McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-11-29

CATER THE BATTLE" is the cap.
ton under which the Courier, assailed
THE TRIBUNE, the people of McCook,
and of Willow Grove precinct, las,
week. The editor first pays his respects
to THE TRIBUNE in the following para.
graph, which it is not at all necessary
for us to notice, as the people of Red
Willow county know full we'll that there
is not one truthful word in the entire
paragraph:
''THE TRIBUNE of the Sth inst, not
satisfied with the results of the election
in this county, seeks to fight the battle
over, and in the hour of probable vic
tory, gloats over the defeat of certain
candidates on The TICKET.
We have made diligcnt inquiry into
the condition OF the Editors health at
the time of giving birth to the above
but, have found no indications of any
dire disease, save that the editor was
suffering from paroxysm Of dyspepsia
superinduced by hearing the returns
from Willow Grove precinct, which is
a constitutional excuse. For fear that
the condition of our mind with respect
to the recent county election be misun-
derstood, let us remark that we have
no cause for dissatisfaction whatever,
that VIC are not feeling particularly
bellicose, and that what the Courier
styles GLoATING, was in fact merely
the reproduction of some of The Cour-
ier Extra "slop-over," to stir up the
editors ''pure mind by way of remem-
brance" which, although a "close stu
dent Of party history and principles,
he had failed to see or hear. Sorry we
were misunderstood.
comparisons are odorous," at best,
but comparing the Bridge Bond Elec-
ton with the quiet, orderly election held
in McCook on the 9th inst, is most
ludicrous burlesque of the truth, an
absolute falsehood, to put 1t mild, and
a slur on the good people of McCook.
The editor says that he was Informed
by prominent citizen of McCook,
that the election held here was con-
Quoted in more EXTENDED and aggra-
waited" manner than 'the famous Bridge
Bond Election, F." where whiskey flowed
like water. An unmitigated falsehood.
The only really intoxicated man on our
streets on election day was the. ''THE
TICKET" peddler, and, sub rosa, who
helped or ought to have helped pay for
the Bridge Bond Election whlskey
He further says that so illegal votes
were polled in this precinct. A mere
bald-headed assertion. Let us have the
proof. While 1t MAY BE POSSIBLE that
very few votes were cast which were
illegal, the allegation that so illegal
votes were polled is not true, or The
TRIBUNE, at least, wants the proof to
convince US. We know of 25 men
right here in McCook who did not vote
at all, and others think there are more.
Willow Grove precinct, if all voters
come out, can poll 225 legal votes.
In conclusion, the election in this
precinct was as quiet and orderly one
as any held in Red Willow county.
The whiskey may have flown like water,
but no one living here saw the stream,
or its hideous effects, except in the case
mentioned. The Courier has made
number Of serious charges against the
people of this precinct, and we would
respectfully call for the proof. Let us
see whether these outrageous insinua-
tons are based upon fact or whether
envy has been the prompter. But for
heavens sake don't give your MeCook
friend away.