Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-16

they have both agreed together 70 ig-
| more every issue IN which tie people :
| party IL particularly and practically IN.
tsrested. would il not be more consist
ent for both the old parties TO look
| upon the peoples party as their CON-
| mon enemy According 10 the people {
! preamble, 10 is foolhsrdiness 10 leok
for any reform that would De Of any
| practical and permanent value 70 the
multitude who have and are being con-
stantly sacrificed on the altar OF mann
mon," IN order thai the inordlnat e
| greed Of the nilhonalres may be stated
Then why should the peoples party
become the ally OF the democratic party
| which, according TO the above
showing, Is as much responsl-
I bic as the republican party. for
! the ceplorabie and intolersble condi-
ton that this nation Is an. which, ac-
| cordlng TO the above, lie Ion the verge
of rum" Would II not be just as con-
sistent for the peoples party 10 unite
with the republican party and look
upon the democratic party as the COM
mon enemy Of bothy
Why Are They CrAnks.
Has not the republican party as
much right 10 solicit the cooperation
OF the peoples party for the purpose Of
whipping the democrats as the latter
have 10 whip the republicans
The idea that such dirty sheets
as The Workman % and Morn
ing Press should presume to blscken
the reputation of men Of wnom they
know comparatively nothing, is not
passing strange. when We consider their
past record Tor lying and nlisrepresen-
tation. But when we understand that
men who read these papers, and who,
knowing their past record for false
hood and dishonest dealing, allow their
minds TO be prejudlced by their filthy
and malicious publications, one cannot
view such III any other light than
absurd, aud even paradoxloal. And
now, Mr.. Editor, since these papers
have done the writer the honor ID of
singing him out as the prince of
.'cranks and boodlers," with your per-
mission. | Will endeavor 10 refute their
baseless fabrications and malicious
charges.
Barefaeed Lies.
And first, L beg to say, IN regard to
my being n boodler. Gentlemen %
you know that when you say that
Prof. Carly IL working ostensibly
in the interests of the peoples
party, but in reality as the
paid agent in the interests of the
republican party that you publish
II bare faced lie. Pardon, me, for
believe in calling things 10y their right
names. You all know that | have
| never received one cent of republican
money. And not only so, but that re-
a OF
| by any one. The Workman % III its
issue of Saturday, September II, said:
The work of these gentlemen in the
interests of the republicans has been
unearthed by prominent leaders of the
peoples party who have given the
whole story to the Workman" "The
amount of money TO be paid Dennis
| Carly and his co-partner, was 5000,
| which so far as the legislative ticket is
concerned, would be paid by Mr..
Stockbridge." 1.-THE bargain WAS
made in a certain republican lawyers
office in this city" This language
presents the charges in as plain English
as any of them dared TO publish. Here
| we find the charges definitely made,
| but the editor has failed TO give any
| names, or places where the bargain
was made. When the writer challenged
the editor of The Workman for the
/, proof, be replied that he did not have
| 10 produce any names, and further
more he said, "that inasmuch as the
| writer and other gentlemen had en-
| gagged in such dirty work as politics,
That he was going to have al the fun
| out of us fellows as possible" which was
virtually acknowledge that his pub
| licatlon, as touching this thing. was q
lie pure ana simple, and which re-
suited IN his getting las he puts IT.
"struck in the right spot" No honor
able, honest and considerable man would
think of publishing such charges with
out the positive proof. And the fact
of these gentlemen % betraying such
extreme anxiety to make case of dis
honesty against the writer and his CO.
partners. 10y publishing the above
charges, unsupported 10y the names of
their mformants, which would furnish
the positive proof IN the case, unearths
the stubborn fact that the charges are
absolutely false, and lies pure
| and simple. And now the
writer begins To think Il ls
about time for those of his accusers to
either show up or shut up. Trot out
your witnesses, gentiemenC). IL you can
or dare. And until you do, you stand
branded as most infamou. liars. And
IN default thereof we are justified IN
! concluding that your conduct IN tins
regard il such as to warrant us IN the
belief thatyou have presumed 10 mess
IRE our corn ia your own defective
hushel But before you presume O.
Judge us, or TO measure our corn boy
your defective bushel, you had better
20 10 headquarters and get your meas
ure sealed, and be sized up to the
standard of honest men.
franks Are Very Usefol.
In regard to the charge of "cranks, y
have but little TO say. Bat very few
persons can say lof themselsesl ! am
not crank" Crangs are very use.
ful things sometimes. Generally when
they begin 10 Turn, things begin &
move; and whenever we find human
"crsnks," we generally find the world
begins 10 move. IL Is, believe, the
general rule that these men are men OF
power, of genuine progressive ideas
men who have an errsnd Of
good to their race. And nc
conaderate, generous man will JON
with the minimizing multitude IN tbi'
outcrY of crank. p, or allow Il to pre-
JUDGE BIN against ia object In con.
clusion | would say thst iu8smuch a.
the Workman and Press have failed %
sustain charge Of dishonesty or Ger
ruption against the writer, who hai
been made the special object n then
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