The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-24
DlDR'T WORK.
Mr.. Nasty Goes to Ohio to Help Hoadly-
The Disastrous Work.

a, i SoiuClc l. SO oSVI
= Ohio to do suthn toward helpin tn
!. sturdy DimOcrIsy NV the pivotal STAT
. in kerrying 1t this fall. Bascom Wd
@ willin that l shOOd go, eZ every mini
q / spent away from the Corners lessen
Il the amount that he charges to me fu
;. likker, and felt that l must go t.
= help bring the mOssbaX of Ohio bacl
It To their allegiance. Our candidate II
n Ohio heZ a record that needs "a goo,
deal NV explaining to the average
e DimOcrat. Like Il kiCkin gun, the
: Is great danger in Judge HOadly''
I rear. The best reasons for yotii
agin him kin be found in his owl
speeches NV ten years ago.
The tust pint struck was Peter
, vile, in the southern part Nv tn,
= State. l wuZ reserved with Oper
, arms, eZ every trOO apossel of Dunno
, crlsy is in that sort NV IL village. TIL.
place is very like the Corners, tn.
, biZniS consisting mostly NV groSerl
or two, and the inhabitants bein, 81 /;
rOOl. stateSnieii, wives do the heit nv
the work while they are dlvisln ways
and means to pay OFF the nashuna
debt, leenin agin sign posts or Sittin
, contemplatiyely on dry goods boxes
t Within the rosy hours away. In
) ksich places Dim0crisy alwuz wuz
! rampant. Their is where we git our
heaviest majorities.
The yOOsual mcetin wuZ called land
after a conference with the prihci pal
grosery- keepers it WIZ desided that l
shood sppck upon the infamous Scott
law, which taxes the 'SlOOn.kecpers
500 for the privilege Nv gettin mort
cages upon Their nabOr's farms.
acctdId to ther request, for tier aint
anything wich kin 50 stir the avrigr
Dimocrlsy eZ Il law wich tends IL
embarrass the dispenser Nv the pliXer
NV life. and hamper them in any way.
1t wuz good mcetin. Tier wuz
present all the citizens NV the village,
and all the farmers from the kentry
adjacent, and he'd good hopes NV
sOwin seed wich wood bring forth
harvest in October.
| / fortified myself with fax and liz.
gers and opened out onto EN-.
"Feller citizens l commenced,
''DimOcrlsy is the champion NV hoo.
man rites-that is fur white men,"
"Rah!' yelled The meetin in korus.
"DlmocrlSy holds that every man
has the sole rite to control himself,
and that any law wich seq wat Il man
shell or sliel not do is Il infringement
Oh God given rites
Rail-"
"a Republican legislacher last
winter committed Il outrage OH the
DimOcrisy. 1t passed the scott law.
What is the Scott law 1t is law
which imposed Il tax onto the keepers
Nv wet z. oseries. 800 for the sellin
NV beer, and $500 for the sellin NV
other likkers, which is jest Ell neccs-
sary cZ beer for the sustenauce NV the
hooman family
| The awjencc groaned in kOrns.
| "What is the result Under Dime
kratic rool the s'loons went ON quiet
dom Their legitimit biZnis. No tax
collector cum around to disturb EN-,
you Good all cum in when 700 pleased
and git yer sustenance, and things
wuZ happy and pleasant. Wat is it
now Their is eighty s'lOons in this
county. and the Republican feends
hev taxed 'em 500 each, which they
hev paid. Their is to day $4,000 i'll
the County Trezry, witch hey bin
wrung out NV their biZns, and
Up sprung old farmer from adj
| jinin' township.
"Do l understand" seq he, "that
the Scott law heZ collected $4,000
from the s'loon biznis =
| That's the size NV it seq |.
"Does that money go to payin' the
taxes NV the country!'
1T do, l replied, "$l6,OO0 wrung
| from the 'slOOnS,
"Ef iiggers don't lie, that's about
one fifth NV I'LL the taxes the county
heZ to pay. My taxes afore this wuz
about $;!U0 year, and next year l
shell hev only about $50 to pay, witch
Is 20 per cent off,
| And then this merscnary old wretch
yelled:
| "Raa for the Scott law -
"Yoo mustn't 'lah for the Scott
| law" | yelled to the infatuatid louna-
lies. You amt here To 'rah fur the
scott law, but agin it. We art goIn
IL vote to repeel the Scott law"
| mite eZ well hev talked to the
north wind. Every hlastid tax payer
in the awjencc jined him, and they
all got Ia Their feet AMI remarkt III
kOrus that persnel liberty WIZ Il
blessil thing, and in any struggle fur
the maintenance of persnel liberty
they'd send SubStitOOtS. with muSkltS
/ h., Il, Il nlxr 1,nv
did fur the maintenance NV the lOon-
yum doorin the late fratriSdle strug-
| gle, but in us much cZ they Good git
all the likker they mite want ut the
reglrr price, five cents fur beer and
ten cents fur whisky stratr, they
cocdn't see how per>lIcl rites WIZ in
tcrfered with at all. But the maxim
the SlOOns pay One-iifth Nv the taxes
WIZ Il sweet boon which coodn't be
too highly commended.
And instid NV paSsin resolooshenS
CONDEMN the Scott law, blast me Fl
they didn't pass one indorsin it.
| 1t wuZ in vane attempted To stem
the tide. he'd prevus,y insisted that
ledge Hoadly WAS committed agin
| the law. and that the only way tn do
away it WIZ To vote for him. and So
| they passed rcsOlOnShens,
| ENDORSlN JEDGE FORAKER
eZ Il man NV ability and rectitoOd NV
carikter. wich WIZ II ornament To the
State, and in spite nv I'LL l Good ito
they adjourned with three cheers for
him.
1t is sad, but it is so. Poor, weak
humanity can't hold to principle
when it cOniliX with intrests. | amt
shOOr but we shell hev to git our State
comlnitty together and put II supple
mental plank in our platform EN-.
dOrsin the Scott law, anu claimin
that we are the Originaters NV it.
| We are allnZ several months be.
hind in gettin fOrred. We shOOd hev
caught onto this sooner. Come to
| think NV it, u savin NV One.ffth of
the taxes is Il ruther big thing for
the tax payers, and now That put
my gigantic intelek onto it, ! RELY
don't see wat special interest the
man wich drinks likker hPz i'm the
man wich sells it. | shell 90 back to
Kentucky wher ther is 10 such non
sense ez taXin iikker, and wler the
fact that the cOnsoOmer buys entire.
lie upon credit gives the 'slOon man il
hold onto EN- wich he can't break
That's the kind NV kentry for me.
PETROLEUM V. Nasty (Disgusted)