Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-04-14

been my friends and hackers (the
County Court( had also turned
against me, offered to settle for
$500 and costs in order to get
through with litigation, you cravenly
accepted this means of getting rid of
bad job.
Now, in regard to the remonstrance
and petition, have secured a
certified copy of the remonstranc
which l did not know existed, until
you told of 1t and ! must say it is a
daisy; | could kill the effect of
this remonstrance by explaining who
and where the demonstrators are,
but / will refrain at the present
time and use only your own figures
to crush your argument. This re-
monstrance of nineteen names was
one year old when l presented my
petition of thirty-five bona fide tax
payers to you, six of whom live out
of the district but pay taxes in the
district; now take the six from the
thirty-three and YOU have twenty
seven left; now, you preferred to
act upon remonstrance of nine
teen names, one year old, rather than
a petition of twenty-seven names.
Just freshly signed. All, Judge,
your own figures tell the story that
you listened to that SIRENS song
that Is sung by wealth and afflu-
ence, rather than to the voice of
the majority of the common people.
Now, Judge, did not ask YOU to
sign a petition to abol-
Ish the office of Highway En-
glneer, but / asked If you would
sign a petition to submit 1t to the
people and you refused as ! thought
you would because you do not want !
the people to vote on the question,
you could consistently sign this pc
titlon and then vote against abol-
ishing the office as any one can
clearly see.
Now, as to putting the matter off
until the general election, | emphat-
ically say no, for the following reas-
ems First, because the best legal
talent say that there is no valid reas
on for not holding II in conjunction
with the primary.
Second-Because ] cannot trust |
you as you might find as much |
reason for putting it off then as
now.
Third-Because. if in your stub
bornness, you will hold a special elec |
tion, it won't be any killing matter,
as the money of the County wOu' :,
be paid to its citizens and all stay
at home and would it not be a ter
rible crime to pay $1,000 of the PEG
pies money back to them? Really,
Judge, this is something awful for
you to have gotten 50 worked up
over, while you complacently pay
$500 for useless officer.
Now, Judge, you ask me to come
out from under cover when YOU
seem to be holding back something
when all of your articles seem to
the opinion of your legal ad-
visor, and you take 1t for granted /
that he will find some legal (tech-
nicaD excuse for not holding It at
the time of the primary; and again
there is another reason to my mind
for your desire to postpone that
think you are concealing, but this is
4 new issue and refrain unless you
take the matter up again.
That mile and one-half of road
hat ] referred to is still ungraded
and when we sought the grader to
ix it last week, free of charge to,
he district, your road overseer re
used us the grader unless we a1sl
owed him to run 1t as he said on
strict orders from below (Mexico)
Now, Judge. we are still ready to
Grade 1t free of charge,
md give $4,000 bond
o do 1t right, if you will give orders
'or us to have the grader alone, as
we wish to run 1t alone If we are to
bear the responsibility alone.
Now, Judge, in conclusion, since
you have gotten into such tight
place and desire to get out of it,
permit me to say that notwithstand-
ing the fact that you have so i'll
used me in the past and have so un-
Justly brought my personalities into
this fight, that ! hold no resent.
nent and really feel sorry that you
made such mistake as to take
The position you have in regard to
diTegaTding the will of the peo-
pie, SO | will close.
Now, when your favorite Cedar
Cthe office of Highway Engineer) lies /
In spinters at your feet, | hope that
some kind hand may interpose to
prevent the visitation of the wrath
that you have so uselessly invited
upon your own head