The Globe-republican., 1894-10-12

| We knew him when the discovery
was made that every householder Of
our then booming city was Overshac-
owed by an adverse title that would
completely throttle our prosperity, while
others were astounded and paralyZed
with dismay, go forth beyond the
Rocky Mountains, secure that title. and
turn over for a mere nominal sum that
for which he could have extorted many
thousands of dollars.
We knew him when lawlessness SEEM
ed to have our fair city by the throat.
ard no one else was able TO break the
grip Of liquor joints and gambling
houses, when our chief magistrate had
been hurled from power by reason of
the aggressive effrontery of those law
less gentry who piled the above mem
toned unlawful vocations. Then we
saw our candidate for representative
take the reins of our city government
and do what no other man had ever done
before.-clOse up and wipe out of exist
ence, and keep closed, every liquor and
gambling house in the city. We saw
him do this single handed and alone,
in spite of the raging of those whose
occupations were gone. Their threats
and entreaties were alike unavailing.
PrinceIy brides that would have enriched
him, were rejected, though without
OstentatiOn. so that but few were aware
of the fact that such brides had ever
been offered.
One of our most recent and hence one
of our most vivid recOllectiOns of Mr..
Fitzgerald's doings was at time when
we wanted the L. S. land office at this
city. We wanted it, and we wanted it
bad, but not many people had any clear
idea how to get it. Not so with Fitz.
Those on the inside of the scheme soon |
found. by visiting his office. that his fer
tie brain had been operating both night
and day for the public good, and soon
an elaborate and mastery plan of cam
paign for conquest of the coveted
prize appeared, written out by his type
writer, and set in order by his appar-
emily tireless hands. We got the land
office.
Oh, yes! we know Fitzgerald, and the
people know him, and if our neighbor,
the populist organ, knows any worse
things than those above mentioned, let
it tell them at once, and tell them loud
and plain, so we can all know them.
Don't hint at them, or sheer with covert
bat tell it right out in meeting
so to speak.
Because, as matters now stand, the
people intend to vote for FitZ gerald.
md they will elect him; because he is
lble; because he is courageous; because
le is incorruptible; because he is
'chemer who always schemes for the
public good of the county he lives in;
because he has cast his entire prospects
md hopes of future prosperity in with
he common destiny of Ford county.
In conclusion we Will predict that ev-
Try man who votes for Fitzgerald will
De glad of it
Those who vote against him will live
o see the day they will be glad he was
elected, if they don't die before his term
expires.
Furthermore. we will predict that ev-
Try man, woman and child in Ford
county, who knows anything about pub
ic affairs, will be filled with delight at
he prominent position Ford cOunty's
representative will occupy in councils
# state, and even in national affairs,
md deeply grateful to him for the sub
taDtial benefits which will accrue to
his part of the state by reason of his ;
fforts in our behalf. |,