Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-09
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sell IKE coward from The public by
Withholding his name and then pro-
ceeds to misrepresent and falsliy me
and also what | said on the
occasion to which he slludes, ask
space in the HERALD to reply.
It's true that our meeting at Rock
vile was not large but have seen
many meetings even of other parties
that was smaller. The people of
Rockville used US gentlemanly, with
the exception OF one fellow whom we
take to be your correspondent, who
evidently came to the meeting for
the purpose of trying to break it up ;
was not successful. LIST, he says
Jones said one of Sherman's pet
banks in New York has 100000
to raise for Republican elect,oneer-
ing purposes, which is false, and he
knows it. I'd. 1t cost the Republi-
cans In Maine 100000 to get A..
600 Greenback voters-which is also
false. l said no such thing.
Sd. Bonded debt was not crea-
ted to carry on the war. One truth
he told. said 80 and will meet any
man 10 Grant county at the proper
time and place, who will deny the
statement and attempt to prove it.
Did not say the debt was all con-
tracted during the war.
18th. Another fslsehood. said
no such thing IS that the Govern
ment. was navin0 3 nar cant ;ntnrae.
on all it's debt except 900, 000,0 600 /
said the impression was being made
that the whole of our national debt
was funted into 4 per cent. bonds,
which was not true. That there
was abou: of the debt or about
$500, 900, 600 of it funded into 4 per
cents, some into Al and and
nearly 300 millions still remained in
q per cent. bonds.
9th. Spread himself heavy on one
particular bond.holder. Another
whopper. | said | made no war Cd
any bond.holder; that it was any
mans privilege, who could, 10 have
bonds; that my fight was against
the law.
Neither did say that during the
war anyone paid 60 per cent. to the
Government on coffee, but l said 46
per cent.
Now, sir, | am ready to meet any
man in Grant county that denies
any statement I did make, and dis.
cuss any point or points to our full
satisfaction.
10 conclusion | would say that il
one term in the Legislature has not
greatly demoralzed John mia char
ac.er for truthfulness could never
have been any too great.
Yours for the truth,
S. n. JONES.
A Greenbacker or man capable
OF being party Greenbacker is as
great blunderer as Democrat.
The Democrat can't learn anything
and the Gresnback or takes in every
thing he hears except what is shot
straight at him. What comes
straight at him, however, bounds
of as If he were rhinoceros. Ever
the impressions left by their owl
speeches they will declare TO be les
while they will dance in ecstaciel
like a crowd of young darkies ut &
circus as they listen TO stories by
the yard told them by Brick Pome
his a5ffaas R al psst tbs f. Hq as 9f sets
And then a Greenbacker is such q
presumptuous follow. If a Republi.
can paper says anything about him
be thinks that paper is bound tC
give up its columns to ri hting
while he will go out OF his way
miles to get another office to helu
him throw away his money for fear
it may do tho office be asks favors
OF, some good. Friend Jones is in 9
political warfare His Greenback
constitution persuades him that it ID
tho duty OF his enemy's battery 10
shoot off for him the enemy 10
furnish his own powder. while he
furnishes money 10 little pop. guns
to shoot back. G.. w. Lee appre.
ciates the value of tho HERALD ia
many things he wants The public to
know even it it is grange politics
but when he wants q job done for
money he goes somewhere else. The
first principle OF Greenbacker ia
to get other people TO work for him
for nothing and to get back the
bonds they have gwen for sopgs.
But we do not begrudge Senator
Jones the space for his reply. AS
those who lave heard him at other
places, after reading the report of
the Rockville speech say, "Why,
that's the same speech be made at
our place" We infer that she writer
from Rockville can't be far out of
the way. As before intimated
when he's telling the story himself
be thinks its all gospel, but when
some one tells ii at him he sees what
"whopper" it is. In 1876 he read
the Republican platform, and he
said, "Well, that is all true" After
the Democratic convention the same
year he read their platform and he
said, Il believe they both tell Gods
truth" Then he read the Cooper
platform and as Ressmeyer tells it
he saw men as big as trees" walk.
ing, and made up his mind that the
Cooper platform told the truth. As
the Green6ack fashion is to believe
whatever is last taken in he voted
for Cooper. But we must protect
our correspondent as to being too
much of coward" to sign bis
name. His name was signed to the
letter in full, but we did not want TO
use it and so we struck it off. There
was no direction from him on the
subject. And now friend Jones
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