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FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1914
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BICKFORD PARDONED.
George L. Bickford, former'
state treasurer who was convict
ed of misappropriation of state
funds after a long litigation, has
been granted a pardon ^by the
state pardon board. The case
has been in court for a number
of years and just recently the su
preme court upheld his convic
tion in the lower courc and sus
tained the sentence of frcm one
to three years in the state peni
tentiary. Bickford misappro
priated over $60,000.00 of state
funds. but through his friends
was able to return the money be
fore he was arrested, so that the
state only lost about $50 which
was charged against him. This
•gave a chance for a great deal
of litigation, but the courts held
thr.t the money was actually em
bezzled. notwithstanding the
fact that it was returned through
the Ecod offices of his friends.
One member of the pr.rdon
board, who did not favor Bick
feni's pardon, resigned as a re
's::
!t of the action of the other
fcur. believing h^t Bickford
should have served his time, but
net wishing to eppnse the other
members stepped down and out
c: he way.
'Bickford, during his official
•life, was one of the most prom
inent of the so-called "progress
ive republicans'' of the state and
his arrest, trial and conviction at
tracted national attention. To
day he is back on his farm in the
northern part of the state sup
porting his family and trying to
keep out of the public eye. The
fact that he was a married man
with a fa mil}* to support, the ad
ditional fact that he had net de
frauded the vtate out of any
money, had a great deal to do
with his pardon.
Bickford's career, is a lesson
to all public officials who are
tempted to use funds that don't
belong to them. Notwithstanding
the fact of his pardon, he has
been punished severelj' for his
official misconduct.
He lost all his worldly belong
ings in the long litir: aticn and he
is today a political otucast, shorn
of all public esteem. Honesty
st',11 remains the best policj'.
prise the natives and cut some I
hgure as to the outcome between!
Manna and Burdick. Hanna's
friends hope to see Wishek cut,
into the Burdick vole and Bur
dick's friends contend that Wis-!
hek will cut into Hanna's vote—
and there you are. Time will
tell.
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THE GOVERNORSHIP.
The strife for governor on the
republican ticket is getting more
keen as the primary election ap
proaches, and some issues are
being brought out.
It was first supposed that the
fight for the republican
nomina­|
tion would be between Governor
Hanna and Usher L. Burdick, of
Williston, but this man, Wishek,
of Wishek, seems to be putting a
little mustard in the guberna
tional campaign rr.d may spring
a surprise on June 24th.
Governor Hanna and Burdick
stand for a continuation of the
prohibition law and in favor of
woman suffrage, while J, H.
Wishek is campaigning the state
making speeches i,n favor of re
submission and opposed to wo
man's lights. This is the first
time in recent years that a can
didate for governor has come out
squarely for resubmission of the
liquor question. ar.d although
there is no hope of winning in
this state on that issue, the fol
lowing that Wishek may work
up before June 24th may sur-
IF YOU LOSE. rciS Gfttie.
rTH.u make EIGHT IN A
Row v.'on't iT
There is no question but what
the campaign will be watched!
closely by those interested, with
the odds favoring Hanna. I
A GOOD TRIO.
John Odland, of Golden Val
ley, Burton Covell of Billings
county and Robt. List of Bow
man county, will make a good
trio to send to Bismarck as rep
resentatives from this district-
Golden Valley county is en
titled to a representative and
John Odland will make a good
representative for this county,
being a young progressive farm
er who has already had two years
Rn.rimMgrr i, I
rhor.ld join hands and vote for
Odland, Covell and List for their
representatives.
v'ay.
print the news of the
experience as rejpresentative ati touch upon that part of the sub
Bismarck and who was nominat- ject with which 1 have become
ed by the republicans two years familiar during my experience as
ago as first choice in a field of I publisher of a weekly newspaper
six candidates. in North Dkota. And in giving
Robt. List has also served two! that I ask your apology.
years as reprsentative from Bow- 1 will first give you ray idea
man county and this year is their of a newspaper, and then my
only candidate. In view of this idea of politics.
fact Billings and Golden Valley 1 think 1 am backed up by the
counties shculd support Mr. List best of authority when 1 say that
in fairness to the people of that a newspaper is one that not only
county. tells you when, how and why
Each county should have a
repress/native and each
railway into the country south of
veil, and he is entitled to the sup- assaulted Peter Peterson, but it
barrel on a hot July day. Accord
to the official notice on page
four of th:s issue, there are 44
Beach candidates in the field.
Who Paid B?ach wasn't on the
map, politically.
Overheard on Northern Paci
f.c flyer approaching Beach—this
fall: B—L\—A—C——H! Change
rnrs for Burkey, Carlyle and
Oliie.
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port of the ether two counties on must as well as a news vendor
Are vou a subscriber to a his-! be in politics. If every citiezn in
tory—-antiquated news—or a *J»s country were a politician, in,
i-ve newspaper? If you want "e
1 lie Eaitorial Page ^TbrOrttClC
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Bo.h I\n. Covell and Mr. List information on the affairs of the
have been endorsed at farmer county, state and nation, accord-'
c°unty
siioi-ld support the other two right. A politician is a man or'
county men. woman who is interested in the'
Geld en Valley county is the management of public affairs,1
only one that has more than one schools, village, township, city, I
candidate on the republican tick-! county, state and national gov-1
et, but we should not "hog" it. ernment. A politician is simply
FS we only comprise one-third of a person who takes an active in-!
the district. terest in the affairs of his com-1
true
seTlse
"The Newspaper In Politics"
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gen
tlemen, Members of the North
Dakota Press Association.
Likewise Billings county has! John Doe went to Europe and
only ore candidate, Burton Co- when where and why Ole Olson
of
Mr. Kastien will withdraw as a Realizing this, what a pity it
candidate and let the north farm-! '-s that so many newspapers fail
ers select a man from their own in doing their part in their com
number. They may do so any- muniiies for /the betterment of
The Golden Valley Chronicle! standpoint of the country
was the first paper in the state to!
County politics is sure warm-
ing us some. Candidates are as: People regarding public mat
thick as flies around a molasess' Jer»
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PAPER GIVEN BY CHRONICLE EDITOR AT NORTH DAKOTA
PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETING
When 1 was selected for this m^n in this gathering. That
subject by the committee, I be
lieve a great injustice was done.
Not to me but to the subject.
Outside of what 1 learned in se
curing an eighth gra,de certifi
cate, I gathered in a weekly
newspaper office while acting in
the different capacities of devil,
press kicker, type sticker, fore
man and editor and publisher.
"The Newspaper in Politics" is
a big subject and I can only
uedUfft-°n caud
mass meetings southern Bill- mg to its field. not considered. It was all party.
ings county, and ..lr. Odland is We all know the meaning of! 1 have a relative who in tho.^e
certainly a good farmer repre-, politics, although the word is! days actually voted against his:
sentativc of this county, so the badly abused- Ordinarily, when cwn brother, whom he'wanted to'
larmers c. the three counties: one speaks of a "politician" we! see elected, because the party
think of a dark, swarthy, cun-1 idea was so strong in him, he felt
ning individual, who makes his his duty to consider the party
living shaking hands. smiling, fust.
kissing babies, handing out cigars
and grafting. But that is not!
And then, too, the farmers ofimun'ty' state and nation.
Golden Valley county have no We are all politicians. I mean, Especially is this true in the'eoun
interecMn comrnon with Mr.! we should be. And especially is try weekly field, for it matters
I °d'f?1d's opponent. this true of the newspaper men.
I Od.'and, Covell and List are, If politics is simply the managing democrat, republican, a bull
a rood trio Give them your and running of public affairs-
support and vote. and no one can dispute that,
every newspaper certainly should
the
public affairs and conditions. I
arn speaking particularly from
week'y
proposed'
extension of the Northern Pacific
to
paper. It is just as much
l^e duty
°f ^e country weekly
educate and inform the peo-
p*e reSarding
this city. If you want the news ^eir respective communities as
subscribe for this paper. is
l^e
educate
of._sftate
THIS COG IS A HIT HOUNO. rtt SRRKS
0NC£ FOR A SINOlC BV HIS TtftM.TwiCE
FOR ft OOuBLt AND TURM1 A ioria*-*£T
FOP. A HOME RUM HE'S S0«*tE IvtftSCOT
1 am talking to you as sincere
newspaper men and 1 do not be
lieve that there is an insincere
7* hide-bound, party newspaper
kind of a newspaper and that
kind of an editor is becoming a'
thing of the past, at least, 1 hope
so. 1 am talking to you as sin-!
cere men who have devoted your
lives to the newspaper game for
the betterment of yourself and
the people with whom you and
your newspapers come in con
tact.
When I first entered upon the
duties cf devil in a country news
paper establishment, it seemed to
be the custom for the newspaper
man to simply declare his party
politics and then abide by the
law as laid down to him by the
party boss- .1 he party bosses
named both the republican and
democratic tickets at party boss
ed conventions, and the country
editor who was running the re
publican paper supported the re
publican ticket so named, and
the democratic editor supported
lhe
democratic ticket likewise
and lhnt wag alj the
to
the
r]-.itv
of the
you
part
word, what|want
news, there is one place you are S^at improvement there would When jyou want a certain law
always sure get it when it is:bo in politics. passed "down here at Bismarck,
news ine chronicle. If it is essential that individuals! you don't cave whether it i3 pass
take an active part in politics, ed by the republicans or demo
he north farmers seem to be' Hbw much rr ore essential is it crats. or whether it is signed by a
aroused over the prospects of for newspapers to be in politics,
losing representation on the bearing in mind that the news-
board cf county commissioners- paper is the informer and educa- law passed that you want.
It is hoped by Beach people that!
tor
°f ^e individual as a class,
public matters in
duty of the national
weekly and the great metropoli-
dailies to
and inform
and nation. When
I say inform and educate the
people, I am not speaking of the
insincere, hide-bound party pa
per neither am I speaking of the
paper that is tied up to some
special interest, for those kind of
papers are not educators, they
are not informers- but simply
breeders of ignorance and car
riers of misinformation. I there
fore discard that class of news
papers from this subject.
E we NEED same UKK
Rioht now their. H£A\iY
.slugger'S l)PBf\SES
FULL AN' LOOK at
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,e
candidates
pctent.
seem_
I
expect. It was a matter of
collrsei It mattered not whether
named were com-
honest, mora! or worthy
Qf pubi office The man
days, with our modern system of
selecting candidates, is to inform
and educate the people regard
ing^ the man—the candidate him
selr—and then the party after
wards. The people expect this
and it is your duty to them, as
publisher of their newspaper, to
pive them this information.
not
a
I
^ut ^ngs have changed. The
newspaper nowa-1
whether a certain man is a
mooser
or a socialist when you
want a g00(j county 0fficer.
When
printer comes along wanting a
don't ask him what
he belongs to, but you do
to
know what he can do.
republican or a democratic gov
ernor—as long as you get the
You want men and action,
not partyism and platitudes
I am a republican and believe
in the national issues as advanced
by republican leaders as against
those advanced by other parties,
but in view of that fact, I do not
believe it my duty to support
every republican who happens to
be nominated, from coroner to
president. I have not done so in
the past and 1 will not in the fu
ture, unless in my opinion every
republican candidate is just as fit
as the opponents that are against
him. And I think it the duty of
every newspaper man to consider
the man when deciding which
candidate his newspaper should
support.
And another thing, there is no
excuse for continued corruption
and graft in county politics. 1
say county politics because that
is as far as tny actual experience
has extended. When I first took
hold cf the paper that I am now
editing there was graft and steal
ing going on in our county, and
urr
V' ^V
it had been going on for years.
In the first campaign, to quote
my enemies, 1 made an ass of
myself by telling some plain facts
regarding local conditions the
paper was defeated in the cam
paign, 1 was sued for libel and
the grafting continued. The sec
ond campaign I made an ass of
myself again, drew another libel
suit and conditions didn't im
prove much. But now 1 am go
ing to tell you a different story.
Taxes became intolerable the
people became suspicious and
the facts the paper had been
driving home so long began to
soak in. The result was that
every county office was filled
with a new man—with one ex
ception, and then an investiga
tion followed which showed that
the paper was right.
I am not telling you this to
throw bouquets at myself, but
simply to carry my point in say
ing that the newspapers have it
in their power to better political
conditions everywhere—and that
they should be in politics. Not
only that but they should en
courage every one of their read
ers to get in politics also. That's
where we all belong. Women as
well as men.
I am sorry to say that in going
over my exchanges, I find a great
many paper that have no editor
ial page. They seem to take no
interest whatever in public affairs
except possibly just before an
election, and as a result they do
not have thp influence for good
in their communities that they
should. I wouldk like to see
every editor in the state devote!
just as much time to an editorial
page as he does to his local page.
Let the people know that you are
a live wire that you have opin
ions, not only when the candi
dates come around, but all the
time, the year around, and furth
er, that you are not afraid to ex
press them. When a wrong has
been committed in your com
munity. speak out, comment on
it, keep the people interested in
the affairs of your community—
the politics of your community—
and you will find that your
paper will be more generally
read- more appreciated, your cir
culation will increase, both on
your own system, and although
you may lose a dollar here and
there on account of your editorial
page, you will feel better, be
come more interested in your
business, and your community
will be better off as a result of
the deeper interest that your
readers will take in public mat
ters.
There is another matter which
I wish to touch. North Dakota
has a corrupt practice act which
regulates newspapers to a certain
extent regarding their action in
politics. The law, although
there are features about it which
I do not approve, is a good thing
for the newspaper man. It gives
him something on which to, stand
and declare his independence. It
prohibits the running of political
matter for money unless it be
marked "paid advertising." This
purifies the editorial columns,
and gives the office seeker no
chance to ask for complimentary
boosts unless he pays for it, and
when he does, your readers know
it. Under this law your editorial
columns have more weight with
your readers.
In closing I will say. if there is
an editor present who is not in
politics and who does not main
tain an editorial page, my advice
to him is to break the ice right
now and get in, and give your
readers a strong editorial page
every week. The newspaper
should be in politics every day in
the week, every week in the
month and every month in the
year, all the time, the year
round. Get in, boys, and never
get out. It's where you belong.
—We Others Follow—
ill the Umpire! Kill Him!
Mr. Fan's Willing the Doc Should Be Included
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RESOLUTIONS.
Passed At Public Mass Meeting cf Farmers of Fifst Com
missioner's District Held at Lapla School
House, June 1, 1914.
HEREBY BE IT RESOLVED that we. as farmers and tax
payers of the First Commissioner's District of the Golden Val
ley county, assembled together in a public mass meeting on
this, the first day of June, 1914, do with good intent pass the
following resolutions'as evidence of our sentiments on various
public questions and conditions which have been brought to
our notice in this meeting.
First, BE IT RESOLVED that the farmers first and upper
most duty is his duty as a neighbor, a duty which is peculiar
to him as a farmer and which ?n private matters usually de
termines his intimate friends however, on public questions
the farmer firrrly believes in each one determining for him
self his own attitude on all p"blic o"e^':ons and public men
guaranteeing to himself his right of liberty *o vote and choose
his political associates, as seems to him, best ard proper and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the farm-r refuses to
stoop to the depth of petty politicians and numbers his friends
np'o-hbors onlv from his Dolitical associates.
BF, IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is the farmer who
h*s forced his way westward toward the setting sun, has turn
ed the ^rairies of waste into tillable farms and has built fr»r
^''m and his a home, has struggled hard and natientlv against
b'?h tares, exorbitant interest and profits and it is he who is
the tax bearer and to him belongs the right to supervise the
distribution of the ?atne,
THEREFORE. IRE IT RESOLVED that we, as farmers and
taxpayers of the First Commissioner's District, firmly believe
that from our number should be chosen our Commissioner,
*"ho to us is the most important riffirial in our Count", for it
is he who ?uards our interests and administers to owr wants-
ALSO, BE IT RESOLVED that we firmly believe that from
the various farmers in the First Commissioner's District, who
have become candidates, there can be chosen a suitable man
to serve as our Commissioner and it is not necessary to throw
the burden upon a Beach man, regardless of the fact that he
is a man whom we all, as farmers, hold in the highest respect,
and we also firmly believe had Mr. Kastien understood our
inmost feeling, he would have refused to become a candidate,
thereby, casting the reflection that Beach does not recognize
the rights of the farmers to a Commissioner choosen from
their number, or their ability to furnish one capable of trans
acting the business belonging to said office.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we firmK' believe a
farmer who successfully meets the conditions confronting the
Golden Valley farmer today, possesses exceeding ability.
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that the farmers herein a«sem
bled are and always have been loyal to the interests of Beach
and laif,elv the interests of Beach will be their interests in the
future, and we question the advisability of Beach committing
any act that might cause any of the voters of our district to
vole for other than Beach for the County seat.
Be IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we, as farmers, are vit
ally interested in the auestion of a proper county seat. Many
of rs iray remain her^' for |ma'.ny jyears and a mistake
of ours would bring inconvenience to us and our children who
we trust may take our places. We, are farmers, are here to
stav. not like the man with an office chair or a law book, who
can leave on the first train for better fields We must stay or
else our productive farms and fair Beach wiil fade away.
ALSO, BL IT I URTHER RESOLVED thai rpecial inter
ests such as newspaper interests, should never be made an
issue in choosing our public servanst for if so. many gjod
men will in the future, as in the past, be laid on the political
altar as a sacrifice for naught. Neither should the interests of
professional men, such as lawyers, be made an issue in choos
ing. our public servants, for their interests and our interests as
farmers are largely at variance. Theirs is for strife and litiga
tion ours is for peace and co-operation.
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that we, as farmers, in choosing
our public servants refuse to consider, the strife for whatever
it might be within the city of Beach. We also refuse to allow
any factors of that strife to place any of our farmer candidates
for Commissioner in the first District on any side of that mali
cious strife, except the outside, and we, as farmers, refuse and
will continue to refuse until the polls are closed in November
to accept or support any candidate to represent our interests
as County Commissioner who has the least appearance of rep
resenting any faction in that or any other strife.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we appeal to the vot
ers of Beach for Justice and Fair Treatment and to their best
judgment as to the best interests of Beach, and to them we
look for a verdict as to the justice of our position and firmly
believe the verdict will be for the farmer candidate said ver
dict to be determined by your ballot.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of these resolu
tions be served upon A. E. Kastien, as a private citizen of
Beach, upon the City Council, as the City of Beach, and upon
each of the Commercial Clubs of 'Beach, as business men's or-
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