Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-12-16
HAYDON AM CARTRELL.
\ Conflict of Testimony Address From
the Committee-''Let FER go,
Gallagher -

bone had to be shown by II of the
committee before Shields would con-
sent.
On the same night, we are inform
ed, one J. II. Hayden, well-known
in Mexico. read the above before the
meeting held at the Opera House,
under the management of Dan X.
Shields and the executive commit
tee. This being a temperance meet
ing, of course all who take part are
supposed to be temperate people and
use temperate language. After read
ing the above from the LEDGER j.
H. Hayden said: There is not a
word of truth In the s5ove, M one
opposed the matter at all; Bob
White is q liar. The article l have
read is the fruit of his imagination,
and is an infamous lie. II Bob
White has a friend in the house we
ask him to tell Bob White that j. IL.
Hayden says he is q liar.' This was
temperance talk in n temperance
meeting, from q "Christian temper
ance man. with a vengeance. Bob
White must have had plenty of
friends there, for most every man in
the house called to-day and on read
ing to them the above they said that
was just what Hayden said with n
or two exceptions. The exceptions
were that Hayden put in the word
'believed;' that is, he, Hayden,
believed that Bob White was a
liar,' &c. Several of the temperance
people have expressed their regret
that they were afflicted with such
men as Hayden. One of our minis
tiers, who is a leader in the temper
4 move, appeared to feel bad
about the matter. No one need wor-
ry about the matter at all. Hayden
is known to the editor Of the LEDGER
and the rest of mankind who have
| ever met him. We trust he will not
ruin the temperance work in his zeal
to be oficious. :.
We propose now to place the lie
where 1t belongs. Some member OF
the executive committee has lied.
1t is either DR.. j. L. Gartrell or j.
| II. Hayden. DIR. Gaftrell, a member
of the executive committee, came to
US in the post-office Tuesday and,
without being asked, told Us just
what VIC published above, and even
asked US to SO state in the LEDGER.
He went even further and told us
that it took hard work by him and
others to carry the matter, but
eventually it carried unanimously.
We granted his request and published
what he asked us to, and Hayden
then gets up in the Opera House and
made the statement referred to above.
DR.. Gartrell called to-day and says
he told US the truth and asks US tc
publish his name as our informant
DR.. Gartrell gave US the matter as
an item of news and neither he no.
the editor of the LEDGER thought i
was loaded.
The following was handed us thi:
afternoon from the committee o.
which Gartrell and Hayden are botl
members:
ADDRESS IRON THE COMMITTEE.
To the Editor of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo, Wednesday, Dec. Is
In your issue of yesterday you labor tt
make the impression that there was
eight" in the committee in reference t
adjouring the temperance meetings il
Difference to the Hardin College entertain
ment, and you also reflect on Captain
Shields by stating that it required nue.
"backbone" on the part of the COMMITTEE
to get him to yield to the adjournment
When the matter of adjourning was frs
mentioned to the committee there wa
some opposition as the ACCESSIBILITY 0
SO doing, but on d final vote the commit
tee Capt. Shields cheerfully consenting
decided to adjourn, and that your state
ment that it required ~"backbone' on tn
part of the committee to compel Captain
Shields to yield, is untrue.
The above statements, unanimousl
adopted by the Executive and Financ
Committees, at their regular meeting thi
day. J.J. WINsCoTT,
Attest: Chairman Elk. Com.
W. 3. MCINTYRE. Sec'y.
This address appears rather hare
on Hayden and still winds up by say
ing our statement twas untrue 4
rather funny paper We call it. w
have given the name of the commit
teeman who asked us to publish jus
what we did verbdtim. He says that h.
has and will publicly stand up to it.
We have no further interest in tn
matter than to say we trust Mr.. Hay
don will in the future investigate
little before he makes o show of him
self. He, as a gentleman, will, o
course, announce from the platform
tonight that he was hasty and tina
} Bob White stated in the LEDGER onl,
what he was asked to do by 4 mem
Der of the same committee of which
he, Hayden. is a shining light, ant
that in the future he will inyestlgat,
the facts before he uses such intern
perate, unehristian and ungentleman
ly language.
The temperance cause is one Of til,
grandest on earth, but when you fine
it dragged into the gutter by mel