Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-10-02

| first told Mr. Benson had forgotten y Il
| give him credit until the settlement. wheT
he did credit the account with the price Of /;
cow hlch can be proved by JAS. w est ant
John REYNOLDS, who saw him do 1t.
As TO Mr.. RaIlif and that hundred dollar
mistake, | can prove BY the following named
gentlemen, who heard Mr.. Ratliff tell ms
that j. 5. Benson did make that mistake
and that he CarrniI RaIiiff, authorized me &c
say g and endorse biz name If Necessary
Fred REYNOLDS, Jas. McDanieIs, Reht. Dunn
John Louis. R0bf. Woody, Jr., Frank Piles.
| Geo. Ne'unls and c. o. Rockwell.
As 10 that beef story, | will make Mr.
Benson Il present Of ten dollars il he viii
| tell Mr. Lem LLOYD IN my presence that il
isp'E true in every particular, and more of
the same kind Is TO De had for the asking.
You failed fn say anything about being
charged with lying for less than ten dollars.
Youth ave done that so often [ suppose, that
you could not cudge your brain enough to
bring To memory the particular case that
referred to. Now let me refresh YOUR mem :
org. You claimed 4 steer that was killed on
the railroad, and when asked the marks oil
YOUR steer, YOUR words ran thus-"His right
id if | know which," and when informed
that the dead steer mad no mark you then
said that YOU would be id if you knew
whether your steer was marked or not. Now,
to John REYNOLDS, Fred. Reynolds, G. j.
Dodd or f. 2. HiEtburn.
Now as to those quarry tools stolen from
you: Did they not belong to comrade Of
theirs: and did they not ship them TO him
and did you not want 10 hold them for debt :
and did not one of these same men work AZ
your quarry after he recovered from the Ell
feet Of the explosion? Would not S6Q worth
of quarry tools be pretty good load for
two men?
For information on the debt OF long stand
ing, ask Thos, Boyd. As to the poor fellow
who died on your premises. referred to, ASK
Jas. Strather and Jessie McGothin.
You are right, Dir. Benson, when you say
that your financial condition is noue Of my
business, but when the L. L. {. was organ
lied here, was that any of your business: |
think that my informant on this point was
vel informed. Now, Mr.. Benson, il you
will read up little on the history OF an
archy in this country YOU will find that those
poor, benighted individuals are foreigners.
oh no. | am not an anarchist, but if You
will call me such!names personally, | will at
least try to fire L bum. | don't need TO ask
for a job in the show business. a | already
nave one. L am showing the bright spots
on your character 10 the readers Of the REG
IsTER. Oh no. Mr.. Benson, | haven't for
gotten my Democracy, | am a Democrat
every day IN the week, and have only refus-
ed TO argue politics with you because | be-
IieYe the Republicans here are gentle folks,
and don't want to strike Il gentleman and
q knaye with the same stick You started
this tight. and I am fighting you. and you
need not try to draw the Republicans into it,
for decline to write TO you and them in the
same letter, for | don't think YOU voice their
sentiments: but, however, if you can get
the Republican Club of Annapolis to indorse
you, then | will meet you and argue the po
litical issues of the day any night you may
name.
Now that bribery. Do you, or does any
one you name, know that votes were bought
and sold: II so, who bought and sold them !:
Those are the men we want. Hearsay don't
count In law. Now let me fore~tat YOU 3
little, since you are so bashfuI. Did not
certain gentleman tell you that he offered
800 for 40 votes and that was refused? Now
i>n't that about all you know about it:
Now, Mr.. Benson, if you don't want to give
names, why don't YOU locate your men? tell
the readers of the REGISTER that 20 bribery
was prIcticed here, or, il there was any, tell
the names:
Now, Is to the Democrats that have joined
your ranks, you have Just reclaimed your
own. They were first converted to Democ-
racy. but, like the sow that was washed,
they have returned to their wallowlng in the
swIll. No challenge was made by \. t. r.
c., either before or after Mr.. Filiey spoke
here. A. | said before, decline 10 talk poll
tiles with you, unless You can get ba.ec's
dozen Of endorser-. | am very much oblig-
ed for your anxious solicitude for my cour-
age, and don't need any help TO write for
A. /. K. c., and am getting no pay except
the good will OF the Democrats Of Annapolis,
and your illwill, which, however. il was u
candidate for office, | would prize very
highly. although you are pretty nice fell
low after all; what | would call gentleman
in disguise. IN. B.-The disguise is almost
lmpeaetrable.) You have obeyed the
scriptures where they say, thou shalt not eat
of anything that dyeth OF itself but shall
give il TO the alien or sell 1t to the strangers
hat do sojOurn among you. Also, where it
says. was stranger and you took me in
g. the tenderfoot said to the confidence man.
Also where it says, Give cider TO him that IL
Of heavy heart, and bitters to him that is
ready IL perish: let him drink and forget
his poverty and remember his misery no
more. Yes, Mr.. Benson, you manufacture
4 great many drinks, for man who processes
to be friend to the poor and man who |
talks OF drunken Democrats. Now, Mr.. |
Pbarisee Benson, before you go on teaching |
allow me to suggest to you that it |
Is now In order for you to- pluck the mules |
ear from your own optic: then you will have |
1 clear vision to remove the hayseed from |
your naighbOr's eye. Hoping that you may |
now see the error of your ways and apollo |
yiZe to these people. or forever remain silent, !
am ynurs for equal rights to all and special |
favors TO none. +. p. HtLLBURN,
Sec'y A. L. r. &.
Endorsed by Club and ordered forwarded /
to REGISTER office for publication.