Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-10
DRUMMOND CALLED DOWN.


A..Marshall County ID = mocrat Criticises the
| Senator SevereIy-It is Hot-to-molla.
This article is contributed. The In
dependent wishes it understood as such.
Mr.. Drummond is free to use the same
columns for reply, If he desires-ED.l
We note with surprise the recent ut
terances of Senator Drummond from
Marshall county, az quoted In the Indi
annapolis Sentinel, Feo. 7th, 1899, on the
so called Township Reform bill, which
is republican measure, and one of
very questionable merits, and as the re-
pu6licans need no assistance from the
democratic side of the chamber to pass
any measure they desire, we fail to see
just why the senator should get so ex-
ercised over the measure as to charge
the township trustees of Marshall coun-
ty with having brought scandal upon
the free government of this country
and this state" If the trustees of Mar
shall county are robbIng the people we
would like very n UGH to have the SEN
ator point out in what way they are
perpetrating such dishonesty, and with
that secret disclosed the people of Mar
shall county who elected them to office
will see that they are punished.
While Senator Drummond was max
ing his charges against township trus-
tees generally, he was interrupted by
Senator Hogste as follows: "rhat may
the case in Marshall county," to which
the senator replied, ayes, and 1t ls the
case in the counties of other senators
and they know it unless they are abso-
lutely and willfully blind to the truth,
or are afraid of their township trustees
and therefore purposely ignorant"
And the senator further charges that
the township trustee, of the 81 ate act
ually held a meeting (which was by the
way prior to the meeting of the legisla
ture), at which they resolved that the
bill before the senate was q bad bill,
and as the meeting of the township
trustees to which he refers was prior to
the meeting of that august body we fail
to see just how the thing could have
occurred, but perhaps the senator can
And we find in the Sentinel under the
head of "new bills" of same date, the
following:
Drummond-"To prevent lynching."
(The bill has been published in the Sem
timely
Is it possible that the people of Mar
shall county since the senator left our
midst have been transformed into de-
mons and Outlawsp Why we never
knew we were 80 bad until We sent the |
senator to the state Legislature where
he had an opportunity to tell us about
it and have it PRINTED. We presume
it must be that because we have never |
mad person hanged, either legally or
illegally In this county since the county |
was organized that we have drifted |
along, and become murderers and out
0Wo iO0liLluk tt Oul uOW lOI-
tunste and what good thing 1t was to
send the senator to the legislature so he
could tell us about it and save US from
ourselves, by having q republican legis.
lsture, at the request of q republican
governor, pass law to prevent lynch.
ing.
But returning again to the senator's
complaints about the township trustees
meeting and resolving. reminds us that
the farmers of this county began their
institute yesterday. and should they In
their deliberations resolve, we presume
under the senator's code of reasoning
it would Immediately become q lawless
body, devising ways and means by
which the public treasury might be
robbed. Obi senator, come home, come
home, and watch them or they may
steal your-your reputation as a great
statesman. Well, one consolation if
they do, it will not be grand larceny.
A MARSHALL COUNTY DEMOCRAT,