Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 2, 1908, Page 5

+ Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Bntered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapid Minnesota. as Second-Class Matter, THE HERALD-REVIEW IS THE Official Paper of Itasca County. Official Paper of Village of Grand Rapids. Official Paper of Vlllage of | Cohasset. Official Paper of Village of Keewatin. x Official Paper of Village of | Nashwauk. Official Paper of Village of Holman. Official Paper of U.S. Dis- trict Court in Bankruptcy Proceedings. Designated by State and National Officials as the Of- ficial Paper forthe publica- tion of all legal notices to be made hro ugh heir re- spective offices in Itasca Co. Recognized by Everybody as the Leading Weekly Newspaper of Northeastern Minnesota. The Duluth News-Tribune’s special correspondent visited Grand Rapids last week and interviewed the citizens on the congressional situation and found the sentiment largely in favor of C. B. Miller. Miss McFadden had but a few hours to give to Grand Ra- necessarily missed many who would be glad to aid As it was she i the sentiment largely for Miller she is an old hand at the po- game her article in the News- fribune may be considered authentic. Miss McFadden had read the or interviewed the r she would not have closed her rand Rapids write up by charging t paper with favoring Congressman is and Miller movement. tica Herald-Review Guess again, Mary. > of the strong reasons heiag ged by Congressman Bede for his Ine ntion in congress is that the “dis- ll never get anywhere or reach | position of influence if it keeps vying its congressman. Mr. Bede ing this persistently in his .on the stump and io what | papers that are supporting | yet the argument loses much of | us force by reason of the fact that the congressman is but a recent con- ert to this theory. Eight years ago as a candidate against Judge Morris and was so annoyed because the the nomination that afterwards he would hardly give any- udge got vody a pleasant look. And when ater he went on the stump for the Republican party it was stated at the time that the campaign managers had to take him out of the district for the reason ubat he wasn’t helping Morris any. It undoubtedly is good policy to keep good men in congress and from every indication that is precisely what this district is getting ready to do with Clarence B, Miller.— Aitkin Republican. See The Independent, in its las’ issue, ks the question, why, if it has ma- sly misrepresented Mr. Thwing, its editor has not been prosecuted therefor. The conviction of the editor of the Independent for libel is of little consequence and is insigaificant when compared with the injury that paper isattempting todo Mr. Thwing. ‘The Independent evidently imagines that is personality, or the personality of its editor, is the thing of import- ance to be considered. The important thing is this: That a young man, a good citizen, a bright 4nd able attor- ney of Grand Rapids and Itasca coun- ty, isa candidate for an important office, and his friends and neighbors are desirous that he should receive fair treatment in the campaign. ,The thing of importance is the effect that the untruthful publications of the Independent may have upon the yesult of the election, and the future of Mr. Thwing. The conviction of the Independent editor for libel would in no way compensate for -the injury and wrong that paper is trying to do. pgp n| The Independent evidently thinks that it isa light and strivial matter to ruin a young man or blast his fu- wure by false statements through the columns of that paper, and that such nuimation can be compensated for or gioned for and the justiceof the thing made right by prosecuting for libel. The greater question is this: Will the people of this locality submit to havisg the future of young men who are striving to get to the front, to make something of them- selves, to take their place in the pro- gressive affairs of the country, thwarted, ruined and blasted by a newspaper whose editor imagines that his work of injury and ruin is of no more consequence than himself or his paper, and of so little consequence that a libel suit 1s sufficient to satisty the injury done? That paper and its editor complain of the words ‘‘idiocy”, “imbecility’’ etc., applied to them in } our last issue. In our judgment, such words are hardly strong enough to fully express the mental condition of any man or paper who think that a prosecution for libel will satisfy the wrong the Independent is attempting to do. pa I FE One of the false and malicious state- ments of the Itasca County Indepen- dent ii that Mr. Thwing neglected the prosecution of criminal cases at last term of court in order to go out and make his canvass. The fact is that Mr. Thwing attended strictly and exclusively to the prosecution of the criminal cases until all of the persons confined in jail were tried. After the trial of all persons confined in jail had been completed, Judge McClenahan tcok up the consideration of what disposition should be made of the other criminal cases; that is, the cases out on bail, and after some discussion, participated in by the Court, Judge McClenahan, and coun- sel who were interested in the caseé, the Court announced that the parties Interested in civil cases had been waiting since the opening of the term to have them tried, and that, in the judgment of the Court, it was not fair to longer delay those cases. Judge McClenahan then stated that no more {criminal cases would be tried until after all the civil cases, triable by jury, had been disposed of. ‘Vhere- upon and pursuant to the order of the Court, the trial of criminal cases was stopped, and the trial of civil cases was commenced, and thereafter con- tinued uatil about the 12th day of August, on which date Judge Mc- Clenahan adjourned the term of Court. The fact is that Mr. Thwing not only prosecuted all of the so-called jail cases, but was ready to go ahead with the prosecution of allothercrim- inal cases and would have done so had not Judge McClenahan stopped the prosecution of the criminal cases and ordered that the trial of civil cases should commeace. Notwith- standing that the truth in regard to this matter is either known to or easily ascertainable by, the Indepen- dent and its editor, it maliciously publishes an ustruth for no other purpose than to injure Mr. Thwing. ee a ‘I'he .Independent aud its editor claim that the statements made by the citizens of Grand Rapids and vicinity in their endorsement of Mr. Thwing are libelous, and threatens to bring a suit for libel against the signers of the endorsement. The truth is, that before the endorsement had been published at all, in fact before it was signed~by all of the parties whose names are attached thereto, the editor of Independent and his attorney were running around towo threatening the signers with a prose- cution for libel, and endeavoring to scare them into withdrawing their names aod repudiating the endorse- ment. The Independent’s bluff did not work, and it threatens in its paper to prosecute these men orsome of them. Strange, isn’t it, how ex- ceedingly sensitive the Independent and its editor are? For two months it has been publishing false state- ments and untruths against Mr. Thwing, and now, when it is rebuked by the citizens of Grand Rapids, and told in plain language that its state- ments are false and they are published with the malicious purpose of injuring a worthy young man, it becomes very much wrought up and cries “libel.” One would suppose that a person or paper so sensitive as that would ap- preciate the feelings and sensitive- ness of other people, and would respect the rights of others. The performance of the Independent and its attorney running around town in- | terviewing thesignersof Mr. Thwing’s libel and complaining that their endorsement might injure the Inde- pendent, is about’ as ridiculous, as anything that we have seen lately. The attention of the editor of that paper and his attorney was called to this fact. We are informed that to one person they made this statement: “Don’t you know that the making of that endorsement will hurt Tony?” To which the following reply was made: ‘‘Don’t you’ know that your false publications might injure and probably have injured Mr. Thwing?” “Don’t you know that -to publish those falsehoods against Mr. Thwing may hurt him?” Why does the In- dependent and its editor think that they are of more consequence than other people, or why should they think that they are entitled to vilify and slander others and that to be rebuked for it is a personal injury for which they ought to have redress in the courts? A Few Striking Facts. There is an old saying. that “Give some men rope enough, and they will hang themselves.” With that saying in mind, we call the attention of the people of this county, and especially the good citizens of Nashwauk, Bovey, Coleraine, Taconite, Holman, Marble and Calumet, the good citizens of all the Range in this County, to the at- tack made upon Mr. Thwing in the last issue of the Itasca County Inde- pendent, relative to his conduct as county attorney during the strike on the Range in 1907. We remember distinctly that at that time, the good citizens of Nashwauk, Bovey and Coleraine, were very much wrought up and excercised over the possibility of the strike being extended the whole length of the Range, and of its continuing. We remember distinct- ly that it was claimed by those towns that 1t meant ruin and disaster to the towns themselves, and to hundreds of business men living there. We re- member distinctly that it was claimed that there were hundreds of men who had purchased lots on time, borrowed money to put up buildings, and who had started in business, all with the expectation that the mining indusiry would continue; that business con- ditions would continue, and that there- by they would be enabled to pay their bills and clear their property. We remember distinctly how it was claimed that if the strike was continued for any considerable lengthJot time, busi- {ness men would be unable to make their payments, and would thereby lose all they had, and be bundreds and thousands of dollars in debt. We remember distinctly how the mer- chants, hotel-keepers, proprietors of restaurants, men running saloons. me- chanics and all others, met together in public meeting and passed _resolu- tions all condemming the strike and urging upon all parties interested to take steps to stop the same as soon as possible, and especially to prevent its spreading. We remember how these same good citizens called upon the sheriff and the county attorney of this county to go to Nashwauk so that they would be on the ground in case their services were needed. We dis- tinctly remember that both the county attorney and the sherift took a very conservative and moderate course during the entire strike, and attempted, fairly and faithfully, to perform their duties as public officers of this county, Will the good citizens of the Range, the good citizens of Nashwauk, Bovey, Coleraine, Taconite, Holman, Marble and Calumet, those who were on the ground at the time and who were so vitally interested in the result of that strike, will they permit the official acts and conduct of these public officers to be turned into the instrument- alities for their undoimg? If so, what must be expected ofthe public officers of this county should the conditions of 1907 be repeated? If we mistake not, the attempt of the Independent and its advisers to make political capital out of Mr. ‘Thwing’s performance of duty during that strike will result in rousing the entire Range to vigorous action in defense of Mr. Thwing, and will in- crease his majority on the rsth Sep- tember. For Representative—52nd District. re Bes I wish to announce to the voters of the 52nd Minnesota legislative dis- trict that I am a candidate for nom- ination on the Republican ticket for representative in the state legislature. If nominated and elected, I shall try to be useful to the constituency of said district and endeavor to get such legislation enacted as will stimulate the development of Northern Min- nesota. A L. HAMILTON. Get printing at Herald-Review. Dr. Spoftord’s next visit to . Grand Rapids will be October 17th, at hotel Pokegama. |endorsement, threatening them with For. ‘Having received the unanimous endorsement of Cass County, 1 re= spectfully announce my candidacy for the legislature from the 52nd district. Your vote is solicited at the primaries Sept. 15. Chas. W. LaDu, Pine River, Cass County, Minn. Hattie F. Booth, Grand Rapids. Candidate for Republican Nomina- tion for the office of County Supt. of Schools. I. D. Rassmussen, Clerk of Court. Candidate for Republican Nomina- tion for the office of Clerk of Court. Keo LeRoux, Grand Rapids. Candidate for Republican Nomina- tion for the office of County Treasurer. Charles L. Frye. Republican candidate for office of County Treasurer. W. A. Rossman Candidate for County Attorney, Re- publican Primaries. H. S. Huson, Judge of Probate. Candidate for Republican Nomina- tion for the office of Judge of Probate. * T. T. Riley, Nashwauk. Candidate for Republican Nomina- tion for the office of sheriff. JESSE HARRY | Candidate before Republican Pri-| maries for nomination for office | of Sheriff of Itasca County. George Riddell. Candidate for Democratic Nomina- tion for the office of Sheriff. D E. H. Bither, Bovey. Candidate for Republican Nomina- tion for toe office of County Attorney. For Sale. I offer my residence property con- isting of four large lots and two story, seve’ room house, located on he southwest corner block ten, Houghtons First Addition to Grand Rapids. Eigth unimproved lots in the village. Fifty-acres of hardwood within 5 miles of Grand Rapids. Call or address E. R. Lewis, Grand Rapids. An ad. in the Herali-Review brings results. John A. Brown, County Surveyor. Candidate for publican Nomina- tion for the office of County Sur- veyor. E. J. McGowan, Register of Deeds. j | Candidate for Republican Nomina- tion for the office of Register of Deeds. M. A. Spang, County Auditor. | Candidate for Democratic Nomina- tion for the office of County } Auditor. ‘ A. A. Kremer, County Treasurer. Candidate for the Republican Nom- Frank F. Price Candidate for Democratic Nomina- tion for the office of County Attorney. EYES Dr. Larson, the eye special- ist, will be at Hotel Poke- gama Graad Rapids, the 15th and 16th of each month. All those having trouble with their eyes ur in need of the proper services for the fitting of of glasses are cordially invited to call. Cross eyes straightened, diseases of the eye carefully diagnosed. Artifi- cial eyes in large stock. Good Printing—Herald-Review.