The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-05-29
W. HARDING j. Z.
LET Us REASON TOGETHER.
To The Snyder County public.

lregre' very mucn thN DOCTOR Isaac u
Conrad, perhaps, through defective mem
ory or confusion of different coneersations
at different times aud places and relstie q
10 3. A. we,zel aud Office, notwith standby 2
a conversation with him In which he OK
pre- ssed doubts about this very matter,
81 sling that he "rmorGnr | said so"--be
was ''TpLEnAbLr certaiu"--I MIGHT NOT
hA'k SAID so"-that ia might have con.
fus ed statements &c. raised q question Of
veraciiy between us. Now, | think tho
following facts and circumstsuces will
make this matter plain o every fail. deal.
ing aud osuiii mau who will give it an
unbiased examination. Upon the one
side is Doctors naked.afiidsvit with facts
directly against it-ou the other hand is
tho following state Of facts which alone
shows his mistake.
Three years ago, "or sbo Ut tho last OF
April 1876" Squire Wetzel WAS Nor A
oAspioArs ron PRoruo NOTARY, so fer a.
know, hence there was no necessity to
request the Doctor to get wetzel TO with /,
draw, but on the contrary Mr.. wetzcl was
talked Of as a candidate for Register &
Recorder. and here were arrangements
catered into that IL he would no, be q
candidate rHss for That ofhce to wit :.
Register & Recorder three years hence
that is Dow-tbe party who used the ex-
preston "a WILL ~ nELp MS aop" was TO
support Wcizcl for Reg. & Rec. n never
usc The expression, above quoted and itali
cizcd and used In canyad's aftiJayiiI ]
will autbsnticais this statement in o very
| short time.
Now. can any fair minded man who
| bLpws me think for one moment that |
would make such requssi when neeotia.
tious Of this kind wrre making and Squire
| Weztsl not u candidate for the office TO
which l WAS aspiring III have al-ays
said that as long us | suited the people
aud they were dsirous that | should serve
hem as their public servant, | would ac-
eept As often ss they chose TO elect me,
aud ~ the people would receive my
~armest thanks for tho coue ier.s they
evidently have in my qualifications TO g.
the ONCE OF Iro'LonoIary ] Reader
ask yourself tho quesii.n-i.l Ur. Courai
who is CLOSE ncieLbor and apparent =
tho bosOme fierd Of S. A. wetzsl, know
'Aa', three years ago, the SQUIRE was no,
candidate for rrO,b OnoIary' Did he
know that Mr., Wel1el was thea q
candidate for Reg. & Recorder ?
II IL we'll koown in this end of the
county that Mr.. weiIei has been talked
OF, and that lie himself has talked Of be.
ing A oAxDipArE voR RsolsrEn & nucoR.
pEu PoR A SuABSR OF yEARs aud / don't
'hink be had a very serious notion At auy
',me OF being a candidate agains, me
but heretofore urged, as he new is, to be
candidate by Joseph A. Lumbard who
has Gwsys Gpposci me, not only at the
Primaries but AT TnE GgSERAL ELKcrios s
Why is this Statement of DR.. CcnrG , Q
not corre1orste dby the saidsvit Of SQuirr
we,zel and thus place the matter ia a
shape TO be credited notwithstanding the
fact that had no opposition .brcc ycars
ago either in the person Of Mr.. wetlsl or
sny body else.
Tuls TIME, AGAIN, AZ ALWAYS uRREroPoRR
l SUBMIT MY CASE To TnE PEorLR ASp BOT
To JosEPH A. LusBABD WHO rRErgsps To
HOLD rnis PEOPLE ~ the HOLLOW or his
HAND on Besg onks POCKET. am sorry
that Doc tors persistence in bis mistake
has compelled EQUATOR atidavit : and
only from sense Of duty to the Repub
liean party as we'll to myself have !
yislded TO urgent demands for q reply.
Aud here eau tion tho party to be on the
lockout for ,islshoods aud trickery TO be
praotieed on the eve Of election for my
SAVAGE orrosEErs have said they would
practice their "old games" at tho last
hours when Il would be too late for con
| trAdiclion.
GROUSE