The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-12-27
5URKs-WooD CONTEST

on at 81 lgnace last week Friday.
We happened into 81. Ignace that day
and found Mr.. Burke, Mr.. Rutledge
and Frank t. Baldwin on the ground.
Senator Wood was not there and, later
in the day, dodgers were issued an.
nonncing that he would not be present.
He stated that he had not consented
to the debate and intinsted that the
people of St Ignace were being I'm
posed npon by Mr.. Burke
In order TO get compete informa.
tion regarding this controversy II is
necessary to go back something over
month when report appeared In
the peninsula papers about debate
which took place at Manistique. SEN
ator Woods home town, between Mr..
Burke. superintendent for the anti.
saloon leagne, and Senator Wood. In
that debate Burke accused Wood OF
working for the liquor interests as a
member OF the liquor committee Of the
senate. Senator Wood had the last
say and he produced kilograms from
MIR Tumulty, secretary TO Pres vii.
son. claiming that Burke was a man
not to be trusted and also the records
OF the New Jersey assembly showing
that Burke had been in bad with that
body for misrepresenting a member
The first impressions, gathered from
those press reports. were not at all
complimentary to Mr.. Burke and we
expected TO meet an insignificant, i'm
pertinent and untruthful man in Mr.
Burke. We must say, IN justice TO
both sides, that we believe Mr.. Burke
TO have been mis-. represented TO upper
peninsula people through those press
dispatches No doubt he was in bad
with the New Jersey assembly but 1t
is quite certain that the condition
resulted from fight carried on by the
anti-saloon league OF New Jersey
against what il believed 10 be In
trenched greed represented by some OF
the members OF the assembly. Ii was
undoubtedly some such a controversy
as the one now being carried on by
the league Under Mr.. Burke's direction
against Senator Wood. The fact Of
the matter is that Mr.. Burke ia not
a horse thief or some fellow Of that
order but mighty bright. energetic
and talented man wholly epthused
with his work OF warning on the
liquor traffic that Senator Wood is not
corrupt politician raking in the
shekeIs from "clIents' while purport-
ing TO represent the people but an
ordinary, honorable and upright man
who Is not imbued with the anti.
liquor idea but leans 10 the vets.
The Misrepresentation comes from
the fact that the drys have been
measnring Wood with "A prohibition
yard stick and the vets have been
measuring Burke with saturated tape
line The drys admit that, casting
aside the liquor question. which they
don Z propose 10 east aside Wood is a
good official and IL fairness ruled the
vets must admit that, setting aside
their pIeiudiov against All anti saloon
league agitstor, Mr. Burke is pretty
good type of citizen.
Tie print shops at ST Ignace were
busy that afternoon issning "dod. I.
gers First Wood got out tisn't' /;
then Burke got out "tis"
Promptly at 3 80 MIR. burke appear
ed upon the rostrum At the opera house
with stenographer at hand 20 take
down every word said The suall
audience that greeted the speaker AZ
the start was gradually increased mn.
III between 100 to 100 people were
listening 10 HE address.
Mr. Burke confined himself entirely
70 Senator Woods legislative record
az u touched upon the liquor legisla.
tIon Not single personal alIusion
was made 10 which exception conld
be taken Briefly. Senator Wood was
"a member OF the senate committee on
liquor legislation The other two
members were Senators Grace OF Kala-
mazoo and Scott Of Detroit Burke
accused Wood OF oDstructing legisla
tion favored by the league by refusing
tc report ont the leagne bills sent "a
the committee and of favoring leeisla.
tion favorable 70 the vets by reporting
out several BILLS which Mr. Burke
characterized as 'vicious' Among
the lsague bills that Mr.. Wood is
accused Of hampering the passage Of
was the prohibition state referendum
providing for the submission 10 the
people OF state wide prohibition
amendment which never came out of
the committee and the Pray hill prohi-
biting the shipping Of liquor from wet
into dry intra-state territory. This
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