Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-09-15
More Peoples Party Palsehoods.

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The extremity to which the Peoples
Party press is driven for campaign
arguments is well proven by it's despi.
cable methods. Nothing ia too low,
too improbable, too untruthful for IL to
charge against Republican candidates.
From lowest TO highest 1t is heaping
upon them mandacious charges which
the publishers themselves must know, II
their brains are ut all normal, are 80
VIGOROUSLY false as to be beneath the
contemplation Of any intelligent man.
No even fools can be misled by such
idiocy.
As an instance, the Topeka Alliance
Advocate, one Of the Peoples Party
leading organs, published last week
and we doubt not that he matter will
appear in other papers this week, a
pretended EXPOSE" Of J. II. Burton's
connection with the Independent Order
OF Odd Fellows. II publishes from the
Grand Lodge report Of 1886 history Of
the trial and expulsion from the order
Of certain BRO. Burton, :" (no initials
given who was accused OF embezzlinR
funds of the Wells-Fargo Express Co
while he was All officer and member Of
VIM. Penn lodge, No. rs, OF Elk City.
by what inversion Of the reasoning
powers the matter is applied to J. II.
Burton, Of Abilene, only the Almighty
aud the Advocates editor know. J.R
Burton IL not and never WAS member
Of the /, o. o. F.; he never lived in
Elk City day In his life, having resld-
ed IN Abilene since coming to the State
In 1875, and never had any connection
near or remote with any express
agency.
Furthermore the Grand Lodge reports
say that ION or about the 30 Of NAV.
1856, Bio. Burton did unlawfully con.
ceal, embezzle, etc >" the money Of the
express company at Elk City, the
little town in Montgomery county,
where he was railway and express
agent. During the spring and summer
OF 1885 j. Il. Burton was candidate
for the legislature from Dickinson
county aud was elected that fall from
this district. For eight years be had
been one of Abilene's leading lawyers |
ard had made bis home nowhere else.
lie was elected to the legislature In
1889. llis home has been here for n
years. The Advocate editors knew this
"hen they published The article and
knew they were lying ut the time.
But In spi;eo of all taps1 facts they
-eit'rate their statement. The follow.
ng letter was written them last week:
Hon. DR.. McLallin:
CunA, kas., Sept. 10. Please excuse
ne for intfudiDg but would like to
.sk yon "a few questions. II you will
lease answer by return mail IL will be
good Thing FOR the cause. Are you
IN Odd Fellow Are the trial proceed.
ngs IN Your paper correct ~ publish.
"a, and do yOu mean j. II. Burton, of
AbileneY e. \ Fuy
The letter came back endorsed on
he back side AS follows:
Both editors Of the Advocate are Odd
fellows. The record Rs published IN
he Advocate IL correct or Wa would
ot have published 1t. II is taken
rom the official proceedings Of the
rand Lodge aud j. r. Burton, of
abilene, ia the fellow.
$. MCLALLIN.
Was ever n sneakirg coward driven
q more drspicible methodsY
Whoever the "Bro. Burlon'' expelled
rom the lodge was, the Advocate knew
erlectly well that IL was not the Re. !
ublican candidate for Congress in the '
fifth district as 1t carefully omitted all T
lltlals throughout the report. Such q
ampaign methods are rotten. They 8
Anct upon those who enter upon them i
nd they prove better than can any c
Their event how miserably bereft is the u
ppositiOn of real material upon which v
base its campaign. The Topeka u
'dvocale Is the most bIazen, whole. a
9th liar the State has yet seen and v
o self-resp citizen will give d
redence to n line in paper capable of II
Ich methods OF campaigning. II