The advocate., 1890-10-29
Am ALLIANCE ROW WON.

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AN ANARCHIST FLAUNTs THE RED FLAG,
Special 10 the Capital
WICHITA, October II. In Creek township,
Sumner county, last night, there was bg row
I'm an alliance meeting Lee HednCl a union
l0bOrlte leCturng for the alliance warming up 10
The situation In his own mind, declared chat n
they we're defeated nc the polls this time they
would proceed 10 the use Of shot and she'll THIS
disguised some OF the members, who said they
were not anarchists and could SEQ nothing 10
nght about. The speaker then went on and
abused both political parties n little, and de,
clared that he thanked heaven that the demo
Gratis would carry Indiana next time by twenty
thousand. Closely following he said there was
more virtue In the red flag than In the stars and
STRIPES. This was enough, and there WAS gem
erAl confusion, The republicans said they did
not Know They we're getting Into n nest or an
archists, and as the democrats said ditto, they
went away ieaylng a few iire.eatlng union labor
ties. Thatis In the noted communist community
ln Summer county, where the alliance has been
having everything lts own way.
i beg leave TO say that | was at home
with my family on the night mentioned
In this telegram, and that 80 far as /
know no meeting Of any sort was held in
Creek township on that night. belong
TO Springdale Alliance, No. 65G, and have
often addressed them on various topics,
but never have l referred 90 the tired
flag" (and little have heard Of it) nor
said anything about using "shOt and
she'll" or going TO war; neither do / know
of anything may have said that could
have been tortured into such sentiment.
There has not been the remotest sort Of
a row in our alliance or any Of our neigh
boring alliances, over any such speech
that / have ever heard Of.
/ will say further that am we'll known
by my neighbors and think | have their
respect as a citizen who tries TO per-
form the duties Of citizenship as best ]
know how There is no communist COM
munity In our section Of the country, and
/ never 30 much as voted union labor
ticket in my life.
Now, sir, this report is one Of the many
gathered by your unreliable editorial and
reportorial force manufactured out of
whole cloth to serve your purpose as a
roorback. While l never was u
union laborite, | am now heart and soul
with the people in their struggle against
injustice and oppression, and can tell
you, sir, that living as l do among the
farmers, and being one Of them myself,
It will take something more than these
lies to turn the people from
their course. The farmers have gone
into this thing determined to stick no
matter what Justification may be put out
against them. They have been fed on
this sort Of stuff in every campaign since
The war, and they know now perfectly
we'll how to receive 1t.
This denial is sent to you with the ex-
pectation that you will publish 1t, in
fairness to myself and the peoples party, |
1t once It Is also sent to The ADVOCATE,
he NOacoRformist, the Kansas City
Times, the Wichita Eagle and the county |
papers Of Sumner county. am a private
,itizen, not candidate for any Office, and |
believe me sir, | shall expect you to deny |
hat false calumny against me and the
party of which / am a member I re-
main yours very respectfully,
LEVI HEDRICK.
Conway Springs, Kan, Oct. 20, $780,
/ hereby certify that l am president of
'pringdale Alliance No. 656, Of which
Mr. Hedrick is a member, and that l can
ully corroborate the statements made in
he above by Mr.. HedriCk.
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