Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-01

ii MS money holds out and his hire
llngs can sling mud enough to defame
the good name and character OF one of
WiSconsln's most honOred sons bewill
do it. But did you stop to think who
was doing his dirty work heres
man who is considered by the best peo-
pie OF the city disgrace to society.
This is the Generals" boom conpan-
ion He it is. who has undertaken the
Job OF making congressman out of
Mr.. Early. He proposes to do so by
the mud singing and dirty process be
has exhibited to you through the col
umns OF Earley's paper. Those who
know him say let him alone or rather
encourage him I'D it, his tongue or pen
Is no SANDER to any one; rather a
benefit.
The 9th day of November will show
us the truth of the remark. They will
then see the number of people they
have nauseated with their dirty sheet.
1t Will also show whether the third
time ranning for congress has any
more saccess for the General" who
now poses as the laborman's friend
and champion. Such friendship! A
man who was never known to pay one
dollar be could by any hook or crook
get rid OF or avoid; and whether he
could or not, would not until he had
stood you off, as the saying is, until
you had twice earned it in chasing af-
ter him for it. Then if he could get
you into a corner where he thought
you must have it, discount your claim
as high as twenty five per cent. This
is the kind of a friend to the laborer
he is or in the language of jim Taylor,
damn poor pay and slow as He'll. :"
DO you suppose for one moment that
if my friend Taylor or any of the lead
| ers OF the party in this district had
thought that democrat was to be
elected to congress that Farley could
have had that nomination? Oh no.
he had not been here long enough.
Just think of it, only a resident about
four years, while a score or more of
good, clean, reputable men who would
be willing to serve their country for
their country's good have been here 10,
these many years. Some of them
among the first settlers of the district
Ii there had been any hope OF electmg
a democrat a number OF them would
claim priority over him for citizenship
and merit of which he has four years
OF one and none of the other. But to
go back to his friendship for the labor
er; | want to tell yon how he used
some of them in our employ
My first business venture in the
state was with the General and he
got away with me i'll good shape, as |
will show you hereafter The first
winter-1882-'S 3-we bought some
timber and logged in partnership. The
understanding was that vas to look
after the woods business and he would
attend to the other part of it. This
was the same fall he was the Wiscon-
sin candidate for congress in Pennsyl-
wanna, and he could not attend to
business here and run for congress
there at the same time and make it a
success, SO he intrusted our business
here to my care. | had got few
! things together, hired some men and
was about ready to begin operations
when he returned. The men were
hired for cash in the spring, and a few
days before breaking camp | came
down to see what arrangements |
could make for paying the men when
they came down why" ne said,
those mems pay is not due until fall. :"
| SAID II hired those men for cash in
the spring" "Well," he said, 'no one
is paying cash in the spring, and we
must have that discount, it amounts
to something" I said to him, "If you
can make any arrangement to get a
discount from them you can do better
than | can" He then said it was not
spring until May LIST. "You give them
time checks on me, payable May LIST,
and Will fix them and he did. He
discounted them from ten to forty per
cent, Just as he conld squeeze them,
and then charged them up in our ac-
count against me at their full face.
Friendship with a vengence After
had had my note discounted to raise
the money to do it with. Another
time gave a man who was cooking
| for me, and had got word that his
family was sick and had to go home,
an order for ten dollars in money; this
laboring mans friend gave him nine
dollars and charged me ten Another
party with a $119 order got 500,
and | was charged $119.. Another
with 1896 got S196, and | was eharg-
ed with 1886; and 50 on all the way
down the list. The oxen | bought and
paid for, he deliberately took and
sold to one of his jobbers without ever
mentioning it to me. | happened to
meet them on the road afterward. or
would never have known where they
had gone to. The logs we put In he
managed by his sharp practices to
have me sign my rights away to him,
on the pretex5 of giving him the right
to dispose of them to the best advant-
age, along with some others he had,
and | never got anything out of them
to this day. Before | signed them to
him, however, he, unbeknown to me,
had made a bill of sale of them to his
brother-in-law, Mr. Brewster, at seven
dollars and a half per thousand, and
[ never knew it until | found it on
record one year after.
He did the same thing with all the
personal property we owned together.
[ afterwards bought his interest in the
personal property, and gave him Il
note for the amount secured by mort
gage upon the whole property, the
note to be paid oct OF the proceeds of
the logs.
Now he says he did not get anything
out OF the logs (2,1Oo,O0o feet) and