The Osceola times., 1878-04-27
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asst might have been, and, although
the gentlemen who compose the
celebrated No. 3 of the town coun.
ell, may have Inexperienced, 10
some extent, our meaning, and cal
though" IN their (bis) would be
crushing reply in last weeks issue,
they attempt, with a iulsome dis
play OF rhetoric aud ch,n.music, 10
draw the capillary substance over
the optic orbits Of the communi,
~. wo now. as promised in our last
propose to give, NOT the views OF
odrself and I to 3 alone. but tha, o'
the ~ voters who elected the town
board.of..mayor and.Aldermen. and
who arc tho judges.
To begin: We deny that we ever
charged any Of the nominees oi
e'sh~ ticket with making pledges
that what VIC meant was just what
we ssid, the entire ticket as eject.
cd was fully recognized and ac
knowledged MS a compromise hck
ct by the majority OF tho rofers, aud
that compromise based upon the
question Of retaining W. b. Has.
k,ns as Marshal, aud keeping up the
whiskey tax" The word "eompro
misc may not suit the fas,idlous
notions OF the immaculate 3, but the
voters, when they me, and nomina.
ted an opposition, TO that frs, eu;.
and dried ticket, made a compro.
mise by accepting three OF the nom
inees ofth, first convention be.
sides, the very tact that two tickets
were nominated, when nothing but
local measures were at issue, neces.
sariiy implied eompi om'sc, which
was well understood aud acted up.
ON by those, at least, who voted tor
the officers who were elected. Ad
nit ing no other known facts about,
II, that alone shows ,ha, a compro
mlsc was, 10 Say the least, aimed
at. Blu; to the facts: Convention
No. !. or rather. the fathers OF il,
had tor their object, the breaking,
or disintcgra,ioa OF the town or
ganixation, which was hy some Of
them, openly deelarcd-uoi by any
process OF law, for tha, was un,en.
able, but by cutting of the whisky
tax; the only scarce of revenue,
and electiug marshal a, minim-
am salary, who was either incth
Gent, or could no, serve effectively
for the pay Convention No. . was
called together, avoweily, for ,ae
purpose OF defeating the object Of
convention No. |, and not IT'S nom.
,nees particularly, but the men on
that ticket known TO DC opposed To
the town orsan,xalioa. The men
of convention No. . voted for, or at
least, thought they were voting for
men who were in favor OF letting
the whiskey tax stand just rs IT was,
and retaining Mr.. Hs>kins as town
marshal. As soon as Convention
No. saw the nominations made
by No. 3. they openly declared that
they "could not change their tick
ct. In either case, said they, "!et
Us drOp, CT favor the whiskey L
cense, aud set to work 10 oust Has.
kius; aud Why : because, he Is one
of the most stfielen, Of officers, aud
The "eoncern will live on. If he 1,
retained. TIE vote stood, Tor May,
or, nominee OF No. ?, ~, against
tor nominee oi No. /, aud none ol
the ~ ~ho voted Tor the nominees
.; No. ., wanted h%sklns removed,
sHd they are here IN our midst 10
answer for themselves
Now. as TO the salary and tees,
that the marshal was TO reecive,
,ha, too. had been 6xei by the old
board, ct the Suggestion OF the az.
thor OF S to I, and by him voted
tor, 10 strict compliance with toe
s'stS,e upon the subject: aud the
,horgh, 10 change il. had never
been entertained, astil The newly
elected board met, and the Fathers
Of convention No, | wsre well rep-
re>en,ei BY trtnmers, Sna 10
~hom W. h. hsskins had bat very
receHtiy bevNme exceedingly OBJ
roxious. and tor no known reSsen
save ths, he'i been instrumental in
capturing eriEsinsls and msr,iersrs,
Which neec>sitx,ed an outlay. hy
the cout,y, of few hundred dol
lars in eoaa,y scrip. in the ~ay OF
board zrd isilor fees vk,le ,x.;,