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Show BACK TO RESURRECTION. "The only" rakes over the llles of Tiik Kia-uiu.K an of two jeai-s ago and (incites statements made to this paper by Mayor Hansen in icfcrenco to the shipping of ceitaln machinery from thcEast. Mayor Hansen show- ed us letters from the manufacturers1 saving the machinery would bu shipped ship-ped on a certain date, then later that It had been shipped etc., and on these assurances Mayor Hansen authorized statements that the plant would be In opeiation within a certain time. The contract witli the machl.icry people called for delivery on November 1st, and though letters constantly advised I that tho machinery was well under' waj, would be shipped and had been; shipped, It did not arrive heie until Januaty 12th, two and one half months later. The following week "the only" quoted Tiik Hki'ihimcan i mid said - "Now has the machinery been on the road from the Kast since some time early In Octol er, was It shipped from 'omc remote province in China, or did you, as tho icpubllcan organ, deliberate lie with intent todecehe tho people for campaign purposes?" In the hope that it can put someone Into the hole which it has neer crawl-' ed out of, It Insists that that question has not been answered. Tin: Hiaan-i.ka.n Hiaan-i.ka.n has only tills answer It lias never lied deliberately or Intentionally, for political or other purposes, and In this Instance was, with Mayor Hansen, Han-sen, misled by the inuchlneiy people. As to how long that machinery was on the road. Tin: Hki-mimcw can ! only say this: When theplantor Tiik Likian ItKiTiiMCAN was bought, a new printing press from the factoiy In P.oston was purchased the latter pait of Julv. The factorv got the order by telegraph and woul was received re-ceived a few days later that the press had been shipped. Hut itdldn'tanive. Letters brought hailicr assmanecs that tho press- had been shipped. KITort to traco it icsulted in naught and the picss arrived here November ICtli, just TIIIII'.K AMI UNI: IIAI.K jio.viiis'nfter Hie company said It was shipped. Whore the press was wo do not know; whoio tho city's machinery was we do' not know. Tho Jotters salcl It liiiLboi?n shipped, and .Mayor ments. |