The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1883-04-12

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the county seat, AMI he himself was
one of the parties who aided In the
transaction, and now tries to- beat
around the bush by trying to make us
out something he caii't comprehend
himself. He tells Us that Chase TOWN.
ship fell off nine votes I'm one year
from the time when tie county seat
WAS voted upon, and asks "whht be-
came them" They were probably
good citizens who got disgusted with
such fossils as Radcliffe aud his gang
aud novel away; nothing strange
about that. lie says, ''state facts, not
garbled gossip" Well, since you de-
Sire IL we will say that baldwin did
steal the county seat" which Is self
evident fact. We do not wish to
charge corruption to anyone that's
dead and gone, but there are many
settlers In this township to-day who
cat, fememher the time well aud all
say that Baldwin has no more right to
hold the county scat than Chase has.
You have only showed yourself up In
this matter, and We would advise you
to crawl into your hole, pull the hole
i'm after you and stay there.-Ecfii,se.
Well, my boy, you are giving Rad.
clifTc good deal of q boom. We al-
ways supposed that "Billy" Wood,
Burnam, Ross, Allen, and others,
members of the Town Beard here, to-
gether with Judge II. II. Wheeler, and
the Judges Of the Supreme Court were
entitled to the principal credit for per-
forming the work that moved the
county scat. You should not he 50
onc.siled, and give all the credit to
Radcliffe, just because he Is brother
newspaper man! We never called OH
you to state Who "stolc the county
seat" but simply asked you to state
hoW tse thing cds done and here We
find you going into II perfect delirium.
If you have no proof of yotir charge,
why do you make It? Ifyou have the
proof, why don't you produce 1t; after
you have made So much ado about it?
II it's the "many settlers" in Chase
township who possess the lnformation;
let il oiiti We have waited for eight
years to see the awful crime of the
"pcople of Baldwin" exposed and pun
ishcd. And what have we seen? In
stead Of witnessing the punishment Of
the terrible Williams, We have seen
them elected to highest offices In the
county, aided, beyond doubt, 10y the
"many settlers" of Chase township.
Tell us about the injunction which
WAS granted by the Judge, upon GER
tain representations being made to
him; and also that the Judge, when
le came to learn the law and the facts
In the case, dissolved the injunction,
on the ground that he had no juris,lc-
ton to isstic III the first place; thus re-
leasing the "villainous thieves" who
picked up that little (?) safe, that no
torious safe, md ram away with 1T to
Baldwin, from all moral condcmna-
ton, and legal linbility! Tell your
readers how the alleged conspirators
don't mention the names OF the par
tics arrested, but charge 1t on the
"people of Bal,lwin-or hodctitc) were
punished for contempt of court, and
why 1t was they were 80 severely (?)
punished. Tell them how the "peOple
of Baldwin" Tor Radciife) corrupted
the supreme Court of the State AMI
prevailed upon those simple minded
Judges down there ut Lansing t0lcgal-
ize "Baldwin stole the county seatP'
And when you've showed up "the peo-
pie of Baldwiu"-or Radctife-in all
their sin and iniguity to the Mortified
world; then show yourself an impair.
tial reformer, and explain what WAS
done with the money raised, and what
was it subscribed fUr-as intimated in
the following extract from your own
shect-March 9th, 1882; after alleging
that the county seat WIS 'removed by
force and arms"
Last January money was
In this place for to raise
funds to get il back again. A meet
ing was held here by the citizens, and
O committee of three were appointed
to 10 to Baldwin and work for that
point. We next find the committee
In Baldwin with the Board In session,
u move was made to remove county
seat to Chase, and rs nobody knew
about it, the motion was
lost. This made some of our people
feel kind of sore, and tley said they
would have nothing more to do with
It, and we believe them, for as yet no
move has been made see who will he |
the Supervisors in the neighb0ring
towns, much worse, our own. II there
Is ever to he anything going to be done
about IL, Il will have to he done the
coming Summer, and we advise the
people of our town to look well into
the matter, and get to work with har-
mony and unity IL they ever intend TO
do anything about 1t.
What "move was made?" You
know the question did not come be-
fore the Board! What kind of a move
was made? What was done with the
raised? What made "some of
our people feel kind of sore?" They |
blame the Supervisors, IL they |
never asked them to designate Chase!
And II the "funds" were returned to
''some of our people," what had they
to complain of further? In regard to
the move to be ''made to see who will
be the Supervisor in the neighboring |
towns" what do you mean by that?
What had "some OF our people" to do
with elections I'm other towns? Did
you raise "fund" for that point, TOO?
In conclusion, we want you to dis
tinctly understand that we are not
raking up these past and gone trans
actions for the purpose of creating u
feeling. But inasmuch as you have
assumed the self-imposed task of moral
reformer for Lake county, We simply |
call your attention to these things by
way of aiding you In your undertaking.
When you show up In good honest,
trua and proper shane the transactions |