The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24

SkON HEGAN W EEhLi
evidently Aimed at Him So HI
Responds
The following is a copy of a com
sent to the SkowhegaI
ewspaper by Mr.. Pattangall:
,ditor' Somerset Independent-Re
porter
l quote from your issue of toda!
be following editorial:
THE daily papers of the pres
ent week have related a some
what unusual incident, the seizure
of 1880 pint bottles Of liquors,
en- route from Boston to Augusta,
said to be destined for man
named King, who until January
last, was a resident of Water
Vile.
The stuff was packed in 70
boxes and these were concealed
by furniture, carpets, etc, evil
IDENTIFY in the hope that the load
would pass for furniture van.
The seizure was made by Ferd E.
Stevens of Lewiston under the
national law applying to inter-
state transportation of liquors.
Taken all together there
seems to be warrant for the i'm
preston that these $500 pints of
intoxicants were for use In rela-
ton to the primaries which are
to occur throughout this congress
sional district a week from Mon
day If their distribution were
confined to the voters of one
party in kennebec county, even
the one that had the most numer-
GUS following in the last election,
there would be just about enough
to go around OF course this
citizen of Kennebee and those as
sociated with him may have had
the liberal purpose of handling a
proportion along the upper Ken
nebec, but our knowledge of the
propensities prevailing in that
section, just before election,
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believing that mighty little of
this consignment would ever get
up this way, If distributed from
Augusta headquarters.
Now all this leads us to inquire
why there should be such dis
elimination against good old
Somerset. Surely prediction
;u not oanGnod RI apU
section and we recall nothing
that would justify our sister
county of kennebec in her selfish
and heartless designs.
of course everyone in the dis
trict, except perhaps it's immedi
ate promoters, are chuckling over
the incident That so slick
furniture should get pinched is a
rare treat. Further than that,
there is food for reflection for
every citizen who is entitled to
vote at the primaries. for con-
gressional candidates on July %.
A statement as to the party or
parties responsible for this i'm
stantiate, but each man can use
his own reasoning powers and,
should he reach a conclusion sat
isfactory to himself, he would
naturally line up against any ele
ment guilty of a practice so per-
nicious."
| have quoted this editorial in full
Or two purposes: First, in order
hat my reply to it may be intelli
ible to the public, and second, t
i've as much publicity as possible tC
he cheap, malicious. lying methods
t those, like yourself who are op
osing me in the present primary.
The plain inference of your edi
orial is that liquor seized in Lewis
on was intended for my use in the
lection next Monday. You did MOI
are to state that such was the fact
Dr. you knew that you neither had
roof of it nor had you the slightest
eason to even suspect 1t, In other
lords, you attempted to circulate 6
irty, contemplate lie through the
istrict without making yourself re-
ponsible for it. A lie by implication
, the worst kind of lie because tht
Sc of 1t shows the user to be no
My liar, which is bad enough, blu
coward also, which adds to the of
ense
| observe that marked copies o
our paper have been sent to man!
Are you circulating you
ttacks on me free of charge or arr
GU being paid to do so by someone
tho is anxious to. defeat my nomina
ion? | cannot believe the former
he latter is, II anything, a little th'
'orse position for you to be in, 70,
hired assassin is somewhat more
espicable than one who murders OF
is own account.
If you have any faith in the truth
4 the story which you seek to con
ey to your readers by inuendo anC
will print 1t a. a statement of fac
o as to permit me to bring the mat
er properly into court, | will be yer.
much pleased to bring libel sui
gainst you and will agree to donat,
he proceeds thereof towards payin,
lecturer to deliver a series of ad
Iresses in Skowhegan on How :.
Political Campaigns De
emily. Such a work seems neces
AIRY in that vicinity.
(signed) W. r. PATTANGALL.