Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-01-27
LEAGUE PAPER MAKES DIRTY
ATTACK
Cauees Universal Disgust by Attack
on Honesty of One of Emmons
County's Most Public Spirited
Men.

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/ County's Most Public Spirited
Men.
An attack in last weeks Free Press
on Leonard duHeaume, county COM
missioner from this district, recently
reelected by vote of 634 to 354, has
caused widespread disgust among
the men who know him best and who
have watched his untiring efforts to
give service to the public for NOM
inal remuneration, not only as coun-
ty commissioner, but as alderman and
mayor Of Linton.
Leonard duHeaume has served in
various public capacities for years,
and his work has been faithful and
honest. Unlike his traducer, there
never was much remuneration in his
work. duHaume has spent more
time for the dollars he has received
than most men would, in the public
service. On the other hand, Mr..
Lynn has tried to hook a good paying
position year after year as states at
torney as side-line to his legal bus
mess, and has not hesitated to use
that Office in any way he could for his
own personal interest. He recently
laid down on his $4,000 libel suit in
which a sworn deposition stared him
in the face charging him with having
pulled off fake raids at county ex-
pense, after having arranged to see
that evidence would not be found.
Further, the very man who is being
SO bitterly attacked by Mr.. Lynn at
cne time saved Mr.. Lynn from going
to the penitentiary for forgery by be-
ing one of two jurymen to hang a
jury, ten of whom were voting for
conviction.
Mr.. duHeaume is one of the most
honest and painstaking officials that
this county has ever had. He may
have made technical mistake in col
lecting $3.50 from the county which
he paid to Mr.. Lynn's brother-in-law
for circulating a bridge petition. And,
as soon as any legal opinion was
given that he could not properly make
such charge, he repaid the money
which he had collected, and stood the
loss of $3.50 himself, money spent in
the interests of the people of south
western Emmons county.
As to CHASING Mr.. duHeaume with
any box-car bandits, the charge is so
nonsensical that it only reacts unfav-
orabiy on the man making it and the
newspaper man so weak -kneed as to
be a party to it. And coming from
a man that so Narrowly escaped go
ing to the penitentiary to great ex-
tent through the agency Of Mr.. du
Heaume himself, it is particularly
treprehensible.
I AS to the bridge that Lynn howls
50 ardently about: It is on the road
that is used between Pollock and Lin
ton, and between Dale and Linton,
and has seriously needed fixing for a
long time. The charge in the Free
Press that the bridge cost $4,000 and
a mile of grade to it cost $4,000 is
many times a lie. The charge that
a carload Of culverts are located on
the farm of "Joe Werlinger, du
Heaume'sa road boss," to do the dis
trict for twenty years, is lie, pure
and simple. There is nothing like
a carload there, and what are there
fbelcng to duHeaume's entire district
and not to the one road district. They
are kept in the center Of the district
for use where needed. Further, Wer-
linger is one of the leading Leaguers.
He is the league-appointed Judge that
Lynn tried to put in by force in Lipp's
precinct on election day.. Werlinger
belongs to one political faction and
duHeaume to the other. Neverthe-
less, he has been used as road boss
because he took an interest in his
work. Further, this work is the re-
suit of the action of all the county
commissioners, not duHeaume. alone.
McConville was also deeply interested
in this road, and expressed himself
privately as very much disgruntled
with Lynn's charges relative to this
bridge, when the fight was on recent
ly at the comnissioner,s meeting.
Many Of our readers remember
how Lynn fim-fiammed the public a
number Of years ago: with his prom
ises to recover money from the Hack
y-Boyntcn land company, etc. They
may feel certain that his yowl now
against duHeaume is more film -fam.
It is the result Of his bitter hatred
and disappointment. He is out to
"get even" with some Of his political