The Political Grudge Match in Rosalia

The people of Rosalia were considerably surprised to discover in the Sunday issue of the Spokane Review a petition urging Representative D. F. Anderson to change his vote from Allen to Turner. The petition included a long list of names. It is also a fact that the majority of the business men of Rosalia are in favor of Turner for senator. However, the list of names contains but three Republicans, the remainder being boys too young to vote, Populists, and unnaturalized Germans. Nearly all the signers of the petitions are personal enemies of Anderson, with the promoter of the deal and circulator of the petition having a personal grudge against the representative from Rosalia, who has manhood enough to vote his sentiment. The statement that the list contains the names of a majority of the business men of Rosalia is false. The names of very few business men appear on the petitions, most of them being laboring men, farm hands, and a few hoodlum boys, one of whom has been under the surveillance of the town marshal for two months. The signers of the petition are not favorable to Turner, but merely are trying to injure Anderson in the eyes of the public.