Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-30
ABERDEEN WASHINGTON, MONDAY NOVEMBER go 1908
SHERWOOD TALKS
AND TAKES HIMSELF AlTOGETH.
Err TOO SERIOUSLY.
Gets Sore at the hERALD'S Account Of His
Doinss in the Council Meeting. and Rushes
Into Print. A Sly Attempt to Injure the
HERALD in Business Way Gives His
Exact Measurement,


Since the citizens caucus sat down 50
heavy on Councilman Sherwood, that
gentleman has not been in the best Of
humor. Having had considerable diff.
Guilty OF late in distinguishing himself
from the City Of Aberdeen, the jar to his
bump OF importance was severe, and the
fact that this paper had the temerity to
animadvert upon his actions in the mat
ter Of the gas franchise has called down
columns of his wrath uuon the devoted
head OF its editor through the daily
papers.
That Mr.. Sherwood should object so
strenuously to having his motives i'm
pug hed is trifle singular considering
that in all his harangue he wifully mis-
states every point sought to be made
against the HERALD editor. The follow
ing, from his lengthy article ia the
Bulletin, is sample:
"Mr. Carney undoubtedly desires to
get even with me because opposed his
getting building permit to allow an out.
side man to come here and put up block
for . dry goods store on lot which Mr..
Carney leases, and for which he was to
ge: ! large rental. He followed me sew
eral' days insisting upon my allowing the
permit, aud I finally referred him to the
dry goods men who are advertising with
him."
The facts in this case are: That a
Spokane firm wished to establish branch
dry goods house in Aberdeen a member
Of tile firm wanted to lease ground for a
temporary building until such time as he
could get into brick store. He was in
formed by Mr.. Carney that he could
have the lot if he could get building
permit from Mr.. Sherwood's committee.
Not knowing M. Sherwood, Mr.. Carney
agreed to see the committee for him, and
the latter had BUT ONE conversation with
FSi,sass-od concerningthe matter, and the
assertion that he followed Sherwood
around, insisting" is fabrication pub.
lished with a malicious intent to injure
this paper. In that conversation, Mr..
Sherwood announced the intention OF the
council to protect the burned out mer-
chants by refusing permits to new ones
for time. Whereupon Mr.. Carney re-
piled that he was in no position to combat
that plan, as he had signed petition
asking the council to adopt that measure
of protection to our local men who were
in distress. This was the only talk had
on the subject. and the attempt to at
tribute to Mr.. Carney an anxiety to lease
to those people is foiled by the fact that
several parties wanted to lease the ground,
and, as his agreement to lease to the
Spokane people was contingent upon
their getting the permit, he simply want
ed decision from the committee in
order to decide who was to have the
premises.
Another interview with Mr.. Sherwood
is published in the Sun, in vain attempt
to place the HERALD editor in false
light, as will be seen by the following:
with regard to the Firemen's hall.
Mr.. Koehler told me lie had presented no
bill to Mr.. Carney whatever; that they
were given permission to use the hall if
they would leave it in as good condition
as they found it. Just why MI. Carney
should want to collect SIS from the city
is not quite clear to me-"
When Mr.. Sherwood made that state.
ment he KNEW that Mr.. Carney had pre-
scented no bill for the hall. He knew, or
should have known that Mr.. Koehler had
nothing to do with renting or collecting
for that hall; that the bill was to the
Aberdeen Fire Department, made out
and presented by w. Fl. Pearson, MAJ.
aging trustee Of the department, yet,
"Just why Mr.. Carney should want to
collect $l5 from the city was not quite
clear to him." 1t would be singular if it
was clear to anybody.
Mr.. Sherwood consumes considerable
space in explaining his many valuable
services to the city, with which we will
not tire the reader, as that gentleman is
scarcely to be considered an issue, the
people having decided to risk the expert
ment of getting along without those SER
! vices in the future, and We will conclude
with an apology for devoting so much
space to matters personal. The editor is
always averse to ventilating his personal
disputes in these columns, and would
have refrained on this occasion had not
the attack been made on him for his sup
posed services in carrying the citizens
caucus for the cause of good city govern.
ment. For those services he has NO
apology to offer. q
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