The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-12-20
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A Oaastio Letter from Editor Ooekeriu 20
Ahfam Is Hewitt

VHh WORLD w. hAfoh HEWITT,
A Gaastie letter from Editor Ooekerin 20
Aham 4, Hewitt
10 Abfam 3, Hewitt.
SIM On tho 2hth inst, received a
] AOte from your Commissioners OF AG-
! counts asking that The World furnish
| them with Tie source or sources ni in
formation upOn which certain charges
against tho Supervisor OF the Oily
Record were based, For The World /
replied IN effect that we had no interest
~ the bogus investigation gotten up NJ
your instance,
on tho Witness stand before tho Sen
ate Committee yesterday you made tho
following declaration, " | may believe
tho report found Ia the Evening SUM
"Wh6n u man like John A, COekerill
declares that tho Mayor has ordered
the Commissioners 81 Accounts W
whit6Wash Mr., OOatigan ] brand him
aa a liar, Gn unonnsoionable liar, When
his remarks we're impem0nal | took no
notice, but when he makes such q state
ment over his signature say no Is 4
liar"
Ny lett6m 10 your COmmasaioner OF
Accounts, MI, Hewitt, are printed In
The World 10 day. You will find upon
reading them that / made us6 Of no
such language as you have attributed
10 me, N0a have, therefore, Mr., ilew
49, uttered both q Ito and a Islander
while terrifying before q legislative
committee Of record, More than moo
during the past year you have gone out
OF your way 10 send insulting messages
10 me because Tho World, owned and
edited by Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, has foit
called upon 10 orltiGihe your public acts.
! have passed Theses insults by, because
] made due allowance for your anti
Qlity, your inlGmity Of temper your
stomach And your grievances against u
Newspaper which has not heaitated ~
show you up aa q public fraud.
nave head mun say who knew you
NJ New Jersey years ago that you then
bore the highly nncOmplim6ntary
sobTiVHi " Lying Abe" have
heard gentlemen who served with you
in Congress say that your word wan
never depended o. la any Transaction
OF moment ana from my acquaintance
Win you IN public life I believe you 10
BIZ a chronic, constitutional liar | can
prove you tO h6 q liar a dozen times
over by your public record.
That you should have lied about ms
yesterday IL not nj oil surprising aud /
DO not hesitate 10 nay that I would not
believe YOU under oath whed YOU we're
10 any degree Interested, / do not feel
mat uuy utteraneo Of yours, public OF
private, can affect my status. be.
lieNe that ! have maintained, In a
somewhat busy career, % fair average
for Yerbclty aud % reasonable vii,
lingneas 70 DO responsible for my acts
lnd utterancea II what have written
here appears 70 you undlgnihed and
personal, | trust that the fact that
you have made q public BLACKBOARD OF
yourself ~ my expense viii anawer Ia
some degree for my yielding 10 provo.
cation. Permit me 10 subscribe my.
SELF. JOnN A, COcKFRuL.
New York, Dec, 10, 1855.
Editor Coekerll lisa fighter from way
back, and has dangling from his belt
the scalp OF moro than one victim OF
his wounded honor, That he means TO
ex;erminate Mayer Hewitt 10 manifest
from the tenor Of his letter. but M the
willy Mayor fights only with bis mouth
and pen, The battle may be- regarded m
ended,