Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-14
DEAD BY RS own HAND.

The Butte Daily Bulletin, published in the interes,
of Towniey and Socialist agitation generally. suspended
publication a short time ago. 1t went the way that a
good many other papers of its class have gone, and the
way tnat they are all destined to go as soon az the pas
sion which has stimulated contributions to their ex-
4chequers has subsidized. The Helena Independent, in
commenting on the demise Of the radical sheet, sums up
the situation In an article as terse and forcefu a any
that we have seen. The Independent says:
The Butte Daily Bulletin is dead and DER it's grave
no mourner weeps.
II preached destruction and it died by its own hand.
The seed II sowed in Butte brought forth unrest, I'm
employment and want The Bulletin starved to death
! in its own home, where it had invited the wolf OF hunger
and despair to make its abode. To be mourned a news
paper. like a man, must have accomplished some good
in the world; must at least have been kind and consid-
crate II only to a few.
The Bulletin was a lying. nbeling, scandal monger.
II tried to see w,mea cruel, daring, minimizing and
unfeeling it could be. 1t tossed its red-stained harpoons
at Capitalists one day and the next it raved about the
wage slaves who failed to heed its call and seize the
mines of Butte, the government OF the state and march
on to the abyss Of a national upheaval.
It's editor was a gun-toting carpet-bagger, convicted
Of sedition and turned loose on a technicalty through
the, mistaken kindness of a turist. Its business man
ager was convicted of sedition. Its former circulation
manager was a fugitive. from justice, suspected of be-
ing q porch-climber and a stick-up man. Its god
Big Bill Haywood of the I. w. Wis in Russia, not
only q fugitive from justice, but an embezzlers of the
funds of the comrades. Townley, who backed it for a
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draft. and his sentence affirmed.
The only thing which the Butte Bulletin set out
to accomplish has been realized. 1t wanted the mines
closed down that the miners would be out of work and
desperate II the miners were desperate for food and
their families in want. the Bulletin figured, the crisis
would come. The miners might be driven by its abuse
and Its rawlings to commit acts Of violence and actually
seize the private property. At one time the Bulletin
thought the hour had come. It worked itself into a
frenzy over the fact that the school buildings were
crowded and it played up the little children without
Eseats in school. Then one day It demanded the seizure
Eof the homes of Con Kelley and John D. Ryan of the
anaconda company to be used for school houses.
The appeal fell flat. 1t Disguised even men who
had, given nominal support to the Bulletin.
The suspension of the hydra -headed poison-slinger
was not unexpected Dunn and his gang had wruns
the last dollar from the workmen of Butte. They ap-
speaied for outside help. From Helena 100 working
men sent subscriptions and contributions. But about
half the union laborers in Helena. under the domina-
ton Of Taylor, Anderson and Halberg, have no money
to send. They were compelled to cease their contri-
buttons to their paper over in Butte, as were the work
es in many other cities where Dunn's agents have kept
them on strike all summer.
But, as we said: The Bulletin is dead. obscurity
for its promoters, hackers, editors and Its many mis-
deeds will be enough. If by them the Bulletin enter
prise shall be remembered or forgotten, decent men
will be satisfied.