The Dickinson press., 1894-02-17
Mr.. Bonney Replies.
ANTELQPE M. d., II!

EDITOR PREss:-Please give space
in your paper for the follwing and
ohlige, yours respectfully,
Ed. r. Bonney.
To the self-confessed dishonest
road master of district No. 4; Sir: AT.
ter SC long a time I will endeavor to
your slanderous communi.
which appeared in the Recor.
der of the first inst. In that article
you have accused me of many mis-
deeds and wrong doings, not one of
which is truthful and you knew, or
should have known. when you were
writing your trash that the entire
batch of stuff was false; and had you
any .:pretentions' to honesty you
would have sprinkled some truth
throughout the communication. 1t
is true that 1 was a poor man at the
time you refer. and am sorry to say
such is yet the case although at no
time have l asked charity, nor am I
guilty of exhorbitant charges for SER
vices rendered while in Office, nor
was the accuracy or correctness of
any any of my charges for services
rendered questioned by the proper au-
thorities or the public. Indirectly
you accuse me of double charges for
work done as assessor: now the facts
are, l was engaged fifteen days, fur.
nished my own conveyance in my
work, listing fully three-fourths of the
tax payers and two.thirds of the prop
erty in the district mot road district),
for all of which l charged the county
$45. My principal charged for his
services $75. making u total of $l35
for work done in the district, which
is much below what it ever cost to
have the work done before. The
! records in the auditors office show
this.
AS to the illegal charges made
for land business done, the public
know, and you ought to know, that
you have again jumped the track and
said what all know to be an untruth.
AS to giving away secrets of the
grand jury, 1 must say this, too, is a
%falsehood, purposely or otherwise
made; and were you an ''honest man.
you would not have cast such an in.
situation.
The clerk of the court knows moth.
ing of what the jury is doing, and as
to what the jury did do, the public
was we'll aware before the results Of
their deliberations came into the
clerks hands.
Again, if you had any "pretentions'
to honesty you would not have made
the statement you did in regard t.
the information against the schoo
board. The records, show, that NJ
grand jury was impaneled in tn
county during the entire time I actet
as clerk of the board. And I den!
that 1 ever made any charge agains
the school board, and the jurors vii
bear me out in this denial. And MY
friends are not that kind of people,
Their motto is 'let no guilty man es
cape" and had I been guilty of ''mal
%feasance in Office" they would hav,
been the first to secure my "exposur
and arrest"
1t is absolutely false that l acted a
clerk of election and voted contrar,
to the advice of the states attorney
but on the contrary, while the attor
ney was not decided as to whethe
or not I was entitled to vote, he toll
me to Ego ahead and vote" and h
: would cause me sno, trouble" I lai
!, the matter before the election boar
J and they requested me to offer m
: ballot and they would accept it.
E voted, and am sorry I could illegally
. put but one ballot in the box.
The poor horse racket is another o
your base fabrications, in which ther
!. is not the shadow of truth. and n
, gentleman dare 60 before any cour
+ and swear to the truth Of your assel
lions.
: I emphatically deny that 1 eve
? bought, ordered OF peddled whisky a
any time, or for any purpose, and
< defy you or any one else to show whe
, or where 1 did, and I am sure all goo
: people in the county will bear me on
in this denial-And if any man i
: Dickinson OF any other place has an
account against me for ''whisky an
CIGARS" let him present it and I viii
: pay it with 100 per cent from date.
: As to the betrayal of my party: (Ol
for you to mention this makes goo
!. citizens blush). Irefute this charg,
9 but am sorry to say some members 9
the party have shown themselves vi
scrupulous and disreputable and sue
have betrayed me and the party, an
I am happy to know that in the +,
ture I will not have to associate wit
such characters.
h You do not know the facts relatiy
to the the letter you mention els
S you would be mum on that subject.
The land matters you understan
r better than you have written, but n,
o being "honest'' you could not sta
facts relative thereto.
. Everything you have said theret
is trumped up falsehood.
Now if all this stuff were true an
you should show me up black as til
}. ace of spades, it would in no wit
h tend TO Mace Won in better LIGHT b