The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-16


Reefy himself. bran d as An un-
mitigated liar and scoundrel, any man
who attempts to connect Mr.. Horr with
any of the transactions of the Cheese
Ring, SO called, or imputes to him the
character Of q leader and business man.
ager In the cheese interest.
Similar in character is the circular is
sued the very day before election, max
ing similar charges to those heretofore
made in the Miner. Parker 6 Co., case,
but which are already sufficiently an
swered. They are but q rehash, and
are no more true than the others.
The attempt to connect R. A. Horr's
name with the failure Of his brother in
Michigan, is as unjust as it is false and
untrue. make no attempt to discuss
that failure as regards the honesty or
dishonesty, or business capacity Of the
principal, but do undertake to say
and have the most ample proof of the
truth Of the statement. that no dishonor
can attach 10 the brothers in Wellington.
They were sent for at q time when r.
g. Horr was represented IS about 10
fail, and were assured that the loan Of
few thousand dollars would tide him
over. They made their brother large
loans and took such security as he Of.
fered, making very little inquiry them
selves as to the character of that secu.
rity, and thinking very likely they
would lose the greater portion of their
money. The result justified their fears.
They lost by the transaction over $1s.-
600 above sll their security, and il
others loaned money, taking no security,
and lost the whole, it only shows poorer
management and they have themselves
to thank for their misfortune. The in.
vestigation of that case when in bank
ruptcy, showed not the slightest suspi-
cion Of dishonor on the part Of Mr.. r.
A. Horr, nor was it ever charged by rela-
tives or creditors. On the contrary the
attorneys publicly exoaorated him
from any blame or crookedness in that
transaction.
Whether the accusations against r.
G. Horr. by his sister. are just or not,
does not effect r. A. Horr In the slight.
est degree. learn, however, that Mrs.
Carpenter claims that the letters pub
lished ss hers, are garblcd. Some things
being left out, and others added that
would have made her arraignment of
her brother less severe. She further.
more expresses the utmost confidence in
R. A. Horr's integrity. She trusts him
with the management of her financial
interests and has never connected him
in any way with her misfortunes by the
Michigan loan.
All these facts have been known by
Mr.. Wadsworth for months. He has
known that r. A. Horr has been guilty
of nothing which the most rigid investi-
CATION could set down to his discredit.
he, himself, is not more innocent Of guilt
in that transaction than is Mr.. Horr.
1 have proof that Mr. Wsdsworth, well
knowing the facts to be as above stated,
has kept the letters, or copies of them,
in his possession since long before the
beginning of this campaign; that he
has been showing them and misrepre-
senting the truth, trying to make ii ap-
pear that because R. g. Horr failed
r. A. Horr was responsible for that
failure, and assuming the former acted
dishonesty that the latter was equally
guilty. No sane man can fail to see the
unreasonableness Of this kind of logic
when attention is called TO it. Mr.. W.
has several times limited darkly that he
had very damaging facts, fatal to the
character Of r. A. Horr in connection
with his brothers failure, and repeated
ly stated they would be published. They
were published, but so far from proving
the dishonesty alleged, they cannot, by
any fair reasoning, be made to convey
the remotest suspicion against him. II
they prove anything they show the
goodness of heart that would prompt
Ou6 W icu0 uioeucf WIZ ~oS "Oi
known to be almost hopelessly bank
rupt, many thousands Of dollars on in
sufficient security, with q possibility of
losing part II not all Of his loan.
But knowing that he took great risk
r. A. Horr loaned and lost over $1s, 900,
and the fact that An insufficient security
prevented his losing every dollar GER
tainly ought not to be set down to his
discredit.
The attempt to blackeu the character
Of q man with such evidence, or, on ac-
count Of such . transaction, is simply
infamous and the man who will engage
in il ought to be spurned from decent
society. The fact that man can hold
up bis head and walk the street without
his crime being depicted in his face
where, like the mark Of Cain, il may be
seen and known Of all men, only shows
how lost he IL % any sense Of injustice
and dishoner.
He has the hardihood to say that he
has said nothing against the integrity
and character of his competitor not
withstanding the facts as above stated
and the further fact that evidence is
abundant that he has DETAINED him in
public and private in the presence of q
multitude of witnesses. 1t will be no.
ticed that he makes no attempt to deny
any Of the charges affecting his charac-
ter save the one concerning the distil-
lery he was anxious to establish. He
forgets all about his temperance record.
BE says nothing about the methods by
which he sought to embellish and hand
his name down to posterity in the
pages of the Lorain County History.