Daily Republican., 1878-06-25
(For the Republican,
MR. GEORGE, DAYS DEEENOE.

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MR. GEORGE DAYS DEHENOE.
MEssRs. EDIToRs :---I desire to notice
statement made by Mr.. George W.
Wells on Saturday evening. and since
reiterated, which | should have replied
to before, but having been out Of the
city, was therefore prevented from do
ing so. He said that he "had left me in
charge Of the meetings, and had prov
ed myself false to my trust, had let the
moral suasionists in to fillibuster, and
after their motions were carried, the
doors Of the foundry were closed. ."-i
Now, if Mr.. Wells was very stupid
fellow, would think he had been the
victim of some designing knave; but as
it is, am inclined to think that he
has made willfully false statement.
Whatever might have been the motive
prompting the statement, which ! do
not now propose to inquire into, here
most emphatically announce that the
assertions of Mr.. Wells are unwarrant-
ably false; and to the contrary, l chal-
lenge reliable proof. Let the gentleman
justify himself If he can.
Now the facts of the case were these:
Mr.. Wells had, it is true, left the
meeting in my charge, and l endeavored
to carry it on in his way; but l fonnd
the people were tired Of that, and in
fact, the meeting seemed rather in
settled decline. thought as | had
been put in command Of sinking ship,
l must try and do something toward
getting her safe into port.
So, with this object in view, I brought
forward some resolutions which inau-
gurated movement that seemed to
elicit general appreciation; and the pros
pect was of having general revival in
the interest Of the meeting.
But in the midst Of the proceedings,
Mr.. Wells suddenly appeared, and en-
tered his protest against the new de-
parture.
As Mr.. Wells had placed me in
! command, and I did not want 70 take
undue advantage Of the position by his
courtesy, | at once proposed to surren-
der the command and withdraw the re-
On the following evening, Mr.. Wells
failed to put in his appearance, and
those Icing present, wanted me to take
the chair. declined doing SO, except
l was put there by an uninfluenced
vote Of the meeting then assem- bled. A
motion being made and put to that ef-
feet, believe was adopted without a
dissenting vol q. A>gf
| then took command, thinking that
whena captain deserted his craft it
was the right Of the crew to select whom
they pleased to take his place. was
then not answerable to Mr.. Wells for
how managed affairs, but to a higher
power, the people. The business was
then called up, which had been SO un-
tremendously interrupted by Mr.. Wells
and the resolutions were adopted by
large majority. @.
After tina time, the meetings were
regularly kept up four nights in the
week, except on two or three evenings
they were suspended on ayeount. Of the
coldt nips'of the weather. ..s
[ Up to the time Of the introduction of
the resolutions to which Mr.. Wells
objected, the meeting had been run af-
, ter Mr.. Wells own plan, but seeing the
interest declining, which had been the
case several months past. determin
ed that it should not die in my hands,
and with this view | prepared and
presented the resolutions, without con-
sulting with anyone, as to the right or
wrong of it, and the Moral Suasion
men came there as ignorant of what
was going to be presented, as was Mr..
Wells himself. As to those who sup
ported or voted for the resolutions, l
recognized comparatively few of them,
but most of those whom did know,
were those who had been at work in the
interest of the meeting under Mr.. Wells
administration. II ..1
It was my intention not to run the
meeting there, longer than the 25th of
May, and the announcement was made
from the stand to that effect. Up to
within few days Of that date, had
attended promptly and regularly to the
interests Of the meeting. .......
Having some other matter that
claimed my attention, and learning
that Mr.. Wells through his friends, had
made arrangements to continue on the
meeting, ! turned it over to Mr.. Fox,
an earnest worker with Mr.. Wells, who
consented to take charge till he re-
turned.
This is plain unvarnished state
ment, which felt due to myself and
wherein l have proved false to my
trust, ! am at a loss to know.
lido not intend to have the death of
the meeting saddled on to me, for l
think can gather ample proof to show
that it had received its death sickness,
from Mr.. Wells own despotic and ar
bitrary action, long before I took hold
of it at all. GEO. DAY.