You have been choked, and you have been cheated, and you deserve to be kicked.

You pay money to this editor her in town, for an advertisement that you know does you no good, and in return he prints an article to make you laughed at.

You form a combination with Guthrie to put in outsiders instead of good party men, and Guthrie uses his pull to have an ordinance passed to make you spend money for fire-extinguishers.

You elect a mayor, by your influence as a leading citizen, and he takes a bribe from Guthrie, and passes an ordinance to rob you.

And you, like a fool, let him do it.