The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-05

The following communication wa
addressed to The Forum by A. E
Dickinson, Wahpeton, after It ha,
been mailed to the morning paper ii
Fargo, and had failed of publication
as requested. The article gives. Mr.
Dickinson's version of a recent poll
teal meeting at Wahpeton, and fol
lows:
Wahpeton, N. D., July 2. 1917
Fargo Daily Courier-News,
Fargo. N. d.
Gentlemen:-In your issue of Sat.
urday morning. June 10th, you pub.
lished an article dated at Wahpeton
N. D., June 80 Especially in which
you gave a glowing account of ths
campaign of ]. M. Baer who a
a candidate of the Nonpartisar
league for congress to succeed the
late Hon. H. T. Helgesen In the First
| congressional district. The latter
part of the article referred to reads
as follows:
After the addresses of Mr.. Baer
and d. G. Coates were finished an
elevator representative by the name
Of A. B. Dickinson, stung by refer
ences to the unfair dealings of the
old line elevators attempted to dis
turb the meeting by asking catch
or trick questions, but he was we'll
taken care of by the speakers and
was hooted into submission by the
enthusiastic crowd. This is the
same fellow who has been denounc-
ing Senator McCumber because the
senator tried to get governmental
regulation of grain trading and who
is now berating Senator Gronna be-
cause the latter has put an amend
ment into the food bill to take con-
troll Of elevators and the building of
federal elevators If necessary. And
yet he claims to be Republican"
I am the party referred to in the
above article and wish to take an
exception to the statement as it is
untrue, with but one exception and
that being wherein it is stated that
l am a representative Of an old line
elevator company. am a repres-
entative of an old line elevator com
pany, and have been for the past 26
years and, Furthermore, am not
ashamed of the fact. / am also a
farmer and not ashamed of that
fact. own and control 100 acres
Of land in North Dakota and a quar-
ter section in Canada. / was born
on a farm in southern Minnesota
and. as you might say, I have never
been out of the sight Of farm and
the farmers of the northwest. have
worked with them and have dealt
with them, and I believe / know the
farmer and his trials and tribula-
tons. However, this is not a mat
ter concerning the question in
volved.
I went to the city hall on the
above mentioned date to hear Mr..
Baer speak. When I arrived at the
hall d. G. Coates was speaking.
He was making q very earnest talk
on government control of our in
dustries and food products. He
lauded our administration and then
passed on to Mr.. Hoover, commend
ing him highly for his work. He
then took up the pending food bill
which has been lately passed by our
lower house Of congress and which
Is now before the senate and spoke
Of Mr.. Gronna having had within the
past few days an amendment tack
ed" on to the food bill which would
give the government the right to
take over the grain elevators and
mills of the country. He then stated
that Mr.. Gronna was one Of the
GREAT men who had taken his
stand with the league; that he was
a BIG man, a man Of sound sense
and Judgment; that we all knew
him, have voted for him and elected
nim to the senate several times, etc.
After talking a few minutes longer
Mr.. Coates introduced the candidate