The Russellville Democrat., 1888-07-12
MT. Connelley's affidavit is as fol Iawns


 ent at the DEMOCRAT office on the 25th of June when J. T. Wharton and other gentlemen called to ask for space in the DEMOCRAT to reply to and deny the speech published in the DEMOCRAT of 2lst of June. Mir. lobe told Mir. Wharton that he would grant him space for his denial and affidavits, but wished to see his comments before agreeing to pub fish them. Wharton was not denied space at any time in which to pub. fish his denial. Mir. Wharton ac. knowledged in the conversation with Mir. lobe on the occasion that he did make that part of the speech re- ported referring to borrowing money through the post office at 3 per cent, interest. Said he had made that statement before. When Mr. Whar. ton left the office he said he would have his article ready for the issue of the 18th if It was possible for hlm to get it ready and if not he would hand it in for the issue of July 9th.
 NSBE E. CoNsELLEY.
 Sworn and subscribed to before me this 3d day of July, 1888.
 H. NJ. GARDEN,
 Notary Public. Here is proof that Mir. Wharton acknowledged that part of the speech as published was correct. Now we will have MT. Wharton's denial.
 WHARToN's, June 26th, 1888. Editor DEMOCRAT:
 desire to call your attention to an article in your issue of the 21st inst, headed "U. l.. F." in which, l assure you, you are ''off your base" l dld deliver & lecture to mixed audience at the colored Baptist church in Russellville. The object was to instruct the colored voter in the principles of the Wheel and also of the U. L. F. I did instruct them that the Wheel was non-political. That they could vote any ticket and belong to the Wheel, but that the U. L. P. was political. and 1 explained it's principles to them, just as do to the white voter, and as 1 shall contin ue 10 do till the farm and workshop become paying institutions; for this is democracy, as taught by Webster, Jackson and Jefferson; but no meet ing was held in which ''every"or any "precautions were taken to prevent the proceedings from becoming pub lic." Even the windows were up to their fullest extent, and if your 'lynx eyed reporters" had come to the door, like honest men, they would not only have found it open to them, but they would have been welcomed on the principle that, "While the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return"
 '"Christ came not to call the right eous but sinners to repentance
 Our meetings are always open to all and the more of your ''lynx-eyed' that come the better we like 1t. We do not wish to advocate principle that will not bear ventilation.
 You labor to show that am work ing in the interest Of the republi can party, and attribute to me the following language: of Garfield had lived we would have had every thing our own way, now let us stick togeth CT and it won't be long till we will get everything back into our own hands" No such sentences or sent iments were uttered by me or any one else there. gave it as my we'll founded opinion,as I have often done before, that the monopolistic mug wump republicans were responsible for the murder of Lincoln and Gar field, that Cleveland owed his first election to them. and in them was hls hope of being elected again, hence his opposition to silver and the greenback. That the repuhli- cans were responsible for the present deplorable condition of the laboring people, while the democrats are per petuatlng and intensifying it.
 The whole speeeh.as given by you. bears the stamp of Ananias from the first sentence to the last.
 Any one who has heard me talk on those subjects knows it is no Ian puage of mine. It must have ema- hated from weak, muddled and per verse brains, that instead of report ing it as it was reported it as they wonld like to have had it.
 The language you attribute to me on the land matter, the tax matter, the freight matter and the voting in the Wheel matter, is all perversion of the truth, and no such obligation as that was ever given by me or any one else in my presence.
 I beg leave to append the following affidavits and hope this will be taken by all honest men as a refutation of all further such articles as may ap- pear or be reported by any Of the "lynx eyed" in the future.
 J. T. WHARTON.
 We, the undersigned citizens of Pope county, Ark, were present at the colored Baptist church in Rus. sellvi!le, Tuesday evening, June l4th, 1888. We heard the lecture deliver ed then and there by J. T. Wharton and above referred to, and know that the statements he has above made are substantially correct and true.
 j. k. DoUGHERTr,
 G. B. GUEST,
 GEO. ADAMS,
 A. JONES,
 s. HUNTER,
 JOSEPH HART.
 Sworn and subscribed to before me, Notary Public, July 10th, 1888. JSo. w. WHITE,