The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-09-28


called to the above editorial recently
published ip your paper, and in reply
will say that your statements are so alb
solutely false and unreasonable that l
am inclined to think that you have gone
batty in your upper story. either be-
cause you failed to land your political
ship at Uncle Sans pie counter, the ex-
treme heat or the arduous job OF es-
pousing the independent ticket. Under
no other hypothesis can | account for
such unwarranted and unfair assertions
made in that editorial. You say that
Mr.. Mutchler and | shave been bosom
friends for years." which shows that
you take much for granted, that you
jump at conclusions and publish them
as facts.
But | can see method IN your mad
ness" This statement 40 doubt is to
show the motive for the crime which
your next statement accuses me of; viz:
Betrayal of Mr. Myers.
1t is my misfortune that | had not
the pleasure of Mr.. Mutchler's acquaint-
ance until last spring when he was MAX
ing a canvass of the county. | met him
several times before the county conven-
ton at South Haven, and | never heard
him say word derogatory to any other
candidate, or express preference for
any of them. This fact, together with
his gentlemanly appearance, excited my
admiration for him not little. And as
to the other candidates, well, it seemed
to me that it was anything to beat
Mutchler, and being naturally In sympa-
thy with the prosecuted, this sealed my
friendship with Mr.. Mutchler as far as |
was concerned, and / determined to do
all could to send a delegation to the
county convention who would vote for
Mr.. Mutchler for second choice. Had
Mr.. Myers dropped to third or fourth
place most of the delegates would have
voted for Mr.. Mutchler. After our dele
CATION had been elected, | made a mo-
ton to instruct the delegates to vote for
Mr.. Myers as long as there was rea-
sonable chance for his nomination.
And now you come out with the state
ment that betrayed him.
Now, Mr.. Russell, if you wished to be
fair and publish the truth, why did you
not take the trouble to find out the
facts in the case. That would save me
the trouble OF getting affidavits to prove
your statements false. | think there are
none who are acquainted with me, be he
friend or foe, who would believe me a
traitor
have been acquainted with Mr.. Myers
in business and social way for good
many years, and believe him an honor
able and worthy man, one who would
not make misstatement Intentionally,
and | am sure that he would not approve
of your attack on the Bloomingdale
delegates. | regret that Mr., Myers
made the mistake of listening to the
siren song of you and YOUR ilk, because
believe that.you and others are using
him as a weapon with which to crafty
petty spite, and when he awakens to
the truth of That statement, he will
despise you and regret his own indiscre-
ton. Those people who posed as Mr..
Myers friends and urged him to accept
nomination on an independent ticket
seem to me like the kind of friends who
will buy booze for the other fellow the
one hastens the moral ruin of the fellow
who takes the medicine, while the other
aids his political downfall.
Again you say that "Mr. Mutchler re-
ceived support from the Bloomingdale
delegation long before the final ballot,
and there is no way of telling but what
Mutchler got Bloomingdale votes from
the start" Now, Mr. Russell, there is a
way of finding out about that, and if
you had inquired of any delegate from
this village or the chairman of the dele
cation, they would have been pleased to
inform you.
However, the following statement of
the Hon. Milan Virgins, who was chair
man of our delegation, will enlighten
you on that subject, l hope, to your en-
tire satisfaction. Mr.. Virgins, being at
present at the fair at Grand Rapids,
sent me the following;
Friend Whitney: In regard to the
republican convention at South Haven