The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-30

way of candydate until this year. Sew
eral wks ago, however, Yves Woodruff,
our expert hunter and trapper announced
that he was going to run for town
constubble and then Seth begin to work
hard for votes.
Yves said he call1ilated he'd make a
better town constubble of Bingville than
Seth would, being as he was a hunter &
trapper and had been for many yrs, and
that he was of the opinion that emmy
buddy who could ketch foxes ort to be
able to ketch criminals Yves also said
he was more surer shot than Seth.
being as he could hit a tin can with a
rifle bullet at 100 yards almost every
shot-if he had a rest and took aim
long ent1f. Seth 2 yrs ago shot at a
stuffed dummy which looked like man,
which Hen Weathersby fxd up outside
his hen house to look like a chicken
theef and fool Seth with, and when
Seth shot at the dummy he wassent
moren 10 # off-he shot shots and
didn't hit the dummy onct, he was so
nervous. Wei, Yves used this aginst
Seth in his politikal campaign for con-
stubble
Yves said he was turrible brave and
not coward like Seth was when it
come to facing deth and that onct he
had walked right up to a bear in one
OF his traps and slapped its nose for !
it, that's how brave he was Also that |
he had faced skunk only #. distant |
and he thort ennybuddy who would take !
chance like that was hero.
Seth tried to coax Yves not to run !
ag1nst him. Seth told Yves that insid |
ot running for constubble he ort to run
tor a member of the Board of Helth,
being as there was more homer in that |
han in being constubble, and Yves had
about made up his mind to do this when
he other members of the B. of H.
OLD Yves that he couldn't never git
eleckted to the B. of H and assochi-
lite with skunks as he had did in the
'ast and sometimes be perfurned I'D
or wks at "a tine-they told Seth that
didn't become member of the Bing-
lille b. of H. to give off odor like a
kunk and that there had been times
a the past when the Bingville Board of {
telth, If they had did their duty, would I
4 investigated him (Wes) and declared
I'm publick noosance he smelt that
urrible. Thereupon Yves he resolved {
D continue to run for constubble 7
But in spite of all the votes Yves could
1t Seth we re-e1ckted constable of '
'ingville. Yves says he can prove be- i
ond a shadder of a doubt that Seth
oted for hisself at least six times dur
lg the day in the names of certain v
arties who was entitled to a vote but |;
assent present-Seth admitted he cast }
lese six votes, but he said he done it a
Y what he calls proxy, whatever that n
Not only that, but Yves says he
an prove that Seth went to certain D
ingvile citizens and asked them to LII
1te for him and when thew said thew
as agoing to vote for Yves Seth told =
n that if they didn't vote for him a
oeth) he would git eleckted ennyhow s,
Id then he'd trump up some charge or
her on EN- and arrest EN- and bring n
n to trial and prove EN- guilty and h.
&c as not send EN- to Jail for life AS
result many of our most respeckted W
ttizens voted for Seth who didn't want 81
and it went aginst their constituencies A.
principles turrible, but what Is con- u.
fence & principle compared with life di
prisonment, we ask? No think, we ec
swer.
To make long story short Seth Dew w
rry was eleckted town constubble of
ngvil1e for another yr by his high -
nded methods. Seth seems to think III
at nobuddy else in Bingville has a m
hit to be town constubble- but him. sb
,odness sakes, why he ackts almost
tyrannicl<al & imperialistick as some BIZ
the crowned heads of Yurrip, he &c
es Seth Dewberry had better look :,
t and come down often his high horse on
is is a free country were living in and sh
t a monarIcy and the soon Seth Dew
rry conduclts hisself according, the
ter it'll be for him. A WORD TO BIT