Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-08-18
Mr.. dwellings Record.

Mr.. dwellings Record.
The following clipping appeared in
the Atchison Champion of a recent
date, and reprinted in all of the Re
publican papers:
III. D. Lewelling once lived at Mt
Pleasant, Iowa. They know him at
Mt. Pleasant, and this is what the
Journal of that city says of him:
mt. Pleasant knows Lewelling
well, and knows him to its sorrow.
LewellIng, as our older citizens well
remember, sold out Mt. Pleasant and
the reform school and removed to
MitchellvIlle. Heis now the Peoples
party candidate for governor of Kan
sas. If there ever was slippery pol
itician he is one"
F. @. johnson of this place, wrote
to MIR. Jarnagin, editor Of the Monte
yuma Republican, who is an acquain-
tance of Mr.. Lewelling, as follows:
PH1LL1psBURG, Kan, August 6, '92.
j. n. JARNAGIN, MoNTEzUMA, Iowa,
DEAR SIR:-You will remember my
being in your Office day or two af-
ter the Peoples party state eonven-
tioz In our state and that at that tune
you told me that you were personally
acquainted with Mr.. L. d LeWelling,
our candidate for governor, and that
he was a capable, conscientious, high
minded gentleman. That your asso-
Citations with him had been such that
you felt hope that, while you had
no use for the p. P, that the people
of Kansas would elect him governor.
I enclose a clipping from the Atchi-
son Champion of the 9th inst, Ia part
of their Campaign of Argument y
VIII you tell me by mail how much
truth is in this clipping and return
same? Find stamp for reply.
+. e. JOHNSON.
Mr.. Jarnagin replied in the follow
ing letter. The HERALD publishes
the correspondence in full, so that
our readers can see from the evidence
how our candidate for governor stood
personally in Iowa, his old home:
MoNTRzUMA. Ia, August II, 1892.
T. @. JOHNSON, PHILLIPsBURG, KAN.
MY DEAR SIR:-Your letter with clip
ping from the Atchison Champion is
before me. I know nothing of the
matter to which the clipping refers
. but am personally acquainted with
Mr.. Lewelhng. He was before the
Republican state convention at Des
MONIES in 1881 for the nomination OF
secretary of state, bnt failed to receive
the nomination-not because of any
doubts as to his ability to make &
creditable officer, but because he was
from Polk county and that county al
r ready was represented on the STATE
: ticket His efforts to gain the nomi
+. nation were such as to win him friends
and his political conduct as long as
he remained in the state was IN every
way creditable / was associated
with him as member of the board o
directors of the state normal schoo
for two years. We elected him pres
ident of the board because of the Ions
service he had rendered the state il
that capacity, he having been a mem
Der of the board for ten years and re
signed when he left the state. H
was also superintendent of the Girl
reform school for a number of years
i and in all these positions he was tru,
t to the trust confded to him.
I have no sympathy with his pres
ent political affiliations and regret ex
ceedingly that he has ''gone off aftel
strange Gods" but this does not pre-
vent me from speaking a good wore
$ for a man for whom I have the great
est personal respect.
Yours very truly,
y y j. w. JARNAGIN.