Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1910 — Ply Your Inquisitions “Rory” And We Will Make Reply. [ARTICLE]

Ply Your Inquisitions “Rory” And We Will Make Reply.

Will the Repsselaer Republican please tell its readers just how long their bosom friend, Abe-ram Halleck, will be retained for the county attorney when the new board of commissioners take possession of their office?—Brook Reporter. We don’t know at just what stage of the game Attorney Halleck will lose his job. The board will not be democratic until after the installation of William Hershman into office on Jan. 1, 1912. It is probable that will be the occasion of a change and that Mr. Halleck will be succeeded by a democratic lawyer. That is naturally to be expected. That is one of the fruits of democratic victory. A question so foolish should be placed with the category of “foolish questions” propounded by fools. Will "Rory” now make reply to questions propounded by the Republican prior to the election and seeking to bring out the stage' of the game at which he changed front regarding Congressman Crumpacker? Was it not Soon after your failure, “Rory,” to secure the dismissal of Civil War Veteran Morris Jones as postmaster and your own appointment? This question could be answered frankly and in a few words. As a candidate Tor postmaster, “Rory” thought Crumpacker an ideal man for United States senator, for governor of Indiana and for, president of the United States. After he didn’t get the postoffice he set in on a vindictive, contemptible and puerilish campaign against Mr. Crumpacker. The old readers in an apt manner described such conduct as "sour grapes,” but modernly it has been called “belly-aching.” But, as a matter of fact it is dishonesty and people take little heed from a person who bases his opinions of a man on his personal disappointments.