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fellow McCune must be so beaten that his defeat will be remembered for

twenty years Halloway is honest and clean, at least, while McCune is

corrupt to the bone He has been bought and sold, and I alad the proofs

of it are in your hands, as you tell ave them to you

"The papers you hold drove him out of politics once, by the mere threat of

publication; you should have printed theested Do so

at once; the tientle; it has the air of

fearing to offend, and of catering, as if ere afraid of antagonizing

people against us; as though we had a personal stake in the convention

Possibly you consider our subscription books as such; I do not But if

they are, go ahead twice as hard What if it does give the enein to see a danger of it)

ill be with the enemy I do not carry ress You have been as non-committal in your

editorials as if this were a fit time for delicacy and the cheaper

conception of party policy My notion of party policy--no new one--is that

the party which considers the public service before it considers itself

will thrive best in the long run The 'Herald' is a little paper (not so

little nowadays, after all, thanks to you), but it is an honest one, and

it isn't afraid of Rod McCune and his friends He is to be beaten,

understand, if we have to send him to the penitentiary on an old issue to

do it And if the people wish to believe us cruel or vengeful, let them

Please let me see as hearty a word as you can say for Halloway, also You

can write with ginger; please show some in this matter