The Osceola times., 1879-04-26
oscEoLA, ARK, April 2f, 1879,

pion Mean Men" in which he
charged the Hon. Mr.. Stanley, oi
Woodruff county, aud myself with
dlsgraceful dlr;iness," " double
plated meanncss," &c; all on ac
count of our action in the matter oi
the celebrated Trumpler claim,
which was referred to dc Committee
on Claims OF the last Iloasc of rep
rcsentatives, OF which, said commit
tee we (Stanly and MYSELF were
members he also said that We were
dishonorable, and that We had
signed the report without hearing
word Of the testimony taken be-
fore the committee again, he says,
that signed the repor: withoui
knowing anything about the claim
or hearing one word Of the evil
dcnce. Now, without going any
further, ] say that such staiomcnt
is basoly false, and il not manuiac-
tured by himself, his informant is a
lar, and the truth is not in bun ;
again he says, awe are not inter-
cstcd ia this matter any further
Than TO see justice done in the prem
ises"; we will see how much he Is
interested after a while, and judge
hm, not as he judged us, but rom
his action in the matter. So far rs
relates TO Stanly, | shall not at
tempt to answer, but will say in his
behalf, that ho Is an honorable, up.
right gentleman, has been II mem
Der from Woodruff county two
years, and any report circulated
about him by Trumplcr, or his
friends would not injure him in his
county, for he is always able to as
sign good reasons for bis actions IN
any matter, and especially in the
Trumpler claim.
| will now ask the editor Of the
Arkansas Traveller few questions,
and allow him to answer them ac-
cordIng 10 the dictates Of his own
conscience, provided he has one.
/ ask the gentleman, if he beard
the cvideace in the case, and ifnot,
does he think that he has metcd out
to us that justice which men are
ordinarily entitled to, upon en- i'm
partial trlaly he has placed us upon
trial before the whole people of the
State without notice of the indict
ment, and has rendered judgement
in accordance with his own hellish
notions, and the representations Of
Trumplor, or his friends, and that
too in our absence. If he don't
think that he is as mean and dis
honest as he would have others
think We were, in passing judge
mcnt upon us, in the same manner
that he says we passed judgement
against tho Trumpler claim, j G.
without hearing the evidencc--does
he think he did mo justice when he
charged me with signing the report
without hearing any of the evidence
or knowing anything about the
claim, when in fact he knew nothing
about what had seen or heard ?
or does he just sum 1t all up in Il
nut shell, and conclude that because
ho is an Editor OF country town
newspaper, il is justice for him to
take the assertions ofTom Duck aud
Harry, such men US Trumplcr tOr
instance, and use their statements
To malign and blacken the charac.
ter of honest men. 1t such is tn,
character aud disposition of tho ed
ilor OF the Arkansas Traveller, fee
justified ia saying that he is moi
only devoid of reason, but all th,
better elements which should char
actcrizc IA good citizen. Mr.. Editor
| have studiously avoided this con
troversy, but 1t seems that the cdi
tor of the AT. was determined tc
hear from me, in as much as no, ol
somc one for HIM, took the pains tC
send me marked copy of the pa
per containing the article above
mentioned, refcctlng upon me as .
member of the last legislature ; ant
a few days thereafter, some Hide
signing creature, not satisfied Will
sending me marked copy of dir
ty sheet called the Bat sseiile Guard
also sent them to other persons o
this town and couhty-ot which
will speak after II while. Ant
again, this morning | received an
other copy of the Arkansas Travel
or containing the following:
"There is a great many people il
Arkansas who are not satisfied will
the action of the House Commi,,c