The advocate., 1890-11-05
NOT AS WISE AS HE WOULD HAVE
PEOPLE BELIEVE.

putes the statement of b. n. Kies,
that the basement OF the post Office
building in Kansas City is used as
bonded warehouse for the storage OF
whisky. He publishes a telegram
claimed TO be sent by himself to the
Kansas City postmaster, and the post
masters answer. We clip the follow
ing from Mr. Jones communication:
Kies asserted that the post oiice building at
Kansas City was used as a bonded warehouse
and WAS stored with whisky / assured the
audience that II such were the ease II was done
wholly without any authority IN law
ON returning TO Hutchinson, sent the follow
Ing telegram
"HuToHINsoN, oct %, 1890. Postmaster,
Kansas City, MO.-Is there whisky stored In
post Office building there In bond or otherwise?
Answer, explaining circumstances.
j. W. JONES"
The following reply came promptly;
"KANsAs CRY, Mo-, Oct. 25.-J. w. Jones
There Is no whisky In our post Office building In
bond or otherwise,
+. b. NOFSlNGER, r. NJ"
This will settle the matter among men OF com
mon intelligence and honesty but | doubtif II
will stop the le thus started. The conduct OF
the people party speakers is amazing. The
burden OF their talk is 10 boycott republican
speakers, papers and their patrons. Truth Is
clearly an "lIidescent dream to them. They
have as much antipathy for the decalogle as
they have for republican platforms. No Won
der they are driving from their ranks intelligent
men who have been schooled in theloye Of Justice
taught by the republican party,
j. W. JONES.
Huntsville October -, 1900.
Notwithstanding the above, we
know that the statement Of Mr. Kies
was correct, for we sent representa-
tive to Kansas City to make a per-
sonal investigation Of the matter, and
hence we know whereof we speak.
But fortunately we do not have to
ask Mr.. Jones or the Hutchinson
NelCs to accept our unsupported
statement of this fact After we had
made this investigation and published
the fact the National Economist ad-
dressed a letter to the commissioner
of internal revenue, asking under
what authority of law this storage
was permitted, and the following ia
the reply received to that inquiry:
TREASURY Dept, OFFICE or sEc'Y.I
WAsHGNGroN, ID. G., July r., 1890,
The National Economist Publishing Company,
5u Nmth St, ~ W. Washington, d. c.
GENTLEMEN Il have TO acknowledge the re-
ceipt by reference, Of your letter Of the 10th In
slant, addressed TO the Honorable Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, and In reply to the inquiry
therein contained, relative to the authority un-
der which the basement Of the United States
custom house and post onlCe building at Kansas
City, Missouri, Is used for warehouse purposes,
particularly for the storage OF whisky, ! refer
you TO act OF Congress approved April 90 iS7s
chapter ", page 80, volume 20, United States
Statutes at Large, and TO section 2,OC2 Revised
Statutes, Respectfully
GEO, s. BACHEILER,
Assistant Secretary
TIE ADVOCATE having first brought
the fact to light that the basement Of
the Kansas City post Office is used as
a warehouse for the storage of whis-
ky, we do not propose that those who
make use of the fact in their argu-
ments shall stand before the public
as falsi6ers. We know that it is true,
because the statement of our repre-
sentative was based on a personal in