, 1900-11-03

The brilliant coterie of democratic awyers who are runnina the uttI
Dumyrag-runntns it into he eround-ousht n justice to hemserve to have
decided what their attitude vas sdne to De upon thu water question, which
the distress of their campaign has causedth them to seze as al issue.
They nav grown wrathfuI upon the subject of Mr.. Spcers sworn statements
concerning his intentions; they have hcwled like African dervishes yer the
steps MIR spcer has taken to preserve thu ctys rights; they have abusedh him
because he started a contt in the interest of the city IN they have abused
hin "hen lie showed his spirit m proved h honesty OF MS motives; they
IN ths hm,r,n n,ntaso, tht hs 10 bad ~ rahts. .dt hsv ss. o I ds $780, 49,.
ed i'm for opposing the city ant he next day berated him for acting in the
interest of the city What We should like to see is an affidavit made by somebody
to the e4ec. that the nHleb unyraoc crowd knows what it wantso or ~ha it does
tot want for we have a curiosity that is excited almost as much by paramount
idiocy as by an other paramount ssue in this campaign.
To reterate, Mrs picer las repeatedly decIared-and the lawyers wa
are running The little bumyrag into h ground cHere lies, ETC. etc., know it
better than anybody ehe-that his intentions were to secur N IS far as he
a the over the lights of the city in the city springs. He told this to City
Attorney Arnold ant was advised by him; ne told this to Superintendent Gill
he told this to E. crumrine; and no person 10 interested in the demo.
campaign doubts tn honesty n thu business like ohar@ter IF his in
tenions. Mr. Arnold is a Iawyer-wem g % rel that far in ~ efforts to be
knows that in order to establish the water rights Mr.. spcer had leased to the
city it was" necessary to lie a contest in the regular and legal manne prescrib.
ed by the Law" ant enforced by the board Of control. In good fah Mr.. spicer
finds tina the action he took is turned into eheap democratic thunder for -.
frightening CO of the citizens of this community. If Mr.. spcer is. indignant
the leverage person will surely pronounce his indignation to De righteous.
Now we should Ike to PROFOUND a question: or two:
If the CITY, why did "o' Mr. Arnold who new of ta'th he time. and advised it.
why did not Mr. Arnold max all these indignant protests in May. ~hen Mr..
spcer filed his proof o n August when Mrs pcer filed the contest2 ~,
If Mr. spcer was in thata action an enemy to the city why Vas not Mr.. Cor
theI, who aso filed a contesta against the city ant against Mr. spicer-why vas
not Mr. Cortheu ALSO an enemy of the city?
M I. spicers cIaims we're such cosent reasons why lie should not be elect.
% accept Mrs. picers REIMBURSEMENT o rights n why does the little bumyras
declare that MI. spicer has M rights?
and inow what travail of campaign anaush thu little bumvra crowd has, 49,
precptated, we present-with apoosies-the following extract from three
separate issues of the little squeak. The black capitals. ourso of course as tn
little bumyrag could rot print an artce that way if it wanted to. W. oener.
ousy make no claim to the clear m beautiful English in which these EXCERPTS
are written, particularly that lasts sentence in the hfthand column of the par.
aneI. 1t may seem to WI readers to be a trfe hazy perhaps even murky bt
we assure our readers tratt is in the little bunyrags purest and mostc harac.
terstc style.
The quotations from separate issues of the little bumyrag are of ours
plainly INT Numerically opposed to zach other in Thought NJ expression.
On the me hand the bumyrae fumnes a charge tina Mr.. Spicer is about to
control OIL thu city water and apparently believes that he las RIGHTS sin he
city springs; Of the other hand it declares that Mr. spicer hs n o RIGHTS what.
in either event there is no aus or worry or esctenent; ~ there il,
reason to bea pprehensiHe for the mental conditions of th lawyers who are ION.
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