The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-10-25
IT WAS BLACK FRIDAY

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Irish-American voters.
IT WAS BLACK FRIDAY
Friday was a hard day for Deni-
son. Will Whiting came to town.
Will Whiting is a pleasant faced
gentleman with smile that won't
come off He told US that he was
campaigning in Crawford county so
as not to injure the chances Of his
brother-in-law on the republican tick
ct over in Monona. Queer politics,
but let that pass. Mr.. Whiting was
steered about town first by one re-
luctant democrat and then another.
He said Howdy-do -hav-a-segar all
in one breath. And then the calamity
happened. The most hardened smok-
er turned pale before the combina-
tion of Connecticut and cabbage which
the candidate for senator sprung on
him. 1t was awful. The discrilnin-
ating smoker sought out his worst
enemy and treated him to a Whiting
cigar. The unsophisticated smoked
it themselves and then harked back to
the days of childhood when they took
their first smoke back of the corn
crib. A dark, gloomy smudge set
tied over the city. Even those who
did not smoke could not escape. The
city was sea-sick. Social functions
were abandoned and each one gave
particular attention to dislocated
stomach. There can be but one pos
sible argument for Writings cleo
ton if we send him to Des Moines
we shall escape the odor of his CT
gars-or perhaps, as is more than
probable--M Mr.. Whiting uses rare dis
elimination and does not smoke the
brand he gives away Beware Will
Whiting bearing gifts.
NO LEAKS WHATEVER EXCEPT
The Bulletin, in it's last issue says
that it does not admit that the court
house leaks.
Let US see about that.
The following are quotations. not
FROM the Review but from the Bulle-
tin:
! This is what the Bulletin said
"The roof is as tight as drum,
but there were some OPENINGS in
the steel tower
Oh. no, no leak-just a" opening
Again the Bulletin says.
'The rain let little water rur
directly down into the corridor where
Fit showed in the plastering. -
No leak there. 1t was evidently
not the fault of the roof, it was the
naughty, naughty rain.
Again we have it,
"The court room shows no sigr
of a leak except in the east end
Oh. that wicked "east end''. How
could it do SO? There was evidently
no leak-it was just the least end
Still again
The wet spot on the lower fool
is from leak In the plumbing.
Splendid construction, that. Some
thing to be proud of. You bet the
supervisors are alright.
Once again
"The stains on the marble are
from dampness.
| Oh, yes. just from dampness. .
Just in order to be friendly, and tt
| show kindly spirit we are going tt
| do our best to agree with the Bulle
tin. We will agree with it. that the
court house does not leak DURING
DRY WEATHER.
The Bulletin tries to take ths
blame of the leaky court house of
the board. by the statement that thu
law firm of Conner and Lally wa.
consulted in the making of the con
tracts. This is fact, and there ar,
no leaks in the contracts proper.
was in the SPECIFICATIONS tina
the board tied itself hand and foo
and delivered itself over to the mere,
of architect and the contractors.
/ Further, in drawing up the SPECIE
| ICATIONS NO LAWYERS WERI
| CONSULTED. Neither Conner an,
Lally nor the County attorney wer
consulted old board. of which
Holland mot Maynard was mem
Der. asked no advice as to the specifi
cations and it is here that they mad,
their big blunder.
After the Bulletin made its frs
statement trying to connect Come
and Lally with the boards incom
potency its attention was called to tn,
facts as above stated, but it not only
] fails to retracu but repea is the mis-