Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-08-17
A LIE NAILED.

ASSooAB AAohoou-
A LIE NAILED.
One False Charge Ehectually Disp osed OF
A Letter From = Rsb.
The following charge" against Gen.
Weaver is too silly to even deny. Any
one who knows Gen Weaver knows
how utterly unlike him anything of the
kind must be:
serious charge Is made by the citizens
of Pulaski. Tenn against Gen Weaver.
the third party candidate for president
In 1858 Weaver was provost marshal at
Pulaski and, it is said, abused his au-
thority and prostituted his official posi-
ton for gain. Taking advantage Of
his position to tax and impose upon
citizens of the town and surrounding
country, men were arrested and impris-
oned upon trumped up charges which
could not be proved, and released IL
they could pay ransom. Weaver ID
charged with being merciless and with
our principle, using his power in an un-
just and cruel way"
For fear that anyone might be dis
posed to believe this silly yarn, the fol-
lowing letter to the Weekly Toiler, of
Nashville, Tenn, is given:
NEAR FAYErTEvuLE, Tenn, July 20, 1oe2
DEAR SIR-Your note enclosing clipping
from the Pulaski Citizen in regard to Gen.
James b. Weaver's course toward the citizens
| OF Giles county during the war of the rebellion
and in which you state that "I understand that
you contradict" came to hand last evening.
have neither contradicted nor afirmed any
thing about II. for had not heard OF its publ
| cation Perhaps you got your impressions from
me direct, when you lived in our family and
| taught school
1 have often spoken to my friends Of Gen.
Weaver; Of his kindness, nrmness and exalted
piety: Of him as Q Christian gentleman for
knew the man and had ample opportunities Of
knowing him His tent was on my premises
| within sixty feet of my dwelling house for one
whole winter His tent was his headquarters
| until he was ordered 70 the court house. which
| was in full view, 70 take command Of the post,
which dnty he performed until his regiment
was ordered to Chattanooga He was COM
mander OF the post say about half the winter Of
1854, but his tent was not taken down until he
made his anal move He was q colonel then
and was the commander OF the Second Iowa
regiment Col. Weaver was under the immedi-
ate command of Gen. G. M. Dodge of the left
wing OF the Fifteenth army corps OF Gcn W
T. Sherman's forces.
had built my house In the edge Of a grove
OF tall trees. the nearest grove to the town of
Pulaski, looking to the eastward II was a
grand grove and felt proud OF II On the
evening OF the day that the Second
Iowa took possession OF and en-
camped In my grove I sought Col
Weaver and pleaded for my grove telling him
tnat had been raised in the country amongst
the trees, and had It not been for that grove I
should have remained in the country; and more
than that, that intended TO preserve Il for the
beneht OF others as well as for myself Just A
that momentI spied some soldiers passing.
each with couple Of fence rails on his should.
er remarked II my fences are burned they
can be replaced but IL this grove Is destroye ed I
cannot live long enough to grow another Col
weaver Strengthened himself TO his full heiRhth
ana declared with emphasis, 1T shall not bs
cut"
am now twenty-eieht years older than
was then, but never think Of that grand man
but II appears that my heart grows biaRer: IL
appears that my heart would continue TO en-
large II 1t had the room He did not 20 back on
his word He gave me to understand that he
old not make war upon the citizen
While Col Weaver's regiment remained I
come 70 regard II In measure as O protection
against the soldiers Of other regiments
l am aware that many bad man haa pseo
his once as mask 70 hide rascan " from Dub.
lie view, In peacSzs well IS In war Citizens both
north ana south had ample reasons TO complain
OF the enemy's soldiery during the civfi war
remember one case Of the kind to the amount
OF lWenty dollars myself, but II took place be-
fore my acquaintance with Col Weaver
Giles Is q magnificent county and Pulnsrf q.
decidedly the very best town I ever lived In.
Wen, gentleman In blue, or rather from thu
bluegrass region, happened 70 stay there one
night and he wished TO remain longer. ana to
sell goods, wares and merchandise TO the Kind
clnzens OF town and country. That was while
Johnnie" was temporarily absent from home,
Dut when he returned he got mad and went and
gutteo the store, SO he did. And that old mill
tarv governor, A J., decided that the citizena
OF Giles county should pay for the vhole eors
nv fuwn
get from thread 10 a shoe.latchet'
Col Weaver was q good man then, and BE-
heve Gen. Weaver Ia a good man now.
Yours, etc, THEo. HARRIS, SA
The people of Lincoln and Giles need
no better proof than the statement Of
Theo Harris, Sr They know him, and
when he nails lie they are ready to
clinch it.-[ Ed Toiler.
How are the Mighty Fallen,
How the mighty have fallen. We re-
fer to U. S. Hall. Two years ago he
went into the democratic state conven-
ton at St Joe and compelled IL (very
much against its will and wishes) to
nominate old Grandpa Hickman for
railroad commissioner, using his posi-
ton in the alliance as leverage 20 ac-
complish his purpose. Last week he
went into the democratic state conven-
ton at jefferson City and tried the
same game in behalf of his fellow
patriot-Dick Dalton, asserting
that he had positive assur-
ances from ninety-six coun-
ties that unless Dalton was nominated
the state democracy would be defeated.
But his game failed to work. POLITICAL
", Dalton is now 'tdeader than LAST
years birds nestr' and after the cleo
ton Hall can sympathize with him
he'll be politically dead, too Mansur's
successor will be a peoples man. In
speaking of Hall and Dalton we are re-
minded of two other arch-traitors Of
anti-sub-treasury fame who are dead
political ducks-Yeamans and McAlli,.
ter. After November 8 Livingston, Of
Georgia, another lance democrat. can
join the Salt river expedition.
MOI Weekly Union
He Was Homely, Too.-Fangle-"Tt
seems to me worry strange that Mrs. Nc