The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-08-01
IiiIi'- tsciDinier so sIIc Reply of
Nr. Phelps.


Nr. Phelps.
To THE PEorLE OF ruE EIGHTu
SENATORIAL DIsrEJCr. My circular
inrcply to the first circularof Mr.. Phelps |
was issued on Saturday evening, July |
2lst. That evening Judge b. l.. d. |
Gully reached Hartford and remained
over night, and started home the next
morning. On Monday, the 23d, |
| went to BROOKLYN, Butler county, ,
TO ill my appointment there. there
met Mr.. Phelps, who had promised to
meet me at all Of my appointments in
Butler county, and he immediately
told me that he would leave me that
evening, that he was going to Morgan
town that night, and thence to Muh- |
lenherg. | suspected that his chief
tugleman, Guiiey had summoned him
to headquarters, and my suspicious
were confirmed at Woodbury., on the
10Th, by some Morgantown gentlemen.
who informed me that Mr.. Phelps had
spent good portion of Monday night
in Guily's Office, and that another
circular had been concoctcd that night,
and that Il young man had been dis
patched to Bowling Green carly Tues
day morning 10 have it printed, and
at Sugar Grove ON Thursday, | was
handed copy Of Mr.. Phelps reply,
but few points in which remarkable
paper | shall notice.
In the first place he proclaims that
the late Senator. j. w. johnson,
ut the time of his election and nomina-
ton for reelection, was IN attonev-at-
law. That, presume, will be ncwsto Mr.
johnson and his acquaintance, rs |
have always understood that Mr.
johnson was ut that time a miller. l
charged in my first circular that Mr..
Phelps views on the money question
had undergone considerable moditica-
ton during the month Of June, as on
the 18th of that month he proclaimed
that we had plenty of money, and all
we wanted was fat calf or Il fat pig
or something to sell TO bring it in. In
his first circular he proclaimed HIM
self in favor of Il larger volume of
money. In his reply he saws: mir.
Chill intimates that my views on the
''money question have changed since
"my speech at Morgantown June 18th,
"when, as he says, | said we had
''plenty of money, &c. The young
oman is mistaken. L did not make
THAT statement, nor any statement in
conflict with my circular of June
last" Now | would not Intentionally
misrerresent Mr.. Phelps. / repeated
Mr.. Phelps views on the money
question rs expressed at Morgantown
on June llth, in my speech in his
presence at Flecner's Barbecue, on the
9TH of July, and again at Morgantown
on the 9th of July in the presence Of
gentlemen Of all political parties, who
heard him at Morgantown, and he
never objected but that | was quoting
him fairly until at Rosine, on the 18th
of July, when no one who was at
MorgantOwn on the 18th of June,
was present but ourselves, when he
interrupted me and denied using
the language which l charged.
At Woodbury., on the 25th inst, met
some gentlemen who heard our speech
es Mt MorgantOwn, on the llth June,
and, when | told them of Mr.. Phelps
denial they expressed surprise, and at
Rochester, on the 2Sth, received the
following letter;
"MoRGANrowN, KY. July, 2S, 1877.
CART SAM. Z HILL
Dear Sir-We have read the circular
of Hon. !. y. Phelps, in which he states
his position on the money issue. We al
so heard his speech at MOrgautown, be
fore the issuing or the circular in which
he said, Il am Democrat, and have al
ways been, and have always been in favor
of Democratic money. The Democratic
= party has always been a hard money
party. tell the boys that the way n
make more money is to raise more tohac
{ co, more pigs and more cattle and other
things 10 sell Yes Sir. what good would
it do TO make barn full OF money il We
did not raise more to SELL The speech
| WAS very dstasteful to the Green-backers
, VIM. Wand said, when asked about the
speech, that it would make votes for Hill
l James II GufTy. r. W. Neel and Dr. j
! n. Howard all expressed great dissatis'
faction, and Judge Gulfy said that Ton
Wand had hal bold Of him Nothing
was said in said speech that resemble;
the position on the money question which
+ he takes in his circular"
Respectfully,
, "LYsANDER J. SMITH,"
1--WE have read the foregoing letter O
= l.. j. Smith, and corro6orate what h,
e says about Phelps speech and its eirec
on the Green-backers in this county. W,
did not hea- what Mr., Wand or Juhg
' Gulfy said about the matter"
"T. G. CARSON,
&C. c. KELLY,
JEROME T. MOORE"
. Comment upon the agility will
! which Mr.. Phelps made the handsprin,
i is unnecessary. But the question which
n will most perplex the minds of tn,
= people, whose support Mr.. Phelps
7 soliciting, is to learn the sincere con
victions Of the gentleman on the none,
issue; whether he expressed his tru,
! convictions at MorganI0Wn on the ] la
June or in his circul ar issued laterdur
> ing the same month. Mr.. Phelps say
in his circular No 2, that he neYe,