Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-10-01
BRANDING THE LIES.
G. Hoffman Answers More of the
News Insults to the Germans.
To the Editor OF The REFLECTOR.

that long winded article IL VIII DC
necessary to number them.
Lie No. 1. The News says Mr..
Frey was nominated by ring. Never
in the history of Dickinson county has
any of its republican conventions been
as absolutely free of any ring" rule as
the last county convention.
Lie No. 2, The News says that Mr..
Frey is not competent. There are but
few men who are better educated or
better writers, either in English or
German, or more competentto to perform
the duties of the Office than Mr.. Frey.
He is a capable bookkeeper, competent
to take charge of the books of any bank
or other business and has frequently
taken charge of the books at the Enter
prise bank in the absence of the regular
bookkeeper.
Lie No. 8 The News says that Mr..
Frey has not been in this country long
enough to become familiar with our
modes of doing business. Mr. Frey has
been in this country more than ten
years and is well versed in business
matters; besides, Mr.. Frey received a
thorough education in Germany, is a
fine penman and an excellent mathe-
matician and if any one doubts his
ability to keep the records of the reg
ister's Office in excellent shape, let
him 60 into the Office and ask Walter
Nichols to show him the work Mr..
Frey did while assisting him in the
Office.
Lie No. The News says that Hoff-
man and Case sent to Germany six
years ago for Frey to keep books. This
disreputable tar-heel from North Caro-
lima deserves to have every one of
these lies jammed down his lying
throat but especially this one. Mr.,
Frey was in this country more than
seven years before Mr.. Case knew
there was such a man. Furthermore,
Mr.. Frey came to this country entirely
with his own money and, what is more,
brought a considerable amount with
him. Because Mr.. Frey came here of
his own free will and at his own ex-
pense this nincompOOp says Hoffman
and Case would be liable to arrest. We
knew the per cent of illiteracy in North
Carolina was very great but supposed
it was grade higher than this.
Lie No. 5. The News says that
men have been discharged by reason
of their politics. Now, wish to nail
this lie right here and for all time. l
have never dictated or intimated to
any man in my employ or in the employ
of the machine shops and am conf
dent that Mr.. Case has not spoken to
single man in relation to his political
affairs and any one who says that en-
plOyees have been discharged by reason
Of their political convictions, LIES.
Now one word more, that is, 'Hoff-
man, Case s. Co." propose to run their
own business and in their own way and
furthermore, do not propose to be
dictated to by tar heels, or Klu Klux,
or any other southern confederacy
method, and the sooner parties who
have not a dollars interest in the man.
ufacturing interests of this place find
this out the better it will be for them,
as we are confident that the lying
whelps that are endeavOripg to make |
political capital out of the business
affairs of this place will find that they |
cannot accomplish their object and |
some Of them will go back to their old |
business of beating their creditors as
they have done before, then shelter
themselves from their just debts under
their wives petticoaUs.
AS for the alliance, 1 don't believe
that there is truer alliance man in the
county than 1, but it is needless to say
that l am not of the Lease, Simpson or
Willets stripe and when the farmers
can unite together to kick out the dem
agogues who now have the alliance by
the ear they can count on my hearty
support to every measure that will
benefit the farmers of Kansas, any
hing that will make them more pros
porous, more happy, shall have my
cordial and hearty assistance.
happen to know that there are very
'ew Americans who believe with the
News that the German-Americans are
to fill offices of trust at the
hands Of the people firmly believe
hat when the votes are counted next
November the News will find that its
lastardly insults to the adopted citi
ems of this country haue been resent
ID as all such cowardly insults deserve
o be, and in closing this article, which ,
5 already too long, let me state, and l
lesire to make it as broad as it is
'ossible to make it, in the News article
f nearly a column there is not a single
tstement that is true, and 1 believe
he man who wrote it knew it to be a
issue of lies when he wrote it.
Thank you for your indulgence, and
ereafter shall take no further notice {
f these slurs on our Genman-Ameri- [