The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
Rises to Refute.

WAsYDuES, N. D., Novemb ber 20, 1894
! Ed LEADER:
Your Conkling correspondent in the
last issue of the LEADER takes decided
exceptions to Sheriff Heath's letter in the
Reporter j ournai of November end.
1t is safe to say that every man III this
county who voted for Herman Hanson
and some perhaI I,s who did not, feel fully
as indignant as docs y"Hr correspondent
from Conkllng.
Several of the citizens Of Washburn
have talked very plain to Heath in regard
to the matter and it was thought he would
publicly retract his unprincipled assertions
in that, for hira, unfortunate letter. He
does not seem inclined to make an apol-
oyy of any kind. And we must through
silence admit the charges in his letter as
truth, or rise and explain. We choose the
latter.
The letter signed by James Heath
officia .ly is direct insult to at least three
fourths of the voters of Mclean county
An outrage upon the finer principles of
society; if he did the writing himself the
thing was monstrosity. Had the sheriff n
modicum of sense.-say three grains he
would never have allowed his signature a.;
sheriff to become affixed to production
comprised entirely of lies and misrepre-
sentations. But the fact is our noted
sheriff is longing for honor and fame as
the child longs for the moon-with the
child leading 50 to 1.
Many Of the men who voted for this
same Heath two years ago through SYM
>prthy against their better judgment, are
supposed to be taking their medicine.
The campaign jus. ended has been
remarkable in one way. We had but few
mud singers and the sheriff was captain
of the outfit He neglected business in
order to yilify and abuse an old comrade
who was candidate for All office no higher
than clerk of court. In view of these
facts we all want to know who this man
Heath is, or what he has done as sheriff.
He should be q man with a record of good
deeds mile long to thus attac;;; his neigh
bers. In the first place we defy Heath or
friends--if he has any--to point to one
single thing he has done as sheriff to bone
fit this county Knowing that such a
thing is ono of the impossibilities will
tell you one or two things he has done:
Ele made a ,sh at cattle thieves;
He pushed them night and morn.
From. Washburn clear to Harvey,
And lie caught 'emin horn.
He lost the warrant for the thieves
Out III tile Harvey hollers,
But he safely kept the other one
That called for eighty dollars.
If there was any benefit to the county
in that kind of work, please give all the
credit to the sheriff. believe that and a
look of $2O for A. Peterson's horse about
ends the chapter. No, excuse me please:
He also gave the pigs lick
He hit one in the eye,
And with grim determination
Tried. to drink the other dry.
His statement in regard to tho LEADER
and editor thereof is in line with the rest
o! that awful letter. We wonder how long
since, Heath found that Satterund has no
influence in this county. Why tken all
this talk from Murphy's three upright
men about Satterlund's running the
county. The returns from this county
show plainly that the sheriff was off his
head. We ali know that Satterlund mnde
hard fight here against Murphy; we a'so
know that Murphy's three upright men
living in Washburn done everything in
their power to WIN votes for Murphy in
tins precinct, For two weeks they never
shed the Murphy war paint. They had
gallons of Murphy stuff and the Lord and
Murphy knows the size of the Doodle.
After this the deluge of votes, Murphy
securing in round numbers 81 out of l5l
votes cast in this precinct. Murphy IS
mans interview in the Ward County
Reporter Journal makes about the same
statement in regard to Satterlund's in
fluenc in this county and, that, long aite
the result in Mclean county had been
made known.
Truly Murphy must delight in making
left handed complmentr to his friends,
And those three upright men of whom
this sh eriff is one must in the face of tn
results Of election here, feel grateful to
Murphy for the same.
We have written this from the fact that
we wish abe people of Ward and Williams
counties to know we are not 40 black as
our sheriff has painted us. We would
rather puss rs ''rag tags" than borrow
other peoples clothing, any day. And
now:
There was man in our town.
Goodbye my lover goodbye,
WHO tried some other men to down,
Goodbye my lover goodbye.
by accident he got place,
Goodbye my lover goodbye,
To which he needs must bring disgrace,
Goodbye my lover goodbye.