Show V. V P G Gt K THOMPSON t- t ANSWERS 1 RS 7 I i I THURS THURSBY 1 i t f j v- v ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE- i j I. I Dear Sir t 1 In your last issue there is a an nn attack by Olaf Thursby on th the Republican j-Republican party in g general an and myself particular deam 1 i it m my duty to reply to such a n statement Had it not been that his whole article is a conglomeration c of falsehood I would have let it g go gol l by like the first The trouble with Thursby i it is t that he cannot stand any opp s tion He is like a four year ol old 1 kid that has been playing marbles marble s sand and l lost st st. He then goes goes off oil crying a i that his crowd cheated h him m am and wit with th the theother that he is going tj t- play other crowd Well if the other othe crowd w wants you Thursby all all all' I is riddance have to good i say marshal dives headlong into The r I J r t 1 th the Saloon business as though th the knew all about his hiE trouble hV people f 1 and as asif that had anything to do d Ji r tj G with l h. h his IS d defeat e f eat 10 in t the h e caucus 1 r 7 7 s i He says that he r reported ported to the council uncil about the s saloon keeping i a af 1 t 7 i house and nd that t at I 1 accused disorderly y ac ac- f in Now Nov cured him of butting 10 7 t r marshal how can yol you tell such o a n nJ J f is 1 I t I The fact is js this you objected IF If Co foia for foi fort fora fort of to the thu petition Tye t J t t t. t 7 a liquor nor license o on the grounds ground i J 0 that they kept a disorderly house 3 wand and sold old liquor on Sundays ant and an f that they also sold liquor to minors minor 1 t y r. I f Tasked asked you there and then if you j i i con could d prove your assertions you yot said sail could and that had hat lV you ym you yon evidence to convict 7 I Ir r rf 1 plenty ot of r t r lr tasked asked you why you didn't swear f out a complaint compla nt t against t them and ant t lL tf have them arrested You said rf I yon YOl had hal d done ne that hat once for gab gamb ga gambling b f t ling hut hot that the justice had not fined them enough and that yon you 7 1 K I wouldn't swear out any more J i complaints complaints complaints' It It looked locked to me you favoring the republican s sal saloon f were or ng j o oon n. n I then Ithen move moved that the petition petition peti peti- r tion be granted which it was wa un un- 1 j 1 Your butting in was not at this rL time me at all It Jt was continuous o ous J i. i butting nearl nearly every every meeting I t Y 1 until it became unbearable roble Then I told old you one evening you yon w would uld I. I Have to keep your mo mouth month th shut as with tak f as I 1 would put up your f jn ing part in the council proceedings f t no no longer You Yon said that you asa asI as asa r t I J r a member of the of health t. t had had a a rig right to take part in our r deliberations onH I 1 then had the read the rules governing t-t t i 4 mayor f council proceedings to you and aDd you yon had to stop 2 Thursby says ays L I am an nn uncle- uncle of of ii the saloon element This is J Mainly news to tome me I 1 will s say say say-if y if k lL 2 H Sw v J s I the al b had 4 I no O Ol l better t r QI el element emen nt than the Thompsons Thompsons' they have to close down yn In in ft a very shun short time timo Next Next ho be jumps jumps' into October October a aw and nd w tells the council they need not no grant that license to to the the same s sam me parties to m move ve into tb the drug dru store He also says that a it mai than Irian like Thomp Thompson o 1 that knows knows' si so so much about the saloon question ought o to know n w was against th the law Now marshal how can can you vot vou get et yourself lf to write sn suh h stuff You Yon know very well that yon you didn't open your head about lt moving moving fn ing that saloon Y You also know t that at I was the first to object t to it as the saloon would be to close to the school The petition was wa then carried over passed th the next meeting I was not present it at that meeting Councilman Allred ask asked d me me meb before b fore that meeting me what I thought best hest to do about that license I told him the council conucH could do as as- they pleased as I would be out of town but if I Isho i should sho ld happen tobe to be there 1 I would vote No Next Thursby says the reH reason on th the Thompsons Thompson's came put curt against him was because they could not riot use him bim to carry out ou their per tonal onal spite against oth rb and also because he he asked the the- board of health and some of the the council council to stand by him in making a member of the council as ns as well as others abide by the city ordinances As to the above a accusation I will say that I can an not answer for Thompsons Thompson's but as far fill as it concerns myself it is S ah absolutely false As for making a member her herf of if f the cO council I abide by city ordinances ordinances ordinances nances 1 I nothing about it I L had not heard of it jt before seeing it t in Thursby's last statement Again Agai Thursby says bays that t if his memory s serves serves him right I 1 have played many games ames of cards Now marshal are you not getting a 8 little fresh It is true truo L I have played cards but I have never gambled ambled I have never had bad to sell ell my pay my gambling gamb g ling ing debts I have never had to mortgage e my home to pay my losses at the card table 1 I have never never run a dry pool ball hall with a gambling gamblin table in the tho basement Abasement with a lamp burning hurning in the day daytime daytime time ime and with a tube attachment to o the tho upper floor whereby I could let et the gamblers below know when marshal Hansen was coming There is a very wise saying that Those who ho live in glass houses should never throw stones stones Next ho he says the ballots lots were not Dot counted right in t the e caucus Now low marshal what is ailing you anyhow Didn't you have Joseph Qu Quinn nn the great mathematic up counted counted count count- there here to see were ed d right Now ow marshal you had better go home come v 1 The doors upon you shut let anyone anyon there in Unless it b be your yom man Friday Quinn Then dont don't go into print again The he T Thompsons you y you u only fight ht in n vain a Because in in politics politic your name name is mud NIELS THOMPSON Nov 1905 v I 0 a 1 JEi 4 fl o 7 f t x 1 f r a |