The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-04-29
Well Said, 1t Was an Insult to Justice,
As Every Honest Man Knows.
BLooMsDURG, Pa,
April 27th, 1892


a very feeble reply and the Sentinel
gang adds that Mr.. A. never wrote the
article. Since last weeks paper was
printed, however, Mr.. Allen has visited
("paid them a call as it were,") all of
the gang connected with the paper ex-
cept the editor in chief, who is sick in
bed, and they each one and all deny
the authorship of the editorial. Now
who did write it, or who lied, when
they did write it2 Mr.. Larish says
that krickbaum never spoke to him
on the subject Of the appointments OF
the Poor Board but once, and that on
March Iath, and then only told him
to do what was right in the matter
Does Mr.. Larish think for one mo-
ment, that he can make the people of
the Poor District believe that Krick-
baum ever uttered such words as these ?
Does Mr.. Larish think that he Can
make the people believe that kric<
baum would spend good part of the
day in his Larish's) company on the
day the appointments was male, with.
out saying a word on this subject.
Were they not together in the Ex-
charge Hotel parlor Did they not
60 to the bank together, and ifso what
did they go there for? l ask again
does Mr. Larish believe that the people
of the Poor District would think of
believing such an assertion as this !?
Will Mr.. Larish dare deny that he
along with lot of others was invited
up to Perry's to partake of a large
feast and have good time at krick-
baum's expense just week or SO be-
fore these appointments were made,
what was that for | ask ? Why did
Mr.. Larish ridicule Mr.. Grotz's letter
that was written just before the cleo
ton, and make light of the idea of
Grotz writing him a letter when he
knew he was fighting him all the time,
why did Larish say time and time
again that he would not vote for Grotz
or Klein either one under any circum-
stances, what was the cause of him
changing his mind | ask s.? | have
been told that some of Larishs neigh.
bors gave him the reputation of being
an honest man, but does the above
sound like honesty, or the following
sound like honesty? Mr.. Larish told
me on the Saturday preceding the
day the appointments were made and
while we were standing in front of
Cronin's Harness shop, that there was
no applicant for the Office OF Secre-
tary except myself and Mr. Tcrwilliger
from Light-Street and that Mr.. Ter
williger did not stand a ghost of a
show. After talking not over two
minutes he walked down to Lowen-
berg's store and told Mr.. Townsend
that MIR. Klein was candidate. l
repeat does that sound like honesty?
Mr.. Larish says in his letter in the
Sentinel that Kricktaum only told
him to do what was rig ght and did not
try to influence him on the subject.
Now it is my opinion that Mr. Larish
had better see X. again either in the
Bank or in the Hotel and fix their
story up so they will correspond, for
every time that Krickbaum gets drunk
(and that is quite often now days. he
says and says it very enphatically
that it was him that caused the defeat
of Mercer. Now who lies, X. or L.
X also says that he wants it distinctly
understood that he does not want the
committee men from Bloomsburg TO
manipulate the Poor Board against his
interests. Does he own the whole
Poor district wonder or does he only
own few Fridays that will do his
bidding for a remuneration Of some
kind? Mr.. Larish says that he done
what he honestly thinks was right when
he voted for Mr.. Grotz for Treasurer
and Klein for Secretary. Is Mr.. Larsh
such a bockhead as to think that
people will declare him right in voting
for men who not only worked against
him on the day of the election but for
six weeks previous to the election.
Right, why Mr.. Larish does not even
know the meaning of right if he calls
this right. | defy Mr.. Larish to put his
finger on any forty mer of Sugarloaf
Twp, that done half as much for his
election as | done myself, and yet he
claims that he voted for Klein because
somebody up there wanted him to, and
calls it right. am only sorry that |
did not stay in my store and let the
Bolter from the west ward beat Larish
as he surely would have done and then
| would hove known more than ,oeeh
before the appointments were made
that | had no chance for Larishs
vote. J. II. MERCER.
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