Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-05
Il Reply to some Who Kao,cs..

II Reply to Some Who knO,rs.'
To the Editor of the Globe.
The charge in an overloaded and awkwardly
handled musket imprudently fred off does
more damage at the breech than at the muzzle
and the charge of ''gross Misrepresentation,
recklessly made aud unsustained by proof, re-
coils with damaging force upon the person who
makes 1T.
Your correspondent whoever he may be),
writing under the signature of Zone Who
Knows" has made, in Saturdays GLOBE, the
serious charge of Misrepresentation of facts
against certain statements, which do not accord
with his views in a previous issue concerning
the proposed change Of road upon Mr.. Webber's
land at White Bear lake.
invite the attention of all interested, to the
fact that Zone Who Knows" makes no logical
attempt to prove his incautious assertion, but
| simply meets the statements of which he dis
approves, by a general contradiction, accom-
panied by vague charge of gross misrepre-
than to the public, to substantiate the charge.
His failure to do this will leave him in an awk-
| ward position.
Let us now examine one or two of his own
statements. A full reply to the first one is
| unavoidably, rather long.
| It is alleged that ''&1r. Weber procured the
bulk Of the signers to his petition among the
| farmers living at a distance from the lake. -
This is, to some extent, true, and here is the
| reason:
Mr.. Weber began by circulating petition
which was prepared at his own house, without
the aid of an expert, and the paper was at once
signed by one 'hotel man, and other "parties
| living on the lake." about twenty in all.
| This petition is still in existence, and is
adorned by tie signatures Of several ''parties
living on the lake and in the village,
and directly interested, who' 1--WE supposed
knew what they were putting their names to,
but who afterwards ST gned an earnest remon-
STRANGE against the granting of Mr.. Webber's
| wishes.
| This first petition was not presented, for the
| reason that its wording-as was found-did moi
| conform to the requirements of the statute pro-
vided for such cases. Moreover, the signature
| of twenty-four frecholders were, under the
statute, required.
A new petition, in regular form, was there
fore prepared and circulated, but several sign
ers Of the first petition refused to sign thu
second, although the purport and object were
the same. Among these, as already stated
were certain prominent signers of the remOn
signatures, of persons who were not free
holders, which appeared on the first petition
were omitted from the second
Mr.. Webber then sought the signatures O.
more distant neighbors, and soon procured tn
neces>ary number, among the substantial land
holders Of the town. He could easily have oh
tanned more, but at that time no active opposi
ton was expected, and he made no furthe
effort in this direction.
Now, Gas to the next point Zone VIII
Knows" gives the impression that Mr.. Webbe
intends to change the road 'for the distance o
nearly a quarter of q mile" The petition
asks for change of 670 feet.
The intended change Will, indeed, place tn
road q few feet nearer the railway than tn
road travelled at present. Whether thi
new line will be dangerous for teams
is a matter of opinion rathe
than question of facts, but the advocates o
the change do not consider that any DANCE
will result.
The careless assertions and reckless accuse
tions of Zone Who Knows" will be furthe
dealt with, if necessary, by
ONE Who KNOWS BETTER.