Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-25
POOR TIMBER.
Swasey Had an Imperfect Design
Built A Weak Platform. Anti.
KICKER Inspects the Tim.
ber Used by the eau.
Gus Candidate,
(BY THE ANTI-KICKER.)

MIN s0l1 as tne one man VINO can IeAu
the "kickers, sore heads Office seekers
and slate makers" over the mountain
and through the uncertain wilderness
of the courts where both spring and city
water are sparkling over the Judges
Bench and among the book cases. After
a shower bath in East Barre; a quench-
ing of thirst IN spring water and the
supplying Of Martin Brook 10 my friends,
| will "pay rs | 60" and bond my old
horse for as long as wood grows aud
water flows, while your "know it All"
servant has decided to be a Horace
Greeley for about five minutes and tell
what he does not know about the timber
and other material with which Swasey
has constructed his Platform, Indeed
it must have been greater event than
when Solomon erected the Temple or
when Noah sought safety in the Ark.
While none Of those who assisted our
Western candidate brought myrrh or
frankinsense, yet all kinds of lumber,
countless qualities of spring water,
products of an Aatimant company several
sets Of boxing gloves and other sporting
articles We're contributed by the friends
of this Platform constructor. If was u
sporting man | should be willing to
wager "l6 to /" that all who stand on
that platform March 7th will be hurled
into the chasam of defeat about three
o'clock on that day. Various designs
were submitted TO the caucus platform
constructor, and from them he made II
compost list of specifications, gave his
order and erected the platform. The
llmbers used are supposed to nave been
soaked in unadultrated spring water,
but the wood is Of many colors and the
waters of both kinds for here are the
words of the 'hedging'' candidate 81 am
opposed to admitting any more wafer
companies into the city while the CITY
has a plant of its own, or grant any
further rights to the spring water COM
panirs than those they now have by
virtue of their charters or the rights
confirmed upon them when they were
admitted into the CITY," Lookout there
you boomers of spring water, hurry off
that platform before it bends and sends
you all inso the waters Of your springs!
is this the kind of 4 platform you order
ed this man to frame? Has not mist
AXE been made? Has not some one
blundereda Who did the work on that
pla,formp Where is there any differ
ence so for rs the water question is con-
cerncd between Gordon, the "tZar' as
YOU uniustly called him, and Swasey the
| of ~ ~ ~
companies. Was the water design in
t;ordon's message any different than tho
one framed by Candidate Swasey? Not
a sinule man who is today advocating
himself AS the avowed political enemy
of Mayor Gordon dares to assert that
thew are foolish enough to believe that
Gordon ever claimed that spring water
companies must remove their pipes from
our streets. He i, too good lawyer
for any such claim. Are the people OF
Barre so blind as to forget the fact that
the very question now before the Courts
is the determination Of the rights which
tn. spring water companies have in oul
streets? Does the spring candidate o.
the caucus mean to say that when hi
platform has been accepted by the voters
who have to pay for it. that any more
spring water pipes are to be found II
our streets than are there at present
Has he forgotten the argument ana claili
h. made before Judge Munson when h'
was asked for the injunc'ions aga'ls
the water companies? Was he then ou
candidate for Mayor, or City Attorney
Was he looking after the kind OF timbe
~ use in the construction OF his plat
formo Why does he not tell the voter
what rights. in his opinion, the sprlni
water com panles have in our streets
Will he ciam that any OF these pipe
will be removed or added if his platform
is found to be proper on March 7th
Has he changed his views since h
decided to 20 conlary to the judgemen
of his best friends. 20 BACK on ln
briye that has guided him over tn
stream. and leave his friends behin
while he works out platform 1rot
sneritications furnished him by sor
heads and kickers9 Has he gained neV
liuht on the water question since n
.ryued for the same policy that tn
, Mayor advocates? Why this chang
since he left the cooling orerze {
Manchester? Is it because he alread
counting ON the fat salary which som
Of them men for whom he framed tn
platform have promised to vote him
some ci,y meeting? If the builder
plutforms has any opinion on the wave
question wh,c differs from that OF tn
Mnvor lot him lay aside his tools an
!. and give us not "hedying policy bv
a frank honest statement of the situation
The voters Of Barre are not color oiine
/. and if your platform is painted blaok * !,
amount Of argument will make lne'
: nslieve it to 20 white. One kind
timber to he found Ill this curio platfor
is copyrighted under the name OF "defe'
der of tax dodgers" Is the builder
that platform the man to cry "flty II
,nen who have SO much wealth that inc
must leave our busy city to escape u
,avment of honest taxes II so ne nj
r lnsnt his hours for no reward as II
workinemen Of Barr; and ousine'
MON Of Barre will have no use tor e'th'