IT, .sA:.- 400. Aor~ r. r1o' yEN0o& - oo3N
daily hays.beea handled. with an AK ever since, until
there is weeping and wailing and much gnashing-of
teeth, because MI. Hanna and the other members OF
the state auditing board will not allow bills to slip
tbroug., rs they are presented. thereby saving the
state thousands Of dollars. 9a y rs I'm Hi.
Gust tass show who is trying to do the grating,
we will gfTte one of many instances. and show why
the Democratic daily has it in for Hanna and his
board Of auditors. 1t: Is along about the same lines
that were worked in Ramsey county when this same
paper haIsthings its own way. In August, 1913, q bill
was presented" to tle state for the sum of $10,92S.49
for printing the House Journals. This bin was made
out .by tES Journal Publishing company of Devils
Lake and was subscribed and sworn to by j. H.
Bloom, Manager. The bill was promptly rejected,
after it was discovered that it was not correct. Later
on a corrected bill was presented for the same
work, this. time from the Journal Publishing company
of Devils Lake and subscribed and sworn to sDy one
u. H. Drummer (whoever he is). and instead Of being
for the original $1o.s2s.49. it called for only $s,335.7S
and it wap'duly allowed by the auditing board, after
II was found to be correct. @t
"ln other words, MIR. Hanna and his. auditing
board kept. the Journal Publishing company from
grating from the state the neat sum of $1,592.7o
on one bill s#. ".s.t
"Is there any reason why the Journal manage
ment does not like the Hanna administration? Isn't
it a pretty good plan for Cur board Of county com.
missionefs and other county officials to keep their
eyes on them to see that they don't get their noses
too far into the trough in the maYer Of county print
ing? No, Ramsey county is not being grated, SO
far as printing is being concerned: 1t is getting its
printing.dSSne cheaper nov than Il has for years and
there are not stacks OF, stationery and blanks being
printed up to be dumped into the furnace, as has
been told of in the past" I, @ zsc&s;