The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-11-04
What Morse Actually Said at Mar
Quette.

QpeCge.
The Tribune presents this morning rev.
elatOn of the character of Allen b. Morse,
the democrat candidate for governor. We
expose fragrant case of untruthfuness and
tricky attempt to deceive and impose upon
the readers of this paper.
On the evening OF Sept. 20, Mr.. Morse,
while yet serving in the capacity of chief
justice, delivered speech at Marquette,
which was on the following day reported in
the lshpeming Daily Press, democratic
newspaper, owned and edited by j. Maurice
Finn, democratic candidate for congress in
the twelfth Michigan district, as the full
text OF the speakers language. In that
speech, according to the report given in
the Democrat Ishpeming Daily Press,
Mr.. Morse. referring to maple sugar
growers of Vermont, used the following ex-
pressiOns:
All the lazy farmer has to do is to stick a spile
with hole In IL into one OF those trees in the
spring and the sap runs out, but the poor fellow
must boil ii to make sugar
$50 Why shouldn't he have a bounty as well
as that lazy devil up there in Vermont.
On October 4th the Tribune quoted this
language, crediting it to the Ishpeming
Daily Press, and commented on it. A few
days later Mr.. Morse wrote brief note to
this paper in which he said: II used no
printed in these columns in spirit of fair
ness and justice, and since that (Oct. 81 The
Tribune has not repeated the language cred
tied to MIR. Morse nor in any way comment
ed thereon. Under date of Oct, 13 Mr..
Morse wrote to the Detroit Free Press
note which was printed under the following
headlines: 'Despicable Campaign. Re-
publican Emissaries Busy Peddling ISLANDERS
About Judge Morse" In that note Mr..
Morse said. "The Tribune stated that i'm
the Upper Peninsula made use of the ex-
preston lazy farmers | wrote to The
Tribune and my letter was published in
that paper, stating that / never used any
such expressions. L never came any where
near using such words. n n Much less
have spoken anything like it.
The Tribune now has absolutely cOnclu-
sive proof, to which it calls public attention,
that Allen b. Morse used the exact language
attributed to him in the speech printed
in the Democrat Ishpemng Press
We present the affidavits of a number
of persons who were present at the
Marquette meeting and heard the language
used exactly as reported. We also present
verbatim report OF portion OF the speech
taken by competent stenOgrapher, which
varies slightly from the printed report, but
which contains the phrase 'laZy devil"
All the probabilities of the case favor the
assumption that Mr.. Morse himself fur
nished the report published in the Ishpeming
Daily Press. That paper has never cor
rected its report, nor printed the statements
made by Mr. Morse regarding it. 1t is a
staunch democrat organ, and took pains to
have as complete and accurate report as
could be obtained short of transcription
from stenographic notes.
We submit that the evidence presented
cOnvicts Mr.. Morse of deliberate untruth
and wilful deception. His denial that he
used the language in question is false, and
he is guilty of a disgraceful attempt to de-
ceive the readers of this paper and the pub
lie generally as to. that language. He is
furthermore guilty of bad faith in sending
to this paper false correction of state
ment The Tribune did not originally make
and for which it was only secondarily re-
spOnsible. This piece of trickery is beneath
contempt and deprives Mr.. Morse of any
right to consideration at the hands of reput-
able newspapers.
1t is not the policy of The Tribune to ped
die ISLANDERS about any political candi-
date. 1t promptly printed Mr.. Morse's false
correction on the presumption that no hon
orable man would attempt TO impose upon a
public journal. But this presumption needs
an exception i'll the case of Allen b. Morse.
His course in the present campaign with ref
erence to legitimate efforts to place his real
character before the people has been coward
ly and pusilanimous He has whined and
threatened and written to the newspapers,
and has not hesitated in doing SO to misrep-
resent the facts and deceive the people. Are
the voters of Michigan going to place any
confidence in this sort of MANI Detroit
Tribune.