The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23
TOUCHES


some place among the politically un
classified. Apparently they ar
neither flesh, fowl nor red herring
In the midst of a campaign, the mos
critical ever known, to the nation
the state, the county and the home
town, they stand for nothing but the
Promoter and its own selfish inter
ests. They make it more evident
each issue that two masters are be
ing served and in fear and trembling
try to balance on the top rail of the
fence and offend neither.
Meanwhile the home town and the
home candidates, who have generous
ly contributed to the support of the
puny sheet that was never exactly a
community necessity, are left, so far
as the Promoter is concerned, to wage
their own battles against aggressive
opponents, as best they can To be
sure there is an occasional lefthand-
ed boost for some rival town and in
the last issue, a one-line filler" that
could be construed as favorable to
our own town. But those merely
serve to emphasize the pitful plight
the Promoter is in.
Their last squirt of bitterness
stains the Promoters front page, in
the evident fear that it would be en-
tirely overlooked if placed elsewhere.
The substance of the column of
words is that The Herald, it's editor
and those conducting Wolf Points
county seat campaign are %hypocrites
and fools. The Promoter is setting
itself up as the sole judge of what
is upright, commendable and for the
good of the town" The Herald edi-
tor is twitted with being the cham
pion of the farmer, and a ''home
town lover" We plead guilty on both
counts, we'll satisfied to stand before
the public in those roles, leaving the
campaign of stealth, under the Cop
per standard, in the interest of gangs
and graft and invisible government
to others.
The ''writer'' in the Promoter
stoops to something that any up
standing, look-you-in-the-eye citizen
would have supposed beneath any
newspaperman, or other business
man in the great state of Montana.
He advertises to the world, on the
front page of the upright and COM
mendable" sheet what is claimed to
be confidential conversation between
townsmen concerning the campaign.
The fact that the %purported words
are inaccurate does not alter the case
in the least-the readiness and in
tent to peddle state secrets and plans
for the aid and comfort of the enemy
is made plain. Perhaps a great deal
more has been sent where it will do
the most good by the underground :
or grapevine route.
The Herald editor DID NOT say !
to the Promoter editor or anyone else
that the stand of The Herald was a {
bitter pill that would have to be
swallowed. We did not feel
that way. We will not brand him {
the short and ugly word, for
every issue ofThe Herald has proved d
it on him; coming issues will con-
to prove it. Out here in as n
free a country as this we do not vol
unfairly and repeatedly swallow 2
doses bitter to the taste. What we c
did say, half in jest and half in ear {
nest, was that such a stand would
probably be a bitter pill for the Pro- v
noter, having in mind how it never F
,ook a stand on anything. The sub
,equent course of our contemporary
proves that we spoke even more wise :
Y than we knew. But if the Promo
,er would only swallow the whole
some potion it would purge its sys- !"
and be of great benefit to its
constitution.
The Wolf Point community, includ-
ng The Herald, will prove to the CT
Promoter, and all others,
t the November election that it's 9
stand" is both sincere and logical, >,
nd will claim no medals for heroic q
onduct or altruistic motives. When eC
a such need of representative, square I'll
cal county government, we repeat ca
he question, what else can voters fo
o" but join forces with those who 70
re striving for these same ends. :.
thousands over the state are now r.
aking the same view. In spite of n
ne Promoter, the M. D.A. and the ye
Id Gangs strikers, the Farmers and
Torkingmen and Wolf Point viii put ca
le big issues over in Roosevelt til
no
The Promoter need have no con- -
.rn over the '~'illadvised fight" The !,
erald has started. No harm will
. dome there Is inst the Promo+ar ~