The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-04
THAT H|GH-HANDED
ACTION OF COUNCIL
Y Understand, is Viewed
with Alarrum, says Saml
of PoSen.

vi OOCll.
Mike Mulcahey of East Palatka was
one of the out-of-town customers at
John Mallem's store the other night,
when the subject of discussion hap
pened to be the recent telephone
squabble. Mulcahey didn't under
stand the subject fully, but said he
had overheard conversation between
SamI of Posen, the responsible edi-
tor and financial head of the Morning
Postem Serial, with merchant, which
if true, "would tind to make every
wan trimble fer the safety of his
counthry." Then Mike proceeded to
repeat some of Posen's remarks:
"This action of the council, y under
stand" said Posen, sis high-handed
outrage, y understand, upon the lib
erty of the people. For more than
two weeks, y understand, l have been
warning the people of Palatka, y un-
derstand, against the Vaccinations,
" understand, of this Bell Telephone
octopus. And yet, in face of all my
warnings, y understand, the city
council has gone and played, y un-
derstand, into the hands of the Bell
people, v understand, entirely ignor-
ing, v understand, the claims of the
Aromatis telephone company, y un-
derstand, which was to be made
up, " understand, almost en-
tirely of us Palatka capitalists, y un-
derstand, and would have circulated
our own money, y understand, among
our own people, y understand, instead
of sending it to Wall street, y under
stand, where the octopus, y under
stand, has its headquarters.
Referring to the attitude of our
council, y understand, and judging by
their, shall we say, unprecedented ac-
ton, " understand, it would seem, y
understand, that they were determin-
ed to stop the growth of aromatic
sentiment, y understand, in this city.
Sometimes, y understand, when l re-
view my labors in this city, y un-
derstand, in behalf of the plain peo-
pie, y understand, it seems as if the
work was altogether too strenuous, y
under stand, for my greatly overtaxed
intellect. 1t is certainly hard, y un-
derstand, to convince people y un-
derstand, who seemingly, as it were,
y understand, prefer to walk in the
darkness rather, v understand, than
in the light which I am constantly,
|y' understand, trying to spread
abroad.
"One hates, y understand, to see
the city which he, y understand, has
selected to serve in an intellectual ca
pacity, y understand, constantly fail
in its efforts, y understand, to meas
ure up to those heights of mentality
" understand, which one has set fol
the people.
81 caun't say, " understand, that
there was anything crooked, y un.
derstand, but one thing is certain, y
understand, the council was practi
cally solid for the Bell people, y un'
derstand, as against the Aromatic"
"What d. we think, Charlie?" sale
Mulcahey, turning to Mallem's clerk
"Will Palatky fall entoirly in
the hands av the trusts, despite tn,
warnin's av this filantropist from Po
zen who is workin' hisself t. shad
ow in efforts to teach the people th'
true art of livin'?"
81 d'no," said Charlie, "but hee
naice young mans and if we dom
take hees, what you call heem, advis
more seriously first taing we know
he go Burbank and start potato or
chard."
"D'ye think there is any danger O
Burbank acquirin' of him." spoke u
the Man with the Dropping Nous
tashe
81 don't know" said Charlie, "bu
Burbanks need government expert
ness; they have all dees public utili
ties to geet and town offer fine in
ducement for young mans who is cor
tentment to grow with the place an
hand out, what you call heerl, advic
free gratis for nottings. Burban
would not throw dees atomatic tele
phones down laik Palatka. Burban
l.