Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-03-09
ca4 SocIe tyt REPLY.
Rev. William Moore answers
Mayor Richardson's - Letter.

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To The EDITOR OF THE TRANSCRIPT
DEAR SIR:-The mayor seems t,
think that my remarks last Sunda.
evening We're somewhat actuated b.
animosity. In this he errs. Ou
relations have always been friendly
and SO far as having any persona
feeling against him 1 cheerful,
recognize his many good qualities
prominent among which are his
kindness of heart and generous dis
position. What said was solely i1
the interest of good government
Mr.. Richardson has no right to com.
plain if his public correspondence
and actions meet with criticism fav.
orable or unfavorable, and his at.
tempt to deny certain charges was
neither ingenious or satisfactory.
For instance, he denies that he
stood upon a platform and expressed
his regret that a prize fight did not
come off. In the Daily Transcript
for June 81, 1893, find the following
"AIayor Richardson was called out
and said that it was the first time
he was ever called to speak upon
such an occasion, but his honor
seemed equal to the emergency T. =
n The mayorsaid thecrowd was un-
doubtedly disappointed. He ex-
planned that Pacia was not present
but that Mcguire was. and was
also ready to do his part of the
pOunding."
This statement coupled with his
presence naturally led and still leads
people to think that he was an ad-
vocate of prize fighting.
The mayor also denies that he
wrote from Chicago that he had
visited a brewery and drank beer.
In this he is technically correct for 1t
was not brewery but a saloon and
the liquor was not beer but whisky,
all of which makes it, ifpossible, a lit
tie worse and at the best is dis
tinctiOn withOuta a difference" That
there may be no mistake this time
let ME quote from a letter of Mr.
Richardson's written Aug. q last
and whica appeared in the Tran
script OF Aug. %. Speaking of his
doings on the preceding Sunday he
says: "He"-speaking of his COM
panion-" said that the next best
thing he could do was to drive
me down to see S. Budsbanowski,
whom he termed the Polandcr King
in Chicago. On arriving at his
place, 1858. Paulera Street, we found
him in. He runs a large grocery
store and saloon combined. found
HIM to be a very pleasant gentle
man. He insisted on our trying
some OF his best Bourbon.
The mayor complains that my ser
mon was made up of "rather broad
assertions without Forthcoming
proof to demonstrate that they
were true" But he knows that
they were true and he needs no
proof. What is patent to all Others
must be SO to him unless he is ell
dowed with far less discernment
than we credit him. His statements
about the legal aspects of the mat
ter, and his demand that I should
bring proof and assist in prosecuting
are SO much quibbling. He is the
mayor elected to perform the duties
of that office. One duty is to enforce
the laws and to prosecute those who
violate them. If he wishes he can
soon find out whether the law is be-
ing obeyed. His honor knows that
houses of i'll fame exist in this COM
munity in violation of the law. At
a coroner's inquest held Dec. and 5,
1893, inmates of these houses gave
evidence.
There is some proof for him. yet
knowing this he makes no attempt
to enforce the law dealing with such
places.
There is however, a slight hope
of Improvement, for the mayor
shows signs OF conversion. The
signs are faint, it is true, yet dis
cernible, for he says that. he and
VT +, ho
hummer element" and "inaugurat te
such reforms as may he deemed
best" We see in this an admission
on his part that reforms are needed
and that he has been remiss in the
past. The mayor says that l am
"the only preacher in this city that
uses his pulpit for political pur.
poses" AS he so seldom attends
church he is perhaps not the best
authority ON this question. But let
me tell him that do not SO use it.
Is it possible that he does not know
the essential difference between mu.
nicipal affairs and politics? Mr..
Richardson was in church last Sun
day evening and heard what 1 said
namely that politics and religion
ought to be divorced from municipal
matters. That what said on that
point and on the mayors past record
meets with the approval of many is
evidenced by the fact that people OF
different faith and political belief
have thanked me for my utterances.
In closing let ME assure the mayor
that made no unjust reflection on
the old settlers, many of whom are
as competent to manage this city az
any of the new corners, and that
my remarks on sanitary affairs had
no reference to him whose premises,
as all will bear witness, are always
kept in good order.
Respectfully yours,
= VIM. MOORE:
n Little Blaze.
The fire department was called out
about $50 Saturday evening by ar