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Show NOW WAS IT A f IZZLE? That Bomb Fred Turner Turned Loose on Democracy. The Journal says Turner's "bomb" fizzled. Every intelligent man In tho county knows that tho Journal Is not In a position to state with any degree of certainty as to what effect Turner's disclosures havo had or will have nor are wo.- Nothing but tho vote on Nov. 4th will tell the talc, and tho Journal's reports beforo that time must be looked upon as wholly unreliable. unre-liable. No one blames the Democratic mouttv-plecc for putting as good face on tho matter as possible, but the people understand that It does this because the party demands it and not because it Is in a position to know the truth. Until Mr. Turner's disclosures arc disproved, they will stand as the truth. If they are not true, tho Democrats who nave been accused of such dishonorable political methods, can not in Justice to tho party Itself, refuse to make some statement calculated calcu-lated to exonorato themselves of tho cliarges made. Until they do this, hundreds of Democrats who have stuck to the party through thick and thin must believe that they were once betrayed by various of the candidates on tho Democratic ticket at this time. Feeling that these men did in truth betray them, it Is but fair to presume that many of these Democrats will refuse to vote for their betrayers. Just how many wllj submit to such treatment, and how many will seek to throw down men who propose to exercise this spirit of Imperialism, will not be known until tho vote is vote is counted. One Democrat at Richmond says, "I will secure llftcen Democratic votes for the Republican ticket;" another at Ilyrum says he "will secure seventy-five Democratic votes for Turner," We do not know whether these men arc able to deliver the goods, but it shows a tendency that isn't discouraging to Turner or the Republican party, How far such a sentiment extends wo do not know nor does the Journal know how far It doesn't extend. Tho ballot is cast secretly and no man may know except by tho vote ,as counted out. Mr. Turner will probably lose a few votes as a result of his disclosures, but If his disclosures are not disproved (and there's no evidence that they over will be or can bo disproved) It is not presuming pre-suming too far to bellevo that the Democratic candidates will lose many votes. |