The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-07
To Our .Readers


ters written by Nessrs Barrett and
Fischer in reply to the article appear
ing in last weeks News entitled
''Schooi Election" and signed "By
Order of the Committee
80 TIE VOTERS OF DISTRICT no
S. NAY KNOW
In reply to the article in the Jules
burg News il which the author has en-
deavored to Elislead the voters and has
permitted his versatile mind to lead
you TO believe that he is a gigantic
power foe the people back OF him, and
anything lie says is fact.
MERE is THE TRuTH: On Thurs
day evening was over TO the Court
Ho3sc. through the solicitation of MIR.
Wagner, he escorted me to the Sher-
tns of'ice and brought in as counsel
Mr. Harrison, Mr. Hendricks, and Fin
ley Dye
MIR. Wagner argued that ! had been
nis-informed. mis-lead and deceived.
and sincerely believed that l should
withdraw. come back to the old regi-
mont and get reinstated.
Mr.. Hendricks then argued that his
contentious were the same as Mr.
Wagner's. and used all the pcrsua-
sion in his possession Nothing do
ing.
Then MIR. Hendricks let his hand
slip into his pocket and pulled out Il
resignation and plead repeatedly for
my signature. Can't see it in that
way.
Then MIR. Hendricks with long dis
course tells me where am at Tells
me am without friends on the gangs
side. and unless l do resign sill have
no friends ON the other side. Friends
nowhere. Still holding out.
Mr.. Hendricks then argues again,
Ia lawyer is a tenacious fellow, and
Of course l couldn't see where his fee
was coming from; maybe there ism:
any. don't know He says, I'll re-
sign and you can have my place and
I'll step down and out; he says you
60 u2 and see the boys, up stairs.
meoitated and said mo it is your
,P,t1l,ss. ton. you 20 Up and sc1 them
and I'll consider it." He went up and
laid hare the proposition. The boys
had advanced in age-some OF them
had ;lsed rapidly
nfcnr
there; the three silver haired gentle
men ihat have compromised for the
six years | have lived among you.
How much longer l do not know Any
way they turned down fatty the pro-
position of MIR. Hendricks
The hour of ten O'Clock arrived and
up before the bar of justice in his
pleasing persuasive and loquacious
manrer steps my fellow countryman
Mr.. Harrison. knew he was from the
old sod because the map is carried in
the open. Well Tom is IA jovial good
hearted fellow and we all like his
makeup. It's natural for one Irish
man TO Ii Ike the other. but its the
hardest thing in the world for one
of the boys from Erin to convince the
other fellow
The argument was hot, cold and in
different. The proposition was ad-
vanced by Mr.. Harrison that l was
splitting up the party and the wolves
had mc. and would tear me to pieces
COME back! Oh, come back!" He
Pied. ''and if you want to be Coun-
ty Clerk this fall, I'll take off my coat
and dc all can to elect you" He
pled with all the choice figures of
spcecii that flow so readily from an
Iris., tongue. He had the wit of
Twain. the eloquence of Mckinley
and the logic of Roosevelt Still re-
luc. at.
Daring the evenings entertainment
while the urging for my withdrawal
was the strongest. l said I wont con-
sider any proposition without will
lingness from Fischer. and the argu-
ment they advanced was to leave
sSs'iV' ih ehS iul Sti, duu Stt Out
self. This gave me one of those dark
brown tastes in the mouth
We started at 1880 ?. NJ. 1t was now
mid-aisht, and finally said lets go
Oyer and see Fischer and after your
arguments are presented II he says We
are wrong and insists on withdraw
ing, I'll consider with him.
We went over. The ground was GOV
cred. Ed resisted and that is the story.
l brought no proposition to the meet.
ing. advanced none at any time.
Every proposition was their own.
Now il you voters think I'm crooked !:
a sangster; and an undesirable citi-
zen; If you think l am not honest in
the position have taken. then turn me