, 1912-02-01

recently circulstsd by the French
creek people was that i was being
favored" by the State Land Board.
Fancy, If 1t is possible. Governor Carey
favoring me as against Editor Drury'
the man who claims to be responsible
for the governors election. Can 1t be
possible that Governor Carey could be
SO un%grateful? think not. In this
connection / wish to say that ! have
always been treated with due courtesy
by the Land Board and that l have
at all times tried to merit their re-
spect and confidence and expect to
continue so to do. irrespective of
Editor Drury's attempt to drag the
Land Board into his political game.
If the French Creek Company has
to bolster up its project by such tao
tics, 1t is certainly unfortunate. If
it has unexpectedly been used to
spread unreliable reports and to aid in
an effort to ecu affidavits, ETC., in
order to help along another mans
dirty political game, it is doubly un-
fortunate.
The statement in one Of his many
attacks that l did not give a d-n for
the district, or the welfare of the
people, is the vilest sort of a lie.
Probably ! have been more fortunate
than he, for / have never had n
reason to make such a remark.
When a mans mind becomes such
that his chief pleasure is found in the
villification and abuse of his fellow
man; his chief work in seeking to
destroy those who may disagree with
him, he has lost his usefulness in his
community and becomes an object of
pity.
Summed up, the situation as ! see
1t is, first, my refusal to pledge myself
to Editor Drury In August, 1910, was
the cause of his villifying campaign
which, as you well know, proved as
futile as it was foul.
Second: The submission of the
proposition h~ereinbefore set forth, to
the State Land Board to build the
Casteel canal and reservoir, in which
you will notice my position is plainly
stated, that If the French Greek Com.
pany could not build their canal, !
was willing to undertake to build a
larger and, in my opinion, a much bet.
ter project, together with the fact that
/ try to secure settlers from Colorado,
has been bounced upon, oh, so eagerly
by the editor and as joyfully presented
to you by the Herald that / would
"assassinate the community" ! won,
der why. Is it because of his great
love for you or the district or the
French Creek Company that these ar
ticles, so full of haired. bubbling ovel
with malice and teeming with false
hoods, have been hurled at me, or is
it Editor Drury's dirty game of polite:
to poison your minds and thus enablt
him the better to get" me, as he put.
it? The answer is plain. He stands
convicted of his own hatred, malice
! and falsehoods.
The temptation to destroy is grea'
and no doubt you will continue to b,
b%urdened by Editor Drury with otheI
and more glazing accounts of m,
"dastardly acts" in order to get me
for as time goes on, hat old gnawin,
rot of bitterness gnaws deeper, blu
although / have my faults and max,
mistakes, ] am willing to leave m,
case in your hands, remembering tina
you rendered a verdict in the fall o
1910 twixt the editor and me, and his
tory repeats itself.
have nc hostile feeling toward Ed
tor Drury, much less the French Creel
Company. and simply say of that pre-
ject, as of any other; if they canno
build the ditch, they should certainl,
be willing to step aside and not at
tempt to keep back a whole com
munity.
In closing ! wish to say l appreciat,
the honor bestowed upon me in tn,
last election by the people of Carbon
county. That ] have tried to represen
Carbon county as / believed its pee
pie wished to be represented. That
have at heart the interest and welfar,
of its people and would be glad of al
opportunity to secure capital for an,
good irrigation project in the county
or to help along in any way l may ii
the proper development of its natura
resources.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) w. H. TAYLOR