Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-02-27
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EDITOR HERALD:-In all controversies
there IS supposed to be. as in fact there
should be. an object or a reason for discus
sion / have read all or nearly all the ar
ticles in the Teller and also in the HERALD
on the Sovieski Hurley muddle, and have
utterly failed to find an object or reason on
the part of the editor of the Teller for the
very aggressive position he has taken, un-
less it is for the purpose OF gaining the fav-
or of the Catholics. As matter of fact, the
character of his very virtuous sheet is but
little less than veritable Roman Catholic
publication. 1t is very easy to find an ex-
cuse for the writer of the Hurley articles.
But Pollock in a recent issue said "As be-
tween the churches we are Protestant
leaves but one deduction that his paper is
run by or for Catholic dollars. If he has
any other reason Il is the love of pure
unadulterated cursedness.
The burden of his lament has been that
Father Francis should prove that he had
been priest and at what place. If he (Pol-
lock- is not a Catholic, why should he care
whether Father Francis was ever priest
or not: if he PolIock) is a Protestant, why
should he WELD so heavy a club in defence
of the Catholics unless he gets well paid for
it? He seems very anxious that the Bap-
fists should profit by Hurley's generous of
fer OF SIS for evidence of Father Francis
having been aCatholic priest.
1t is passing strange that Ed is such a
stickler for other people to prove their hon
esty or their position that he don't produce
some evidence to prove his own honest in
tegrity or innocence of the charges that
have been made against him. Why should
the public believe his verbal statement
any more than Father Franciss If there
was a chance for Pollock to get SIS for moth
ing he would do il il we may judge by his
over anxiety for other people to do so.
Il would be an easy matter for him pol
lock- to obtain an affidavit proving that he
had paid back or offered to pay back that
small pox pauper balance Ii he had done So
lie says he did SO. why don't he prove it
and thereby show his friends that he is hon
est and truthful II he did not put in his
pocket a nice little chunk Of the soldiers
monument. why don't he prove it, Surely
it would be no trouble to procure afidavits
in these cases and prove to the public gem
orally that ne is being lied about Then
again Il those charges are lies why don't he
sue for damages Surely if those charges
are false an action for criminal libel would
be in order.
Perhaps his fertile brain has been sobusiIy
ination and revenge that lie hadn't thought
If damage or he may be TOO conscientious
TO demand damages from the dear people
Bnt now since it has been mentioned per-
haps he will do it; then he might conclude
to pay his hired heip better wages. and also
illuminate his mansion and other attractive
possessions with electric lights What
grand display it would make on a dark
night The city might grant him the privi-
lege of usine the telephone poles so he
would not be at 50 much expense. He has
done SO much for the city and the public at
large that he ought 10 be entitled to some
consideration.
His enormous bump of self esteem has so
befuddled and beelouded his deeaying mind
that he has come to think that all who
read the one Tsfter think its Utterances are
true and cannot be dispLtcd. while as
matter Of fact the most veritable pumpkin
husker canuot be deceived by the croakings
of the old fossil A READER.