South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-07-18

or lines, Which nre left at bscs use
they have no,hing To do with the
matter under confederation and adj
veftise third psrty's busine.s. To
save time and space, Our exposures
OF the mary Disetats ments cootained
IN The piece arc male just as they
wu'd be 10 conversation, % We did
not Thick il worth while 70 write snv
fosmsl reply. Here. then. il shat the
Alliances "envoy eytrsor .insry and
mioister p'enipo,cniisry" has 10 ssy
Tor himself; Zoe mean what We say
for himself, for it 10 . personal mat.
ter vi h bim.)
HIooiSsvILLe, W. VA.,1
July IL, 1890.
In The issue OF your paper Of July
IL. In an article hesdei "Firmers
Aliisoce," you make charges Of false.
hood and miarepreseutaio az ainst
! some ore
tFalsc. We made charges OF .false
hood against no one, ss a perusal Of
the article referred 10 will show.-Rd.1
Now ~ ] was Q member of the
printing committee, aud the youth
ful predecessor" mentioned in that
article, l respectfully ssk that .you
publish the following explanation, In
justifieation OF my position.
As . member ~ the aforesaid com :.
mittee. called 1t rho otfioe of the
inte1ligencer on Nay 80, and made
certain propositions tn tho proprie.
tors authorized and legal agent'
concerning an Alliance department
in that paper.
lIhe phrase authorized and legal
agent" is not used in article refer.
red to.-Ei.1
This authorized agent" of the In
telligencer ended o talk OF about one
hour and a-half upon newspaper mat.
ters In general and the Alliance De.
pnrtment In particular. by saying that
he could make no definite proposition
without having first consulied the
proprietor Of the paper.
False, and can be proved so ty
three persons. What we told him
was. that We could not accept his pro-
position without consulting the pro.
prietor. Our proposition to him, Of
fsring the Alliance 6 columns for
nothing. If we were allowed to reject
ads and matter that might involve the
paper in lawsuits, required no COL.
sultation with the proprietor TO be
binding, 1t wilt be observed thai,
In the whole OF his article, our young
friend takes great pains to steer clear
OF this proposal on our part.-Ed.1
And Il Is "author' Zed and legal a.
gent" Furthermore stated that the Eli.
tor OF that paper. must reserve the
right to strike out anything which
might be considered Objectionable.
Another misrepresentation, as ex.
planned above.-Ed.1
embodied the sum and substance
OF this conversation in a letter to the
gentleman out in the country" men,
toned in that article (who was none
other than DIR. II. s. Davis chairman
OF he cJmmiItee) as near as [ could
from memory, as did not use short
hand on that occasion. DR.. Davis
laid before the committee on July 4.
letter from the proprietor of the
lntell'gencer, written after nv inter
view with her authorized and leg 81
agent. in reply TO a proposition made
by him, which is admitted in the ar.
ticle in the lnteliigencer 10 be sub.
s'antialiy the same as / made. stating
that she did not feel prepared to give
the Alliance a department, ia her ma
per. or words to that effect.
DR.. Davis proposition nas the
same as that made by his youthful
predecessor which was the reason it
was declined. He never made apy
such offer as we made to the Young
man that called first, or 1t would have
been accepted very quickly En-.
Now as this letter was written some
time after bad called on the Inteili.
gencer, would not any person, OF the
most ordinary intellect, at once have
concluded. that this authorized agent
had consulted with the proprietor, and
her decision was just exactly what
her letter TO DR.. Davis contained 2
lYes. with regard to the Dr's offer,
but not to ours, which you persist in
Ignoring. The proprietor mover
dream cd that both ans wcrs 10 the IN.
mittee would rot be considered.--Ed.
Al least that was the understanding
OF the committee. We deny the
statement that there was any .one
sided treatment What right had
in making the report OF the committee
to the County Alliance, to report a
long verbal statement made to me in
May by the agent of the Intelligen-
Ger, when the chairman of the COM
mittee held letter written and sign.
ed by the proprietor OF the paper, in
which she declined to enter in O any
agreement with the Altar ce
False. Nothing was said about
any arrangement except the one
proposed by you and The DR.. Our
offer was not mentioned.-Ed
And in view Of what this agent
bad said TO me about consulting the
proprietor You say some one is 10
blame. Ihon the InteIligencer is
cer'a'nly the one.
Tour fitness for a member Of An
Alliance committee will be demon
stratcd when you can make that sp
pear-Dot sooner.-Ei1
For II the proprietor OF tho IotoiI;