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4 VOICE Eak{M SALT RIvERs
HEInloF IlT RrrEk. IaIy q, Is

this SaltTivsr teri Dry; and are beginning
to feel ! good dsA disappointed to think
Gineral Taylor Is Gliding On to the Presi-
dency 50 long Us ID hopes after y0h con-
eluded 10 stay dow there to Washington and
Eight tic battle oua That Jon would a rputea
him OFT BY this q he, and gin our party 4 |
chance to csine BID again Not that I've
got any thing agA Gineral Taylor and / |
don't sly but what 4 clever sort Of man
enough, and folt w4 in Mexico; and IadonAt
know but heaHa liz folks round him Is ear
rying on The Gossrnihent all smooth and
regular But All thats nothin to the pint.
The whole rub the argument IS, they've
got our places and wo want 'em This Salt
river country Is q Nlrespme place to stay in.
And we've been wfdting here now number
of months, hoping Eon would upset the whole
APPLICANT Of the administration and give as
all fair chance To pick up the fruit Bat
we've been aisappEntedl Ifdon't SEQ IS you
are any nearer getsing Ginsral Taylor putof
4 Office than vnulWa$ three months ago We've
had mum Der Of NeetlngsHnp here abeutit,
and talked the mSfter over, and some Of olr
/ friends are quite kut out With you About it,
! and finC out abott your being old, md lost
your spunk, and 9on't sight with theIgrRt you
used To- iii
took YOUR pan strong, and told EN- twas
no sieh thing f sou was older than you
used to De, YOU Mis- iuH al pitch1nost ret,
and had as Iduch grit insyou as ever, and
only wanted rcussn to make you fight like a
tiger They fnslly agreed if would white
to you and stirsypu UP, 50 as to make you
come down upoaahe Administration hpt and
heavy. as thougI Iuu meant to do something,
they'd be patienla little longer Butif mot,
they'd kick tie \ Union Flower aud take up
another Oh gaa fir the party l asked EN-
how they thought they could better them
selves BY that, aud where they thought they
could find al organ to be compared ito the
| sWhy,' saysI Bill Jones, says he, r. we'll
| take the Salt Rfsr Herald
\ Butt says 4 /. you know the Salt River
Herald cant holiIa candle to the Uliion for
responsibility
4 don't care for that says he, 4 the Her
aid is asmarterpaper; itcan tell TIVE lies to
4 the Unions otlcl week in and week cut, and
put sting in the tail of every one of 'em."
aWeAl, Il taislt agoing to brag," says l,
about the vi s1ISsu's talents for hntcEin fibs,
4 but there's dne thing you ought toremember,
! the HeralAs tSfVhss are attrdys 7rarcrtn
4 whilst the dEaie1fs fts dre Arrays serR stood
to and YOU knbsw, according to the pla say
in. which Isl cons dered worth the NEST
4 i think rather got ahead Of Bill in the
argument lierc.sfor lie couldn't answer me a
word And n0w, ny dear Mr., Richies you
! sec what sbrt df pickle We arc ~, and l
hopc Fou Will spunk up and put yPur best
fat Forward ~ al thu Administration in
arrest !: take hSld Of cm like a cafamonnt,
. | Isl 4 Il IL
glad 70 cledraoiit u d hurry, and let qur party
come ia and lsfve tile rights again tha.t have
belonged To us this twenty years Now, !
don't want TO lind fault nor complain youa
know it amt. my mater. But ImRst say
think youihavb been quite too tame long
back, and too nealy-mouthed, as ifF you was
afraid to speak outyour mind. The fact IS
you must 80 al Gineral ylor in real arnest
He's the head Of the Administration, and
you1kncw III We can cut the head oil the crit
ter's dead But you must give harder blows
than any sou have used yet. don't deny
J butSwhat sou have used some considerable
! smart wofds5to him; I don't deny but VIVA
you've called him q :dolt,n and "cheat,
J and teol,Y and ia mere cyphef,n and s.
disgrace e ths e9pnsTH e spdG isaratinr Tim.
~ -, 80 fraction Of man, II and e an
Il eighth part of the Cabinet and Z liz ly up-
on 4 coach wheel and "a butcher and "a
Nero and 4 d NJ oloeh, and FeaEyelops.'
and sich Ike. But all this don't amount. to
| 1nothin. It'sphly jest Inudgin b man iii the
RIBS with Your elbow, when you ought to up
tistand knock him head over heels If YOU
really mean tos doIany thing, it wont do to
stand mincin words in this soft kind of way.
i You must put the blows on witllga sledge-
hammer Instead Of calling him Al dolt, YOU
should call hifasa material born fool Instead
Of allowing him tp be an eighth part of "a
man you should swear right lip and down
lthatis, if ypa ever do swear) that there isn't
/ a particle Iof the hair Of hide Of nan about
him Talkuptin that kind ofWaH, and our
party would begin to take courage, and feel
az If there wasisouie hopes for iefn gyetI
4 There one thing tsvery important. and
lsee you feel very anxious about il and
that is, tlatswe should get Ginerhl Taylor
| out somehow or other Oh the Wilindt proyiso
! lisa shame aud disgrace, and a5crfme worse
than high TREASON, that be keeps Ills mouth
shet on thatIspbject. ] hope YOU will be able
| To contriye some way OF other to Eel It out
Of him; Bnt. II know it is difficult matter.
| Cousin Nhbby used to have a way of getting
secrets out Of folks when they was asleep.
about their lovers and 80 On. IAbslieYc she
used to do ii by stealing into the rbom'slyly
where they was asleep, and holding a}look-
| ingrglass oven their face, and whispering to
:e ~ and tlssg would answer any question
she asked Now, if you could catch
GineTal Taggor asleep somewhere, Tor if YOU
could get ofleof the servants be Tile White
House to catch him asleep sometime, and
hold "a looktngglass over his face, and whis- \
per to him aiia ask him whether he is for or
Ggtn the ~ ilmot progiso, probably the Sc
cFet would be out and our party would be
safe 1t Makes not pins difference which
side he comes out on we can fight him as
well one way As 'tother The Only thing is
to Iget him out We are ready to head him
On both tacES If he comes out f5r the pro-
viso, we can run him down with Gineral Cass
and if be comes out agia the proyiEo, NE can
run him down With Col Benton. But if he
don't come All az all, L m afraid w can't run
him down with nobody
Now, db tFy and do your best 10 EFT him
sut uh the prprisos fOr Jon see how important
ISL rsulssin your patient but rather hun
cry friend,
MAJoR JACK DOWNING.
Eleharal Taylor Is destined ID hear.
fomEau Indignant people themselves. thtln.
dsrs snors terrible 10 his ears than TIE roar
81 tl'e ensnys cannon a Buena Vista, +"
4,-l Cssion
wv hare seen Gen Taylor, before row. At
times When be thhnders Of an INDIGNANT poo /
Die We're loader than the enen1y's cannon At /
BneHa Fss1s but they were terrible only ia /
the ehrs az 8fffose n hi ~. sl,,,.aS $500 /