The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-04-11
Open Letter to DIR. Daniels.

night, with considerable amusement.
When a person is driven into a tight
place, il is quite a character study 10
observe the various methods resoItsd
to to wriggle hose. A truly penitsnt
person makes a clear unconditional
confession and il inyarisbly forgiven.
but a confession, tinted with deceit,
like your retraction. is abominsble
aid eventually will bring the per-
son who attempts if to grief.
That You aud / may come TO q better
understanding, kindly answer me a
few questions: Why did you take ad-
vantage Of your position in a meeting.
called for a different purpose. TO heap
discredit upon Johu GrOce aud myself
as public servautsf Our feelings, orr
good names, our characters, are they
nothing to you as against your mad
ambition to dominate the political stu
alton in our Gown and county, A few
days prior to your ~dastardly assault,
You came and asked Of me fsyOIs which
were freely given. Why did you play
the judas when your hand vas already
on the hiIt Ct the assassin's dagger 7
Yes, you showed me your retractiOn,
but why did you, after you left nv
Office. strike out the words I wrote
into that confession and which you
sgreed TO adopt as your own. 10
make it more in compliance with the
facts Please do not attemnt 70 DENY
this as you have the original with my
- Lu.l -r~T.1 ---s~Fa- - 1nE
And why did you again Try 10 make a
~scrapegoat of Mr.. Groce in order that
you yourself might squeeze out with
out a scarf
You still persist in referring in yOur
written statements to your resolution
for prevention of undesirabls mar
riages." This was not the till You Ie-
ferred TO ] the opera house. Dor did
your resolution, as you call il, shown
in st. Charles hotel. contain q word
on this subject. Have YOU become
ashamed Of your own hobby House
bill No. 413. the only bill that came
to the house on this subject, contains
almost verbatim all Of the provisions Of
what you claim 10 De your resolution.
This bill provided fol- the unsexing
of certain glasses Of men and women.
1t also makes unlawful unsexing Only
a misdemeanOr and practically pats il
on a par with ordinary assault aud bat
terry cases. while under our present
law unlawful unsexiug is N Of the
most heimous crimes described in our
statute books. Even you. / believe.
will admit that such a law would
soon give a great bonn 70 an IN
scrupulOus pIactionel. Again if such
a law were taken advantage of. as it
already has been in some parts Of our
civilized wuild. we should soon enter
an era of crime and moral DEGRADATION.
But who drew this bill, / do not
know. 1t did not originate in the
house as the words introduced by
Request are printed at the head of
the Dill. II also contains all Of your
own latest ideas on preventive legis-
~Iation, all strictly Up to date. of course,
and presumably imported from Paris,
where so many new ways and fash
ions are conceived. 1t may be that
some young medical scientist, like
yourself. hungry fOI fame, is trying
to steal the glOly that justly belongs
to you.
Yes, shame on me- for letting
such a dangerous bill get ont Of the
committee and 90 TO third reading.
Oar last legislature was not guilty of
pigAon-holing. Moreover. there was
not at any time danger Of the bill
passing either house or senate. Let
it also be kept in mind that a mem
Der who is absent votes against a bill
as effectively rs one who votes against
il on the floor. as our constitution pro-
vides for a majority vote of al mem
bsrs elected in order TO pass q bill.
Oh third reading, in either branch of
the legislature.
You quote an old saying that "a hit
bird fiutters." You are a hunter and
ought to know. There is also another
old saying which reads SHOW me a
mans hobby and l can show you his
cardinal sin
An effort is being made to make our
controversy a part of the liquor ques-
tion TO be voted on next Tuesday. This
ia certainly wrong, lie it not, Doctor
Let a man be a man and vote his con-
v~iction. considering only the interest
of those people who are benefited or
must of necessity suffer by his vote.
In closing, / must not forget to
congratulate you Oh your style of dis
course and most of the statements you
make are true, 81 much so as to SAVIOR
of moral persuasion. At the same
time, you have an admirable way OF
concealing sufficient Of the truth to en-
able you to crawl from under anything
that you may write. ssy, or do. This
is, indeed, a very old style, and has
been the diploma ic INSTRUMENT of
crafty stat -smen through many centur-
les. This very same style of discourse
was first Known to Satan and used by
him when he whispered his beautiful
theory to un~suspecting Eve. Fer rea-
so1 OF this deception, so deity used.
it has become part of our punishment.
also, TO engage in this little bitter
mar of words Are Won not sorry for