The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-12-01
Communicated.
Indianola, Neb., Nov. II, ]

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to me in his last issue. I suppose space
is plenty with him, as on comparison l
find that he only has eight columns of
advertising to THE TRIBUNE's sixteen.
Thus he has plenty of space in his cal
leged' newspaper to display his Rose
water tactics. He is just now engaged in
adesperate attempt to prove to the repub
1icans of this county that he has always
been a staunch, true, Woodworking rep
ublican. At the same time he confesses
that it was never necessary for him to
do any "dead hour riding or spend any
money ir me interest of the party, and
accuses those who have with being boast
full spendthrifts, and with using bank
money. This is ''venal vampire" doc
trine, pure and simple, as preached by
his godfather, Rosewater. Granny"
by your own confession, you stand con-
victed, and my charge, that you never
did anything to keep the party up, is
proven. The republicans have always
looked upon you as a compound of milk
and water, but an "open confession is
good for the soul,'' and it opens the way
for your future usefulness.
Well, l suppose you have always done
the best you knew how-and really peo-
pie ought to be satisfaction when one
considers the length of time you played
the mugwump, nothing better could be
expected of you. Let us hope your con-
version is complete, and when the cpl
taph on your political tomb shall be
written, there may be some word to the
effect that you once lived, moved and had
a being, for, Of your own motion, you will
never have ''the courage to be damned,
or discretion to be admired.
You say you supported all the men
from Bolles to Allen, inclusive; this is
lodging the issue; stick to the text,
Granny" Did you vote for George W.
Roper in 1891? You undertake to dodge
the issue by comparing the vote for Rop-
er and Barnes. What has Roper done
that you must add insult to betrayal? He
and Banks were both conceded to be Nc
Cook men, and Barnes, so you claimed,
was an east end man. Roper had done
fully as much for McCook as had Banks,
and there was no reason why a difference
of 81 votes should occur, unless a deal
had been made. Since my recent inter
view with paramount" Pete am firmly
convinced, as he informed me that Char
lie Barnes knew all the inside workings
of the popu1ist party. Why did Beck get
,374 votes and Moore only ga? If you do
no know, ask Pete, he told me the rea-
son. You state that Harrison got only
u out of 1879 votes in this precinct. Fig
IRE again, Granny" There were 2o6
votes cast in this precinct. Of these $50
voted for supreme judge. Of this Harri-
son got 81. The reason is not hard to
find. A large number of republicans
thought his nomination was not fairly
won, and refused to vote for judge.
Now, Granny" to be honest and
truthful, why did Harrison get only 23S
votes out of 61S cast in McCook? Were
you in a band of angelic defenders of
principle, and fighting the state ticket?
I venture the assertion that I did more
work for the state ticket than you did,
for I knew that Harrison got his nomin-
alton honestly and unsought for on his
part. You charge that three years ago,
led the bolt against Henton, and this
was before the county-seat contest. Now.
Granny" you know this to be a down
right falsehood, and it seems to prove
your mugwumpery beyond a doubt. The
east and west ends separated at the Bart
ley convention in July, 1890. The west
end nominated Henton, and in this NOM
nation the east end took no part. At
that time you were running an alleged
newspaper in Indianola. Did you not
pretend to be loyal to the east end at that
time? Were you not living off of the east
end people at that time? Now take eth
er horn of the dilemma Granny if, as
you pretended, you were loyal to the east
end, then you were nj of the creme
gades that allowed only eight votes to be
counted for Henton." If you were not
for the east end, then you were a base
deceiver and betrayed the hand hat fed
YOU. Take whichever side of the ques-
ton you please, you stand convicted of
grossly deceiving, or base1y betraying a
pc pie who had always treated you fairly.
1 did not support or vote for Henton that
fall, and none knew it better than he and
if you did, it only establishes the truth of
the oft-expressed opinion here, that you
had come the "Judas act" For which
side did you do "the renegade" act?
Come, 'fess up! Be a man, a mouse, or
a long-tailed rat. Unhappy man, that
Won should have uncovered the skeleton
of 1890.
Well knowing that your own republic
car:sm is too thin to bear the uOOu-da