Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-10
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From Sto1l. :.
Editor Of the Transcript:
III tho lsst nll u yoAr puper. / no.
tice two slandsrous and libelIious COM
munications rejecting upon myself.
and lest my friends and Che people in
general should be misled thereby, I
have determined to make the follow
ing statement: r.. b. ."@.-.t Z:
The first Of said communications is
SIGNED by Leon Houde, but. judging
from its style and diction, it is the pro-
duction Of the coarse and vulgar pen of
one E. S. Smith, and is cencoctioneof
libellious SANDERS and falsehoods. 1t
would be disgusting to the public for
me to follow suit. Having no positive
charges, which could be proven or
which arc true, to make, Mr.. Houde
resorts TO vile and obscene insinuations
and innuendoes to blast my character
and official integrity, and to influence
public opinion, because, forsooth, do
not his bidding.
In the first place he charges me with
being degerter from the German nail
7tary service.
In answer to this I have simply to
say that 7 was born in the state Owls
cousin, and have never beer absent
from the United States, except for
brief period while I attended college
at'Quebec, Canada. have never been
in Germany, andhsve never been con-
nected in any manner with the militia,
ry. service of;any country, all Of which
could easily have been ascertained by
Mr.. Houde. had he desired to have
been truthful-an element of which
his character seems to be dev6id-as
there are Numerous persons in this
county, as we'll as in the adjoining
county of Stearns, that have known me
from childhood.
This worthy pair have also discover
ed that 7 have a big 'D'' branded on
me somewhere.
Ileave tito Mr.. E. 8. Smith to ex-
plain where.
By'insinuations and innuendoes they
seek to convey to the public that I am
not only deserter but defaulter-
this ;is their grand charge
I might with propriety leave it to
the honest reader to judge the charac-
ter ofthe men resorting%o such flag
rant faFsehoods. But I challenge Mr..
Houde and consorts to bring facts
and proofs to substantiate them, andT
will say right here to Mr.: Houde that
he will NEED them, because he will
soon be called upon in court to prove
his statements. They are charges
against my official integrity, and I be-
lieve I owe it to my bondsmen, as
we'll as to the tax payers in general
to make these men prove their state
ments.
Personal abuse, considering the
source whence it comes, is not worth
while to discuss; but I cannot refrain
from referring to the article in which
Mr.. E. S. Smith upbraids me for drink
ing beer at German weddings.
''Risum teneatis amlci!'a That walk
ing example of temperance and So
briefly featuring on drinking beer!
do like lager, Mr.. Smith, like all
sons of the Tenton race, but you state
a falsehood, Mr. Smith, when you say
that l Was carried to bed drunk. To
fully appreciate the merits of your sr~
ticle, Mr.. E. s. Smith, it would be nee I
essary to read it under the shining lus- !
the Of your nose and it's rubicund s,rr-
reundings which tell, at first glance,
more about the ravages Of that pre-
dominant virtue, which you so fully
possess, than volumes of biography.
The charge Of having the German
votes in my fist, falls beyond recogni-
ton upon those whom it intended to |
tncese against me, They KNOW YOUR !
RECORD AND wouR IETENTIowTo FALsiEr.Aal
The prediction of being clicked out
Of office" will not change my course,
gentlemen. !
In accepting the Office of county
treasurer; two years ago, accepted a
trust, and I challange the closest scru-
nifty as to whether have been faith
fu] to it, or not, and that is all that
honest people expect. i
S. SToLL.