The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-20
International RaIlrOad-Letter mona vice
President Barnes.

Sa1le3 r NeHcouo. Editor State Journal:
SiT-The State Journal. owned and con-
trolled by you, has so wantonly and persis-
tentlT misrepresented the international
Railroad Company and myself in connection
herewith, for weeks past, that / now reply:
l. You have charged that Judge Coke was
the candidate of the international Railroad
Company, and that said Company influenced
his nomination
denounce the statement as an unquai-
flied talsehood. positively assert that the
International Railroad Company, neither
sought nor attempted in any manner what
ever to influence the action of the convention
which nominated Judge Coke. also assert
that tho International Railroad Company
has always remained strictly neutral In all
political contests In the State, choosing TO
trust to the good sense and integrity of the
people Of Texas for tho vindication Of its
rights, rather than to attempt to secure
them by any other means. If the Interna-
tional Railroad Company has any politics.
Ibave yet to discover what they are.
am sure of the support of every good
citizen of Texas when assert that moth
ing can be more improper than for railway
corporation to become partisan in politics
and attempt to influence the political con-
test of freemen.
apprehend that strict adherence to this
neutral course has something to do with the
wanton and malignant assaults lately made
upon the international Railroad Company
by your paper. 1t is well known that
although have taken no active part in poll
tics for some years past, yet in my private
capacity have acted with the Republican
party, and claim the same right to exercise
the privileges of a freeman that pertains to
ofbar iY-roc1,oofi1-o Of fba al
position he may occupy at the time.
2. positively assert that Judge Coke has
never been in the employ Of the In
ternational Railroad Company, either as an
attorney or in any other capacity whatso-
ever.
3. To the willful and malicious charge, so
often repeated in the columns of your paper,
that the international Railroad Company
sought, through those whom you style ats
attorneys" to secure the nomination Of
Judge Coke, have only to say, its falsity is
proved by the fact that only one attorney
employed by this company in its bond suits
was member of the convention, and in the
exercise of his own discretion be saw fit to
vote against the nomination of Judge Coke.
4. The only newspaper that has offered,
for a pecuniary consideration, to advocate
the Travis county subsidy is the State Jour
nal. You proposed to me to print what
might be written in its favor, for money
consideration, and when, to insure good faith
on yoaIr part, ! proposed to make your re-
Enumeration contingent on the success of the
proposition, you declined it. Il is also due to
| the public to state that at the same time you
expressed yourself satisfied as to the propri-
ETY. of voting the proposed subsidy, on the
! plain ground that it was for the best inter.
est of the county to do.
How much cash in hand has been paid
to SO careful financier as yourself, for your
subsequent course in this matter, by another
party interested adversely to the proposed
subsidy, / am not now able to state.
8. have never either directly or in
directly correspondent with Judge Coke in
regard to the international Railroad bonds
or any other matter in which the company is
interested.
6. Neither myself nor any ono else
authorized to act for the international Rail-
road Company either advocated OF opposed
Judge Coke's nomination for the position of
Governor of Texas-directly or indirectly.
z. You asked me about letter reported
to have been written by Judge Coke, touch
ing the International Railroad bonds, and
called his San Antonio letter" In reply
1 told you had never seen either the orig
inal letter, or copy Of it, and knew moth
ing about it beyond the reports in circula-
ton, and added that my information was
that the letter was not factoring to the In
ternational Railroad Company Fearing
that even the merton of this subject by
me, would be the subject of misconstruc-
ton, if referred to in a newspaper, wrote
the note marked Private, y which was pub
lished in violation of the most common
rules of courtesy existing between gen
tlemen.
1 also submit to my fellow-citizens OF
every shade of belief, that this exposition
has been forced upon me by your persistent
and willfuI Misrepresentation of the Inter.
national Railroad Company and of myself,
as an officer thereof, through the columns
of the State Journal, edited by you.
respectfully demand that you publish
this reply.
Respectfully, etc,
J. NJ. BAnsEs,
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