Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-09-07
Communicated ]
FISHERS HILL, VA, Sep. 3, l--S.

Lditor Of H1ald: -
In last weeks IT-
0inian and Mars notice a statement by
democrat that the account Of the wheat
betting affair is Gin some respects untrue
The gentlemen connected with the affair
have been held as honorable and truthful
by me. but democrat" opens his record
in his article for truthiulness as being |
very questionable.
repeat it was a back-down on the part /
Of the Capon Springs gentleman. lie /
offered TO give me $40 per bushel Tor my |
wheat if Harrison should be elected, and |
80 cents if Cleveland should be so iortu-
nate. promptly accepted aud repeated
ly asked the gentleman 70 write con-
tract lint he did not do 10. Now Is TINS
not sufficient evidence OF a back-down
If the "gentlema N had asked me to have
written the contract and l had not done
40. then certainly be would have backed
me down. Twill leave IT to any men oil
principle and unpredjudced minds TO say
# am not right. And will leave 1t to
the public to saw who is truthful and who
il not. | will not say that democrats
statement that the CapOn Springs gehle-
man asked him to write the contract, Is
"untrue.o but positively ! did not hear
him say 80. But by his asking Demo
craft 10 write the contract was only
blnff and done to AVOID having 1t written
For democrat" himself says he had not
time to write it, and for the gentleman
TO ask a man who had 10 time TO write
contract, to do so, is blum in the most
putred form.
If democrat was not busy before, he
then suddenly became 50. But this ]
deny. as either partly had sufficient iime'
and either party is amply able and COM
petent to have written the Agreement
Especially had the Capon Springs gentle
man hours of leisure time, and either
party, Judging from the repeated use OF
their vocal and lingual organ, would nave
had sufficient time to have composed a
message to Congtess, or a free TRADE
speech for O'Ferrall. ! was in conversa-
ton with the gentlemen for hours, and
then can Democrat" be so ungrateful to
himself as to say he had no time. There
il no excuse but a declin ation on the part
Of these gentlemen If the gentleman
had had any faith in his own words he
would have written the contract IN ten
minutes. So far as his writing to me to
; "come down. to enter into a contract
now. gave him my reasons in reply to
3 his ca I'd, and more than this wheat has
adva need and he can well shout now
% And besides, am under no more obliPa-
tions to eco me down. to him than he il
TO come up te me.
have no inclination to "bet" with any
one, for bettngIs gambling, and gambling
: is dlsreputable. If should become the
victor in a wag or affair, should feel az
though had acquired money unlawfullyi
q which is true, for surel y it could not be
= recovered by law. And if | should loose
| would feel as though had been fool
:. do not want any ones money unlawfully
and am determined no one shall get
mine 80. However, if the gentleman will
come in these parts he may be accommo'
dated. Why his proposition was accepted
was because knew it was bluff, and as
=. such il was exposed There was no othei
9 motive in view in writing the note referred
q TO by 'Democrap than to expose to my
, brother Republicans the amount of blufi
II and gas. and show that the average Demo
= Graf will resort to, while his knees are
quaking with fear at the words his tongue
is uttering. SO far as being referred to a.
-, "canard,' will say that whilst ! can
not show beyond the integrity Of my
nerson the truthfulness Of this Statement
(baying no politica friend with me at thu
time.) vet will put my integrity agalns
ten thousand men Of as equal standing al
these gentlemen, and then not lea
h being swamped. I think any one wh'
70 knows meof longer standing than "Demc
GRAFT" will testify to it. The whole trutl
il that sometimes when the truth is tol'
il pinches. and this accounts for Demo
8. crat'sv squeling. And it is fact tina
m when man gets into hole, or get
cornered. or becomes chagrined, then b.
sbouts "lie.n "Lio" is the towards pas
V ,vo,d FARMER.