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Show As To Judge Hart. Tin: Kkpuhmuan has piloted no "tale" of Judge Hart having contributed contri-buted WOO to the democratic campaign cam-paign fund, but In reply to the assertion as-sertion of democratic nowspapers that tho Judge "Is non-partisan" we did ask tho question "how about that rumor that he has contributed $500 to the democratic campaign fund?" This rumor is a common one. only the amount Is placed at $1,000 Instead of WOO. "The onlj " real it this journalistic journal-istic lipid has ever produced says that tho rumor "Is a lie pure and simple." Tim Iti:iuiii.icAN has not said and can not iionv sav that tho rumor Is tho truth, but until Judge Hart denies it, wc can not say that it Is a He. Jiut why, praj, should the publication publica-tion of this rumor so excite our esteemed es-teemed contcinpf iar? Judge Halt has occupied the bench nine years. In that time lie has been paid not less than WO.OOO in salary. This splendid thing has come to him because'ho a democrat, because that party has continued con-tinued to elect him to olllce. The Judge Is now trying for the third term, and If elected will in his four-year four-year term receive anothor h,000, a grand total of nearly WO.OOO the gift of the democratic party.Theio are legitimate legiti-mate expenses of this campaign, so why should not Judge Hart, who will leap the gicatcst benefit fiom the success of the democratic patty-contribute patty-contribute liberally to the campaign fund Is ho not in their debt- deeply In their debt? Four yeais ago the democrats thought Jfl to 1 was about proper why shouldn't there be that ratio now in the Judgo'scontributlcii? If he Is elected ho gets $10,000 why not contribute $1,000? "Ths only's" .ittcmpt to make peo ple believe this paper would "belittle" and cast "nasty Insinuations" at Judge Hart are ridiculously silly. The Judge Is a genial, hlgh-mlndcd, whole-souled gentleman with a character char-acter beyond reproach and wc hac never Intimated different. Wc would say this, though, that If Judge Hart has not contributed $:.00, and Is not willing to contribute $1,000 If It seems necessary, then he Is an ingrate and does not deserve the support of that party which has already given him $:!0,000and from which ho now asks $10,000 more. Hut gentlemen don't make the Judge out a "non-partisan" and seek votes for him on that sore. |