, 1876-07-15
THE PLAIN FACTS.

ers and small property holders OF tne
town." This the Inteaigencer calls "a
misrepresentation" and cites the fol-
lowing in proof:
1t being matter of fact that the First Ward
comprise within its imits-in sddition to
about hundred good citizens who are voters
all of the most reprehensible classes in the
city, and who are in the main hdbitues of what is
known as the Lava Beds" probably no better
refutatiou of Mr.. Browns assertions, touching
the character of his support, is necessary than
to give again the respective votes which he and
Dr. Weed received. They are, as published In
his own paper yesterday, as follows: First
Ward, Weed, Is; Brown, 1853! Second and Third
Wards, Weed. 2lO; Brown. 14S.
According to this statement there arc
only about a hundred decent citizens
who are voters in the ward, out Of the
231 votes for Mayor, and that 131 Of
them "are of the most rsprehensible
classes in the city," and in the same
article he says this latter class "supr
port him Brown to man." Now
there are not less than five respectable
hotels and boarding houses in that
ward; gas works, machine shops, rail-
road, stores, and many more mechanics
and business men than in the Third
Ward. There are certainly not less
than three to one of the reputable oser
the disreputable classes. Of the me-
chanics and laboring men in that ward.
we are we'll assured that we were sup-
ported by at least nine.tenths. Mr..
Thomas Clancy, the leading saloon
keeper and large proprietor in that
ward, did his best to defeat us. The
keeper of the Sunday Beer Garden in
that ward WAS employed at the polls all
day in working for Weed. Val. Wild
man, Bernard Crosson and all their
employees in the Vanity Fair" es-
tablishment, which was closed up on
the night of the 1st and the prop.ietors
put under bonds, devoted their whole
time and liberal outlay of'money from
that time until the close of the polls in
working for our defeat. DR.. Weed was
several times seen in consultation with
these parties on Friday and Saturday
in that ward. We were not in the
neighborhood of the g lava beds" dur
ing the canvass, hid no intercourse
whatever with any man connected with
them, and if there was dollar spent in
that ward or anywhere else in our be-
half it was without Our knowledge or
consent. We have denounced lawless
practices unsparingly in our paper, and
not man voted for us under the i'm
preston that we would not use all orr
power to suppress unlawful practices if
elected. We told every man SO who
approached us or the subject. and it was
that fact which DR.. Weed took advan-
tage of to secure his own election by
the efforts of the arrested lottery gam
blers, and to them and that class be
owes his success and we our defeat.
In the Third Ward, more than one
half the property belongs to four or five
proprietors - with mortgages upon a
large portion of the balance who spent
the entire day at the polls working for
our defeat. At that poll was the youth
full Dexter Horton, President of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
in close fellowship with the venerable
Bernard Crosson, the professional gam
bier. consulting together and working
for a common object, and supporting
saloon keeper for Councilman
In order to get votes for DR.. Weed.
1t must be q constant source of
regret to the above named Christian
gentleman that he was not among
the first Apostles; he would have
made the money, and Judas would have
saved his reputation. In that religious
ward saloon keeper doing business in
the First Ward was elected Councilman.
and Weed beat us 81 votes. The only
religious and temperance man running
got % votes; we got q.
When we denounced the squaw
brotbels and open gambling bells OF
this city the IntelEgencer defended them.
When the whole community was
shocked and outraged by the open
gambling houses of the lottery g. mblers.
the editor of the Intelligencer refused to
join in denouncing them, because they
pstronized his paper. We denounced
them fearlessly, and then the party
supporting DR.. Weed, protesting to
represent the religious element of the
community, used these gamblers to
defeat US, and now add falsehood TO
their hypocricy by representing US as
the candidate of the disreputable classes
of community.