The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-05-24
GARTER ACKNOWLEDGES THE COM
BINATI0N.

WIN H. Carter, which appeared III
your last issue, were il il not Tor the
fact that he tries to deceive the pnDlic;
tries 10 make il appear that he has been
attacked by an "uRkHOtCn ntdSEed dSS'tS'
sim" lie admits the charge OF The
combination against Thomas A. Catr"h
and himself; so | shall have nothing
farther to say on that point, except 10
refer The gentleman to sections 3'Z2 anu
3723of the Revised Statutes OF Missouri,
1889.
Now as TO whether Mr.. Carter knew
the authorship of the article bigiIcu
"Democrat,' which he attempted 10
answer, aud SO flippanily abused, !
will simply state, that he did 6H0W VINO
the author was. lie kneW lhat nei'hcr
WIN. b. Steele nor his 'partner" (who,
ever that may bel had anything at all
to do with sand article. lie GheO till
[ was the author of it; he felt that IN
pursuing the course he did mat he
could probably create a little excite
ment, and detract attention from the
real issue. IL did not suit his purpose
to know who the author was. Alter
the knowledge of the authorship was
tOrced OH him, he did not see fit TO let
The public know that he had been IN
formed as 10 the authorship OF SAID
article; but chose to create a little sym
patty by clawing at all "mn&nOWn
mdSked assassin" Mr.. Carter, you
knew you had only to ask Mr.. Allen
who the author was, and he would
have told you. You have been in the
newspaper business and understand
srch matters thoroughly. MIR. Carter,
why did you not allow Mr.. Allen to
tell you who the author was when he
(Allen) told you that he had been
authorized to so inform your Why did
you tell him "yOn had not asked him
who the author wasp Why did you
allow your article to appear in the
paper, charging said authorship to
William b. Steele, his part
ner," ''some hireling OF third term
rrs, or some masked assassin" when
YOU had a communication in your pos
session from me-, notifying you That
was the author OF the article, and was
in every way responsible Tor lis con-
tents and publication?
will tell you Mr.. Carter, why you
did it.
In the first place you have an idea,
that because William b. Steele land
others" as you choose to term them,
nave been elected to Office several times
in this county, that they are therefore
Uery unpopular. BY what process of
reasoning you arrive at such a con:lu-
sion, | am unable to say. 1t seems TO
me that a man must have a pretty good
nold on the good will of the people to
be elected several times to office.
You knew, Mr.. Carter, that Capt.
Andrew was a pure man; a man
,gainst whom you could not say a word
and you hoped by trying to connect
other parties with his candidacy Ia
injure him.
lou thought, Mr.. Carter, by leading
The people to believe that WIN. Il.
Steele was connected with said article,
that you might pull n lew votes from
Can't. Andrew 20 the firm OF Carter,
Catron u Co. You thought that by
he use of vile and opprobious cpl
bets, directed against All unknown
defamer" you could make the public
believe you were being prosecuted and
abused, and thereby pull a few more
votes for the combination. Mr. Carter,
your little scheme wont work, as the
,u,s say, Its too III Ukraine rams
parent, don't yOH think SO, on mature
reflection?
Mr.. Carter, in the face of the above
facts, your attempted reply falls Hat.
You choose rather to a6HSe han 10
answer. That was your privilege; but
beware Of the results.
You say, MIR. Carter, that | "taunied"
you because you were poor. Gou kHcW
when You you penned those words That
they were untrue. You kneW McH and
You knOW nor that nothing of the kind
was meant. You were simply asked
What you meant by saying "my bread
depends on the election vi Tom Cat
ron." You do not deny iha; you so
said; and | take II, that you admit That
| you so stated. Now MIR. Carter, il
| using gOWr language is %"tannting" you
for being poor, got, not me, are re-
| sponsible for it. You hoped, Mr.. Car
ter, by your pretty little paragraph
| about your poverty 10 further create
| sympathy, aud 10 deceive. You deny,
| Mr.. Carter, that you came back here
and sought Office before you were eligi-
BILE; and say that ] DETAINED you
| because | so stated. Now, Mr.. Carter,
| YOU should have thought y little before
you said that.
j. W. Meng, also comes out in a card
and attempts To refute this charge. j..
| W. Meng and yOu, Mr.. Garter are
/ brothers-in- law. DIR. Meng seems to
have charge Of your political affairs.
DR.. Meng stated 70 81 least two gentle
men in this city that yonr letter, Mr..
Carter, which was published in the
Lexington News, was published Tor the
purpose of inducing Tho democrats OF
Lafayette county TO get up a call on
you TO run for county clerk, or words
to that effect. Gentlemen do you deny
this? II you do | shall be pleased to
furnish you the names OF the gentle
men to whom said statement was made.
MIR. Carter, did you not consult al
attorney jp the city of Lexington, an
attorney, IN whose Judgment and de
cisi0n you had the Utmost confidence,
as TO your eligibility Tor county clerk?
Did not said attorney advise you thai
you were iGelligible2 Did you not,
Mr.. Carter, shortly thereafter cause
your letters, which pr. Meng said was
4 bid for Il cali, TO be published in the
Lexington AeWs2 DO yop want the
name of the Attorney II you deny the
above, | shall take pleasure in furnish.
ing it to you, aud the public, who
would also probably like 10 know.
DIR. Meng, did you not state 10 innu-
merable parties That MIR. Carter would
make ihG race Tor county clerk? lon
surely cannot have ife hardihood to
deny lhal.
NoW, Or, Meng, what righl aaye you
TO come ont ~ Y card charging people
WIN making "Hifty,1 alt4cks on Mr.
| Garter! what flptll have d 10 MIN