The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
Sound Advice.

The following letter Sec:nS tn Ii I'VE
cone ~ the wrong address,, hat rs thn
proper address is not with it, and the
matter htins apri.rmtly Important to
the parties interested, we thought it
best to publish it thinking, in this
way. the contents of the letter, at
least, may reach its proper destination:
Mn, OAK, May 2S.
My MAN FRIDAY:
l have been catching it terribly
since the election and you are blama-
hle for much of it. l sent you up to
Stark county to help me in my politi-
cal games but you spoil them by your
laundering. Browns friends say l
defeated him, and it is true, but l did
not intend to do so. My object WAS
first to freeze out any man from Stark
county and. second, to defeat Rice. l
find fault with you because you mis-
led me to believe that Nc and Tam
bin had something of II party in Stark
county; but how did it show up at the
election, 10 votes in your whole coun-
ty! \ party indeed! l made sure you
could do better than that after the
big blow you made about it.
Then at the convention we were
branded rs liars without a shadow OF
Il shade to hide our confusion-l had
almost said shame,-but you know
we never had any. l expected to take
Scott 'sldelegation by surprise and rush
things through while they were in
confusion, but they came prepared
and that was Your fault also. When
l sent you that dispatch the day be-
fore why did you not show Il little
common sense. amy fool should have
known better than to rush down to
Mack corner, waving that dispatch
like IL corporal of the signal service
with Il Hold the fort for l am COM
ing" sort of Il swing. That gave the
whole thing away and when you got
On the cars, the same evening, Scott
and his crowd knew the game just as
we'll as l did. You helped us out all
you could, however, ut the convention,
and that look of innocent idiocity
which you presented to the crowd
when you stated that you had pub
lished that notice was admirable. To
IL confidence man in some lines in that
profession. it would he worth IL for
tune.
l have to tell you again that you are
always pitching into the wrong man,
or the right man at the wrong time
and now you can count all your
friends, up there, OH the fingers of one
hand and some of these you would he
better without. You know l sent you
there to play the devil with the re.
publican party in Stark and to keep it
hopclessly divided, but you have go,
it solder than ever before. Who
would have thought three, " even
two years ago, OF Dickinson carrying
that county by Il big majority ovel
any other candidate, and in the east
end bigger than elsewhere. YOU
badgered Underhill and Lee whel
YOU first went to Gladstone when yol
) should have fawned OH them like ;
+. spaniel, and, like IL dirty cur, you
licked the toes of such fellows us Cal
lahan: That was no way to stir up ant
! keep up Il fight between the east ant
| west ends and You know that wa
my plan to keep Stark county undc
/ Morton, and to make the town o
Dickinson play second fiddle to Man
: dan.
In the court house matter l ha'
worked up fine state of feeling.
~masqucraded us Il champion of TIL
= oppressed people with good effect AM
expected you to be my tool in kcel
= ing up the muss, but it seems tina
: you have helped me to stir up Il bat
one down here and l get kicked AM
cut at every corner. Ii you do 10
manage things better ut your end %
| the line Ill have to Shut up your SHOP
!, Consult with I'aml,lin and Mack il
the future, they are men of judgmen
aud character and they do not slo]
over; but do not sail down to Mack!
corner under IL full head of steam
!, every time you get telegram. do il
in Il qni ct way nights and Sundays
If you must attack the preachers
don't go for all of them at once (thaI
is too big a job for a man of your size)
pick out one-one with the fewes1
friends-and go for him, and leave
roilroad men severity alone. About
n. G. the district attorney and Scot
you ii say what you please, you neet
not fear Il libel suit. n civil sui
can't hurt you and you ear laugh a
all such judgments a. for criminal Ii
bel. They can never persuade am
Stark county jury that anything YOU
may say al hurt them unless you It
tract it. l hear that you sometime
offer to retract. Don't do it and yLl
will be safe. In criminal cases ther,
must be malice and no jury, in full
view Of your vacant stare, can thinl
!, that you have sense enough to know
what malice is, if you retract nothing
Retraction would indicate some sense
|, don't you do it. l hoped that yol
, could stir up Scott enough to max
/. him notice you; that would have ad
: vertised you, but he does not seem t.
: notice you as much as he would al
! active flea. l confess l am discour
!: aged but ! will let you try it a few
2 weeks longer. 1t might be a good ide'