Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-04-14

IS. ]. BOVINE WRITES
TO JUDGE ALEX CARTER
| April l1,1910.
Judge Alex Carter,
Mexico, No.

April l1,1910.
Judge Alex Carter,
Mexico, No.
Dear SIR
Now, Judge. you say that m.
last communication was hardly wort
answering II was with great dea
Of trepidation that | entered into |
controversy with so learned MAJ
as our County Presiding Judge; fol
am only farmer with a limited ed
ucation but as self-preservation IA
the first law of nature, when yor
sought to prejudice the minds o.
the people against my petitions by
bringing in my personal affairs
which was entirely unnecessary, as
they have nothing to do with the
case, | was forced to protect my
good name.
/ frankly admit that ! am not a
master of rhetoric or logic and per
haps / was wrong and presumptious
In believing that the King could do
any wrong, so You win pardon me
perhaps il have been guilty of that
terrible sin known as Les Ma
jesty."
Now, since your uncalled for but
ting i'm has gotten you into such
deep water and you have expressed
desire to throw up the sponge, !
am going to take pity on you and
try not to bring up any new issues;
although / have been so glad of the
opportunity, thus afforded me, to set
myself right before an unprejudiced
public that l had hoped to give the
details of the Quo. Warranto pro-
ceedings and the Graveyard case,
both of which would make interest
ing reading for the people of Au-
drain and one of which contains a
strong argument for abolishing the
office Of Highway Engineer.
Now, as to my settlement, | am
glad indeed that you itemized my
claim as the people can judge when
l am through, whether it was just or
unjust, now these are the facts;
when was elected road oyerseer, a
small number of wealthy men in my
district had been violating the law
by allowing their hedges to grow TO
IN unlawful height and by having the
fences in the road from one to nine
teen feet; l served notices on these
men to comply with the law; they
and l proceeded, after the
expiration of the required time TO
the fences and cut the
hedges myself, part of which had
% do under the protection of the
County Sheriff and Township Con
stable; they then brought injunc-
ion and damage suits which was
orced to defend and these items
we're the legitimate cost of those
,ases; now am perfectly willing
or the people to say whether an Of
icer in the discharge of his duty
ihould have his expenses paid or
lot; you, as County Judge, the Ex-
scuHYe Head of the County, refused
q stand behind your inferior officer
n the enforcement of the law and
'ou must know, Judge, that a fail
Ire to enforce law is a prolific cause
# anarchy and mob law; now let us
lgain analyze the compromise of
his bill, you did not set aside any
PARTICULAR part of this bill as just or
Unjust, hence you must have come to
me Of two conclusions, that it
vas all just or all unjust, presum-
lbly the latter, as you refused to
lay any of 1t; now, Judge, If you
that it was all just you
hould have, as an honest man, and
n justice to me, paid me all; if
'ou concluded that 1t was all unjust,
'ou were bound under your oath of
iffiee to pay none; but when |, worn
nut and tired, fighting my enemies,
ound that those who should have