The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-01
w g. HARDING.

The business thrust of Mr. Handing
| in the star OF the 30th instant for me
to explain the eternal Justice" of as
sessing each lot in the city Marion
one dollar and eighty cents for the
grand improvement Of the Little Sci
otto river, because ] happen to have
some bottom land that will be bene-
fitted. was Just like him. 1t was a
mean, contemplate fling. without any
| Just cause or provocation, by false in
sinuation to try to injure me in my
person and business. and my friend
ship with the people of Marion who
are paying this assessment of S1.SS, on
a lot, for the Improvement, that l had
the honor and have the credit for
making-the greatest benefit and i'm
Iprovement to both city and county
of the like ever made or ever will or
can be made. II benefits Marion by
draining her cellars, her cesspools an
sewers, and relieves her from the di-
sease- e-malting miasma arising from the
swamps of decayed vegetables from
flood and overflow and stagnant water
west In close proximity to our beau-
tlrul city. fun of sacred lives. This
improvements also greatly benefits the
people living along the same. once In
awhile one OF whom take the star.
What does Mr.. Harding want for his
money? lie gets all of the above
benefits for S1.SS. lie can pay more
If he wants to. Now. / want to say
To these good people of Marion ana
surrounding country. one and am. who
are paying once for all and only once
this little sum OF one dollar and
eighty-eight cents n lot, as matter OF
Justice TO myself in petltioning for
this grand Improvement that / pay
.S1.SS a lot also and beside that | pay
$1,000 on my little farm west of the
city, for this Improvement alone. Mr..
Harding can put that in his pipe ana
smoke IL. He ought to have given
these facts in explanation in his at
tack on me in the star but he didn't,
although the reporters OF that paper
knew. Il. or could have known 1t by
stepping into the treasurer's Office at
the court house and made the exam
lnation of his tax duplicate. That
sb.5OO tax was enough to have bought
another or the same farm over again.
hope by giving the people these true
facts that may not lose their patron
age Of my business, nor their esteemed
friendship. do not sec why Mr..
Harding should pitch upon me about
this business matter without the true
explanation that / give above. He
knew that Il would tend to injure my
business with these people who pay
this S1.SS assessment without such an
exclamation. / have said nothing
about MIR. Harding nor the Star,
have done nothing to either TO
iniure him in mis- business or other
wise, however much or little ! might
or might not in justice or injustice
said or done. Wherefore, ] can't see
why this onslaught on me and hence
On mine. Some OF my friends have
suggested he might have read some
Of my political views in the Daily
Mirror, not personal TO him. ! do not
want to believe that Mr.. Harding
would attempt to injure a man in his
business and friendships, on account
of his politics or any belief he might
honestly entertain. ! am half inclined,
however. to believe the suggestion. |
have not been personal toward Mr..
Harding either in business or politics,
that would warrant such an attack
on me. ! expect to continue to write
for the Mirror my polotlcal views In
the future as in the past and trust
that nothing may be said about me In
the future to compel me Ito carry the
war into politics
NJ. b. CHASE.