The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-29

ing tor his country and humanity {
What is he doing for the moral
! betterment of Watertown? Any
thing? A 'hoater" forsooth.
The Leader has nothing to re-
flute. 1t is not going to harrass
the public. But it will continue in
/ the future, as it has in the PAST,
to wildly portray in word-pictures,
showing that Watertown is long
way from a Zion City-just as long
as there is such Indifference on the
part of public officials to existing
vice that is being permitted with
out any restriction whatever.
1t has been the contention of the
Leader that there is most urgent
need of cleaning of the decks"
in the administrative affairs of
Watertown. The voters should
awaken to the full realization that
the political gods of Watertown
cannot be on the ditheism order.
They are very much alike. The
line Of demarcation these days be-
tween good and evil is too pro-
nounced. The public is awaken
ing to this-fact and a change is
sure to come, sooner or later.
The splutter of Mayor CRUDE
Hast Friday evening has added new
recruits to a good cause. The
greatest regret is that he did not
sputter about a month sooner. 1t
has not helped the cause of the
ring, neither has it punctured the
sails OF the Leader, which will con-
tinue to throw the harpoon into
vice with a hrmer determination
than ever. An opening has been
given to speak even more plainly
than in the past. Unlike the may
or, the expressions from the Lea
der are not for ostentatious pur-
poses and marplots cannot choke
it into silence or even brighten, but
rather they incite greater action.
In all events, the Leader will at
tempt to be benignant at all times.
Mayor CRUDE has falsif1ed IN
order to discredit the motives of
the two newspapers referred to-.
Here follows a quotation the may
or is credited with having. uttered;
THE other one he likened unto a
| hoater who drifted from town to
town until finally he alighted IN
! Watertown and at once started to
disCredit everyone, a man who ran
his paper on the non de plume or
der, afraid to say anything him
self, but willing to let someone else
discredit and bring shame to the
face of every resident. F."
The columns of the Leader have
been and are open to the discuss
ion Of public matters. Mayor CRUDE
is no exception. He is welcome to
quote anything-word for word
| that has been printed III the Leader
and prove the untruthfulness OF
the same. But the above quotation
has more the earmarks of a non
entity who hears his master S
voice" but mixes" things, even
the English language. The Leader
bunch" was far from being afraid
last July when threatened with
criminal libel proceedings. 1t would
gladly have been the martyr to the
cause.
Here is another illustration Of
gentlemanly and dignihed I'd argu-
ment: A pair of harpies who il
their senility see nothing but the
black side of life the scope of their
observations being so small that
their sense of right and wrong has
been dulled." What logic! What
convincing argument But it is al
that can be expected from those
who neither raise hand nor voice
in denurciation of wrong-legal
lied crime, if you please. And ye
Mayor CRUDE comes before the PEG
pie on his record 4" What dc
you think of such record, fellow
citizens?
Thank goodness there are Others
who see the black side of life, &C
cording to the above Interpretation
The generalities' referred to i:
evidently the coat that fits tn,
i mayor. At any rate he has takel
upon himself the responsibility o