The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-26
County Superintendent
From the Republican.
A Little More of the Same Sort.

From the Republican.
Little More Of the Same Sort
HON. G. v. EsKRIDGE:-In your |
speech before the Republican conven-
tfon on Wednesday, you said that you |
had in your possession letters and doc
uments more damaging to my charac-
ter than anything you had published.
Afterwards in a conversation with me |
on the street you said that you refer |
red to a letter written by citizen OF |
this county-not giving his name-for |
publication, making certain charges
against me, and when / requested a
copy of such letter you said you would
ask the writer's permission to give
such copy. or to call himself and see
me. The assertion in your speech was
made in public manner and the pub
lie are entitled to know the nature of
the charge referred to. and what have
to say in reply. Any private explana-
ton would not be sufficient. there
| fore feel that have right to demand
and do demand that the letter referred
to be published to the end, that exact
justice be done to all.
Yours truly,
E. w. CUNNINGHAM.
July Goth, 1888.
The following is the letter referred
to which was received some time be-
fore the meeting of the convention, but
which we withheld from publication.
While we had no reason to doubt Mr.
Woods word we desired in the contro-
versy with Mr.. Cunningham to cOnfine
ourselves strictly to a criticism of his
professionally matters which
the records disclosed. AS the letter
was written for publication over Mr..
Woods signature we presume he would
have no objection to its appearance
even now. And as Mr.. G. requests its
publication we think it fair to comply.
that he and Judge Bachelor may have
an opportunity to explain what they
did with that estate. The following is
the letter, verbatim:
AMERICUs. Kan.-July 6.
MIR. EDITOR-I see by your paper
you are writing a biography of the
Hon. E. w. Cunningham. Thought
might furnish few lines for you (al-
though unsolicited by you'll and it
might be the missing link in the his
tory. While he was Probate Judge a
man by the name of Davis died in En-
poria. Said Davis had been living in
Americas for some two years working
at the wagon makers trade. He had
good set of tools, some ten or twelve
head of cattle and somewhere about
$50 worth of stock on which he owed
Mr.. J. S. Gibson some $50, besides
myself something over forty
dollars for board. Said Davis,
besides. had in his pocket only two or
three days before he died $500 in
money. Said E. W. Cunningham ap-
pointed the Hon. c. B. Bachller as ad-
ministrator on this, Mr.. Davis, estate.
Mr.. b. sent up team and men and
took the stock and tools and books, and
also the cattle, and could not get
enough out of it to pay the funeral ex-
penses. At any rate myself nor Mr..
Gibson have not received any that was
left, and by the by, they did not take
the trouble to try and collect any of his
accounts. l looked over his books
| while they were in Mr.. BIS. hands and
offered to take the accounts, or some of
them, for my claim, as knew the men
and knew the accounts to be good.
but B. or G. would not let me have
them but said there was enough to set
| tie everything. Between the two they
not . great amount; somuch the worse.
/ Now l ask the voters if from the above
| and by what has been said before and
also what could be said, do you want
Mr.. e. District Judge, and do you want
Mr. b. for Probate Judge? There is
one thing I do know that L am short
over forty dollars; and know also they
got some two or three hundred dollars
worth of goods. and what did they do
with them? Mr.. G. may say do not
know anything about it, but l
know you do know, for l went
to you and talked with you about it;
and / know. also. that Mr.. G. knew
that Mr.. b. was not considered an hon.
est man, therefore, the voters should
hold you responsible for his acts in this
case, as to Mr.. b. this is only text
to what / know rs to his dishonesty,
but as 1 do not think ne viii cut any
figure. / need not say more of him, but
as to Mr.. G. there is terrible effort to
displace Judge Graves and by such a
man as Cunningham. cannot think
it possible that the voters Of Lyon
county will do it. know that there is
Il large number of good Republicans
who would not vote for him il nOmi-
mated. L. A. WooD.