The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-04-25

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Fplron JAsrrn CoumEn: notice 10
yonr paper Of April the llh = .cm'
m upicatlon freu Birdseye stating that y
VAS plain 10 be seen very early on slice
MI lay who were friends TO Birdseve'
ma who were not. meaning Of course,
,he ones that lived here. To say tho least
Ithe writer manifcsts = bad spirit-no
doubt he Il now ashamed that be ever
nennea such an Article. and had he the
lopnortunity would gladly call back what
he wrote while smarting under defeat.
Thongh II Il now too late: II 10 on re-
cord. showing 10 the world the folly o.
4 moor weak man while In q mad III. ~
view az the aforementioned article. u
becomes my duty 10 explain the matter
more fully. TO begin with, will say
Birdseyo has about one hundred voters
less than ten Of that number have me
cranky notion that they were especially
toreordained and predestinated 70 ruiz
the place, and as much OF the regions
! round about as possible. After The
Y. M. b. A. had nominated Mr.. JOIN
II Pruitt, be being a Democrat. those few
/ leaders, Is they supposed themselves 4
be. held q caucus among themselves
nominated their man. . good man, too
). then divided the town, and gave eacl
| one his men to bring into line. gues
they aimed to pattern after Dudley
! "Blocks Of Five"
They, that IL those leaders, wen
: around among the people, and very sooI
discovered that this business wouldn
work. not that any person had any faul
! 10 find with their man, the trouble Wa
q they didn't propose to LET . few me-
make the nomination, and them do ID
voting. Their man drawed of, other
i were brought out with the same result
/ They finally got . man with grit TO com
4 out against Mr.. Pruitt, one that stage
4 there till all the votes were counted
The next thing IN order was to get n
town stirred up 81 much as possible
= For this they raised the old war whoop
q Hurra for Birdseye! I'm for Birdsey'
right or wrongl The man that won
stay with Birdseye nov must get "a
Mentor! Down with the Alliance
slDown with the Mugwumpsi I'm
straight Republican, or I'm . straigt
democrat. but III vote for anythin
rather than q Mugwump! Birdscy
N, first, last aud all the time! There wei
few hero that didn't belong TO au
clique or Alliance, either, who though
~ those fellows in their heated zeal 4
i'Birdseye were doing more harm tha
good, in fact would ruin the place II M
4 checked in their mad career. So thu
is got together, and decided that the be
g. way to break up this state OF affairs v
to to vote for Pruitt. They did 20. electir
" him BY one hundred aud sixty-sevt
II. majority. Right At this critical mome
,g the delegates to the F. M. b. A. Count
Assembly put in an appearance. and B
ID ing such ssober, quiet. business Ike boz
p Of representative men, every ones
Itention was drawn TO them for q fe
i'll days. Now every thing Is quiet; than
". to the r. n. B. A. for their timely a
ril p~earance. Come again, gentlemen. Do
he you forget 1t, next time there IL . CO
en- vcntion here we'll all be invited-t
he poor, the lame. the halt, and the Fl
haired ones. There cant be any bu
Il ness done without us; that il IL woI
10 pan III just g desired If We are not
re there I; when the last roll 10 called, VI
ily be there We will. j