Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-10-26
H. n. BOyd's Gross Misrepresenta-
ton of J M. Sauee.

In the Union Labor convention last
Saturday h n. Boyd made a speech
in which he denounced by name j.
NJ Sallee as Judas Iscariot."
That was very unfair without extend
ing to Mr.. Sallee the right to defend.
moreover it was harsh and ungentle-
manly. Mr.. SaIlee or any other man
has a right to change his views and
his party affiliations if he wishes to.
If every man is to be called a traitor
and a Judas Iscarlot who changes his
political views, what was Mr. Boyd
when he left the Republican party.
If that tactics is to be used how does
Mr.. Boyd expect to make accessiOns
to the U. L. party. But we under
stand that Mr. Sallee has not chang
ed his political opinions and beliefs
so much as he is Disguised with the
leadership Of the Union Labor and
Fusion party in this county. He has
seen so much trickery and crooked
ness consumated by Boyd and his as
sOciates, that he cannot conscientious
ly be longer led by those men. A
year ago Boyd treated Moses Ever
soil so badly and sold him out so
shamelessly, that he is disguised with
Boss Boyd as a political leader and
he will not consent to be whipped in
this year, even if Mr.. Boyd does call
him Judas Iscariot and threaten him
in others ways. There are a good
many other Union Labor men who
feel like Mr.. Sallee this year and viii
vote as he votes for Dan Smith, the
honest miller. Mr.. Sallee authorizes
us to say further that Mr.. Boyd made
a false statement when in the same
speech last Saturday he declared in
effect that he, (Mr Sallee,) was intox-
icated at the late soldiers reunion at
Long Island. Boyd's statement was
that he had charged Sallee with be
ing so full that he tried to open a
beer bottle with a monkey wrench,
but that Sallee had corrected him by
saying that it was not a wrench but a
brace and bit" Now such a talk as
this by the Representative in the leg
islature against a trusted county
officer and a prominent temperance
man is simply outrageous and Mr..
SalIee so regards it. It is not only
utterly false but slanderous, as many
who do not personally know Mr.. Sal
lee might be thus induced to think
he is a drinking main when he is d
strictly temperance man. The only
shadow of foundation there is for any
such talk is the fact that at the Long
Island Reunion Mr. Sallee broke
the reach to a buggy and he and
County Treasurer Nipps went for a
brace and bit to a shop not far from
the camp and as they opened the door
and stepped in there stood H. n
Boyd and two or three other men
with beer bottles in their hands in the
act of drinking. Since that time Mr.
Sallee in discussing Mr. BOyd's
record in the legislature has shown
that he always voted with what is
known as the whiskey party and has
stated that he objects to sending {
man to the legislature who not only
drinks intoxicating liquors at the re
union but induces others to drink
Boyd in reply does not deny thes,
charges so easily proved but seeks t.
smirch Mr.. Sallee by making tn,
false accusation that he (Sallee) wa
also drunk at the reunion. Mr. BOyC
also made another statement in hi
speech last Saturday which we can
not believe Is true and that was il
effect that the G. A. r. men brOugh
two wagon loads of beer to the re
union and sold it for the purpose o
, }defraying the expense of the meeting
Surely no one will believe that sucl
was the case. MIR. Boyd's attack o.
Mr.. Sallee was as bitter as it wa
weak. The foregoing has been rea,
/ by Mr.. Sallee who authorizes its pub
hcation as a correct statement of tn
Ematter under consideration.
LATER Since the above was write
Mr.. Boyd and Mr.. Sallee had, a pei
! sonal interview in Phillipsburg las
= Monday. In this meeting Mr. Boy
says he did not intend in his last Sat
urday's speech to convey the ide
that Mr.. SalIee was intoxicated at tn
. reunion. He did not see him drin