The Iola register., 1886-10-29

before the grand jury. Entirely too
transparent. The gentlemen ought to
call little convention and agree on
one of the above lies. and stick to 1t, or
agree to tell the plain unvarnished
truth In reference to the matter.
Or this:
Allen county will not be the laugh
ing stock of the State ifP, III. Moore
is elected representative.
Or this:
lfC. E. Benton is elected county at
t0rney he will prosecute no man throuh
OF man. He is not owned by any,
body.
Or this:
The people have not forgotten that
Ewing's nomination was obtained bv
slander and abuse. What he could not
say himsel, his friends said for him.
The people did not know the man when
they nominated him.
Or this:
If elected county attorney will H.A.
Ewing prosecute the man who sold
him beer. He promised not to "giye
this man away" Will he keep that
promise.
Or this.
If YOU want Rip Van Wrinkle for
county attorney vote for Ewing.
Or this:
For this position Representative
we do not want man who Is mentally
infirm as Is e. D. Lacy, the republican
nominee.
All these are extracts from the Demo-
crat Of last week and week before, and
yet it has the brazen effrontery to u.s.
sert that 1t has not slandered nor at
tempted to belittle or insult any per.
son! In three of the above paragraphs
1t distinctly asserts-by inuendo and
tnsinuation which are ten times more
despicable than direct assertion
that Capt. Ewing went into the Hum.
boldt saloons and purchased intoxica.
ting liquors for his own use, and that
he was in the habit of doing so. The
Democrat knows, or might know, that
this is UNANIMOUSLY false; and yet it''has
slandered no one" Again when it
says that ''If c. E. Benton is elected
county attorney he will prosecute no
man through i'll will or spite. He is
not that kind of man. He is not
owned by anybody" is it not the
plain intent of the paragraph to com.
pei the inference that il Mr.. Ewing
were elected county attorney he would
prosecute men through i'll will or spite;
that he 10 that kind of a man; that he
Is owned by somebody? And yet this
immaculate importation has "slander-
ed nobody!" 1t refers to Mr.. Lacy, a
gentleman who has been Commander of
his Grand Army Post, who has dlled
for two terms with eminent ability and
success the most important office in
his township, as"mentally infirm. ''and
in various other paragraphs attempts
to ridicule ham. And yet it "has not
belittled or insulted any body"
And the Democrat cannot shield It.
self under the claim that what it has
said is founded on truth. Capt.Ewing's
as courteous, Christian
gentleman, as consistent temperance
man and as an able attorney is too we'll
in this community, to be
injured by the assaults of an irrespon.
,ible tool who has hardly gained his
among us, and who has
oeen brought into notoriety chiefly by
'eason of his tremendous attacks of
colds and malaria" Nor can sneers
rom the same source.persuade the peo-
lie of Marmaton township who have
Inown Mr.. Lacy for many years and
rave honored him for his ability and
lis good business judgment no lees
han for his integrity and incorrupti.
'ility, that he is "mentally infirm''
nd that he will make Allen county
the laughing stock of the State"
he people Of Allen county have
nown long and well every candidate