Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-10-23
20 lHr PEOPLE OF OREGON, THE o. s.
AND WHEREVik Is A. B. COX Is KNOWN.

II AND WHERESik Is A. 3. COX Is KNOWN.
sditors Leaelcr::
Don't Cox wind you cp2 Will you
ontinue to issue the LEAD R, or subsidei
You must be awful men, both Of you
| won't talk to you, at all, but speak to
Ir. Cox, who says he has a character"
You do right, Mr.. Cox, not to ..notice
or recognize" them. for they are bad
men. True, they did not steal the poll
books, but perhaps they will two years
he1.ce. Then "they have 40 testimonials
| OF, character. that you know Of, while
you brought papers from Virginia to
prove you had any character" But,
be easy on those unfortunate ones whose
actions are their only character, having
overlooked the documents. And by all
means frame your papers and hang
them up, for one is liable to need them
anv time
You did right of course, but were you
not little fresh" in calling them ICON
sunlmate liars" before they had chance
to put in their oefence2 I'm no lawyer,
but back in Missouri they always heard
both sides before giving the verdict, es
peeially when the one man got the evi
dence and acted as judge and jury. You
are u lawyer, and can perhaps back up
} your position easier with law than com
mon sense-have more of it seemingly.
II they should prove correct, where can
you run to2 The New York Sam knows
YOU for they published your political let
ter from 81 Btrkely Cox, a leading and
influential citizen Of Umatilla county,
: Oregon" just as you said. Go to Alaska.
Didn't you grind them about being
''foreign-bo born" That was premeditat-
ed act OF vlllainy of theirs. How nice
it would be if foreigners had never come
{ to our shores What an innocent time
, YOU would have had with the native
born, if those wicked foreigners had new
er come, say two hundred years ago
But in Canada they actually train chill
$ dren to be villains, and then export them
t to worry native-born people.
: You gently refer to where 'sthey at
tempt to smirch my character and destroy
my standing among the people of Ore
:. gon." Pshawl they can't do it, it's too
heavy a job. They might smirch your
8 character" for You know you have it
only on paper, but they cannot "destroy
your standing" Not much: leave you
alone for that All strangers have a
: good standing" at first; SO had you.
!" ooing into the East Oreyonia,s did not
$ help you very much, but from present
appearances you are getting even with
that sheet. Just keep on in your pres
II ent course and it will be utterly impossi
e BILE for anyone to destroy your gooo
3 standing.
e That was noble and dignifed senti
ment YOU uttered, 81 renounce all com
y municatlon by writ en or spoken wore
s. with them" The very time to do it. l
d you had waited for theil reply, they
le might have knocked the ''stuttill" out O
&c you. And again, ''for the futzre trea
thea with THAI silent contempt they de
- serve at tie hitnts Of every gentl-ulat
t, Beautiful just the same as # you wer
E. a gentleman. That ''silent contempt" !
a such a sublime method of craving int
hole. You are clever, very.
Who would have thought you coul
a. get in such majestic shot at Pierce an
th Berry2 They probably first got wind 6
ed the books In Washington Ty., and the
t. tried to run them down for two wear
l. days and nights. Wasn't 1t funny ths
y they sooud steal those poll-books, whe
they were the ''leaders of division" an
do Blaiock precinct was solid for division
ny Besides there were two or three yer
ha ha suspicious anti divisionlsts round the,
ay alb ut that time, and it was surely mol
ire in their line. Berry and Pierce must |
en- very wicked to steal the poll-books ava
pp rp fiom their best precinct. But the
,as probably they are "foreign-born or ha,
aid no written character" with them.
on. That speech" at Umatilla! Ye
tne aa guessed the cause Of the whole troubl
7as They say before you made that ''speech
dr. the whole county was just boiling for {
lay vision. You changed them. You wou
's have utterly demolished DIR. Williamst
!. if he had not spoken after you. AS
the ;.as you made a good impression, ver
They should never have taken you hor
to Pendleton, and put Coniey i'll yo
l. place. Conley never made speech Ii
yours at Umatllla, and probably he nev
), >, will. Your friends maligued you VIII
elf elf they said you did more harm than goe
ate Poor, poor Cox! CHyMMY.
9th
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