The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-25
A TRUTHFUL STATEMENT.


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| klnley contest have charged me with
dishOnOrable motives and actions con
cerning loan of $500, which / took to
| East Liverpool for the benefit of the
| lOckedOut knights of that place, last
fall, you would confer favor by allow
inh the.use of your columns for state
ment of the facts, so far as L am famil-
lar with them.
In the first place there seems to he
| some sort of scheme on the part of some
men to deceive the public as to the real
facts in the case, even as they have been
testified to by Mckinley witnesses. In
| other words, the dispatches appearing
in certain daily papers friendly to Me-
Kinley have, as.it were, put words of
| affirmation in the mouths of witnesses
which they did not utter. For example:
Mr.. James Barker of East Liverpool, Ia
| copy of whose testimony have,) declar
ed in substance that it was his under
standing that said $500 was loan, and
| furthermore he did not affirm that | rep
| resented that it was to be used to defeat
| Mckinley, much less that said it could
only be had upon condition that the
| knights vote for Wallace. And YET
| telegram from East Liverpool to the
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, (based,
as | understood, upon Barker'S testi
mOny,) announced that BOnsall had not
| only so represented, but had declared
that the said $500 had been contributed
by an iron man of Salem toward the de-
feat of Mckinley" This dispatch ap-
peared in the Commercial Gazette of
April 9th, and on the 7Jh, the following
communication from me appeared ia
the same paper:
BoNSALL'S STATEMENT-THE MONEY WAS
ONLY LOANED.
SALEM, o., April 5.-The special to the
Commercial Gazette from East Liver
pool, o., published in your issue Of to-
day, in so far as certain alleged testimo-
ny on behalf of william Mckinley ir.,
in his contest with Major Wallace is
concerned, Is so untrue and misleading
that beg brief hearing through your
columns in reply. IL two members of
the Executive Committee of the knights
of Labor" testified to that which said
dispatch sets forth, they uid not testify
to the facts in the premises, though | do
not accuse them of wilful mlsrepTesen-
tatiOn.
The $500 taken by me was not "cOn-
tributed by an iron man of Salem to-
ward the defeat of Mckinley" This
statement is absolutely and wholly false.
No money whatever was contributed to-
ward the defeat of Mckinley so far as |
know. Local Assembly No. 564 of this
place loaned $50 to the locked out
loaned $3.50. This was the money was
requested TO take, ana did take to East
Liverpool at the time mentioned, and
District Master Workman Rankin gave
Assembly No. 564, and other parties re-
Spectively. the obligations of ID. A. for
said amounts in tull. The said $50 has
been refunded to 564 in the way of as.
sessments, and not only has consider
able portion of the $3.50 been paid back,
N hn
and aforesaid obligation is held for the
balance.
1t was specifically stated by me that
the money was for the immed late benefit
of the lOckedOut Knights of East Liver
pool, as it was critical hour in their
uneven handed contest with the "BOss
POtters."
Some conversation was had with the
Committee relative to Mckinley, and |
believe the question was asked me- as to
the politics of the men who made the
loan, &c. | stated in substance that
they were all anti-McKinley men, from
a standpoint of conscience and the
general welfare. But to my knowledge,
at least two of them did not vote for
Wallace. There was no corruption, and
no intention of any, in the loan of said
5000 The only motive was the assis-
tance of dOwn-trOdden and outraged
humanity. CHARLES BONSALL.
Again: In telegram from East
Liverpool to the Cleveland Herald,
claiming to give certain facts brought
out by the testimony of Mr.. John Wick,
1T stated, i'll substance, that l had al
tended meeting with Wallace, Potts
aud Rankin at LeetOnia, and did in a
few days thereafter, write Rankin that
had the money, and for him to meet
me at East Liverpool, etc.
L cannot believe that Mr.. Wick swOTe
that | was party to any such meeting,
for | never was, and did not know of
any such.
| replied to said dispatch, as follows:
The communication appeared in Cleve- |
land Herald of April 18th.
AN EXPLANATION FROM MR.. RONsALL. |
To the Editor of the Herald:
The dispatch from East Liverpool, |
which appears in your issue to-day, in |
so far as it refers TO me at least, is al !
most entirely false. | never met MessrS |
Wallace, Potts and Rankin, or any other |
parties. at LtetOnia or elsewhere for the |
purpose named i'll said dispatch; nor |
was requested to do so. | was never a |
party to any effort, i'll any shape, form |
or manner, TO raise mOuey for the pur- |
pose of defeating Mr.. Mckinley. / was |
at LeetOnia about the time mentioned |
and saw Mr.. Rankin there, but il was to |
dlJbnu puDilc ldDOT camp meeting, AT |
which L was billed to speak, as was also
Mr.. Rankin. Did not see Mr.. Wallace
there. Saw Mr.. Potts, but had NO. con-
yeTsatiOn with him relative to raising
money or anything of the kind. l did
wire Rankin to meet me at East Liver
pool to receive the loan of $500, which |
took down for the locked-Out knights,
because | wanted his obligation as mas
ter workman of District Assembly Ne.
3, K. of L., for said loan. said loan was
made by Local Assembly No. 5G4 and IL
uumbeT of individuals of this place. and
know nothing whatever of the raising |
of any other money. Said $500 was
simply loan for the benefit of said |
lCcked-Out knights, and a considerable |
portion of il has alreauy been paid back. |
April 10. CHARLES BoNsALL.
The above communications cover the !
whole truth. so lar as my connection |
with said $500 is concerned.
The idea that 400 Republicans sold |
themselves at $1.20 per head, is too ri |
dicu!Ous and ABSURD tO receive a mo-
ments serious nOlic.
CHARLES BONSALL.