Saint Mary's beacon., 1884-07-31
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as to labor to give him spurious rep
utation unwarranted by his true char
acter. His expressions of friendship |
for me to others was, ] opine, something |
on the my-man-Friday order, after
the pattern of all scheming politicians.
/ respect and admire Messrs. Holmes
and Allston. We have differed upon
certain matters as all men who aspire
to think for themselves must uafhral-
ly do. Do not suppose that either of
them wishes any slavish folsowing
Yet ON the whole their course has
been, I believe, approved by large |
majority of our citizens (they have
mine, at least, whatever it is WORTHY
and if the latter aspires to the posi-
ton for which he is announced, none
other will be moro earnest in his sup
port. Many of us also hope that ere
many years St. Mary's will be honor
ored by having him in our National
House of Representatives.
Every word and action Of IS in the
presence of temperance men were such
as to cause them to believe him ia
yorable to it. His actions in 80, his
subsequent and repeated reiterations
of his Intentions If reelected, to do
the same could admit Of no other con-
struction. | heard no such language
as he claimed to have used at Chap
tico. | understood him to say that
he would be governed by the requests
of the majority, and as all authorita-
tive expressions upon the matter, even
according to his own theories, were
favorable to us, corld not deem it
pledge against us. Heard nothing Of
the remark that he believed the idea
Of enforced temperance was .repulsive
to the majority Of the county That
must have been at the subsequent
meetings where, l have bsen reliably
informed, he made distinct and un-
qualified pledges to oppose such a
law.
have never been an applicant for
any position in the republican party
without being urged to it by y, and
with the most solemn assurances OF his
support. This he has not denied, nor
can he truthfully do so. He states
that he sought two osthe Candidates
prior to the ellen n thsm
talked fay0ra6iy--the otl Nd
his-ihtention of ccs--,It; a9F]lose
voting for any one. He Aso says
that finding that his advocacy of my
claims was doing me no good and
himself harm, he ceased and said moth
ing to any one subsequent to the cleo
ton. Yet he was continually urging
me to remain in the fight and prom
iSing his help up TO the very day of
appointment, and also expressing the
utmost confidence in my election, and
when he found that | knew he did
not redeem his pledges, excused him
self by saying that he was so confdent
ofmy success he dSd not deem ii nsces-
sgryi 70 do anything. These statements
do not tally; and, Messrs. Editors,
do these actions shoa any friend
ship for me ? Would it not have been
a more honorable course for him to
have stated to me the situation2 He
knows that | had always told him
that if my candidacy was injuring
him any to let me know and / would |
withdraw. Truly one false friend is
more damaging than dozen enemies
think, Messrs Editors, that his
own acknowledgements are now suf-
ficient to convince any reasonable man
that this has proven himself as |
have heretofore charged. False to
his own expressed convictions, treach-
erous to the friends who stood by him |
in his hour of need, and that to cover
up his tracks, he has practised the
most consummate duplicity. Our rel
alive standing as to political and per-
sonal integrity and veracity will, Of
course, rest with our neighbors, where
l am certainly content to leave it.
If Wack cared nothing about my
place Of nativity, why did he drag it
into the controversy? Aud before
he pirates any more about u,spIedged
delegations, inform himself little
better. A word to the wise should be
sufficient. If my being announced in
democratic paper is any indication
that am bidding for democratic sup
port, by parity Of reasoning we must
suppose those who are announced in
both papers are working both wires.
One Of my reasons for publishing my
articles in democratic paper is that
Wack and have 30 monopolized the
small space for correspondents in the
other that there is but little room for
any one else. One other notice will,
I think, show that though this Wack,
like y loves the truth dearly, yet they
sometimes gamble very carelessly with
their hereafter. A part Of the arti-
cles Wack ascribes to me am not the
author Of. He now states that he
meant and wrote that / had not COM
mended any republicans in any ofmy
writings of late which he had named.
| will quote his words and let the pub
lie judge. After making certain
strained and far-fetched arguments,
he says: "In. confirmation Of this
:" fact, we regret to remark that we
/" have yet to find in all his profnse
+" writings a single word Of commen-
/" dation to any individual either in
" dorsed or elected by the republican
!" party Of st. Mary's since he sought
I" to dignity it by his long premedita-
I" ted, tho tardy. desertionlto its en-
" bracing folds from the cdrrupt and