The Ottawa free trader., 1875-03-20

"Rev. Jim Bauinc, short stop
Ia the RepuJiicUa ut Thursday there appears
lengthy communication h,aded Bourbon, Bar
batism, Brutality" and talhd james Baume.
The pith Of the article, il any pth 1t has is
bruggadocia batch of buncombe, intmaling anc
insiuuating that the FREE TRADER office printed
circulated aud voted the so.calIcd Temperance
Split Ticket on last Monday.
We have known for some time that the ire OF MIR
Baune had been concentrated against The FREI
, TRADER. and that he has let no opportunity
pass without heaving in an insult Affairs RAJ
in this way for several months until the so-calcd
Congressional Temperance Convention was
held Tbs FREE TRADER had no reporter at tn,
convention. Choice bits Of free Advertising such
as surs Oh zone city paper" were passed around
among the faithful, and the convention adjourn
ed. After the adjournment we visited Rev
James Buumc and at our request he Wrote ii,
proceedings. We printed the article as he wrote
It, word for word, letter for letter, and inside OF
two weeks the TRADER was made the subject of
comment because its report riiicuted the conven-
t;on,
His present eiIusion is novel one. In one
assertion he brands the persons who voted
| for the split ticket as insulters of woman's 8
purity, and in another he denounces the vast
throng who were unable to gain admission to
his church on Sunday evening to hear the lecture
of Mr.. Murphy, as rowdes and sots The fact
is, and if Mr.. Baumc knows anything he knows
that of those who went away as great proper
ton were respectable christian ladies and gen.
tlemen as composed the audience inside. He
knows farther, that they did not have to waitun-
til after .he time, as the antor announced the
house full at or within ten minutes Of seven
o'clock.
In connection with the ticket business, We de-
sire 10 say that the Temperance Split Ticket"
,cas not printed at the FREE TRADER office nor 6q
any attache of this office. For the cdfcaton Of
the Reverend jim and the instruction Of the in.
suited ladies, we will mildly say that the social
ed Temperance Split Ticket was printed at the
OHa,u Temperance League office on La Sale st.
Now don't get cranky, but please take this good
advice for the future,-frst try to ascertain the
truth before you prostitute your profession and
degrade your position by maligning an Office
which had no more connection with the insult
to these christian ladies than yourself or
Gabriel Gigger.
While we neither circulated, voted or cleo.
tioneered in behalf this ticket, we regarded it as
piece of frivolous pleasantly, and did not even
make as great o fuss over it as did "the firm and
consistent Alderman Jackson" of the second
ward, when he shook as If he had an ague tit with
mrth at the announcement of these same tick
cts when, in an official capacity, he sat in the
council canvassing the retarns on Tuesday even
ing.
Had not the spirit Of christian rectitude been
suppianted by the goat order of morality we
doubt whether the parson would have either
vented ha pent up wrath on Monday evening or
penned the article referred to without at least
trying to ascertain the truth. He could have
found out the origin of the tickets had he SO
desired, and from the fact that he never made an
inquiry at this office, we infer that it was more
the outgrowth of a knavish disposition to "win
unto himself great glory" than to protect chris
tian ladies that impeled him to attack the "Sat-
urday Slimer'
As further vindicatiou Of our position, we
will state that the ballot Of the attache referred
to in the Republican is shown the poll book Of
the Sd ward as No. 9, which was deposited sever
al hours before he saw the "Splt Ticket"
We trust our readers will pardon us for thus
speaking plainly, but we have submitted to the
cant and insults of this Amibfeab Sleek until
forbcarance has ceased to be virtue.
In conclusion, out adSbce to Short Stop is to
take his goat with all his morals, and following
the advice of Greeley, "Go west and grow up
with the country"