The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-03-06

JACKSON, March 3. 1873


a CARD.
JACKSON. March 3 1873
| EDITORS CLARION:
! Feeling that the part taken in the banner
/ election by members OF the Gem Fire Com
! panv. and myself, needed 20 cards of ex-
! PLANTATION or denuuciatiOn to Vindicate our
| honor, which, so far as know, had not been
/ questioned by the managers of the Fair,
| have refralned from making any public
statement of my own in the matter. Bat
| as Mr.. r. l.. Saunders has seen fit to publish
| II card to exhonorate himself from imputa-
| tiOns which the published statements OF the
parties who conducted the election land
who were the proper persons to make state
ments, and who alene are responsible for
them,) may have put upon him, and il his
card has alluded 70 the action of u member
of the Gem Fire Company, ami also. has
| used my name In connection with Il pledge
which he says was entered into between US
making these illusions, as ] conceive, as
an argument to justify his actions-I feel
| that he has given occasion, and that [ am
| justified in making this my first public
statement in reference to the matter And
| will say:
First, That at the Fair objected to the
| last sum of money offered for the No l, be-
| ing received, on the ground that the vote
| was rendered too late; and when the ballot
| box was brought into the room behind the
scenes, demanded that only the ballots in
Che DoX snoutu De counted. That upon Alr.
Saunders insisting that the money should
| be received and "technicalities" should not
| be considered, after considerable discussion
! INDUCED in by both of US, / withdrew all
| objections, as l desired that the banner
! should realize much as possible without
reference to who obtained it. That we then
entered into mutual agreement that the
money rendered by No. !, should be receiy-
| Ell, and that no money or votes already re-
celved should be thrown out; which agree
rf0i 4
! valid any votes that were before considered
| invalid. And, / would here remark. that if
| the nine hundred ballot had been in the box,
there would have been no necessity for an
agreement in reference to it; the fact of it
being there would have been evidence that
! 1t was offered in time, as the box was closed
exactly on time. and there could have been
no objection offered TO the money being
PAID for it, on the ground that it was too
late.
Second, That we then each appointed
committee OF three for our respective COM
panies. to count the votes; no other duty
was referred to them.
Third. That when objection was raised
to the coant of votes proceeding until the
1928 for the "No. l" was paid, Mr.. Saunders
said that he, or his Company, Tor words to
that effect,) would be responsible to the
Fair, through Mr.. Hayes. for the sum-the
question whether the ballot was or was not
in the box not being specified condition,
nor mentioned.
Fourth. The statement of Mr., g that we
entered into a pledge to abide by the de-
cision OF the committee. Except in so far as
the count of votes and who had the major
ity, was concerned is a mistake. In evil
dence: The question as to paving for the
900 votes, which were not in the box, and
allowing equivalent of the votes tor the
money, did not arise in the committee, I'M
til they had nearly completed their labors;
and we could not have known or anticipat-
4 Hl.nkS Il
not have agreed TO abide by their decision.
Further, the committee had no right or au-
thority TO make a decision; and still fur
Their. they hare not made decision, in refer
ence to the matter.
Fifth. That the 800 ballots were, en-
phatically. not found in the pocket of
member of the Gem Company, in the sense
conveyed in reading Mr.. Saunders card
And / am sure, If he wishes the harmony
and good fellowship he speaks of, he viii
hasten to do justice to good and true fire
man, BY recalling that portion of his state
ment. The fact in regard to this matter il.
that the member OF the Gem alluded to pro-
duced thu ballot. voluntarily and without
any effort at concealment, when the time
came to count it; this very action evincinC
his unsuspicious uprightness, and that he
acted from no improper motives; and he
satisfactorily accounted for its possession
from the one fact, If no other, that the
money TO pay for this ballot was also in the
pockets OF 0SDue Oh mr. D. OF some MEMBER
of his Company, when the ballot-box was
closed.
/ feel it duty to members of the Gem
and myself to make the above statements,
and that whether the money in dispute is
paid by Mr.. S. depends upon his own ideas
of what is proper in the premises, and not
upon any agreement entered into between |
US, nor upon the action of any member of
the Gem. It is question between Mr.. S. |
and the managers of the Fair, which does |
not affect us, and there is no reason why we |
should be brought into il. Still. we do not |
shun any discussion or investigation. as we
have done nothing in the matter that We
desire hushed up. / consider that | have |
fulfilled my part of every pledge or agree |
ment l entered into at the Fair; if Mr.. S.
feels t. at he ia charged with either, it is not
my fault. What have said. know to be |
true-and / have said it with no desire to |
do injustice to any one, but to the end that /
justice may be done-and am responsible /
tor my assertions.
JIG. eastman.
N. B.-As am informed by friends that |
the impression has been circulated that |
was responsible for q portion of the state
ments Ct Mr.. M. B. Hayes and Mr. Alex.
SpengIer, published about two weeks ago. / |
now publish the following card from those
gentlemen to show that the printed state
ments were faithful copies of the ones
signed by them, and that, therefore. wheth-
er truthful or not, they were alone respon-
sible for them. And / will say further that
nn no lno AZ dos aPRg 20 %
the statements OF Messrs. Hayes and Speng-
Ter.
J. G. eastman.
CARD or 1GEssRs. HAYES AND sPKNGLKR-
We, the undersigned, wish to do an act of
Justice to the other parties concerned in the
cards published recently concerning the
Banner election &C the late fair.