Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28


eating a disregard Of facts and an
inclination 10 be uniformed where
investigation might defeat his pur-
pose, that certainly looks cnlpable.
1t is amusing TO see the really
formidable array Of names Mr. Davi-
son conjures up from copy furnished
by Crafts to lay the ghost Ii is very
easy, Mr.. Dawson. TO get a congress
man to endorse your moral worth; it
doesn't cost him anything. 1t is good
deal harder 10 get him to endorse you
for job. ! repeat what ! said in my
former letter, that the mem 4rs of
congress uniformly regard Crafts as a
nuisance. and am reliably informed
that be is refused admittance to sew
eral committee rooms in the present
congress.
There are some pious frauds in this
world Not many / hope who wear
'.the CLOTH" but undoubtedly some.
| do not attack Dr. Crafts because he
is clergyman, or claims to be. but
because he is a crank OF the first
water, who has made a lying and /
believe purely malicious attack upon
an efficient public servant, who has
given satisfaction to the people of
Washington generally, if not to the
Dr." in particular. l have just as
much respect for ministers of the gos-
pei and church members as Mr.. DAY.
ison, but / cannot abide fanatic of
the Crafts order. Let us have an
illustration of what | mean when /
call DR." Crafts a .'crank" and
''fanantic, " words that vex the soul
of my friend Dawson. When Mr..
Babcock was on the District Commit
tee during his first term, he was the
representative of the best people of
Washington in an endeavor to raise
the saloon license The license was
very low, only 10000; the people
generally wanted it higher Mr. Bah
cock fought a bill through for them
raising the license to 100000, and got
the credit for its passage. DR."
Crafts fought as vigorously against
the bill as Mr.. Babcock did for it, for
the reason that the higher yot put The
tcensc The greater The sin you are COM
mitting. Does that convince you,
Mr.. Dawson, that your friend Crafts
is fanatic. or do you agree with him
that it is sin to raise the license?
If had the time and space to print
Mr. Davison's letter and consider it
paragraph by paragraph, l could re-
flute nearly every statement he makes
! suppose he is honest and believes
that the statements he makes are the
truth; but his informant Crafts con-
trolls him. He believes in Crafts and
without knowledge on his own part
presumptuouslv takes me to task
'.How ridiculous for such a man as
Mr.. Clementson to apply such cpl
thets to a man so trusted and hor-
ored," he claims oh well, Mr.. Davi-
son, opinions differ hold myself
to be honorable; | hold Crafts to be
contemplate. Estate the truth, while
Crafts lies. l respect Christianity,
while Crafts, by his fanaticism, sub
iects to ridicule the religion he pro-
fesses, and, imbued with the spirit OF
intolerance, the essence OF unreason,
drags down a noble work.
Friend Dawson strikes what he evil
IDENTIFY believes to be crushing blow
when lie points to the signature Of
c. l.. Wellington on the Morse letter
endorsing Crafts, and explains that
Mr.. Wellington was member of the
District Committee. Now Mr.. Davi-
son please have Crafts, or somebody
else, preferably somebody else, go to
the File Clerk, get my old records and
see how many times G. l.. Wellington
attended the committee meetings dur
ing the 9th congress. MIR Yelling
ton was not bothering his head about
committee work; he was figuring on
going to the L. 5. Senate from Mary
land, and did so. He but rarely
attended the committees meetings
and knew absolutely nothing about
the work. lie will tell YOU - him
self, and viii probably also tell You
that he is at a loss to discover how
his name came to be ON the Morse
endorsement. Congressman do many
such things quite perfunctorily, you
know.
Mr. Dawson says Mr.. Babcoek
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