Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-12-05
CtIIIEERT JONES IND
GEN. T. ELO1D hL.NG.
As the public will expect some
in the BEACON regarding the Cuth-
bert B. Jones or the king-Jones con-

III 'ile DEACoH icSdruluS Tue SutH-
bert B. Jones or the king-JOnes con-
troversy we give them below:
Special 10 tie rrm-s, Democrat
4 WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. The publi-
cation of The following letter in the
New York 1'rih"or Of TODAY La.
created II profound sensation. The
letter itself was sent to Congressman
King on "Wednesday IN thiee differ
el.t ways. One cop, was delivered
at the office of the Arlingtoe by NJ.
Cuthbert Jones, III company with
two friends another copy was selt bv
express, AMI another by mail, reg
istercd. 1t is regarded rs the most
severe personal dcnnnciation that
has been seen in print for many years,
and on every hand the expectation
is expressep that trouble must re-
suit
Mr. Jones is here, and until to-day
he supposed Gen. King was also
He will remain until the latter re
turns. The letter goes out tonight
by special to half the leading papers
of the coun'vy:
-. Floyd King. the Arlin%ton:
a year or more ago came here
andapplled to I've appointed i'll the
consular service. Ynu rave me your
Endorsement. Yon went to Sccreta-
ry Of State F"ehn%hnyscn and strong
/ ~ urged my appointment When
the administration Of Mr. Cleveland
came int" power, 7 being in political
accord with II, ,h"rEht my chance
of appointment worId ho COOL.
Il AN some;hin" of l;ng,,ist,
: speaking French, German, Italian.
/ Spanish and Arabic, rs we'll us En-
glish. had five years experience
~ :he consular service. \ tragedy,
or series of tragedies, for which l
wis in no wise responsible, had de-
termned me to exile myself and live
abroad til the lapse OF V, ars had
cooled passion and healed resent
mcnt. llis ! diI It, tLe eacr;';"a us
W-...h "Hn Hr"sr;rtr. ! applied &C.
>.u t. ;..i ia" with Secretary Eaylrd.
I foU promised 10 do so had the
Endorsement Of Senators Gibson and
I,u7tis, and of many other influential
gentlemen Of Louisiana. You sail
YOU, too, would aid me. Instead of
doing so you began systematic and
cowardly course OF lying against me.
You lied to the President, YOU lied to
the secretary of State, you lied to the
newspapers Your false and vcnal
tongue assai!ed me. not with oron
courage, but secretly, like IN assassin.
Growing boltler, your VANITY led
YOU to YOUR favorite mode of in
truding YOUR filthy person ~ on The
pUll.: IL tae shape of All inrnryicv,
III wiAch You not only asSailed me us
IA murderer, but with The instincts of
a jackal and the appetite Of avultlIre
you assaulted my mother and Mrs.
Liddell, the one living, old, heart
broken, the other dead for eighteen
years, both Of whom wcre spotless in
their lives and characters. Tue in
teryiew WAS published The enorlni-
tv of your crime finally became Oh
vious to even your idi, tic sensibilitv
and you tried to lie out of your
chosen position of venal slandercr of
good women. The journalist (Mr.
Chas +. Murray rammed the lie
down your throat and YOU were silent
"Do you imagine that you and
81 -. L.,
public begin to know YOU at last rs |
know you. Protesting TO be II large
planter, you went TO Louisiana as
overseer OF negro worl;men; profess
inc to be Il large land owner, you
never owned a foot Of llnI in your
life; protesting to have been Gen-
eral in the Southern army, you were
n subaltern Of artillery; protesting TO
be a statesmsman, yod are greeted
with ridicule whenever You attempt
to aldress Congress: profes,iId to
have done much good f'r the Missis
sippi river, the friends Of that
measure declare that Your assiDine
stupidity on that question has bee, a
great obstacle i'll the way of this
measure of river improvement, and
that on more than one occasion your
silly speeches and frivolous bills have
defeated all their efforts; protesting
to be fighting man, YOU backed
down from Murray, you ran fro,n
Houston and when / met you at the
Presidents some three weeks 40
your cowardly eye dare not look into
mine, and YOU evaded me, quailinS
from the punishment you so richly
merit; protesting to be an honorable
man, YOU give expensive lunches to
Young ladies' at watering places OF to
"snobs" and refuse to pay small bills
to men whose clothing yOu wear, and
to clerks whose hard services you
have had.
"You area warrior among Quakers,
and II Quaker anon" warriors; a