The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-23

and wide Of the truth as to swear that the
examination was held at a time when il
was not, and that l intruded myself into
= private office where and while the com.
mittee were making up the averages
when every person who was there knew
: that did not 60 to the room where and
while the committee were SO en-.
gagged, and that did not leave the room
in which the many others were, during that
time. How much credit is such a state
ment entitled to? And when his memo
ry is SO poor as to such plain facts, how
about Doctor, l will compensate YOU. I
will make it all right with you 2" What
was there or would there be to compensate
him for? 1t he recommended the person
who, by the rules of the War Department
and OF the Committee, was entitled to the
recommendation, what would there be TO
make all right with him? Wouldn' it. in
that case, already be all right? Can it be
that he thought the candidate who was en-
titled to the appointment by the rules Of
committe, must give brides to get it? Are
they the ones who need to pay brides, or is
it not rather the ones Lear the foot of the
listl
lie says | never tIespassed on his dig
nifty, but tried to bride him-tried to bride
him, but never trespassed on his dignity
He says he was not actuated by apv feel
ing towards the father in passing on the
sons merits; admits the sons merits en-
title him to the recommendation and that
he and the committee rejected him on ac-
count Of the father. | submit that that is
the necessary inference from the article
referred to. He also says: Had he
been influenced by any grudge against the
father it was only necessary to reject his
son on the ground Of physical disability"
he being the only one of the committee
who passed on the physique of the oandi-
dates. To candid mind this admission
entirely disqualifes him for the office of
impartial examiner. The words are an
admission that he not only could but might
decide against candidate of the required
mental standard, and of perfect physique,
if he had a grudge against his father
In little controversy with the editor of
the Union, about the time Of calling the
late county convention, ''P, Gregg" OBJ
iected to being thought "muddled, 'volun
teered an admission of being ''fuddled. zig
nored and evaded the issue raised-evaded
the time and place and purport of the in
terview named by the Union, but dwelt
and expatiated on another, at different
place and subsequent time, and then raised
the issue of veracity between himself and
said editor. | refer to it here as having
bearing on the mans memory, and on
the many complaints made by the caudi-
dates at Monmouth that he was fuddled
while on duty there.
When it affects a mans perceptions and
memory, it is enough. without affecting his
yeracity, 1t seems that he was so suspi-
cous that som 3body might try to bride
him, that he scented bribery in the air,
saw it in vacancy, heard it in the wind as
it whistled through the key hole, as some
men feel snakes in their boots, swimming
in their heads, and see double from their
eyes; and he puts words into my mouth
| never uttered, expressing thoughts that
never entered my mind.
What can be thought of the dignity of
! him whose dignity is not offended or tres
| passed on by the offer of a bribe? of the
veracity of him who could report as physi
cally unqualified, one he knew had per
! feet physique? OF the memory Of him who
lodges the issue, and the time, and the
place, in one case and coins words and
thoughts and puts them in the mouth and
mind Of another who never uttered nor
thought them, in another case?
| do not propose to allow the hero Of the
article named to draw me into any contro
versy about his dignity, nor his veracity,
nor my veracity. | leave that to those
who know me,-and ! herewith dismiss
him, and his dignity and his yeracity, and
his memory, and. his fuddling, such as
they are, once for all, J, G. STARR.