People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-04-15

pear SO very innocent bfore the public
he knows full we'll that | stated in print
that Councilman Waite was my informant
and that Mr.. Epson and Mr.. Wilcox were
there and heard what he had to say. Mr.
Waite said that Mr.. Branaman said it was
spite-work. If Mr.. Waite is disposed 10
accept the falsehood from A. Branaman
| have no objections. Mr.. Branaman told
Councilman Brown that there was moth.
ing but huts or novels on the east side OF
the street and that he, Mr.. Branaman. did
not see what we wanted with a wider
street. Mr.. Brown is one of the men to
whom Branaman made this remark. Jeal
ousy the cause Of my wanting the street
straightend, Ell? l see no cause to be
Jealous of Mr.. Branaman or his posses.
sions, for if l wanted a fine house I'd
build it and if l wanted fine clothes |
would wear them and these two seem to
be his pet themes to divert public atten-
ton from the need or propriety of want
ing the street slaughtered.
Yes, Mr.. Branaman did come to me try
ing to inform me Just what he had said
about me and my affairs. But he made so
many contradictory statements and tried
to crawl out of saying anything, when l have
been reliably informed by different parties,
whose word or truth have no reason to
doubt, that he did say those things, which
he tried 50 hard to deny and which we're
contained in my other letter. Further
more, if Mr.. Branaman so desires, it can
be proven that he said them.
True, he composed quite pretty little
fowery speech about his respect and sym
patty for the rights of the poor, but "ac-
tons speak louder than words" espec.
iaIly when by those actions, people are de-
prived of rights and privileges which
rightfully belong to them. Why do not
all of these people who are willing to do
right about this street, come to the front
as the east siders have done and say that
if they are out in the street they will get
back and then do it, All the east siders
want, is right and justice to prevail and
all have expressed their willingness, if the
recent survey is correct, (but we have a
number of reasons to doubt its correct.
ness to get out of the street, providing
we get our full amount of land.
Mr.. Branaman has repeatedly stated to
different parties that he would spend the
price of his property before he would
move back. He said he did not know
there was any question abou the street
until it was brought up in the council.
presume he knew of it when he wrote that
article for publication, bnt still failed to
refer to the right which people had for
wanting straight street.
As to "this man Hit" rushing into
print for the purpose of abusing Mr..
Cleveland, Mr.. Waite, Mr.. Smith, Mr..
Gambrill and A. Branaman, it was the
least of my intentions to do anything of
the kind. Mr.. Branaman and all the rest
living on the west side, fully realize the
fact that it has an unpleasant sound to
have the public know of the special rights
and privileges which the bankers and
money loaners avail themselves of, detri-
mental to the rights of others.
Mr.. Branam IN directs attention to the
"animus OF the article" referring to my
letter which was published, and the insin-
nations, which he says it casts on Mr..
Gambrill, as having over bought, or tried
to buy, 0rville Smith, the surveyor.
There we're no insinuations, whatever. l
related the incident as it occurred and
there we're several other men present and
heard it and if A. Branaman, or any Que
else, desires to pursue this occasion fur
Their, they can do so and can be supplied
with more information than they might
care to have made known to the public
That shoe must have been a little too
small Or he would not have squealed
One thing about the recent survey, that
several persons beside myself know, is,
that Surveyor Smith hit the original pins
on direct line east and west, measuring
north and south. But when Mr.. Hunts
man and Mr.. Wilcox chained the. south
side of block twelve, from west to east,
starting from the pin which Mr.. Smith
had just set, it threw the block out into
Blaine street about four feet. Then we
wanted other blocks chained east and west,
to see if they measured out the same as
did block twelve, when Mr.. Smith took his
surveyors chain up in his hands and de-
liberately broke the chain, while we were
all standing by him. Messrs. Botkin,
Huntsman, Wilcox, myself and others saw
him break the chain.
Why did he do this if he wanted to full.
fill his duty in just and honorable wayf
Will some one explain whyi
Mr.. Branaman also stated in his so.
called answer that G. H. Keller, the board
of education and himself had the city sur
veyor stake out those two blocks. Smith
is the man who did their surveying for
them, and be has said in the presence of
three different men, whose names can and
will be furnished to any one interested in
this affair, that when be did the surveying
on those two blocks, he just dropped
down" and run the line.
If this is legal way to establish legal
corners, why do these pins remain good
when the original ones do not, according
to Mr.. Smiths own statement! Mr.. Bran
aman remarked for my benefit that if l
we're to 90 away for another three years,
no one on the west side would injure my
property. If my property extended out
into the street, | would expect to have the
dOoryard chopped off," Ito use his ex-
preston until it was within limit Of my
own grounds.
He also refers to my disposition and
says that we're the west siders away three
years, l might have their property chop
ped of in front" if l had my way about it.
He also stated that he had made the re-
mark in Mr.. Hayes drug store that he
would not know me if he met me on the
street. / have lived one block from Mr..
Bransman the greater part of three years
from the time he first moved on North
Olive street, and yet be says he does not
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