, 1924-10-22
A Communication
Powell, Wyoming,
October 81, 1924.


Cody, Wyoming.
Dear Sir:
Under the heading HAS Warren
Corrupted Nelson, or Has Nelson Re-
formed Warren" the Stockgrower and
Farmer, Park county Democratic
campaign organ, carries a reprint of
articles quoted from the Hartville
(Wyo.) Uplift and the Los Angeles
Tribune with the unequivocal asser-
ton that these articles appeared in
the Powell Tribune under the editor
ship of S. A. Nelson"
For the purpose of lending color
to its statement of alleged fact this
improvised mouthpiece of local De-
mocracy reproduces verbatum the
masthead of the old Powell Tribune
in which S. A. Nelson is designated
as editor and proprietor. In other
words the impression is very clearly
and deliberately conveyed that each
and both of the articles quoted APP
peared in the Tribune under author
ity and direction of none other than
S. A. Nelson whose objectionable of
pears as a candidate for office on the
Republican ticket.
The Hartville Uplift article ap-
pears to have been copied from the
September Is, 1911, issue of the Pow
ell Tribune. If this be correct the
direct responsibility may or may not
be chargeable to the founder of the
Tribune, depending entirely on who
assembled the material for that par
ticular issue. / may have been on
the job myself or the paper may very
possibly have been gotten up by A.
S. Morse or any one of the various
men / employed from time to time
for that purpose. In any event |
freely assume responsibility myself
for the Uplift article or editorial.
While the Tribune under my manage
ment was always Republican in poll
tics | nevertheless very frequently &C
corded a hearing to the other side
to those of opposite political views
from myself. This was in accord
with my conception of duty to the
community in view of the fact that
the Tribune was the only newspaper
at that time published in Powell. As
editor of the Tribune and as a news
paper man always | tried to be fair
and liberal to the entire community
without however any surrender of
editorial independence on my own
part.
SO much for the article quoted
from the Hartville Uplift in Septem-
Der 1911.
Concerning the Los Angeles stric-
ture upon Senator Warren which ac-
cording to the Stockgrower and Far
mer was copied in the Powell Tribune
on October %, 1912, an altogether
different story must be told. Neither
on the date in question nor for many
months previous had ! been connect
ed in any capacity with, or to any
degree interested in, the Powell Tri-
bune, During the summer of 1912 /
had organized the First National
Bank of Powell and had previously
disposed of the Tribune to j. II. Baird
who was in full charge at the time
in question. 1t must therefore be very
apparent that whoever wrote this ar
ticle in question for the last issue Of
the Stockgrower and Farmer is guilty
Of downright deception and a delib-
crate attempt to mislead the voters
Of Park county. l had not supposed
that even my opponent would coun-
tenance any such fragrant trickery
or malicious distortion Of facts and
the truth. Certainly no good Demo
crat who is also "A mar among men
would stand for this sort of thing,
| am therefore somewhat curious to
know Jest what decent and self-re-
specting members of the opposition
party will say to this altogether
choice exhibition Of the shyster and
mountebank in recent Park county
political history.
S. A. NELSON.
paid Political ADVERTISEMENT