Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

election to some important Office in
Boone county and AL / have to say
is that if / were a citizen of Boone
county ] would vote for him. Ono
thing in particular I remember An
derson said and that was that he
was not in our town to defame or
vilify any one, but v,as there to Sc
cure votes by perfectly honorable
means. He talked nicely for his
man and made many votes for him,
but he did it by argument and his
every action was one of honor.
There was beer in Martinsburg one
night and there were Morehouse
workers there as we'll. Both came
from Wellsville. / am surprised
that any stories of crooked election
eering by Mr.. Anderson should
gain circulation.
Mr.. J. w. Crigler was found, and
like Mr.. Muster, ne was dumb
founded that Mr.. Anderson should
be accused of conducting the can
vass in question in anything but an
honorable manner. "Why," he
said, che did everything in his
power for his friend Francis, but
l don't blame him. Ifa man starts
into thing, he should do it we'll. /.
He conducted the canvass in
manner perfectly honorable, and by
his fairness and good behavior
made friends with all whom he
met. He impressed everyone az
being gentleman of the highest
order, and certainly thought him
to be such. He was an eager
worker, but that was natural, you
know. / don't believe ever saw
man more jealous than was An
derson but he didnothing whatever
that would be looked upon as dis
honorable or unfair"
A STRONG ENDORSEMENT.
The following was received from
Martinsburg this afternoon and
speaks for itself:
To the Editor OF the Ledger.
MARTINsBuRG, Nc, June 23.-In
justification of Mr.. Anderson, Col
lector of Boone county, in re-
gard to certain charges made
against him during his stay with
us on the 9th inst, on the day of
our primary, we, the undersigned
citizens of Martinsburg, Mo-, would
just state that we became acquaint-
ed with Mr.. Anderson on the day
and date above mentioned and our
associations with him during the
day were frequent and we can
but truthfully say that we never
had the pleasure of meeting more
affable and courteous gentleman.
His department while with us was
well calculated to excite the ad-
miration and engage the love of all
that he CHANGED to meet on that oc-
casion; and while he and his friend
Newman worked like beavers dur
ing the day for their favorite candi-
dates, yet they did so in a gentle
manly and honorable way. As to
the two kegs of beer brought to
Martinsburg on that occasion we do
not believe that il was done to in
fiuence votes or anything of the
kind, as it was not sent for until in
the afternoon, after u large majori-
ty of the votes were cast, nor do we
believe it was sent with an inten-
tion to violate the law of the land
or any other undue interest.
JOHN w. CRIaLER.
JAcoRI Bios.
f. P. FRENCH.
VIM. CoRlJETT.
CALEB T. MARTIN.
The Columbia Herald, referring
to the matter, says:
The Mexico Intelligenccr seems
to have been greatly disturbed over
the fact that the collector of Boone
county went to Martinsburg on
the day OF the primary election
and with his usual effectiveness
turned that precinct, which had
been for Morehouse, into strong
hold for Francis. We admit that
it is calculated to make More
house man mad-to be treated in
this way, but if we understand it
this is free country, and as long
as Ben. Anderson goes outside his
bailiwick to help the cause of
Francis for Governor, he will find
himself well sustained by the peo-
pie of Boone county. We under
stand that every clique and ring in
Audrain county were organized to
beat Francis. Boone county loves
to send out missionaries 10 kill
snakes of that kind; and it can send
no more efficient agents for the
business than Ben. Anderson, who is
establishing a deserved reputation
for breaking a ring wherever he
finds it. The IntelIiyencer gnaws
file in its efforts to traduce Boone
county's collector.
| COOLIES.