Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-22
A SORRY EXHIBITION.

to stand for a good many things, good
and bad, so that the term has come
to have a rather wide scope. But
wide as that scope is, there are Ger
tain tendencies and methods which
are quite Outside of it. 1t would be
an abuse of a hard-worked term to
describe as political methods" the
means employed by certain individ-
uals in this community to express
themselves whenever local campaign
gives them an opportunity to come to
the front. These methods are not po-
litical: they are personal. They are
manifestations of hate and vindictive-
ness which are dumped like so much
refuse on the legitimate activities of
every political campaign in, which To-
cal issues and local people are brought
up for consideration.
There are men in Grand Forks VINO
have lived here since the place was
a hamlet, who have been identified
with every stage of its progress: VINO
have every day in the year been ac-
tive in promoting its interests who
have invested their funds willingly
and freely in it's enterprises; who have
not only gone through the form of
making such investments, but Who
have staid by them until success was
assured. regardless of personal profit
labor, and erected buildings, and es-
tablished industries, and created ev-
erywhere monuments to their enter
prise and good citizenship.
And there are others in Grand
Forks-few, but exceedingly noisy
who. because Of envy or some other
unaccountable form Of malice, would
deny to these progressive men the or
binary privileges of citizenship, APP
parently considering it a crime fSr
them to seek to have a voice in the
government of. the city which they,
have done so much to build and main
tain. ~
Let those who were most noisy In
their attacks and most fertile IN dis-
honorable insin uations . understand
that if response is not made in kind
it is not for lack of abundance of ma
terial. that if the challenge to person.
al comparison is not accepted, 1t is to
no fear as to the result of such COM
PARSONS. 1t is rather that neither the
! candidates on the Citizens ticket nor
those who are actively supporting
them desire to engage in a contest of
mud singing, and have no desire to
divert attention from the real and the
only issues in this campaign by dig
ging into the personal records Of those
who are yelping at their heels.
There is still another element OF
great importance which needs to be
considered in this campaign. Inc
election Of city commissioners is of
importance to the City Of Grand
Forks. The election OF a state ticket
is Of interest to the entire state. Ev-
cry Grand Forks man and woman Is
interested in both campaigns. Each
should be considered on its W mer-
it's, and on its own merits decided.
There need be no confusion and nc
complications II the real issues alone
are intellige1tly and dispassionately
considered. But II success follow the
efforts of those who have chosen to
inject personal malice as a dominat-
ing INFLUENCE in the municipal cam
paign, the spirit thus ~engendered viii
inevitably project itself into the state
campaign. which in it's ultimate effects
will have the larger influence.
The Herald stands for the Citizens
ticket. headed by James A. Dinnie q
4 the candidate for president, witt
Messrs. Smith, Kaneen. Bird and Ped
erson as candidates for commission.
ers. The Herald hopes for and ex
poets the election Of these men be-
cause of its convictions for their fit
mess for these important public posi-
tons. It has no desire that theielec'
ton Of any Of these men shall be Sc.
!, cured by attacks on the character o.
their opponents.