Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
ENTIRELY FALSE.

Inc NEWS Malicious and histories
Report Of the Ladies Meeting Re
pudiated-Individual Protests
Ladies for Mr. Lebold.
The following communication from
the Ladies' Club regarding the News
lying report of the ladies' meeting al
the Presbyterian church last Monday
afternoon has been handed us by the
proper committee and speaks fol-
itself:
| THE PROTEST.
EDITOR REFLECTOR:
We, as members of the Women's
club, feel that the absolutely false and
unjust article published on Thursday,
| 2lst inst, in certain worthless and
obscure sheet, now existing in this city,
cannot be allowed to pass without cor
rection. The account of our proceed
ings was so thoroughly and maliciously
distorted that scarcely one item UGs re-
ported correctly. To be brief:
FIRST-We avoided all personal re-
marks which might give offense to the
friends of any candidate.
SECoND-The resolution offered by
Mrs. Sherwood is correct as quoted,
but after being moved and seconded it
tvas uoted upon and carried unanimously.
THIRD-No woman, so far as known,
was in favor of our attending the eau
cuses unless invited and urgently re-
quested so to do by the men in our re-
spective wards.
FOURTH-The article in question
makes it appear that the women en-
dorsed Mr.. Matteson as their favorite
candidate. This is not true.
1t is we'll known by those in attend
ance that uery large majority earnestly
favored Mr.. Lebold, believing him to
represent more fully than the opposing
candidate the principles upon which
our society is founded, but through
courtesy to the friends of Mr.. Matte
son who were present no formal resO-
luton endorsing Mr.. LebOld was
offered. By order of COMMITTEE.
In addition to this we are in receipt
of several personal letters from ladies
who were in the aforementioned ar
ticle credited with saying things which
they did not say or even hint at. The
writers request us to deny totally the
remarks attributed to them in the re-
port.
Just what object the News could
have had in publishing the lying report
that it did is entirely beyond our COM
prehension. But as that sheet has
never yet shown lingering spark of
decency OF attempted to do anything
but sling mud at respectable citizens,
it was not to be expected that it would
lose an opportunity to cast slur upon
the ladies of the city.
The meeting was attended by about |
200 of the best ladies of Abilene and
the session was, as is shown in the |
above, entirely without personalities. |
The whole Object of the meeting was
to urge large registration and i'm
press upon the ladies Of Abilene the
of selecting good men for
the city's officers.
THE RESOLUTION
which the News so wilfully
perverted the facts is:
Resolved, That we, the ladies Of Alb
ilene who are voters, will support no
for Office except those that
are strictly in favor of temperance and
will pledge themselves to support all
avs especially pertaining to the liquor
traffic, gambling and the like.
Did the News declare that the reso-
luton was not adopted in order to in
sinuate that the ladies of this city are
not in favor of Temperament 1t GER
,ainly looked like it.
The widespread indignation felt by
,he ladies at the insult put upon them
will not be easily appeased; they do
lot like that kind of treatment.