Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-22

shoulders, Is tone Of those things no fcl-
lah eau find out" 8 |.
He then returned to the subject so dear |
to his heart-himself, and told US how
piously he hoped for the millennium when
he became judge. But, alas! in less than
SIX months
"vINDIcMvE EDITOR"
falsely charged him with official miscon-
duct. HE was speaking" no said, "from
the record now" Davidson asked him
to "present the record" and remarked
that he was chronically opposed to being
misrepresentcd and lied about. There
was some excitement, ard the chairman
requested everybody to remember them
selves, and appealed to Page to fuse as
little personality as he could
POSSIBLY GET ALONG w1TH!'
which liberality, on Ira's part, undoubt.
eddy sprung from his not wanting to
silence Page entirely. So the speaker
obligingly agreed to he as gentle as he
could, and mention "characters only for
variety"
And here he made demagogue's use
of the anger he had stirred up. Because
some of his audience, who were perfectly
willing to hear the truth, would not sub
NIT to being wilfully lied at and SANDER
ed, he attempted to carry out the idea that
their ire was aroused because he was
twitting on facts.
This was a dastardly and cowardly
trick, for any one knows how easy it is
TO lead an audience, and a man who will
misuse his position as speaker in uttcring
what he knows to be lies, and will give
no chance for answer, is a contemplate
creature.
Generally, when he would get off one Of
his sneerlng falsehoods, some one would
discomfort him by an interruption, which,
considering the unfairness of the speaker,
was perfectly justifable, On d even neces.
sary. Short, who was honored by being
the special object of his rage, and whom
he fifty described as an
| INEVITABLE FELLOW"
almost every time he spoke, would pune
ture lie so that the stencil from the de.
ceptive gas bag would turn Pages face
white-maybe it was anger that Lleached
him. Short is an 'inevitable fellow
as inevitabl and relentless as fate. Every
liar hates Short.
About here, it became evident to Page,
that his carefully prepared speech would
not go down his audience, and he, fear:
ing that they might kick over the spoon
if he attempted to force down the nause.
Gus mess, concluded to speak no more by
the book, but 60 it extempore, and draw
it mild, to suit the occasion. This, un
doubtedly, was great loss to the audi
ence, for we should, have probably had
some fine abuse, had he only dared con.
Itinue as he had begun. But he had been
taken in and done for by hostile audi.
ence, and so all that middle three.quar
tets of his manuscript was wasted. An
other
FIFTY CENTS
worth of paper squandered by the ring
streakcd robbie rs OF Mower county,!
Ira Jones had at this time appealed t.
the citizens of Mower county about /:
times to keep still and refrain from CT up
ping their feet so carelessly, as he feared
for the building. And moreover h,
thought we ought to keep still. Blu
, whenever he would order quiet, the Page
men would answer with a disturbing
cheer, anu at last Capt. Jones becoming
exhausted as to his patience, picked VI
his hat, and without providing substi
tute, abdicated the throne. But Their
was even then a Shortthorned ran
caught in bush, and waiting to assume
. the craftsmanship. All which will com
> out in due course.
p From his manuscript he dropped to til
PETITION.
Said it contained 6 to misstatements
Not that 'the dear peeps" who ha'
signed it, had Intentionally misrepresen
, ed-oh no, but they had been deceived
/
: mittee was not committee, had no ap
polntment by the people. Let US sampl
this and see how it is: On Monday nigh
, a unanimous vote of the peoples indig
nation meeting instructed Its chairman
to appoint, at his leisure, committee
consisting Of three from each township
of the county, which committee wer
i given full power to act in the anti Pag
3 movement. This committee of sixty de
D cided to petition him to resign, and az
q pointed as a subcommittee, to prescn
him the document, eight of their number
o with Stanley as their head. Consequen tly
Stanley, as head of committee Of eigh
appointed by committee of sixty, az
pointed by the chairman at the request o
the people, was the lawful Representative,
of the majeety of the people, befor
e whom Page was asked to bow. And ye
, Page has the cheek to say they "wer
e not committee" His statement abou
r the vote in the House was equally unfai
d and unwarranted. But, pshaw! we haven
e the time nor the taste for proving til
y whole thing falsehood. Many of hi
It lies were Of the most dangerous kind
L half true.
i. He inadvertently plead guilty, to
: guilty and cowardly conscience. when b
v said he saw men on the street as late q
, 2 and 8 O'Clock on that Monday nigh
d Why was he not sleeping the sleep {
l. innocencys " ,.
RI He read Wharton on consplracies, an
n then read part of the testimony in som
.. old case which was decided against hin
o self, but when they asked him to rea1 o.
r. refused. ....:.... 49,.
I'll One reason why he refused to re sig
ID was, that Harwood was "aying afidav
q MAKER" and forged an affidavit. Ju
n how this attoned for his rascality, b
d. didn't explain. And even if the inevi
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