Iron County register., 1890-08-14
4 Letter From Capt. Zwart.

IROSTON, Ne, August lILh, 1886.
/ Ed. Eegister-In yonr Issue Of last week il
i stated n follows: ''Last Saturday Capt.
Zwart ana .. T. Reese claimed they had =
letter written by the editor Of this paper 70
Thos, 7. Fitz, of Des Are, assauitIng III.
+ Reese OF account Of his religion" and EOu
+ demand that letter fol publication, IL self
/ vin6icaCion.
+ In answer ] viii state that II Is al error
that either Mr. Reese oT myself made The
statement your article attributes IL Us,
neither did We give the name uf the person
10 whom II Is addressed. What was said
was simply II answer 10 = statement made
hy some Of Nj. Ake's friends, IL public
place 10 the effect tnat We claimed 10 have
letter written Toy Eli u. AXE il regard .
Nr. Keese's religion, ana TO this answered
that u myself had read letter from Nr.
Ell u AXE wherein thai question was rais-
ed" anG when ] mad made this statement
friend Of Mr.. AXE stated 70 NE that M. Axe
denied this, ana offered 70 pay me twenrv-
FIVE dollars 7 ! could produce such : letter.
then said that ] would ret the letter and
prove my assertion, and having obtained the
letter, ! read that part making 1he state
msnt. IL the presence Of Mr.. Axes friends
then and there, when Mr.. John Rec denied
that II was proven that II was written by
Mr.. AXE. ] then called on any gentleman
present, who knew Mr. Axes handwriting,
TO determine that question, and Capt. Peck,
who stood near, looked 81 the writing, and
II the signature, and said he knew i was
that Of Ell y. AXE.
A. the letter il addressed 10 another party,
and We dld moi divulce ms name, We do not
feel authorized to furnish copy fer publ
cation unless ~ the written request OF the
party 10 whom il Is addressed. Neither NJ.
Reese nor myself made the letter public as
il Is wrongly stated il the article il your
paper, public attention was first called 10 II
by Nr. J. 7. AXE and his friends, and as we
were assailed We produced the evidence, and
satisfied those present 81 the charge, when
made, that nv statement Of TIE matter was
true. Please publish this II your next issue.
Z. ZwART.
We reite-ate that the charge was, II effect.
thai the editor Of this paper had made 81 as
sault upon Mr.. Reese because Of his rehc-
ion. Capt. Zwart may call it the ''ralsIng
the question o. his TehgIoD,' i thai term
please Inn better: it means the same thing,
and was intended 10 produce the same e1-
fest. We claim that ths letter IL question
did not contain line or word that could
be honestly construed - al assault upon
Nj. L. religion, o. az attempt 10 ''ralse the
question: 10 his detriment among Protestant
voters, L was q private letter written 20
M Reese's ~ owed friend and paTtizan, and
could not possibly have accomplished The
purpose IutIma1ed. even Il 20 intended by
the writer, without 3 violation Of confidence
upon 1he part o. the recipient. Bur all this
Is al captaudtsD. az the lawyers say. Let
the letter be produced. L it contains what
was claimed by AIr. Reese's friends OF the
eve Of the election Il shows in itself tue
falsity o1 our position Il II does not, and
we maintain il does mol, then il shows the
truthf illness Of our position. And we claim
that 8 thinking public should know the facts.
We again demand the letter.
one thing more: Capt. ZwarI SAYS,
Neither Mr. Reese nor myself made the
letter public; public attention was first call
ed TO i by Mr. J. T. AXE and his friends"
This Is : most remarkable assertion. How
could mir !. T. AXE ana NJ friends" know
anything about thai letter being in posses
sion Of Nj Reese or Capt. Zwar1 Il the latter
had not made il public: The letters being
N their possession was first made publie
and IL contents falsifed in GrGnileviEle
where Il was supposed il would -'do the
most good''1. OF The night before the eiec-
ton. and IL asserted contents SEM thence
bv special courier TO the West End o. tbs
county for campaign use Did -. 7. AXE
ana his friends" de that, too. il was by ac-
ciden: We heard Saturday morning Of these
things. and then J. T. AXE went out 10 Gran
itevilie 70 assure his friends and Others thai
Il 1t had been asserted thar that letter con-
tanned an assault upon Mr.. Reeseis religion,
then the person 80 asserting had lncouti-
nantly lied. When these things were brought
home tt him al 1rnnton, and he was asked
70 read the letter. ID The name Of common
honesty and fairness, Capt ZwaTt repeated 3
car'bled extract, only. stepping in TIE n ld-
die Of : sentence which ne refused 10 re-
cite to tbs end. That sentence alone would
have proved the fKact contrary d his asser-
rI0rs. Yet he SAYS he satisfied" those
Tresent. Mr.. Reese and his friends did not
make the real contents Of the letter pub
lie. Il they had done that, We would have