The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-03-08
Mr.. TAYLOR ANSWERED.

To the Editor of The SILVER BLADE.
Its needless to say am growing IN
favor with the editor of the KOotenai
Herald. He now refers to me as Mrs.
Hemminger and the good lady. Be-
fore l was a ''mental Irresponsible
ity" and ''Lhe woman" Either way
makes no difference to me. We all
know that Mr.. Taylor says nice
tl,rgs Of people who pay him we'll
for it and he certainly should not be
the man To say insulting things or
anv one. l have known Mr.. Taylor
for the past ten years. l know no /
more of him than of any other old |
timer, and his opinion only counts
one. am not surprised at any
remarks he should make, for he can N
vie with the great general of whom
it was said calls fair in love and
war;" and had l In the beginning
wanted to say unkind things Of Mr.
Taylor l would have repeated the
words Of another which l read In
print several years ago.
Why Mr.. Taylor walls so long and
loud over this controversy, when he
says they are but the vaporings Of
..nn.nta' irresponsiblity" can't say,
hut l can say this Is not the first
time he has ever been accused Of
double dealing. He was severely
J criticised when school trustee
and Mr.. Taylor has not forgotten
this. hut Mr.. TAYLOR is person who
would say things Of lady that he
would not dare to say OF gentleman.
We all meet men Of his size Occa-
sionally. don't understand the
slang phrase Mr.. Taylor used in the
beginning Of his article, but the
second one .'methud in her madness, :"
{ IL he means l wanted new things, /
: certainly did and SO would any one
n else under the same circumstances,
y and he would not have accepted my
things as gifts and been obliged To
keep them in his own house. Neither
did l need any one to tell me when
my bedding was filthy and at this
: time We none Of us knew that fuml-
cation would prove successful. Mr..
u Taylor has never been able to make
e a satisfactory explanation Of his deal
p ings 10 my case, hence he has tt
6 branch out IN other insulting chan.
e nels, and when he speaks OF my
v celebration disappearing"-w. all
[. know alteration can mean severa
|. things, such as a deviation from
e truth or moral rectitude. II this il
what he means he had better ques.
. ton his own standard of morals anC
~ see il they cannot be improved upon
:. Or il he takes the meaning aliena
tion of mind, he had better inform
himself along this line as we'll. Doe
~ Mr.. Taylor not know that genius ant
: madness so together? That it Is tn
y brightest intoilects who suffer will
is nervous troubles? Statistics will
~ show Mr.. Taylor that hut very fe,
IN out Of our vast population are eve
D. born with brains enough to SUITE
le from any nervous alment. Whe
~ he asks that take an invoice q
!. stock he had better take the med
:. cine himself that he prescribes IL
his nighhors.
= am not an aspirant for any poll
~ ical honors, and II Mr.. Taylor i
DC whether it be for county, state {
or even the white house, its safe to sa
the result will be the same in eitht
case. Mr.. Taylor did net even ru
-, for town trustee last year withol
ia taking an invoice Of stock. He aske
r. for my vote and even asked II coul
We not influence some OF my friends
IT. vote for him and did. He said
Ole took pride in seeing how many vot
,as he could get. He has always take
of an interest in US when he had a
ew axe to grind. have never cared
-. write an autobiography of Mr.. Ia
!. lor and even if did could not gil
it the title of Ten Beautiful Year
The president of the United Stat
ate can declare himself on tariff, expa
in. sion or any other subject and we
nt citizens can speak our approval
!, disapproval as the case may be. al
-, why Mr.. Taylor should feel that Il
A editor of the Kootenai County Hera
M is beyond criticism l don't unde
III stand.
ng- Again thanking the editor Of I'll
ex- SILVER BLADE for past favors
Very Respectfully,
MRS. b. G. HEMMINGE
~ Boomers Ferry, Idaho, March 8, 100