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MIR EDITOR:
! am 'coElpelled, by sense o
duty'l owe myself, as well as 10 anoth
er gentleman, 10 whom injustice hat
been done, TO ask place in your col
umns 10 correct false statement that
'has been put 10 circulation, for the pur
pose OF knding feud between VIII
; LIAM y. EWING, Esq, Of New Lisbon,
aud myself.
A short time before left Columbus,
discovered in the Ohio Statesman,
what purPorled 10 be the proceedings Of
the Third Ward Hickory Club of Co
tunl6uS, in which it was solemnly re-
solved, that had, at a meeting Of the
Wing members Of the egslalure, de-
nounced Mr., Ewing and "defeated his
aom'ndtion for Judge of the 18th judicial
circuit" lthen intended 10 correct the
charge, and so stated my nlenlionto
number Of my frend0, who unanimous.
ly advised me not to notice it. they
knowing, as we'll as myself, the person
who offered that resolution. Believing
that nothing could injure me, or any
one else, that was published by the au
thor Of that resolution. | let it pass with
out any notice at all. On my.urrivaI a,
home. was shown, by a friend, the
Ohlo 'PGtrtot containing the same reso.
LUTON, accompanied by a,chort editorial,
the substance Of which is matter i'm |
material 10 me, and which nothing but I
time can determine. But seeing the
resolution vamPed up anew without the
name Of ils author,I felt bound by a
sense of justice TO deny The charges con.
tanned in that extraordinary resolution.
The charge that had denounced M.
Ewing, as specified in the resolution re.
lerred TO, is wholly groundIess 4 have.
from ten years. acquaintance with Mr.
Ewing, entertained for him. both aa a
man and lawyer, The higbeot regard.
stated 10 tho Whig members at the
lime the nomination was made, that Mr..
Ewing IN his pFlVala relations was with
out an exception, and as a legal man,
vas abundanlIy qualified by for the oil.
ice ol'PresldenlJ Judge, but my prefer
9nce was for Mr. ,Pearce, matter hat
was known TO oil the candidates and !,
heir friends. 1t 60 happened that Mr.
'earce was successful; If he had not
been, no resolutions would have been
passed by the Third Ward Hickory Club,
at so humble an individual as
myself II, from the fact that Mr..
'earce was the successful candidate, it j,
olIows that denounced Mr.. Ewing,
hen the same thing could be said with
egard 10 Mr. Harris and Mr.. Jarvis,
nd all other candidates. The charge
hat ! defeated The nomination of Mr.. I
ewing, | am not cain enough 10 ansWer.
ImoOg fifty five membsrs,oa having en- !
quaI voice in the selection of cand- .
a'o0, 1t would be presuming too much
or an individual member 10 claim to :
ave either nominated or defeated q ]
lngIe candidate.
This strange resolution, II beieva,
vas passed partly from malicious mo- {
YES towards me and partly from en- :
lnorance Of the facts No person could
now any thIng about the doings ol the "
Vhlg members at the time Of the ,nomi.
alton referred 10, except an edUsS drop
er, business for which The author of
he resolution is peculiarly adapted In !,
his oplnonl IseI warranted, from the G
acl that there was embodied in The re-
olulion things that never transpired, !.
nd making Mr., Ewing the candidate D
D the 18th judicial circuit, where there ; !,
'as no vacancy. All these things would
eem 10 indicate that the listener was
oparned by too many walls from
hose whose dongs he was trying to
hronicle, to enable him TO get the facts =
Orreclly. /
! have no objection to the Third Ward |
Hickory club settling all questions, both =
National and Slate, for the Locofooo o
arly, & 10 abuse members of their own r
arly who dare to act out the wishes Of 0
heir constituents, and also their right
D make all nominations for their own
arly. But | soIemnIy protest against
heir putting words in my mouth that ] y
ever uttered, and making charges for n
no against others that have naught T
galnsl, without permitting me, in some I
'ay, 10 contradict the ialsehoods a
E R. ECKLEY. u
Carrollton, March q, 1914.
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