Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06
Tae FoUaTH oAE0 ELEcUoN


A Letter tfoul 4 red - cara
10 ts e.aa.ldsd fleete- of llv fa4stl
Ward
Having aesu urges ~ many "a eae eeei-
ors ef car aari to esfsr Csc ne.d ss caa-
iItale isr -lhosI lras.ee s-siusl Nr lames
Blair. q flaHy oa Thursday 81 .4si aees
consented lo 1eeaus candidate aut car
.us lae short anis dat lase BAL -o make
tIle canvass & have asel aa unfair means
os alaie anf statements re.alfe to Ar h.air
~ h.s candidacy flat cannot sabs-antI4te.
aad have RETAINED from llr3sn Any dirt.
81 Blair ls 8 mau whom respect auI hafe
lad b long a.q qlalufauee NliA. aal 4 te
.irsr has 1aue ataf he believed io pe tar
tae best Interests of our putac schools ot
a. u1l ara cannot a4ree Nltn Ar h.alr
in bls views and actions au tae Board ana
bad } n1l been in tLe nsid against hlm
should have given mF support Gu auf other
candidate provided ilaf Nas satisfied il,
F.ess were not lle SAME iu connection
wlth my candidacy BIT Hro- N
Thompson. uut of the principle
and foremost hacker, oi Sir Blair
has taken DO upon hlalse.l a.det oy Meteor
muck and Mei-s et al 90 circulate atd
maae statements throughout tle ward aud
Mr Thompson caused io have published
ll lae I.lier aud NraHe.Hf fhe same stale
ment. 90 Tie effect that Co. Bishop " as
aiding me ia uy canvass flr tue purpose af
making himself solid wlfh the paper known
a. fhe HorlftaH aud chat he lat engaged
Mr tlas. Parker la put iu tac norh. a4d
hai 1 Was Mr. Hathaway IS candidate. t-c.
Z deuouucc all % these statements as eH-
ifaf aeilg fllc fram tfgunuig to eHt ana no
one Knows that they are false better than
does Mr. Thompson So Tar as Mr.. Bishop j.
Concerned he knows nothing of my candi-
dacy be not being Ina tae city ON Friday or
saturday except for e short time Saturday.
aud Mr.. Parker has NOT seen him I know
of my own knowledge, and v hat Mr. Par
ser is doing for me he ls doing
al ao mans insugauou, hat because OF
his friendship for me 80 far as III.
Beyer is concerned the 'acis are these. /
met him on Saturday and had a C0nyersa-
tion with him. ion the presence oi Mr.. W IN.
EchelesdCerier. OF the Popular Shoe Store,
and IN that conversation Mr. heye stated
90 the thar he had desired 90 be a candidate,
that he had talked with Mr.. Blair some two
or three weeks previous about lt, and was
told by him thar be did not know whether
he Blair would be candidate or not but
would let him know and that some time
last week be was asked by Mr. Sessions 10
support Mr. Blair aud that he afterwards
told Mr. Blair that he would vote for him,
"aud. said he, Mr. Clark, ] shall vote for
Mr. Blair and keep my promise good, but !
shall ask ali my friends 10 vote for you. but
had / known the true situation as ] DO now,
I should not have published the card that
did in the Democrat bat would have been a
candidate against Mr.. Blair myself
This is the only statement that ! have
m de IN reference 10 the Boyer matter, and
any statements 20 the contrary TO il are ab-
soluteiy false. and further assert that MIR.
Bever has not made another statement 10
the Democrat or any one else. And can
assure Mr.. Blair and his friends that | do
lot need % invoke thunder 10 get the vote
of the Germans in this city, from the fact
that very large portion of them are, and
always have been, my warm personal
friends, and, if | mistake not, today will
prove that fact by the way in which they
cast their ballots.
And ! wish 10 say TO every electOr in the
Fourth ward that, if elected ! shall 20
onto the Board unpledged to any man, or
set of men, nor do / go in the interests OF
! any ring or clique, but on the contrary
shall, If elected, always do that which | be
lieve to be in the true interest of our public
schools, and in the interest OF the taxpayers,
and not in the interest of a few
FRED ). CLARK.