Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-30
PATTIsON nit AGAIN.


Mr.. Pattison, in his laborious criticism
OF the Bombshell, states that il is in lin.
with what has been earnestly advocated
by the Enterprise, viz. that each indlvid
ual should think for himself To those
who have read his paper in the past thi,
will he startling revelation, no more
to intelligent citizens than to those who
are Just now awakening To "A realizing
sense Of the system OF humbugery b,
which they we've made the victims during
the last campaign by the corporation
tools under the direction of Hanna
! will now ask on a few questions Mr..
Patiison, and will insist upon direct
answer. First, ! ask yon to read q few
extracts from the Bombshell, portions Of
pages y, %, %, %, -, "a and 9s. Now
Pattiso:, have you not in the past doled
and are you not now doing out this same
ridiculous nonsense To the few who vel
take your paper? And yet You dare make
the public statement that you advocate
Il "think for yourself policy" Just read
those extracts TO some OF your associates
and see how many will have the tcmcr.
ity to state publicly that they now be-
licvc one Of those wrc,chcd apologies for
Arguments.
He says he has known me personally
to dictate 10 others what they should
read and what they should not read
answer by saying, dictate TO no one and
allow 10 one to dictate to me in any man.
ncr whatever; but ii | hayc not ut times
requested my acquaintanccs TO purchase
nothing but clean and truthful literature
| certainly should have done so.
Instead Of attempting to derry any OF
the sweeping charges made by the book
he leaves them and says, Though pro-
Tossing to he Christians, Mr. and Mrs.
Hopkins do not hesitate TO Islander and
Willy their brothers and sisters in Christ -
Now it is altogether unnecessary for me
to brand this as Il falsehood. Any person
with whom we are at all on terms Of init.
macy know it to be entirely without ioun-
dalton. Again, one may search in vain
for one single sentence in the pages OF the
book that is unbecoming Christian gen.
tleman. will go still further and state
that, ii there can he found therein one ut.
terancc that is not the duty of every
Christian TO endorse, | will henceforth
advocate the gold standard and its run
ming mate, corporate rule.
Mr.. Pattson places in regular order the
terms applied TO the various nuisances
with which our country is just now in
tested, and while he does not deny that
there are such he objects to my calling
them by their right names. a guilty
conscience is IFS own accuser, else how
would Pattison and his kind know when
they are hit?
He saws there is nothing in the book
to show that there is anything the matter
with the principles advocated by the ie-
publican party. lie is correct. And it
would be as inconsistent for me to speak
against republican principles as it would
be to speak Of him. or any member OF the
Hanna gang as being republican. lie
finally breaks ont with sob Liberty, and
Freedom No wonder you droop your
heads in shame at the iniquity that is
worked in your names" Well, should
say SO! He must have been thinking
then about Boss IIanna's $4,000. 900 cor.
ruption fund; and, right at this juncture,
l will have him read pages ll3, ia and
1l5 and see how a patriot puts it.
He says that | have the same rights
as the superintendent of the. mill. This
may be true in certain sense, but by
virtue of his Office he has heretofore held
a very strategic position during the last
few days Of Il campaign which l have
not. But to that contingent OF the Hanna
gang on Gra!s IIarbor who have them.
selves confessed to belonging to that de-
testable class referred to in my little book
| wish to say, it will give me great pleas
ure to, at times, strew their paths with
the sharpest thorns until true, self.reliant
manhood receives its reward, and toady.
ism and sarvility receive the contempt
they deserve.
J. W. HoPKINs.