The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-06-12

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known. Attacks that he may defend
Certainly am not offended doctor at sucl
an exhibition of devoted friendship. and
surely think had been attacked by Zoe,
Of whatsoever character. you would hay,
fought, bled and-run for me. He cav,
| jumped on him and gave him an un.
merciful pounding. Well. now doctor
] simply made a statement in regard &c
my own case, and referred to your own
figures 30 far as you we're concerned
which did show up some Inconsistent
cies. but ifyour own figures and record
pounded" you. do not blame me for it
was not responsible for them. Take
better notice next time how you write
for certainly would not have pounded
You with your record il you had not 90
generally defended me
The doctor seems a little mixed and
fear those "ayes" and NAYS" and "pints
of order have confused him. lie seems
TO think that am responsible for the
HERALD cHiticisms to which he referred
in his fret letter. for he says that | did
not enjoy the joke he threw at me as
well as did the exaggerated reports in
regard to the Radical jump" now doctor
that was not you heard joking. it WAS
the 'dItor Of Their HERALD, and I was no
more responsible TOR his joke. than were
you for Emmett Logan's famous blast,
that caused such a shaking together of
dry bones in the House OF Representa-
tives He refers to the mileage drawn
by other Representatives. and says be
did it only for my benefit. as it was none
Of his business whether they we're right
or not. So &c he has no business" or
right TO speak of their claims as Repre-
sentatives, OF course he has none to speak
of me as Representative So | would
like to know what business" he has to
investigate me "a private individual
What particular guardianship has he OF
me. i grant his right as citizen of the
county TO investigate my record az pub
lie official. but this he does not seem to
claim. ! made no mention of any former
Representative save himself, and did that
not in the way OF holding him RESPONSE
ble for my actions, but merely as a cir
cumstance which leads to my mistake
II mistake | made. Had my predecessor
been other than the one making the
charge. ! should never have referred
to him, but it was TO show the doctor.
artful Inconsistency, that | referred to
his figures. by which ] was to some ex>
tent guided Any way, it seems that nv
reference to his own record, did some
good. and he certainly has made a more
thorough examination of the Auditors
reports TOR years gone by, and we now
learn from him that drew less mileage
than any former Representatives from
this county for many years past. himself
rot excepted. but now he resolves him.
self into committee and decides that
was entitled TO less
| now propose to have our cases tried
by the doctors famous committee, be-
hind which he sometimes hides, and
hen by the law under which We both
acted, for the reader will understand the
doctor as well az myself made both his
travis before any committee existed.
In his first letter he claimed that he
knew not whether the committee allow
ID him the river route or mileage to tine
county seat; thence to Beaver Dam
hence by rail In his last letter he says
he committee allowed him the river
route Ia little mixed agsin): therefore he
ustifies ,he first draw Now let the
have our csses. If they al
ow you mileage from home down to
county seat, thence to Beaver Dam,
hence by rail to Frankfort, they will
certainly allow me to 90 from my home
% the county seat, and then back to
Beaver Dam, which would reduce my
mistake ten miles. so would not be in
iebt much 10 the State. and OF course
would d-cline YOUR generous offer to pay
NY little bill" Should they allow
'ou the river route, amply because it
iSed TO he the route Of travel TO Louis
Tille, Notwithstanding. according to your
'wn statement, it is thIrty-five miles /
urther, and the distance TO the river is
greater than to the railroad, certainly
hey would allow me the river route by
he way OF Bowling Green. because that
vas formerly a route of travel to Lonis
'ille before the railroad was constructed,
Ind live within four and one>half miles
II the river, nearly rs close as 10 the rail
Dad. This would make INV route over
We hundred miles, and the State would |
,e in debt TO me. Certainly il would be |
"a reasonable for the committee to allow |
ne this route a. to allow you the route |
up the Ohio river. which route YOU did |
,ot go But doctor, the committee did |
Tot allow you the river route as hap
zen TO have that report, and have had
ince immediately after it was made. |
You saw that the river route is 204 miles
also 2n5 miles | believr) yet the COM
nittee Only allow ed you 30 miles, which
= exactly your distance from home by !
county seat. so by this We know that
hey allowed you mileage down to county
lat, out to Beaver Dam, thence by rail,
which you emphatically disclaim in your
irst letter. saying YOU do not, never
i'd and never will claim, that any menu
yer has right to mileage from home to
ounty seat, thence by usual route, il
here is a nearer and equally convenient
cute But perhaps. you will say the
threw oil the five miles a. you
lid. and put it down in round numbers.
But this is not the case as We see BY
ooking down the list; they gave the odd
igures. even down to two miles over
ven hundreds. So doctor YOU do not
lain the route by Hartford the COM
famous committee--did not
How you the river route. you will have
o take the law under which we both
Icted. 1t says distinctly that members
Il the Legislature shall be allowed fl |
cen cents per mile for necessary travel.
,oing and coming You admitted that
t was not necessary travel TO go down
wenty miles to Hartford; thence five
niles TO Beaver Dam; thence twenty. one
niles to Spring Lick. where you could
md did go through to Spring Lick. a
distance OF fourteen mile-. Neither do | |
believe that the law intended to paw me
Mileage Tor going by within ten feet of
he depot to the county seat, and imme
lately back to depot, 10 go to the Capi.
al So. under the law, we both should |
rave claimed only from our homes to
Frankfort, and this would leave me in
Iebt to the State, according to your own
igures. for seventeen miles-doubled |
would amount 10 s. 10. The same law
would leave you still in debt to the State
or thirty FIVE miles-doubled would |
Imount to $40 so. even after you slipped
Jack and paid in 50.
So, doctor. you have got no money in
frankfort IN pay my bill. but YOU are in
Iebt to the State more than twice az
mich as Go I nrafer M vin0 mn o,.o