The Columbus journal., 1879-05-28
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of the 2lst inst. notice a letter writ
ten by some one, unknown to me
but passing incOg, under the name,
"Veritas." lie opens out with
resolution offered at the county con-
vention last fall, by Cotton of Mon
roe, (but was drawn up by a person
representing a corporation then do
ing business in Columbus.)
will not ask your indulgence in
republishing these resolutions, but
will acknowledge all he represents
as to the unanimous adoption of
these resolutions, and more than
this | voted for their adoption, and
would do so to-day, and | defy
"Feritas" TO prove to the people of
this district wherein | have worked
contrary to these principles. In an
other letter 10 the people L will ex-
plain my action i'll the Legislature in
regard TO the tariff resolution intro
duced by Scott of York. | have no
explanation to make to "Veritas,"
as his letter is not written for the
purpose of doing good 10 the people,
or TO enlighten them, but to create
sympathy for certain person. My
reasons for stating this are these:
The statements made are a system
of falsehoOds, there being but two
of them true, viz: the statement in
regard TO resolution and biograph-
ical sketch.
lie inserts speech made (as he
claims) by myself. l am surprised
at the growth that speech has made
in the short space of eight months.
just think what a massive brain this
man "Veritas" must possess, for a
few remarks to multiply more than
four-fold i'm this short space of time.
Consider for q moment what has
been lost to the country by his not
having heard one of Daniel Web
ster's speeches, years ago, that we
could have it produced i'm its mag
nified state, before the county COM
missioners at their next railroad
meeting. 1t is possible he could
have gained nOtOriety faster and
with more honor than by writing
anonymous letters making asser-
tions that he knew were false.
Now, there are two classes of men
Gf they may be called men) whom
it would seem the Evil One would
kick out of purgatory. The first is
person who will stab man in the
dark and without manhood enough
to sign his name to published
HAITIAN an1 tho nth i I
employ such a one TO do his dirty
work, and then direct him to sign
his name "V Veritas" instead of"Cats-
paw ID. T.. LovELAND.
Mr.. EDITOR: In regard to your
local of the 2lst, you say you are
Informed that ID. C.. Loveland is at
work throughout the county against
the l.. " n. bonds, which you knew
was not so. Now, Mr. Editor, if
your Lincoln & Northwestern bond
proposition will not carry on its
merits, or if it will not stand dis
cussion, do you not think there is
something wrong somewhere? And
as regards working against the
bonds | have not touched on the
subject unless ii was brought up by
other parties. and then | have stated
my opinion and one which YOU
should respect as | should yours or
any other persons. Time and time
only will reveal to us who was
right. ID. G. LovELAND.
An editor hears q great deal. We
heard from several reliable sources
that Mr.. Loveland had been out in
the county working against the L. &
N. proposition, whereupon we wrote
the paragraph we did. Afterwards,
and before going to press, we saw
Mr.. Loveland and asked him about
this matter. lie made pretty much
the same reply that he makes above.
AS between our informaDts and Mr..
Loveland it may be a question of
fact or opinion, we prefer TO think
that it is difference of opinion, and
that Mr.. Loveland has been uncon-
sciously working against the l.. u
n, and that only when the subject
was drought up by other parties"
Our friend, ID. g., interrogatively
insinuates that there is something
wrong somewhere. We will take
occasion. right here, to say that we
have never yet seen a railroad prop
osition submitted that was so COM
pletely satisfactory, in every respect,
as this is. Our readers can examine
it for themselves, and if Mr.. Love-
land can pick flaw in it we should
like 10 have him do so. The strength
of the l.. & n. cause lies in the fact
that from the very first they have
meant straightforward, honest busi-
ness. The transportation of 5000
cars year is something worth con-
tending for, 10 say nothing of the