The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08

committee, on settlement of the mat
ter:
Due C. v. Eskridge, twenty-tw dollars and
thirty-nine cents, balance On constructing the
termined by the investigation Of the commit
tee. s. b. RIGGS,
II. BANCROFT,
e. =. BANCROFT,
Executive Committee.
July cath, 1871.
With reference to the partition fence,
the Reverend gentleman speaks as ig-
norantly as child, and about as sim
pie. When he came home from Topeka
last winter, it appears that he devoted
his time, in part, at least, to hunting up
tTmares' nests.' Besides finding one in
the Normal School fence, he found one
in the rock, which rock he insinuates /
stole from the Normsl school ground
and put "into the foundation of that
tall brick building ON the corner of
Sixth avenue and Commercial street"
Read the following in answer to this
last insinuation:
L hauled all the rock for the foundation and
areas OF the building erected by c. v. Esk-
ride on the corner OF Commercial street and
Sixth avenue, in Emporia, and can truthfully
say that none OF the rock for said building
came form the Normal school land.
f. T. NICHOLS,
Emporia, Kan, April s, 1871.
From the foregoing evidence of the
Reverend gentleman's desire to misre-
present the truth, it would not sur
prise me at all to hear of his proclaim
ing from the pulpit that Mary's visit to
the tomb of the Savior was for the pur-
pose of stealing his shroud. But hav-
ing proven his statements false so far as
/ am concerned, I leave him with his
Texas loyalty, to the lenient considera-
ton Of those in the community who
have regard for the truth, and the man.
hood to vindicate it."
30 clearly does the above brand him
as 8 falsifier, that / thought he would
do the manly thing by saying that he
was glad to know that he was mistaken.
But instead of deing that, in his last
article in The News he takes refuge
under his former language, according
| to the Workmen's account" and still
makes an effort to show the matter to
exist as he at first represented it. The
investigating committee and myself are
liars and swindlers and he the only
truthful and honest man. He takes
'sthe workmen's account" Why don't
he take the official reports and argue
from them? They are on file, and were
it not for making this article too lengthy
would publish them. Amy body can
examine them. They are in the hands
of Maj. E. P. Bancroft. Mr.. Adams
affidavit proves nothing, only in re-
spect to one point, not material, at all,
he has sworn to q falsehood, of which,
could i see him, have not the least
doubt 1 could convince him. Either
his memory is bad or else he is "swift
Witness" too willing to swear to any
thing which this Reverend individual
may write out. Adams swears that he
paid me one dollar for rock. All right.
Now, because he (Overstreet) finds the
institution credited with that dollar, he
insinuates that to be fraud. And thus
he has shown persistency in his eff
forts to misrepresent me in this matter
which leads me to believe that the man,
though . minister of the gospel ESQ
called, is not honest-not truthful.
Now, with reference to Mr.. Chad
wick's statement. He says he paid me
$1S for rock. Mr.. OVerstreet asks
what became of the $1S? Neither Mr..
Chadwick's statement nor Mr.. Over
streets question proves that stole the
money. Then why parade such ques-
ton and such statement before the
public, if it is not the desire of the Rev.
erend fslsifier to put forth anything cal.
culated to mislead? advanced money
out of my own pocket from time te
, time as the needs of the school required
(from two to five hundred dollars) in
making repairs, for which there was ne
appropriation at the time, and, in pay
ing the services of q janitor before he
was paid by the State, and in goods fol
the use Of the school before went out
OF the goods business, such as soap, can.
dies, brooms, chalk for blackboards
towels, &C., and this general account
: was not settled up until after this fence
and rock matter was finished--and al
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wick or any one else was credited or
this account and expended in the legit.
innate interests of the institution. Such
matters Prof. Kellogg and myself gen.
orally attended to, always giving in ia.
vor of the Institution rather than even
demanding our just dues. This account
} was of nearly two years standing. Did
this sanctimonius patron of the devil
ever advance anything to help along
the institution? Not cent. But by
his foolish insinuations of dishonesty
in the management of its affairs he has
brought it into such q discredit as will
require the best efforts of the
present able Board of Directors and
Faculty to re-instate it in the popular
favor which it once enjoyed. The in
stitution needs not the public criticisms
in any respect, which Mr.. Oyerstreet
itches all the while to give it. Let the
Board and Faculty take care of it, and
every citizen stand by them in every.
thing wherein the voice of the people
may be required.
But the reverend imposter upon
christianity. after all his statements and
insinuations makes this frank acknowl.
edgement, Wrung from him in spite OF
himself: "Mr. E. doubtless got the in.
side track on the matter of the rock,
but 1 guess he will yet have to pay fol-
half the partition fence" Thus he him.
self throws the rock aside. He gives il
up on the rock, but he is still Con the
fence" He thinks that if do squirm
out of the rock l "will yet have to
pay for half the partition fence" He
speaks as though I was trying to swim
die the State out of little piece OF
fence. l do not now nor have ever
desired to do anything of the kind. !
have preferred that the Board should
understand the matter and then settle
with them rather than to settle with
myself in regard to it. If had settled
with myself, the reverend meddler
would have surely charged fraud. My
report to the committee states the rea-
sons why the job OF building the fence
was not let by contract, and two of the
rensons will briefly give: The stony
character Of the ground, the difficulty
OF SINKING the post nOIe6, ana the utter
inability to do anything with State scrip
at that time, rendered it out of the
question to get any one to take the job
by contract. tried several mechanics
but could get none to take hold of it by
contract.
believe now have answered every
material point which this miserable
failure of Representative has raised.
1 wish to notice briefly his reflections
upon my egotism, and will merely say
that what / have accomplished for the
interests of this place each session of
the Legislature which l attended as a
member, may, perhaps, make me feel
| "stuck up" little. l will say further,
If should ever again go to the Legis-
lature, and come back, as he did, with
not the first thing to show but a dam
aging cry against interests which others
had before secured to the place, would
leave the district and go to preaching.
Ny first prayer would be, "God, have
mercy on my poor SOUL"
In all the above I have simply de-
Tended myself from the slanderous in
situations Of this reverend missionary
from Texas, who came TO preach pure
Gospel to us heather in Kansas. But
he had to quit the ministry here,
(and go into politics. under the advice