The Portland daily press., 1879-08-19
A BASE LIE.
A Democratic Falsehood Thoroughly
Refuted.

OSluU6Q.
The following appeared in the Argus of
yesterday:
REPUBLICAN RoUGHs AT A GREENBACK
MEETING.
Mr.. Storer of Auburn, and Mr.. Beals of
Durham, by invitation of the Greenback farm
ers, addressed meeting of the residents OF
the Rocky Hill school district last evening, on
the political questions of the day. A large
number of Republican roughs from the village
and vicinity, were present, some having
travelled five miles for the purpose of breaking
up the meeting. Soon after Mr.. Storer had
commenced addressing the meeting, the row.
dies began their groaning, kissing and shout
ing, and all asking questions at the same time,
and by their yells and shoutings completely
drowned the voice of the speaker, and pre-
vented his being heard.
The speaker finding it impossible to proceed,
the meeting was adjourned, and the respect
able part OF the audience retired. Among the
ringleaders in this disgraceful affair were q
United States mail agent and a school teacher.
After the close of the meeting, two sedate old
members of the Society of Friends who were
present, said they had always voted the Re
publican ticket, but should do SO no more
while Friend Hayes permitted rowdies to hold
responsible government offices.
BRUNSWICK.
August 10th, 1879.
BRUNSWICK, Aug. IS, 1879.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The above article appeared III
the Argus of the 18th inst, and is SO grossly
and malicously false in every respect as to
call for a plain statement OF the facts III the
case, which are hereby sent to you for publica-
ton. A. G. Bradstreet addressed the voters in
the same school house on the previous Friday
evening, and gave any one who desired the
privilege of asking questions pertinent to the
subject of finance, to which his remarks were
chiefly confined. Mr.. Beals was present at
that meeting, and piled the speaker with
numerous questions, which were satisfactorily
explained to all persons present, save perhaps
himself. AT the close of this meeting Mi.
Beals announced that there would be Green
back meeting ON the 18th inst at same place,
and that the Republicans would then be ac-
corded the privilege of asking any questions
they might choose, or that a joint discussion
would be agreeable to their speaker.
1t was generally understood by those who
attended the meeting that there was to be
joint discussion. Certainly thus understood
by the Greenbackers, as one of them, Chas'
T. Morse, so told the writer of this article ON
the day of the meeting. Chas. ID. Jones and
Geo. O. burlington were chosen to discuss the
question on the art of the Republicans, and
Storer and Beals for the Greenbackers, each
speaker to have half an hour, Mr.. Storer to
speak first, which he did, making more false
statements in that time than probably were
ever before uttered in so few moments. One
of them was that our circulating medium had
been contracted something like 1000, 10000
o1o Of tba uar--cupb atrOnlOuS
falsehood as to cause derisive laughter by all
present. Mr.. Jones followed this speaker in
clear, forcible and logical argument, sweeping
away the whole false tissue of lies uttered by
Storer, and he evidently had the sympathy OF
nearly all present. as was attested by the
hearty and repeated applause which greeted
him. Storer occupied the half hour which
was to have been taken by Beals, and then
refused to allow Mr.. burlington the time to
which he was entitled by the agreement, and
Mr.. Beals, president of the meeting, declared
it adjourned thus choking off the second
Republican speaker.
The Republicans present did not go for the
purpose of breaking up the meeting" as
alleged, neither did they do so. Mr.. Beals and
Storer both said publicly that they had been
treated courteously and fairly by the Republic
can speakers
The Republican roughs' from the village
who attended the meeting, in addition to the
two speakers, were Henry Crawford, Thomas
Elliot son of Hon. Daniel Elliot, and son OF
Judge B. R. Jordan. Does the Argus CORE
spondent dare reassert over his own name,
that any one of the above named persons is a
'srough' or 'rowdy?" 1 brand his entire
article as wilful perversion OF facts, without
single word of truth from beginning to end;
and it is similar articles to this that the cow
ardly sneak, who dares not attach his name to
his writings, is daily sending the Argus from
this place under the non, de plume of Drums
wick" We advise him to stop casting asper-
sions upon the character of respectable people,
and to confine his ''items of news" to G..
Washington stories.
The assertion that two members of the So
ciety of Friends who had always voted the
Republican ticket, would do so no more, is on
level with the other falsehoods. L defy the
writer to name one person in that society in
Brunswick who will vote any other than the
regular Republican ticket. These honest
respected citizens, and can never be led into
voting with the ''trade and dicker' party.
Respectfully,