Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-11-02
POP FALSEHOODO BRANDED.
COUNTY CLERK NoTToRF MAKES
SOME STRONG REMARKS.
The Monitors Desperate Lying At
tacks Shown up in Their True
Light-Their Authors Handled
Without Gloves.
TO The Yoters of Dickinson County

10 The Voters of Dickinson County
There appeared in the Mouitor-
Herald Of last week three items which
were calculated to reflect upon my
oillcial integrity. They are as follows:
"NotlUrf claims he ought to be re-
elected because II cost him $500 to get
the books Strengthened out when he
took charge of the Office. This Is
nice advertisement for his Republican
predecessors. Yet they point with
PRIDE, etc. Something wrong some
where"
1T is considerable work to furnish
the labor commissioner with reports
which the law requires of certain
county officials. W. ID. Nichols fuTn.
lshed Labor Commissioner Todd with
the reports called for. +. L. NOtlOrf
refused 10 furnish the reports, claim.
ing that 1t is too much work and that
Gov. Leweliing had appointed Demo-
crat TO that position WHO did lot know
what he wanted, All right, Mr..
NOttIof, we will elect man who will
comply with the law and will not
refuse on the grounds that IL IL too
much work or that the report Is called
for by Democrat"
"NottOrf is rank probibitioniat
except when he needs votes. Did he
not tell certain man in this county to
get the boys a keg Of beer and If he
was elected he would pay for itY Well
the key of beer was purchased on his
PROMISE. Nottorf WAS elected and then
refused to pay for the beer on account
IT being prohibitionist. Confidence
game, ehP Well, the man who paid
for the beer has no confidence In
Nottorf."
desire in this public manner to
brand each every one OF these state
ments as wilful, deliberate, malicious
falsehoods, manufactured by the
editors of that paper out Of whole
cloth.
In regard to the first falsehold:
went to Butler Bros. of the Monitor.
Herald and asked them their authority
for such u statement. They informr q
me that some Ierson whose name they
did not know told them. insisted
upon further description of the person
and they finally said 1t was a black
smith from Hope, and that he looked
like the younger Of the Butler Bros
Immediately went TO Hope, and aftel
the most searching investigation tinC
that there Is hot blacksmith In thai
city who looks like Butler, and tha
the blacksmiths of Hope all deny max
ing any such a statement rs th'
MonitOI-lIerald Publishes. Hence
infer that when An editor makes sucl
a statement about any one and Ii
unable to give its author, that thu
editor Ia the man who Manufactured
the fslsehood. | neyerpaid u cent I,
any person to assist in Strengthening
out any books of my predecessor
and | never stated that did to all,
: one.
' In regard to the second falsehood:
have tuTnisn'd the labor commissions
with every report which either he o
he law has asked or required Of IN
and the editors OF this Monitor coul
have ascertained that fact upon inquir
either at my Office or from the lAoo
commissioners Office at Topeka, Bu
1t was less { fort for the Monitor Heral
to lie about me than to ask for I'll
facts,
In regard to the third falselood;
will be observed that no dennite charp
ia made. The item Is one Of tho,
underhanded, sneaking, cOntemptib
lnsinuations on a par with the sire,
gossiper who stands on the corner ma