Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-01-01

Tie morning OF a new year has dawned Its sun is smelling the tumph or deeasst
rejoicing or gsmng born in the BATTLES OF tn past Thea achievements Or dMappdntnenE ON
Whether the old year wa gay or sad whether left more of tn bitter or the sweet is half.
forgotten now in hope the treasures that eunddngo Of new year may reveal
With many the old year has dealt harshy. With theirs it was kind. That the new year
may be brighter to those weMhd by he trbuauans Of thee old, it becomes the duty of those
Whether he has d welo or i'll in the past year may not rest entirely with the individual
Perhaps te unen hand of Destiny controlled the circumstances that ground or exalted him
What noer appeauonc could an individual show to the Fate uath had preserved and given. him
strength than by lending nss telgh to a weaker hour? 81
seemed unworthy Scores ceMmedt the paper NrH stand in several matters But the Trbune
does not reut its acon in any Instance M &@ ## # M#a
EE 1t vas through the agency the Tribune that "a fallen woman taken from a low dive Was
given chance to lead better Me. Whether She succeeds or falls the fact remains tgtt the
opportunity vas given her. Scores of mena duomena attacked the Tribune for its ahner of
handling the sW. They we're men and women to whom Fortune hd been kind, yet they
extended mol hand to aid hehfa fallen sister Better to havel eft her. hgin the gutter, they said
than risk cnamMadono of their own garments by the mhe. A# f
A mere bo, guilt, perhaps of a technical msea against thela law that would have ashamed
lis sweetheart might still e lagushmg in prsonmd not the Tribune mknh his case theh
court Of the nation the heart Of Justice flowing people Yet agMn, many ensured the paper
and deped nss Hat0nansI sM@l@ 8@@%#&#.
Red Cross Seal Day. more Red Cross seal we're sold in bismarck than ever before in nsh history:
Then again mmy was found destitute and the Tribune gave space in its columns to an
appeal in their behalf. Dozens of citizens we're incensd at what they characterized as a denhl
of the prosperity of thee city, blow directed at the business interests and an impeachment the
charity Of the citizens Of bismarck. ##."##8#M@
MOI inference Of anything Of the kind was Intended The story ccompMhe the very pr
pose for which it was designed. 1t awakenedth the spirit Of harty and good will hatw va present
in abundance ny sleeping The citizens Of the town cared mnhhceMyf 70 rteo family and
MahuAy took up the search for other poverty. They found just what the Tribune expected they
would fnLn not by any means that Bismarck was city of the destitute but that here was q
minimum of need that no city, hre or small, can avoid Theyc ed for needy cases that they
found in manner that would have been an honor ito any city in the Unted shtes and gave
the city municipal Christmas solicitation Mtg fave Bsmacka higher standard than ever among
the cities of the Northwest. s# .#a&## 6=@ Z.-
In none of the articles that have aroused such sever criticism has the Tribune intended
any dhparagement Of Bbmac kof citizens Bismarck is q thriving prosperous city and the
most sincere wish of the Tribune isto contribute 10 its greater growth and development This
end the Trbune believes can be hrthaed by an honest portrayal at lines of unsatisfactory
cmdhonsm found her. as in all cities not as an atMk on the city, but simply that its citizens
may be given the opportunity see and light the wrong M &
@- It's with this purpose foremost. to help the sak or needy wherever possible land remedy
i'll Ills apostolic in omr to make Bismarck an even better and bigger city, that the Tribune sin
cmy wkh@e sHy one ofNs cHsens and those Hhe commonwealth of which is the capital
a. most Hapysm and rrospGousN New e. -# -
#, a THE EDITOR.