, 1891-02-04
STRIK ES BACK.
Assistant Clerk kIeemRm Comes to
His Own Relief.

The appended letter to the Laramie
Republican by Chas. j. Kleeman. late
assistant chief clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives, will be found decidndly inter
csting as it shows that gentleman's ability
to take care OF himself. 1t will also tend
to disprove a rumor which has been in
dustriously circulated to the effect that
kleeman believed quite different from
what he here expresses himself.
To the Editor os the Laramie Republican.
In the Republican OF last Saturday Mr..
Bartlett published an article concerning
me, 10 which he states incidentally, that
his withers are unstrung," a fact which
l don't dispute, for he has proved to the
people of this great commonwealth that
he is urstrung in every joint, and particu-
larry IN the garrett of his anatomy.
Some time since | received a coerciye
letter from Mr.. Bartlett, accompanied by
an affidavit for me to sign, which letter
and affidavit have been published in the
columns of the Boomerang of this city.
He seems to take exceptions to the fact
that it was published IN a Democratic pa
Per, but L claim the privilege OF stating
to the people of this state the true facts
in this case, irrespective of party afflia-
tions.
l claim that senate file No. e. was
never ordered to a third reading, as my
haudiwoIk will prove, and | defy Iago s.
Bartlett or any of the corruptible gang
located in the Magic City C) to prove to
the people by the records that such dispo-
sition was ever made of senate file No. 81.
If Mr.. b. will just step to the record
and find where the question shall the
bill be read a third timer is, in reference
to this bill, then | will acknowledge that
| AN in the hole" bu. this question was
never put to the house. as the journal will
show. Had Mr.. Bartlett read this bill
under the order of business. bills
on third reading" on January
8. | could have done nothing but place it
where it had been read, as | was not sup
posed to keep track of the bills. This
was the duty OF the chief clerk and if the
honorable and high-mihded gentleman
% will refer to the rules of the house and
study the duties of the chief clerk as laid
down therein, he will ind that he is the
responsible party and not me, although |
would willingly stand my share of respou-
sibility for any errors a while in the
performance of duty. But they sought to
force this measure through the house by
and with the assistance of the chief clerk.
If MIR Rarflaff uau hnnaaf IN HE nnnvto
tlons why did he state on that memorable
night that he had placed the endorsement
of second reading on the bill, because the
speaker told him that the bill having been
deferred from time to time was equivalent
to a second reading? He cannot 90 back
on his own handiwork Further, when |
Informed him that there was no record on
the journal OF the bill having been read a
second time, why did ne not, like an hon
est man, appeal TO the journal and ascer,
tain who had the defective memory"
In one OF Mr.. Bartlett's answers to Mr..
Brown he quotes Jefferson as authority
for pl icing the bill on third reading, while
the rules of the house distinctly provide
that CusLIDg's Manual shall be the guide
for all points of parliamentary law not
Subldetu III shlu rue. w nen a pro-
fessed Republican like Mr.. Bartlett
quotes a Democratic authority to help
himself out of a bad scrape, his case
must be a sorry one indeed" Brother
Bartlett gives me a good recommendation
in saying that | AN an efficient clerk, etc. g.,
out further states that | would cause
Rider Haggard to turn green with envy.
Rider HagRard. like Bartlett. deals in 6c-
ton, while | deal only with facts, no
matter what paper | publish them in.
He states 10 his epistle that he has
dealt very lcniently with me and one
would suppose that he had saved me from
the penitentiary at least, on account OF
his sympathy for me, but l have known
of men being strung to a telegraph pole
for a less offense than Bartlett was guilty
of"
Let the CALLED ass bray,
am ready for the fray.
Yours,