The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-10-21

references whatever to Mr.. Caswell's
candidacy for state senator and his
name was referred to along with 9TH
er democrats who control the party
machine. In other words, the Review
simply recited the facts in the case
without abusing anyone, but, notwith-
standing, it seems to have provoked
the editor of the Bulletin to fairly
Shrek the accusation that ''the Re.
View was throwing mud at the Bulle.
tin editor with all its dirty might just
as was to be expected before cleo
ton" 1t makes the prediction that
1 the Review will circulate all sorts OF
false reports and perpetrate all kinds
OF frauds known to political tricksters
upon the candidate using unprintable
| language to describe his apprehen-
sions.
One would naturally infer from
| the hysterical deuverances of the Bull
letin that the Review had manutac-
| tured some slanderOus charge against
! Mr.. Caswell and that additional eX-
pOsures are contemplated before cleo
ton. We say all this might be infer
red but for the fact that Mr. Caswell
himself, asserts that all the Review
had said was absolutely true. wien he
says 1.-The Review is rightly informed
in The whole matter, however and
Mr.. Caswell has no apologies to make
and no regrets to offer" What is to
be thought of the character and ment-
al condition of man who asserts
/! that he has been attacked and is liable
, to further attack because someone
said something about his connections
| With Il political machine which is true
| and which he confesses is true If
nothing but the truth has been said
about him why should he resort to the
use OF language of the gutter snipe
to make his friends think he was
slandered? The uttepance of the
truth ISLANDERS no man although it
seems to have caused Mr.. Caswell to
lose his equilibrium and to rant like
q mad man.
Has the Review opposed his candid
acy Tor state senator? The answer is
that not a single reference has been
made to him as candidate for more
than four months. Does he think this
paper will attack him before election
so that he finds himself experience
ing the horrors of some terrible night
mare and imagincs it is necessary to
warn his friends to be on the lookout?
We should think that if the Review
has not thrown a straw in his way
during his candidacy up until within
two weeks of election that there does
not seem any reasonable probability
that it will go out of its way to do so
before the election.
The explanation for The i'll temper |
ed language of the Bulletin, i'll addi- i
ton to a disordered mind, is that it !
was huge bluff to create the impress
sion that the Review might attack
him and to attract attention away |
from the mistreatment accorded DR..
Bond by the democratic machine.
Ii Mr.. Caswell has SO little faith in
his character that he lies awake
nights and imagines someone is liable
TO expose him, he should either re-
strain his ambition to run for office
or reform his life so that he will not
prove vulnerable to assault. 1t is
said "A guilty conscience needs no
accuser" and further that "it is the
wicked Who fee when no man pur7|
sueth." 1t might be well for the Bull
letin editor to reflect upon these say
ings.
Another thing which might be well
for him to understand is that the Re-
view is republican newspaper and
perfectly independent and can not be
intimidated by bluff such as was at
tempted in this case. We are living
in the north where ostracism does not
follow the refusal to wear the demo
cratic yoke We grant the Bulletin
and it's editor may he able to halter
democrats and lead them as victims
to his bidding but it is another thing
to place halter about the neck of
a republican editor and expect to lead
him at his will.
Another thing might be well for
him to consider and that is that he
should not so far confound himself
with the democratic party that he
should imagine he is the party itself
and that when criticism is lodged
against it that he feels a blow is in
tended for him. He may be the chief
factor in the democratic machine of
this county but he is not the party it.
self He may be able to summarly
dismiss old soldiers from Office and
to assert that he has mo apologies to
make or regrets to Offer but he
should remember that a day of reck-
oning is likely to come even to a
political boss. We are naturally in
clined to wonder upon what meat
doth this our mighty Caesar feed that
he has grown SO great.
In answer to the insinuation Of the
Bulletin that Mr.. Conner was respons-
ible for Dr.. Wright's being taken from
the pension board to give the place to
DR.. Bond it is sufficient answer to
state that DR.. Wright circulated the
petition for DR.. Bonds appointment.
The Bulletin in its Monday issue
still prates about the Review being
to Mr.. Caswell's candidacy
for Sanction oithpuph mt Wpr1 |