Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-11-14

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To D. G. MENEFEE editor Of The Villas County
News, an ''all-American" newspaper, which be-
fore the war styled itself 'sVias County's Only
Newspaper
Permit me to say that strong infusion OF Eng
lish blood that has not decreased much in quality
while travelling through the veins of several genera
tions who have breathed the free air of the United
States, does not tend to make me very prompt at
complying with demands made by any mental per-
vert of nature that happens to imagine that he can
use ssMade in Germany tactics upon everyone who
does not rally to his commands.
Furthermore, if you will exercise enough OF that
much-vannted 100 per cent Amercansm OF yours
to quote nay article in full feel that the majority
Of your readers are possessed of sufficient inteli
TO interpret its meaning without any assistance
from me or you. AS you have garbed it according
to the method of dsreputable practice eyerywhere
it bears as much resemblance to a Woman's dress
pattern as it does to the original which please
above
After your persistent efforts of the past two
years to elevate yourself in public opinion at my
pense am not TO giving said public little
light on your 100 per cent methods of fair play and
honesty in dealing with your friends and those who
have contributed largely to your support ever since
your arrival in Eagle River.
It is matter corroborated by nearly every man
on the streets that, beginning soon after your COM
ing here, you generally engaged in the laudable
attempt to 'show somebody up Invariably, the
News lost it's case and has ever left town ex
cept of their own Yoition, and that generally be-
cause of increased salaries what they had been
earning as residents of Eagle River. / have, since
1872 known of several of these instances and they
also left the accused persons in better standing than
they were befores 1t has become street joke that
one of the easiest ways to defeat candidate for
county office is to have Menefee supporting him. On
general principles and issues Of interest to the pub
lie upon which there might be differences OF opinion
YOU are surely an "Artful Dodger until you see
which side has won. Professedly Republican, the
national and state nominees of your party might
well have an organ located in Africa In return for
the support accorded you for several years by the
county officials of your party, you have had to be
taken by the and led to your editorial chair
whenever there was more than one candidate rum
ming Tor an Office both before and after the primaries
and there have been instances when you positively
refused to come to the aid Of your party under any
circumstances. That's instance of your 100 per
cent loyalty
a few years ago the matter OF referendum on
prohibition and woman suffrage was before the peo
pie and most papers favored one side or the other
which they had perfect right to do. The News
and it's able editor however kept out Of the fracas
and after it was could say you were this
or YOU were that. Then the license question came
up in Eagle River. You refused to even sign
petition to have the matter come TO vote. did
sign believing that the right of people to vote was
one principle of Americansm, but offended several
who Thought otherwise After the election and the
drys won you bravely came out and announced the
News office ''bone-dry shop" You continued to
be discreetly silent through the columns of your
ssall-American newspaper" was not SO fortunate
and again offended some very good friends who be-
lieved in taking little 'licker" when they wanted
to-
Along about that time your Office stationery
bore the somewhat misleading slogan, s'Vias Coun-
tvs Only Newspaper" This may have been an