Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-05-06
ANOTHER DOSE OF SHEA


that started the newspaper discus
sion, and contents himself with hurting
epithets at the Record man. The
junk is so rambling in nature that
apparently the league editor didn't
think it worth much for publication,
as he held it week before printing
It. Our readers will remember that
Shea is the man who wrote long
winded yarn to Minnesota newspaper
intended to make the farmers in
Minnesota believe that the Nonpar-
tisan League was giving something
FOR their money out here besides ex-
perience.
In order to make this story stick,
Shea saw fit to monkey very seriously
with the truth. He tried to practical
" double the amount of money spent
for grasshopper poison, in explaining
the raise in taxes. He tried to make
the Minnesota farmers believe thai, he
had received $50 worth of grasshopper
poison on one quarter, when he hadn't
received any such amount.
Shea undoubtedly never dreamed
that his letter would come back to face
him in his own community, where the
facts are known. Shea then tried to
explain his first letter, and he made
a sorrier mess of it than ever. He
explained that some one told him this
county spent 100000. He explained
hat in fact the $50 worth of poison
he received was for three quarters,
instead Of one. He also quoted lot
Of bunk about being such a great
Townley man because Townley had
one time boarded at his place, ETC.,
etc.
In his last letter, Shea absolutelwig-
1ores any of the issues raised. In
The absence of the least kind of a
oassabie excuse for trying to mislead
his former Minnesota neighbors, he
;urns to hurting epithets at the Rec
ord man, who published the letter.
Muck of Shea's letter is absolutely
1nintelligible. We reprint herewith
The only statements that are couched
in anything like English language:
"While tie Record man was in Haz>
elton, l have heard that he said, he
vas very glad that l answered him as
:.e had more rocks to throw"
There Shea goes again: Somebody
told him." That's what started his
trouble in the first letter he wrote.
And again:
"And, if so, tell the readers of your
paper what you are. Great leader
ship, I'll say,
| Also:
eyes, tell us how many children you
have, Streeter."
Mr.. Shea, you were so extremely
unreliable in your letter to the Mimi
esota newspaper that you ought by
this time get down to brass tacks.
Any person reading the above quo
cations from your letter would certain
ly infe.I that you were trying to
throw out some insinuations against
the editor of the Record which you
are too much of coward to back up.
Now, Mr.. Shea, you couldn't begin
to back up the statements you wrote
for publication in the Minnesota
newspaper. We hope you will be man
enough to back up your insinuations
now.
You have started something, and it
looks like it's up to you to finish it..
We ask you plainly, Mr.. Shea, to
"put up or shut up" If you know
something detrimental to the character
of the Record man an impression you
have attempted to create by saying
nothing in particular, you had better
get busy and tell us what you know
You have done considerable of ped
ding this somebody told you" stuff
Now, then come on with the facts, OF
stand convicted as a dirty, despicable
! cowardly cur that tries to SANDER an.
other without actually making any
; charge that jhe might be forced to
back up.
You are not the first, Mr.. Shea, tina,
has tried to, "get" the editor of this
paper in similar manner. The
other party sneaked out at a mid.
night hour and posted in a disguised
unsigned hand his ISLANDERS, safe in
the knowledge that he could not be
traced or found.
You, Mr.. Shea, have taken another
tack with the same aim in view. You
have allowed your identity to be
known, but you have couched your in.
situations in such manner that were
you called upon to back them up, you
could solemnly proclaim that you
hadn't said anything, no, not soil.
tary thing.
The editor of this paper is candi.
date for public office, and, as such