The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

to have one, and he will be appointed
at our Dallas meeting, when his name
and the names of the officers will be
given out for publication.
Mr.. G. L. Clark-We want good
man for editor and at Dallas we will
appoint one.
Reporter-Has Mr.. Dixon been re-
moved?
Col. Sledge-Yes, but he will still
be with us, and will travel north in
the interest of the paper.
This is all that was said about Mr..
Dixon, and it is all The STATESMAN
knows aboat his removal"
La Camorra over again. A fight
between the factions in the Capi-Alli-
anti. Capo Dixon was not denying
THE STATESMAN, He was simply giving
Capo Sledge a black eye. Capo Dixon
knew that the information had been
given THE STATESMAN. 1t was of no
Importance, and had THE STATESMAN
been the least bit crowded it would
not have appeared. TWAS something
the public didn't care a snap OF its
finger about. Next January state
officers will be removed. There is
nothing dishonorable in the removal.
The dispatch didn't pan out as
Capo Dixon expected and in an al
legged editorial published in the South
ern Mercury of Oct. 80 he says it was
garbled.
1t was set up from the original copy
and word for word the printed tele-
gram follows the copy.
THE STATESMAN had Mr.. Lane, a
prominent Alliance man and an hon
orable gentleman, to compare the print
ed copy with copy on file in the Western
Union office. Mr.. Beck, secretary Of
the Travis county Alliance and an in
telligent and honorable gentleman
also compared the two, and they found
them the same, without the addition
of word, without the omission of a
word, without the change of word.
Any one curious to make the COM
parison can call at the Western Union
Office and do so.
Hence, THE STATESMAN did not
garble the dispatch.
La Camorra again.
III.
On the ODD ult. THE STATESMAN re-
ceived the following refreshing tele
gram, which it refused to publish.
The reader will observe that it is
La Camorra again:
DALLAS, Tex, Oct. 22.-Editor THE
STATESMAN, Austin: Dear Sir-In
your issue of the 21st appears an
item entitled THE Alliance Paper
which is gross misrepresentation OF
the facts. First, the matter of editor
and manager of the paper was not
discussed in any manner at the meet
ing referred to; second, that Sam H
Dixon was not removed nor ordered
to step down and out; third, no men
ton was made of the position that
would be taken relative t.
the sub treasury bill. 4. No reorgan-
ization of the Southern Mercury was
made nor discussed at said meeting
Your reporter had no authority from
any member of the meeting to make
the statements referred to. Please
publish in your next issue.
r. j. SLEDGE,
MILTON PARK,
q. l.. CLARK, :.
@. ]. JACKSON,
j. w. HORNER,
Publishers and Managers OF
Southern Mercury.
This dispatch denies everything.
Great was the Capi-Camorriti.
Great is the Capi-Allianti.
1t will be observed that Capo Dixon
in his telegram says the question was
discussed.
Capo Sledge and the Capi-Alliant
in their dispatch say it was not dis
cussed.
The public can believe whom il
chooses.
About a month before the m etiul
of the Capi-Allianti in this city Cape
Sledge visited it, to see about what
bonus the business men would give
him to move The Southern Mercury
from Dallas to this city.
In conversation he stated that Cape
Dixon was too eight weighted" for an
editor and would be removed.
To Col. w. P. Gaines he said The
Southern Mercury would be reorgan
lied, and the best paper in Texas
made of it. can editor" he said Il
Col. Gaines, twill be appointed whose
articles will attract the attention o
the people"
On the day of the meeting of thu
Capi-Allianti in Austin Capo Sledg'
had conversation with Hon. A. P
Woodbridge about subsidy to thu
paper, and in q general conversation
repeated to Mr.. Woodbridge the sub
stance of the report published in TIL
STATESMAN on October 81.
In short Capo Sledge gave to MI
Woodbridge that day the substance O
what he gave the city editor of TIL
STATESMAN for publication 30 far as j
related to Capo Dixon and the South