The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-08
following correspondence will explain
the situation:
555 PRYTANEA STREET,
New ORLEANS, October %, 1892. !

sietanCo IN recovering WlGnou6 SCANDAL an
amount of money that Macune owes me,
and that in spite of his promises he has
failed to pay. As you must be aware, ] paid
Maoune, as representing the Economist,
very handsomely for the aid the paper gave
the Peoples party in the last late fight. Part
Of the money paid him he said was for the
paper-$3,0OO was the amount that ne said
went 10 the Economist. The balance was
for the purpose of securing speakers for
whom he was to arrange and whom he was
TO pay ON terms that he would make with
them. paid him round figures, and had
nothing to do with the terms he made with
each speaker. He got the money for the
speakers in advance Of the completion Of
his contract but some Of them were short OF
funds here and / advanced them the money
myself for Macune's account, he agreeing
TO refund me. These advances amounted
to S558 IS. Itold him about them at Indian
apolis last November, and he asked me
to send on a statement which he would set
tie. / did 80 on the 5th of December last.
He kept putting off until / saw him in
Birmingham last May, when he told me that
he did not have the money then but would
certainly pay mo shortly. drew on him
later, and the drafts came back unpaid and
my letters remained unanswered. l was
called TO go over to Scotland last June on
account of the serious sickness of my
mother, and l appealed to him to pay 30
that I might start, as had not the means
available unless he settled. He never
answered. In July raised enough money
to take me over, and on my way stopped at
Washington and saw him. He admitted the
liability again, but still said he had no
money to pay me. told him how was
situsted--that I had enough money to take
me over but not enough to bring me back;
that did not want to 60 home and have to
borrow money from my people to get back
again, and he promised me most solemnly
that he would remit me at least 500, and
$500 by the 10Th Of September. On arriving
at Glasgow I found my mother had died
four days previously. My wife was taken
seriously i'll and lay in Glasgow for over a
week at heavy expense. ! found a letter
from MaOune waiting me in which he re-
newed his promise to send me the remit
tance. l wrote and told him how / was
situated, believing that under such circum-
stances he would not fail to remit. As soon
as my wife was able to move l went to my
grandfather's home and arrived there with
less than $50 on the 18Th of August. | con-
fidently looked for the remittance from
Macune, but when the middle Of September
came and had no word from him, I cabled
him. After waiting several days without
any reply I again cabled, and he answered:
"Just returned home, will do best possible" "
Several days passed and still got nothing
further. again csbled and got no reply. /
then Cabled out here for money, but before
received it had TO borrow $3.50 from my
grandfather 80 as to leave the other side
when did, on the 9th Of October.
Now, l have documentary evidence to
prove all I state, and Msoune does not deny
the debt. He was able TO buy out most of
the stockholders in the Economist, to send
his wife and family to the mountains for the
summer, but he would not raise hand to
refund the money had expended for him,
when he knew that l was in the position /
have described TO you.
don't want, if can avoid it, to make
public scandal of the matter, but can't
afford TO lose the money. My long delay on
the other side has thrown me out of my
proposed arrangements for the winters
hnsinAas and am stranded with nothing TO