The Republican., 1899-07-20
4 LITTLE HOT SHOT.
A Correspondent Pays His Respects to Mr.
Hardesty, His Ex-Confederate
Friend and The Journal
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Friend and THE Journal
TO the Editor of The Republican.
That | must waste some paper, ink,
energy and time to reply to a dirty
slur, written by dirty writer and
published in IL dirtier paper is evi-
dent. Had the contemplate and in
famous batch of lies eminated from
the man that thought it would make
| him famous to have his name signed
to such a disgraceful article it would
not have been so bad, but for him
knowing we'll enough that he was
| incompetent to write it, he goes and
borrows what little brains his eX-Con-
federate Democratic friend has and
the two together make a balk.
The shallowminded weevil Drained
writer starts to ridicuie the black
! smith with his musical talents and
says he had better earn an honest liv-
| ing. ! just wish to state that the
! blacksmith has never sucked the life
blood out of Garrett county for a liv-
| ing and that is more than the miserly
writer can say. As for the carpenter
| he would rather be short of stature
! than intellect as is the afIiiction of
the JOurRnES writer and its Legsla-
tive candidate.
| wish to say in regard to the wash
room it would be kindness to you
and Il relief to the public to provide a
place where you could give yourself Il
bath at least once Il year and where
you could adOrn yourself occasionally
with some clean clothes.
AS for THE REPUBLICAN being Il
degenerate organ. we wish to call
attention to the fact that since it has
been under the present management
it has not only improved in its news
columns, but has to a great extent
contributed to the handsome Republi-
can majority rolled up every fall for
the entire ticket. The paper is run in
the interest Of the Republican party
and the editor is fearless in his express
sions as to the fitness or unfitness of
candidates, as witness the Hardesty
episode. We can't say that it was con
Quoted upon these lines under the
management of its former owner.
And now, Mr.. Editor, wish to
make q few remarks concerning the
over-estimated boy, which is worry
) ing the weak minds of the politica
aspirant and his pN-ConfederatC
friend, the man who ut heart is still
a rebel and unrecOnstructed and who
thinks that by saying dirty things
about the editor Of THE REPUBLLCAN
and at the same time friendly on the
surface, can detract one whit from
him as a successful newspaper mar
and one who has devoted the past
nine years or more to the upbuildins
of the Republican party in the county
and at the same time earning fol
himself and family an honorable liv
ing. If the boy would not try in hi,
dignified way to attain the attitude
of great men his name might not be
brought into such great prominence
He has NOT with all his assistance
set the world on fire with his brilliant
l0 writings and publishing them in
!, so great an illuminary (?) as the Joul.
nal tries 10 make its few readers be
lieve it is. With all the efforts of the
pair helping him they have made Il
failure in establishing what the kid
undertook to do, namely, to boom
such an illiterate as Mr.. Hardesty fol
the Legislature. This pair of slander.
ers have proven themselves politici
ans of small calibre, and in their
smart attempts to drag the name OF
their betters in the mud and slime
through the smut machine and sewer
(the JoUrR0O they have driven the
last nail in their political collins.
Mr.. Hardesty has allowed his name
to appear as the writer of an article
in which was an assertion he must
!, have overlooked when he read the
proof in which he says he never
thought of coming out for an office
or asking for the nomination for one,
which he knows is nothing more nor
less than lie of the whole cloth, for
he did ask a certain man to be one of
his delegates to the county conYen-
ton, and his request was refused. So
much for that. Then he told others
that he would get lot of free car
rides this winter when he went to the
Legislature. dare Mr.. Hardesty to
deny this assertion.
Mr.. Editor, with these few words |
think the public ut large will become
well enough acquainted with Mr..
Hardesty to let him remain in the
, section of country which he claims as
his home, and where there are so
many subscribers for the Journal
and still only a couple of houses.
To the eX-Confederate writer, YOU
had better stay in your hovel and live
in your miserly way, and when you
dip your pen be careful who you
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