The sun., 1905-12-04
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TO THE EplTUR OF The SC& SIR have read
with much Interest your edlto on THE siege
OF Syracuse" IN which YOU call attention 10 me
election expense account hcd after being hca'fn
by only ?.9ga votes for member OF Assembly In
the Fourth district, district in which the normal
Republican majority Is 1900 You take the ground
that the two Items In my bill OF expenses namely
the squirrel whlSkcy" Item and the one refer
ring to the "corkiug whIskcy." which dolcd ou'
In small quantities to some OF the floats are
damnlng uucS. and no wonder is expressed al NY
defeat.
When a man IS running in a district which gives
5000 Republican majority he has TO resort TO L1'
usual means 10 get rid OF some OF the men Who
he knows viii vote for his opponent The ony
manner OF getting rid on election day Of the SQl
rel whisicy crowd is to MI them up with the SOUR
rel goods tlp- night before election. As all loe1
OF all grades OF whiskey know. squirrel whlSkeT
makes man climb trees. In the district in whicn
purchased quantities OF this tree climbing WhiskF
there is thiCkly wooded section, and previous
experience has proven that II you want 10 nave
these trees Inhabited ON election morning Use ih'
squirrel goods on the eve OF election. THIS Is faf
means in getting votes, or rather In kccDIrr 'o't
away from your adversary. and | did t. Mary
a man took to the trees IN the ElmWouu dist'
after the squirrel goods had been tapped ,'r nv
benefit. The result is shown In The way rt' HoNl
Hammonds majority.
THE Sun lays special stress on the 'rHH't
whlskcy. This is a typographical error. Nnf
composltOr converted the 'r" Into an 80 and H'N
me open TO the charge that was buying No
talented whiskcY' for floats" Here In syracuse
In the Eleventh ward the floats" are always com
PEELED to drink the "nGc cooking whINkry, sue.
as one would get In Doyers street, Sew Noik
he were TO lay nickel on the bar ana 'a. ~"
whlskcy.
| would not have such q representative NW''
lean newspaper as The SIN cause Ia DE spread
broadcast the statement tEa' syracuse iodF
are bought by "a No, talented WhlsNr' sfoNN
election time. such charge ha, 'rHa 'n'| 70
have the purchaSablc voters In ihr sNrroInda'
towns flock TO this city election week The 600"
ing whskcy supply is running low In mis- 'o"N.
and al the last election candidates for once
whose districts are many floats worc complain
ing about the shortage In this splendid Nrana '
vote winning whiskcy. This particular n'arl ."
been very popular IN some OF the wards ever aN'''
the Hon James Kickapoo Mcclure ran for M"''
the hrst time, He popuari5ed II IN lnr f'N'" '
Fourteenth aud Fifteenth wards. As f',u''' Nv
got hundreds OF floats To vote for hin "
splendid whlskey when drunk always Us" "ooi
alcohol as a chaser. The effect is me '"'h
is used for cooking purposes person "'. -
considerable on his eating bills us only on' 'nr'
week Will be necessary to sustain Oneself
hope THF Sun will not cling to thr im2rr.''o
that candidates for Office In syracuse are So f'''
less as to huy talented whIskey" for th@ f7a'
At the annual reunion OF the defeated cana'H'"
for Office held last night. resolution was 0">,r'
calling upon all future candidates for oiNr" N .n',
city 10 buy only squirrel and cooking WhNH' "
the floats, and when cigars are asked i"I '" ''
chase only the "Tndcriakcr'S Hope hi'i' ~
this way polu lcians will keep M the N'so 't'
standard that has prevailed in Syra"us" M ''''.
years in tho matter OF setting them ip' ''' '-s
"impTcSSi0nahIc voter OF "h""' "'''
in his civ JANIS j. NF.n'h
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