The Iola register., 1891-04-10
MIR. RITTER AGAIN.

personalities concerning an article III
the Friend over my signature. That
acted discourteously in contributing
to an Alliance paper my views con-
cerning the matter brought before the
public through the medium of your
valuable paper seems absurd. Indeed,
/ am sure nothing of the sort was
meant by me, and my pupy intellect
fails to show how anyone could take
offense at an act so harmless and an
argument so unsatisfactory, "evas-
jven as YOU seem to think that to be.
Let me explain: The REGISTER
published, from the Friend, an article
concerning the organization OF the Al
lance in Allen county, and in reply
commented rather severely Oh the
abandonment of the +. Nj. B. A. and
establishing the Alliance in its stead.
Some rather insinuating things were
said concerning the "schemes" of GER
tain "designing demagogues" who
led the +. M. B. a. over rocky road
to a premature death and were instru-
mental i'm transplanting the Alliance
In the soil left vacant thereby. That
article seemed to demand some sort of
an answer, an attempt at which you
courteously gave space to. Using
your perogative of doing with your
own as you see fit, you commented up
on that article and seemingly utterly
refuted every argument therein set
forth. Thinking the war to be at an
end returned to my own fold and re-
sumed my correspondence to the
Friend with the article which seems
to have reused your ire. Now, friend
Scott, nothing discourteous or ungen-
tlemanly was intended by me.
Your little item of news that / am
not subscriber to your paper is
doubtless relished by your readers.
And that the hardest kickers against
You are men who don't read your pa
per. Now, Sir, i'm order to disabuse
your mind on that point, let me ex-
plain: For two years have been con-
nected with the Bronson Pilot, having
charge of an Alliance department
therein, and acting as local cores
pondent besides. The REGISTER be-
ing among the exchanges comes often
before my eyes. And further: Being
unfortunate enough to not have a
home, L board around and in the office
of the place where am now stopping
the REGISTER is regular visitor.
Now, 1 pay for the privileges of that
house, and among them is that of
reading its papers, one of which take
the advantage. Have not right to
know what Is printed in its columns?
If not, then place me on your mailing
list and the cash will be Forthcoming.
Now a few words concerning your
attitude towards the Alliance. Did 1
not know that this matter will only
create a rife. And the cardinal vir-
tue of our Order is to heal rather than
to wound. would like to attempt an
answer to every point you endeavor to
make against the Order. / took your
advice and consulted Webster con-
cerning 'secrets:n with what result
you saw i'm the Friend.
You say, in answer to Mr.. Kelley,
that people will habitually misunder-
stand words, misinterpret motives.
True, only too true! Your own argu-
ment against the Alliance because il
it is Southern institution, officered
by Southern men, is a burning eX-
ample of that same prejudice you so
fiippantly accuse others of. Is it true
that what is best for the North is not
best for the South? Are our rights
so divergent that bitter hatred, en-
gendered by four long years of blood
and strife, must be transplanted up
on all succeeding generations? Was
the war failure? Are we in the
right, compelling so vast a territory
as the South to be part of the same
people whose interests are so widely
separated that the very fact of thing
being of Southern origin gives it bad
name? No, my friend, this republic
is unquestionably instituted for the
common interest of the American peo-
pie. and no amount of political bom-
from that fact. Your advice to make
the Alliance of such character that
a Republican can join it and feel him.
self as free politically as though he
had Joined the church sounds so ridic-
ulously absurd that hardly know
how to answer it. What power is
there on the face Of our fair country
that can prevent one from being Re
publican if he wants to be? One thing
/ kpoto: 1t is not the Alliance.
CHRIS. S. RITTER.
The REGISTERS desire to treat ev-
erybody with entire fairness must be
our apology for publishing the above
addition to a controversy of which we
fear our readers must be growing
weary. Mr.. Ritter's admission that
our comments upon his first letter
seemingly utterly refuted every ar
gument therein set FORTH" and his
declaration that he had no intention
of being discourteous in replying
in another paper, are ample apology
and we accept them as such. We ac-
cept also his explanation of the man.
ner in which he comes by the REGIS
TER as being in no way to his discred-
it. What he says in addition TO these
things has been SO often refuted that
no further comment seems necessary.
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