The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1888-09-05
From "Kernal" Hawkins.

City Butte NJ T Sept 2 1888. Editor
Chronicle Dear Sir My attention has ben
called to a letter published in your paper
Of August 2s Signed Fraternaly
E Finley
Pastor Methodist
Church South
as you have sean fit to give place in
your paper t, finleys letter I presume
that you will be as Just to me by giving
me a space in reply. 1t seams quite
strange that a stranger in this Territory
and only Residing here by a sad misfor-
tune should attack ones character whomes
he knowes nothing of only by certain
whiskey reports. and ANONYMOUS letters
written by Parties who dare not sign
there names to them for tear of Punish |
ment and it would seam the finly went
some distance from his new place ne
calls Temporary his stopping place 10 do
his lying and mud shining when there in
two papers published in Boulder whose
colems are opened to him, but now he
has to go to a community that cannot
Know anything of either Parties to emty
his stink Pot. Nav sir what is the truth
l have ben be fore the American people
as a Lecturer on Temperance and am
we'll and favorable known by a large
number of the people of this county and
abraud. I first meet finly in April last
in the Bitter Root Valley Montana
where I lectured for 3s nights to the APP
proved Of all good citizens and l000&4
n thousand & A signed the pledge Rool
and fnly signed to and wore the Blew
for while and 1 presume that he did
not like the color Prefering the gray and
there was over seven hundred children
joyned in the band Of hope work all of
this work was accomplished by ME not
withstanding there was the very strongest
opposition by the whiskey Ring of
Missoula county and at the close of my
work l have a letter sent me signed by
nearly all of the ministers of Bitter Root
valley Indorsing my work and If I had
wished I could obtained the signatures
of more than 2 thirds of the people Of
Bitter Root valley and Finly signed the
letter OF Indosement While in the
Bitter Root Vally FInly hatred to mt in
the maine grows out of the facts that ]
am a very pronounced Union man from
the south aad served in the union Army
and he is a very Pronounced Rebbell and
because l Hoisted the old Flag in Bittel
Root valley he Finley has had a bitter
Hatred to me Nav as to the church il
Boulder which is the methodist soutl
and ] am q NJ. f. Church straight
had nothing to do about obtaining tn,
church to lecture in but it was don BY
members of the Good Templars of Boul
der and the members had obtained tn
use of said church from the Trustees O
the church and Poor little fellow he tall
abot his church he has not goteny churcI
and never had and some people no neve
builded enything themselves asum
great authority over that which belong
to others and in this case he cas-
contemp upon The Offices of the churc
and even in Suits there and l took hir
to task for his actions in the matter q
the Court House and If he had bel
present as I invited to be by letter an
sean and hurd the approval of my re
marks about his Conduct his ears vol,
still burn and the enclosed Bill will sho,
which was signedt after the meeting an,
meny other ofthe best citizens of Boul
der some Of whom had Known me 70
25 years and applied for the church an
yet his spite to me was SO great unchrii
tian like he still refused the church an
then write to you and a strange commu
nifty thinking he would not be fond on
in his work of wrong doing and seaks t
boulster himself up that he is a ministe
of the gospel God help the sinners an
then seaks to still cover up his dirty ly
ing game of trying to nam one who hs
never ronged him in eny way and h
himself brought on his own head tn
i storm that is raging in his own churc
and he seeks to bring others into h
dirty Pool of mud slum that have notl
ing to do with it atal and I Brand I'll
hole Statement base and Malissior
l False Hood and new it when he wrote
! Yours Faithfully
. RI HAWKINS