The advocate., 1891-05-13

pressed IN Cn0 regOIutAOn puDlIGneO In IHE
ADVOCATE, of March A, are the sentiments
that were intended to be expressed in the
resolution at the time it was passed.
WARREN FOSTER.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10Th day Of April, 1891.
SEAL. r. j. CANNELL, Notary Public.
Commission expires October IA, 1894.)
TESTIMONY OF CITIZENS, NOT MEMBERS
OF THE ASSOCIATION.
STATE OF KANSAS, m
Reno County.
]. D. Weiner, of lawful age, being duly
sworn upon his oath, says: That he is
merchant in the city of Hutchinson; that he
was present at the meeting of the Kansas
Reform Press Association, on February "a,
1891, and that the afidavits of s. McLallin
and J. L. Brady hereunto attached are a
correct representation of the facts to the
best of his knowledge and belief. He es-
pecially declares that no such resolution as
that published by Fletcher Merideth in the
Interior Herald and republished in the
Western Veteran was either adopted or in
troduced at that meeting.
j. d. WIENER.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 28th day of April, 1891.
SEAL. r. ]. CANNELL, Notary Public.
Commission expires October IA, 1884,
| STATE OF KANSAS,
Reno County. 0''
Thomas Robertson, being duly sworn,
says: He is q resident of Lincoln town.
ship, Reno county, Kansas; that he was
present at the Reform Press meeting that
was held at Hutchinson, Kansas, on Feb
ruary "a, 1891; that the resolution printed in
the Interior Herald is forgery and that
the resolution printed in the Topeka ADvo-
CATE is the one that was passed and the only
one bearing on the soldier question.
THos. ROBERTSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10Th day of April, 1891.
[SEAL.] R. J. CANNELL, Notary Public.
Commission expires October Ia, 1884,
STATE OF KANSAS,
Reno County.
Will Hodson, of lawful age, being duly
sworn, says: That he is farmer and resi-
dent of Reno township, Reno county, Kan
sas; that he was present at the meeting of
the Kansas Reform Press Association, held
at Hutchinson, Kansas, on the oath day Of
February, 1891. That he distinctly remem-
bers the introduction and adoption of the
soldier resolution and says that the resolu-
tion as printed and published in and by the
Interior Herald, of Hutchinson, Kansas,
condemnatory to the old soldiers and said
to have been adopted by the above named
association, at the aforesaid meeting, is
false from frst to last. WILL HoDsoN.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this End day of May, 1891.
[SEAL.l S.J. MORRIS, County Clerk.
STATE OF KANSAS, o..
Reno County.
]. B. Dane, of lawful age, being duly
sworn, says: That he is farmer and resi-
dent of Reno county; that he was present at
the meeting of the Kansas Reform Press
Association, at its meeting in the city of
Hutchinson on February "a, 1891; that he
distinctly remembers the resolution as it ap-
pears in the affidavit of the secretary of the
association as the one that was adopted at
that meeting relating to the old soldiers,
and the only one that was introduced or
considered at that meeting, relating to that
subject. He further says that the resolu-
ton published in the Interior Herald, of
Hutchinson, and in many. other papers, and
said to have been adopted by that assoca-