The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-17

Last.
Fight on Him Alleged to be Aimed at
the Alliance.
Numerous AfIidavits to Show His
Standing in Desha.
AIWays a Good Democrat and Christian
Gentleman.
The answer of John IL. Mcdowell to
the charges brought against him some
weeks since by The Il HIeTicdIl was pup
lished in the BUHIIec OF last MONDAY:
TIE answer ii Is fourteen columns, anu
a .yuopsis of tho long-looked for docu-
Iutnt as here given. This synopsis
OntiIs no material facts OF the defense.
Mr. Mcdowell begins by characteriz-
ing the statements OF his Witnesses as
those of Christian gentlemen, Whlch ne
.ays will outweigh those of nOtOriously
| wicked aduIterers, drunkardS, murder
ers, keepers of Sunday gambling hells,
and the state mentS OF lew oIher lneh
of better character who have bocn mis-
| of these adultHrerS, druukaruS, murder
ers, etc. lie says that to carry out their
| wicked schemes The AnleTiedn and It's
| co-conspiratOrs sent their hlreIlngs 10
| stir up the minds of Democrats III
| Desha County, where there are no al
| liances. These fscharacter assassins'
| refused evidence in his favor and put
| words in the mouths OF witnesses Whlcn
| thew did not utter, but used unfair
| means to secure damaging statements
i to ruin him socially, politically and
| morally. He says similar charges were
| made against him during the prohiol-
! ton campaign of 1887, the charges being
rehashed by his enemies in Arkansas
| and Tennessee from time to time since
| then by anti-Alliance papers, but tnat
! he has paid little heed to them, know
| ing that the public cared little ABOUT
| mans politics fifteen or twenty years
| ago, and because it was never consld.
cred a crime to belong to either political
party.
lie mentions that Fisbback, of Arkan-
sas, and Gov. Palmer, OF Illinois, were
at one time Republicans. ID. B. cooper,
| Howell e, Jackson, Andrew johnson
and w. A. Collier, of the Memphis APP
peal-AyaIanche, have all been boilers
from the Democratic party, accord nS
| to Mr.. Mcdowell,
| He asks why it is that the American,
which is wholly insOlvent, is SO yin
dictiVe towards him rs To maintain Two
| apautS in Arkansas to work up the evil
dance of thieves, criminals an adulter-
ers to impugn his Democracy ana clrcu-
late thousands of papers concerning
these ISLANDERS. Why was 1T that IL
| suppressed all statements made In ms
favor by Jones, Hester, Dumas and 9th
ers, and gave cOlOring to some OF the
other statements not justified by the
| evidence of the parties, while, according
| to its own witnesses, II PGpllShes otnerS
| living the reverse of what they did
| state, thus showing Il malignant desire
| to distort the facts and practice a fraud
upon the public?
FThe true motive Is shown in the state
ment made by Campbell to Mr.. Stuart
and others in Arkansas to the effect
| that "IHc Il DlericGII was after him be-
| cause he was i'll favor OF the SuD-treas-
ury and posslDle canuIuate Ior tue
| Iy with these charges the other All
| ance leaders were assalled: II mas
gone forth that the Alliance light has
begun; the filings at GOV huohanan
foretell the coming assault. The fight
is made on the Alliance through MIN
because he is President of the order
He refutes the attacks made upon ms
visionary financial schemes; says thai
he has always been willing 10 meet any
: hOdv in debate, and wants to know
why the papers have refused to publish
his speeches on the subject. No Demo
cratic platform has ever declared
, Gently Endorsed nearly all of them, anC
whati is true Democracy to-day may no
| be tomorrow. ,
THE AqHericdn, in pursuance OF th'
plans of the conspirators, challenges
I him to sue it in the faint hope that he
would hasten to Nashville and com
mence suit and await the yindicatloI
Of his character at the day of trial, anC
It thus place him under the lmputation o
charles that IL not refuted would DranC
him as a disreputahle man, and thu
n destroy his influence for good.
oil "The brilliant, erratic, but simple
N minded CArmack," ;" he says, "displRye(
!" his usual bad Judgment just as he di'
in opposing Gov. Buchanan, and there
by securing his nomination. de an
d Tine American have so often been con
victed of journalistic falsehood that tn
presumption has arisen that any attach
they may make upon character Is IlDel
and those who Joined it do not ris
above the source that inspired it. Thi
| presumption is much stronger Wh9r
, The American eircuIates and its edito
| is best known.
He saws 5000 citizens of Obien Count
n met and passed a resolution lndorsln
4 him, in .Maury and Montgomery Cqul
II ties they did the same, and also in Lau
derdale and Van Buren,. Why shoul
he sue The American for detamatlo
of character when these ind0rssment
show that it has failed IN It's purpose
He could recover nothing more tha
nominal damages, because his charat
ter has not yet been hurt. There is
solemn Judgment OF the court IN sever
al libel cases against fhe AmerleaI
namely the cases of A. S. COiyar, W,
/ OWnbY and Henry $. Dunn VS.. III
i American Publishing Company, an
4 other suits pending; and that there Is
8 Judgment againstit in favor OF St0n
4 Fort Paper Company for $4,000. IL
Z company is financially insolvent an
execution proof, and it is not surprlsln
that it makes libeIous attacks and the
dares people to sue,
Mr.. Mcdowell next takes up tt
in, rA his SaFUinR
Deputy under J. n. GraySOn, negl
telark in Desha County. He says L
never qualified as Deputy under era,
son as appears by the record of ii
court; that it has since boon the custo
for the leading Democrats of the ooul
ty, when they could not elect Dem
crat to office, to get control by makiT
the negroes bond and placing DEM
crat in charge for him, and that AarC
GoZa, NJ. w. Quilting, John w. Tod
J. II. Jones, r. Malpus and j. X. Co
all well-knOwn Democrats, made an a
rangement with Grayson to sgo on h
bond upon condition that some Dem
crat be appointed deputy to take chars
of and run this office. They failed
get a respectable Democrat and he M
DowelD at the especial request OF u
bOndsmen, agreed to watch over I'll
Office until some suitable Democr
should be found. l did so, he say
n "and in Grayson's absence run Il
/ Office for short while until Jam
NJ liONAOAlS DOA4AONANSj
qualified as deputy clerk"
In 1873 the right bond was made by
p Pindall, brother of Y. J. Pinda
Van r. Ryan, NJ. w. Quilting al
Frank Nady, all good Democrats, f
~ the negro County Court Clerk, al
nIaced under him a Democrat as
- putty to run the office.
= Mcdowell then submits stateme
?. which is not signed, but which he sa
- was made by Y. j. Pindall, who ma
; one of the statements published in II
= American about Mcdowell, declaril
ii that the men who joined in maki1
Grayson's bond were recognized Dem
Gratis, and that it was the current poll
of the whites, when they could not co
II troll the election, to try to control I
n office by making the successful oanc
dates bond and selecting deputies.
The next statement lS Il certificate
Ii. Thane, Circuit Court Clerk, declari
o. that Mcdowell never took the oath
: clerk, and only acted as deputy Gle
"a under GraysOu on two days. Jam
y Murphy, known as a Democrat, aft
: wards qualified as clerk, with l.. A. II
dali, Frank NadY, Van Ryan, NJ.
Quilting and j. r. Cox as b0ndsmeR.
g. Warfield, a Democrat and the prese
sheriff, served as deputy clerk.
ny Then comes the statement of j..
ko Jones, who is introduced as lIe-lo
= Democrat, brave soldier, promine
ele citizen, elevated, tender-hearted Chr
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