Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1898 — KNOTTS IN KNOTS. [ARTICLE]

KNOTTS IN KNOTS.

What a gem Mr. Knotts’ typewriter would have been for Gen. Weyler when the latter was so busy sending out “war news.” A. F. has a mania, it seems for letter writing. We have not the space to publish all nor any great part of the many letters Mr. K. has been sending out, but we will give onr readers the following gem to a Lake county Saloon-keeper which we copy from the Hammond Daily News: ■ Hammond, Ind., Oct 22,1898. Dear Friend:—Yotf no doubt realize that it is impossible for me to see any large per cent of the people of Lake and Jasper counties during my short canvas. I am therefore going to ask you to take a personal interest in my behalf. I feel as though I could write to you as a friend, even though you are opposed to me in politics. If you will investigate you will find that my opponent is a strict prohibitionist, and I am going to ask yon to see all of your friends in that community, or any others that von may have time to see, and ask them as a special favor to yon to vote for me. If I can get you and another democrat or two to go to the polls on election day, and approach every democrat in that community in my behalf, 1 know it would be a Winner. You can say to them that lam a Lake county bov; they all know me to be a fighter, and I will assure yon, and you may assure your friends that I will endeavor to take care of Lake county as a whole and not any particular locality. Furthermore, that I would not tolerate any “blue law.” I am, as you know, one of the boys, and I am going to lose some cranky republican votes, on that ground, and if they can afford to split their ticket on that ground, it seems to me that my democratic friends can afford to do the same. Now, if you will undertake to see these boys, and especially the saloon-keepers, and have a private talk with them, without any special noise on the subject, I will appreciate it and return the compliment, if it is ever within my power to do so. I wish you would write me at an early date what yon can do for me. I did not get to talk long with (another saloonkeeper), and Ido not know whether I ought to writeiiim or not, and I am going to ask you to see him for me. Now, do not confine your efforts to our little locality there, but work for mess an old friend, and I will rememember yon kindly for it, and return the compliment, should it ever be in my power to do so. With kind regards I am, Youro Yerv Truly, A. F. Knotts. <