The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-23
THE sHERIFFALrY.
An Open Letter From Hon. n &.
LEAvENwoRTH, August Goth, 1877.

Lowe iO Colonel Thomas MOOnlighi.
LEAvENwoRTH, August Goth, 1877.
ca. Thomas Moonlight,
DEAR SIR:-I learn from reliable
sources that you are the author Of report
to the effect that for Sheriff am a candi-
date of the Ring" and that was called
home from the Indian country by parties
for whom had been doing business, tor the
purpose Of making the race in their inter
est, and that they had my name circulating
as acaudidate long before my return-mean-
ing that ! am in favor Of levying the tax to
pay off our railroad bonded indebtedness.
and the friend of the bondholder against the
taxpayer, or whether am or not, that GER
tain parties have such firm hold upon me
that they control all my actions This re-
port it appears you have been circulating
and getting Others to circulate very freely
to iniure me as rival candidate for the
nomination to the Office of Sheriff. Belief
in these facts | have accepted with great
reluctance, and must appeal TO your sense
OF honor to discontinue the circulation of
charges 50 unfair, unjust and injurious to
me-
To he brief: There is no; the slightest
foundation for the reports, and they are
devoid OF truth in every particular. Know
ing this, am sure you will not want them
to appear TO eminate from you.
Desisiug to answer all these charges fully
and finally:
In conversation with NJ. ii. c, IIollister at
Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska, about the first
of June last, IexpreSsed an inclination to be
a candidate for Sheriff, on my return home,
| which would be soon after the end of June.
When he came h me he told some persons
what said, and when arrived here near
the middle OF July, found it was being
talked of by many OF my friends That is
the way the report started during my alb
sence from here, and the Ring" and the
Bond holders" as You are pleased TO term
them, had nothing TO do with it unless Mr.
Hollister is both, and l don't believe he is
either
That any man or set of men could use
me, in an official capacity or otherwise, for
| any improper purpose whatever, no one
who knows me will believe, and the report
| only hurts with those who know but little
of me
When the Missouri River Railroad was
built from Kansas City here, | bought of
Judge J. l.. Pcndcry, who was agent for the
company, two Leavcnwor,h city bonds of
500 each, and paid in cash their par value
Purchases OF this kind were made by many
OF our citizens to help the railroad company
to raise money to complete the road as soon
| as possible. One OF these bonds | gave
| away about ten years ago, and the other
| sold about five years ago Tor seventy
cents on the dollar, and if ! had it to-day,
would be glad 10 get half that amount.
These are the only bonds Issued to rail-
road company that ever owned, or ever
had any interest in, directly or indirectly.
was one of nineteen persons who built
the road from here to Atchison, and in that
operation lost what was To me large sum
o; money, and which has been the means of
keeping me financially crippled ever since.
! own no interest in that or any other rail-
road now, and have not for more than five
years.
As matter OF necessity for myself and
family, to enable us 10 retain the property
We have, am interested in low taxes, and
shall heartily support any compromise that
can be made to reduce our bonded indebt-
ednes', or otherwise economize in all public
expenditures, and shall continue to use
what little influence ] have to that end,
whether am elected Sheriff or not.
As a candidate, shall not stoop to Willy
or misrepresent any man, and trust that l
shall meet with such honorable treatment
as feel entitled to.
am. Colonel, Very Respectfully,
p c. LOWE