Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-11-29


quette road in his liie," the fact being
that he had received two tickets of 900
miles each; but in answer to the qucs-
tion as TO whether he got any 500-mi!e
tickets after his election, he says EN-
phatically, mo, sir" though he think S
lie " dis have part of 500-mile tick
eft " that he used after he was elected.
The truth appears to be clearly enough
that he had no 500 mile ticket whatev-
er till after he was elected, and that
when this interview took place he had
received two such tickets, one OF which
had been used up. Begole's defense
appears not to have been fully elabo-
rated until some time in the course of
the present week, and his prophetic
soul evidently did not foresee in Octo-
Der that the publication of his auto
graph letter in November would place
the revelation to his Detroit organ in
light suggestive of memory more de-
IitStlNC a OukIl w
The statement is Begole's own, deli5e-
rately made TO newspaper reporter To
be printed, and it must have been
made with some deliberation. There
is nothing to be said about it except
that it is grossly at variance with facts
shown by the publication of his own
letters
3. Begole's letter to General Mana
ger Potter on The 2d OF June last says.
You Will do me great favor 10y send
ing ne one of your 500-mi' pass books !;
also one for Mrs Begole." Private
Secretary Stevenson disposes OF this
by saying, ANY man in Michigan can
buy 500-mile ticket for his wife at 2 J
cents mile, unle1s You make Mr.. Be
cole an exception The governor ex-
pected to pay for Mrs Begole's book
the market price. The railroad com
pany are under no obligations 10 fur
nisli books for Mrs Begole"
Can the governor tell how he hap
pened to speak of the little red book
,Lhe wanted as pass book!' A
pass. y in railroad por!airce. means a
dead-head ticket, and man calling
for pass book can mean nothin9
but IL book of dead head tickets
| Zone of your 500-lsile pass books for
himself the governor wanted; 'aIso
one for Mrs. Begole." THIS last, the
secretary says, ''the governor expect
ed to pay for" as though it were
within the range of human probability
that any man should beg for q pass
book with the idea of paying for it.
| The "pass book" for Mrs Begole WIS
not sent. There is nothing to Indicate
that lie ever made any further inquiry
about it, as he surely would have done
if he had ordered il in the usual way OF
business and it had not been sent.
| Nearly six months have passed since
he applied for the pass book that
never came, and yet there is no word
of complaint from the governor be-
cause his order was not flied, although
we are assured that ''he expected TO
pay for Mrs. Begole's book the market
price"
There is a kind of proof called cir
cumstantial evidence which is reckon
ed more conclusive than any other. -
The fair aud certain way to find ont
whether Begole asked for received the
little red books on the score of being n
governor, or on tho score of being a
lumberman, is to look at the position,
and business and political relations at
the time, and see what he did and said
i'm connection with the whole business.
In August he declared that he never
had pass ia his pocket in his life. --
There is nothing in his own statements
at any time, or in those of has secreta.
ry or partner or any one else, to indi
cate that he ever had either ~ pass OF
n complimentary little red book up tc
b the ar5t of December, about three
- week, after he had become governor
elect Thrn Ia. applied for LITTLE rec
book in conl,e..,.o'. s., -lir'mats. about
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