The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE
That Hon. Clay w. Metsker
Committed Perjury.

A few words more about tn
little man who thinks he is film
the place in the community an,
in the newspaper world so lon
held by Daniel Mcdonald.
A few days ago the Tribun
charged the little editor with hav
ing made a false affidavit in proc
of the publication, by him, in tn
Independent, of a liquor dealer.
application for license. Their,
was no occasion for this charge
beyond the fact that the little
editor has lately become very
censorious. Recently he has SCI
himself up as a teacher in the
community. He has even gone
into the pulpit and from its sac
red platform has assumed to
teach and instruct. The Tribune
believes that no man should
stand in the preachers place
whose conduct and way of life
does not fit him for the place.
Any man may deceive and pull
wires and have himself white
washed. But when he gets him.
self placed on the pedestal to re-
ceive his coat of whitewash he
necessarily takes a public place.
Thus the public have a right to
know what sort of man he is,
what his practices are and what
his life has been. If he is a mere
scoffer at sacred things as proven
by his works the public should
know it. If he will not tell the
truth when his interests appar-
emily require that he should falsi-
fly, the public should know that.
In the form of a letter to his
paper, the Independent, OF last
Thursday, Mr.. Metsker attempt
ed to deny the charge made in the
Tribune. He says: "As to the
statement it(The Tribune) makes
relative to the publication of a
liquor application, | have not the
remotest idea as to what it re-
fers." The editor is mistaken.
He knows all about it. But we
will set forth here the facts. In
November 1897 he owned and
published the Weekly Independ-
ent. In his issue CT the 18th of
that month he published among
the loca. items, in the same type
used in printing the local items,
what he supposed to be a legal
notice of the application of Fran
els M. Lemert for license. This
notice, when it appeared on the
18th of November and also on the
10Th, was in the type and words
following:
Application for License.
On the first floor Of a two story
frame building, located on the north
| 40 feet of lot No. 2 in Leinert's ad-
dition TO the town of Teegarden and
the township of Polk. The descrip-
tion Of said room in which said liq.
uors are to be sold and drank is as
follows, to-wit: Thirty -four feet
east and west, and II feet north and
south, in said town, township, county
and state.
FRANCIS NJ. LEMERT.
Between the 10Th and Goth o.
November some one observed
that the notice as published anC
set forth above was insufficient
and not in accordance with the
requirements of the law. Then i
was changed and on Novembet
26th the following notice appear
ed. We give the exact words an
style of type used:
Application for License.
Notice is hereby given to the citizens of tn
town of Teegarden, In Polk township, MAJ
shall county, Indiana, IND to everv on
concerned IN said town, that the undersigne
viii. apply to the Board of Commissioners @
said county. State OF Indiana, at their De
cember term, 1897, for q license to sell intoxl
eating, vinous, malt and spirituous liquor
In less quantities than q quart at a tim,
with the privilege Of allowing the sam
to be drank on the premises. My plHc
Of business wherein said liquors are to b
sold and drank is located In u room on IN
ground floor of q two story frame buildin
situated on the north side of lot two (2) 1
the town of Teegarden, in Polk township
county and State aforesaid. The dimer
sions Of the room wherein said liquors al
to be drank are a. follows, to-wit: ThiI
ty-four feet (3l) east and west and s~eventee
feet (lD north and south In said town, towr
ship, county and State. also give motto
that 1 will 1t the same time apply to sal