The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-01-10

o1 Sax dooglng. You must !Roat
al alike, the church worker and
The vilest sinner. Your work az to
avery man on the list will be oare-
fully examined, and the list with
eur discoveries will be turned over
10 the Prosecuting Attorney, the
Grand Jury aud the Court Judges.
Do your duty and fear no evil.
Get with US. Get into the band
wagon of the Lord. Raise the
banner of God, NO SALOONS,
NO TAX DODGING, NO EVIL.
Yours for the right,
The Committee W.C.T.U.
Mrs. NJ. johnson.
MRS. FAULCoNER's REPUTATION.
The above incongruous tumble
Is . copy of a spurious letter writ
ten to tho assessor of this county,
Montgomery and received by
him through the post Office of this
oity, purporting to have been
written "at the instance" of the
W.C.T.U. and with the name Of
one Of its members attached.
For the inform alton of the pub
lie and in behalf Of and by the or.
aer of the Womans Christian
smperanse Union, hereby assert
- declare the W.C.T.U. has no
asf sledge Of the origin of the
z Sove letter, gave NO one author
1ty TO write it, and no individual
member signed it.
In the first place, assessing
taxes, collecting taxes and looking
after "tax dodgers" is no part OF
the work of the W.C.T.U.
Second, 1 have been president OF
the Union nineteen years. 1 know
my women and 1 know them well,
personally and intimately, they
are Of the best families Of the com,
munity, all are members In high
standing of the different churche,
OF this city and not one would
adopt the methods as per above
letter as means Of promoting
Christian Temper ance, or any
other object.
Third, the fallacy and falsenes'
of the assertion that the abov,
letter was written Sat the instance
of the w. @. T. U. is shown in tn,
Inconsistency of an organization
berating people as "tax dodgers,
then making out a list of eta,
dodgers" and placing the name'
of it's members on the list. Thi
Is the ''tangled web" of one who i
"trying TO deceive.
The object of the author Of thi
spurious spistle (his name may b.
Lsgien) Is somewhat difficult +
decipheg. Whether 1t is to Wilt,
the assessor, injure business mon
bring censure upon the W.C.T.U
or defame the characters Of goo
men and women or q combinatio
of the four is not altogether cleaI
II certainly is very similar to Oh
story Of the snake which
"Wiggled in and wiggled out,
Leaving the people much in doubt,
AS to whether the snake that made the trac
Was going North or coming back"
However. one thing can be sal
Of tn 9 letter and that 10, that slim
and snake are very much in svi
dence. II for . moment the vii
intent of tho author colld be for
gotten, 1t would be amusing TO 90
how he sails under his false colore
purporting 70 be q member Of tn
Woman's Christian Temperate
Union whose very essence is pun
ity and righteousness. We canine
refrain from saying: "Wolf, you
sleeps clothing is very III fitting
! If he wished TO chide some one fe
J dersliction Of duty and bring sbou
, tax reform, why did he not com
} out like q man and openly and ov
: or his own signature do sop Blu
see him "mixing politics and re
. Nsion" Il condition 80 objection
J able to some psopis) and hidin
/ behind Christian Temperance !
} vent his own animosity on ofioial
: and tax dodgsIs, a. he calls them
I but his own oonglomeration {
, ideas presents so gauzy . plea thu
: It would not make mantle suff
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