Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-03-27
City Mayor Entitled to Pity.

The lamentations of the Advocate
editor in the last issue of his gimlet,
caused its readers to smile and sigh.
1t reminds us of the story they tell
about the 40 year old maid who cried
herself into Mysteries because she was
afraid her twins would drown in the
sea if she ever married
The article we refer to was headed:
He Wishes to Start Something !"
After making few child sh remarks.
the Advocate reprints clipping from
recent issue of the Republican. In
the first statement following the clip
ping, the Advocate makes a positive
declaration. In that declaration the
editor lays himself libel and open to
prosecution. He takes the liberty to
associate the name of A.. G. Harmon
with the article clipped from the Repub-
lican. Why did he single ont Mr.. Har-
mon? Why didn't he use the name of
some other business man? The Advo-
name in connection with that article.
Yet this presumption on the part of
the Advocate editor serves to prove his
egotism and prejudice, and convinces
the most sanguine that he has no moral
sense of justice and equality. Now
this same editor chances to be mayor of
10 IF nd In
paper he tries cases brought before him
in court and in his newspaper he rend
ers verdict without having weighed
the evidence. The question natur
ally arises, is a man of such calibre and
limited intellect capable of rendering a
verdict that would be just and equitable?
If it had been the desire of the editor
of the Republican to Start Something"
as the Advocate would lead people to
believe, he would never do it over
someone's else head. He would come out
in the open and make his attack direct
1t would be much easier to say some
thing about the Carnival Company that
the mayor of the town allowed to ex-
hibit here last summer for the moral (?)
uplift of the youth of the community
That might start something. 1t did be-
fore and the mayor retired with a broken
pinion, and has never scared as high
again.
This assumed goodness on the part of
the Advocate editor is all tommyrot
Ii it was against the law and dignity of
the town OF Audubon to obStruct the
street on South Park, it would likewise
he against the law and dignity of the
town of Auduon to obstruct the streets
in other parts of the business section of
the town The street in front of his
own Office and the one directly opposite,
have repeatedly been INSTRUCTED by
auctions held on the sidewalk, and the
public has yet to learn of the first Of
fender being brought before "Hiz oner.
To the general public, is looks as
though the mayor was not toating fair.
The Republican editor aud Mr.. Harmon
are law abiding citizens and would
not knowingly or Willingly violate or
transgress against the laws of the
town. IL looks very much as though
it were another case wherein the mayor
had exceeded his jurisdiction. If a
circus came to town and the parade
caused the streets to become crowded
and INSTRUCTED with people, would the
mayor cause the arrest of the manager
of that circus2 Certainly not, at least
his past record will not show that he
has If he would not, then business
man who pays his taxes has the same
right to protection that the circus
would have. If crowds congregate or
the streets, we have city marshal
whose duty it is to see that thorough
fares are left open SO people can pass
without being compelled to get off the
side walk
The mayor has acted hastily in the
matter and is rather to he pitied than
censured