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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-10-23
slLvEn C1rY. Oct. I'd. 1894.


SILVER Cry, Oct. 20, 1894.
Mr.. A. II. Macdonald, Editor Southwest
Sentinel.
DEAR SIR-I have been accused
by the Enterprise of securing the
affidavit of one Fox "by fraud" for
the purpose of defeating a certain
person on the republican ticket.
The statement is without founda-
ton. The Enterprise in its viii
fcation Of me admits as much
The affidavit Of Fox was obtained
by me on the 29rd day of Septem-
Der, 1894. How could it appear at
the republican convention? If it
was for political purposes why has
it not appeared in print. When
we 1.-THE crowd who followed me TO
Whites corral) arrived on Porter
fields corner they say I still re-
fused to produce the affidavit.
What business has q crowd of men
to enquire into or demand
private papers from a citizen?
When we (the Gerowd) was on
P~orterfeld's corner 1 asked the
men, Fry and johnson, if 1 had
said one harmful word Of the said
candidate! One of the men an
sWered "you did not mention his
name,"; the other said mo, you did
not say anything wrong" 1 defy
the Enterprise or any living man
to say l asked them to appear be-
fore the grand jury, or offered to
pay them one cent for any evidence
in their possession.
l further state that l obtained
all the evidence in my possession
for the purpose of .useing it at my
trial at the coming term of court.
If,as the Enterprise states, l need
ed a friend in the sheriff's Office
why did my attorney do his best
to have my case tried at
the last term of.court, and the pro-
secutIon plead not preparedP Why
necessary to throw mud at the
Justice of the peace who acknowl-
edged the Fox affidavit, intimating
that he would allow me to bring
a drunken man to his ofice,and he
take his acknowledgment TO some
thing he knew nothing Of? MI.
Fox made the statement on the
streets of Silver City, in the pre-
sence of one of Grant County's
best citizens and large taxpayer,
that he would get that affidavit
from me or kill me. This informa-
ton was brought to me aud can be
substantiated with an affidavit of
said citizen. Now / further defy
any candidate TO say that. ! ever
had IN my possession anEafidaSit
for political purposes.
The Enterprise also refers to my
young and numerous family. At
the time that article was written
my family consisted of my wife,
myself, a little girl, u years
old, and a boy of 6 years. Is this
a crime? / am referred to as a
criminal Of the lowest sort; have 1
ever been convicted of any crime?
Have l not the right to get any
and all evidence to show the ac-
tons of the only witness against
me?
Now, Mr.. Editor, allow mo to
statethatneither Mr.. Shannon nor
Mr.. Young knew anything Of this
particular affidavit until after 1
refused to give it up or produce Il.
as the Enterprise states, That it
is still in my possession and win be.
until after court
The inclosed affidavit Of my wife
would not have appeared had not
the Enterprise referred 10 her as
directing Mr.. Fox to Mr. Young's
Office. At her own request (she
being confined TO hef bed) 1.
brought Mr.. j. Corbin up TO my
house so that she could make a
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-10-23

WHY
Does tho Enterprise find it ne.
cossary to state and deny
charges against nominees on the
republican ticket that had never
been brought?
WHY
Does it say that the affidavit
(provipg crime against the
! ) sherifa ohice) would not have
come 10 the knowledge Of MI.
Baca's friends until after cleo
ton" and then accuse the demo-
Gratis Of starting in to make
the most Of it during this cam
paign?"
WHY
Did Laird. Baca, johnson, ct oil
60 by night, wnylay Potter, and
demand the afidavits they
thought he had if they we're un-
true and could do. them no
harm?
Why
Did they lie in hiding among
the rocks around Potter's house
at night2
WHERE
81 Where did a private in a color
sa.ed regiment get 500 cash TO Of
fer for the return of his afida-
VIII
WHY
Did Fox, after making an afi-
davit which would ruin the
present sheriFs Office in the
eyes Of all honorable men, sud
denly find it to his interest TO
first offer 500 for the, re-
turn of his affidavit, tEen.
threaten to kill the. man
who had the affidavit in
his possession il it were not
returned, and then hurriedly
make another affidavit denying
the 6rst2
If
Potter needed friend in the
sheriff's Office why did he fight
the sherifrs oficersP
IF
The prisoners were cool enough
to be turned loose after two hours
why was it then necessary, ac-
cording to the Enterprise story,
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-10-23

Everyone recognizes the advantage OF
keeping politics and education separate;
a professed politician is hardly a suitable
mar the for important Office OF County
School Superintendent.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-10-23

Sound, Conservative. we'll known men
should IN the Important positions Of
County commissionera Messrs. CLARK,
Davidson and Brannin an these condl-
tions thoroughly.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-10-23

The prisoners were cool enough
to be turned loose after wohours
why was it then necessary, &C
cording to the Enterprise story,
to pay guards?
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-10-23
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

81. ~
For Delegate to Congress,
ANTHONY JOSEPH.
30 For the Council, 9Th District,
GEORGE w. MILES.
For the Council, at Large,
GEoRaE Curry.
For Member of Legislature,
,s.sA Jos. Boone.
~, r. L. YoUNo.
orsSheriff,
sBAYLoR SHANNON.
For Collector,
JoHEF. KIoUs.
For Probate Clerk.
Ed. NJ YOUNG.
For Assessor,
DAVID sTULLocK.
For Probate Judge,
ROB'T NEwsHAM.
For Treasurer,
CIV. nj. CABvIL
For Superintendent Of Schools
b.. 4. LINK.
For Surveyor.
GEo. r. Brown.
For Coroner,
ISAAC Owens.
For Commissioners,
1st District-K j. DAVIDSON.
2nd District s. s. BRANSIN.
3rd District-A. J. CLARK.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-07-05

tLet alone and pirate not of feeling
We've money in purse and who shall gainsay,
That morality, poor and unarmored
We shall not triumph in every ARRAY ?"
"Let us alone Your Christ is not coming
We're simply afraid the mask will be rent,
Simply afraid the world will discover
The features of vice meath the saints lineament =!
O modern Gomorrah! How sorely we tremble,
When puny man lifts but the finger of scorn
Yet calmly We face the t1unders of Sinai
The doom and disaster of Christs judgment morn
Birch Arnold in The Corner Stone
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-07-05
"IF CHRIST CAME TO CHICAGO"

o modern Gomorrah! How sorely we tremble
When puny lifts but the finger of scorn,
Yet calmly We face the thunders of Sinai,
The doom and disaster of Christ's judgment morn !!
Like Ephram of DID, enchained to your idols
We revel in passions of shame, and of power.
"Let us alone ~ we tremblingy whisper
When puny warns we of Christ and the hour
s'IIet us alone, to convert to our purpose
With thralldom of gold, the office, and man,
To palsy unchecked the right arm of justice
And dersively laugh at the law and its ban.''
ssLet us alone to traffic in virtue.
Each one for himself the creed that we tell,
'Tis nothing to you when weaklings go under
You will not share their nethermost hell ~
ssLet us alone to mock with derison
The failures adrop the highway of life;
Like cattle they crowd the saughterer's shambles-
way for them there to the headsman's red knife f."
atLet us alone to great churches
Whose heaven-sent spires may mock us at last
But while we are wearing the white garb of santhood
No stone by the world shall at us be cast ~
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-07-05
THE COLOR GUARD.

There waving and banners the crowded rolled
by,
There were shouts from merry ringing the sky
Then strain and sweed and pealed along the street,
As ter oav tumultuous melted in chorus sweet
O saw, can you see, by the dawn's early light
What so proudly hailed at the twlights last cleaning r
Whose stripes and bright through the perios fight
Der the ampars watched CALAMITY streaming!
All the Starry Flag glorious, and the children love it, too
And the happy where childrens hearts are true
How their youthful ardor thrilled the revelation came
That the changing but the Flag remains the same
We were late for glory but still in memory keep
Stirring echoes the bateeds where fathers sleep
We have Flag ours but 10 the passing by
And newer generation the Stars and Stripes high
Refer Tins for now of the strife appa
And te children faction and the Flag belongs to ALL
Re it we Weld the prestige the New Guard apace,
With the strength youthful Millions loyal purpose in its face
F1ao Of peace or Flag Children is love!
VIII YOU honor defend it, the gift of God above
All, the childrens loyal From myriad array
North and South the answer that
day:
Then conquer we must when cause it is just,
And this be our motto, Gin God is our trust
And the star-spanged banner in triumph shall wave
Ger the land the free and the home of the brave
CHARLES w. HARDWOOD in Youths Companion
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-07-05
Nothing in This World

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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-07

His s1Uord dropped from his hand, and
he fell backward into the pit.
great was his terror Of what lay beyond
the end. Yes this proud and naughty
Spaniard screamed and wept and prayed
for mercy He who had done so many vii
lainies beyond forgiveness prayed for mercy
that he might find time to repent. stood
and watched him, and SO dreadful was his
aspect that horror struck mo even through
the calm of my frozen heart.
Come, it Is time to finish, said, and
again lifted my sword, only to let it fall,
for suddenly his brain gave way, and De
Garcia went mad before my eyes!
OF all that followed will not write.
With his madness courage cano back to
him. and he began to fight, but not with
me.
He seemed to perceive me no more, but
nevertheless he fought, and desperately,
thrusting Gt the empty air. 1t was terri
bic to see him thus doing battle with his
invisible foes and to hear his screams and
curses as inch by inch they drove him back
to the edge of the crater. Here he stood
awhile, like one who makes q last stand
against ovcrpowering strength, thrusting
and striking furiously. Twice he nearly
fell, as though beneath mortal wound,
but recovering himself fought on with
nothingncss. Then, with sharp CRY, sud-
denly he threw his arms wide, as a man
does who is pierced through the heart.
His sword dropped from his hand, and he
fell backward into the pit.
turned away my eyes, for wished to
see no more, but often I have wondered
who or what it was that dealt De Garcia
his death wound.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-07

since is true. But we win speak no more
of it, for tho savage blood will show, and
! YOU are pardoned for your husbands sake,
/ who saved my comrades from tho sacrl-
| flco'
To all this Otomle listened, standing
still like statue, but she never answered
q word Indeed she had spoken very rarely
since that dreadful night Of her unspeak-
ablo shame.
.sAnd now, friend Wingfeld,' - went on
the Captain Diaz, what Is your purpose'
You are free to go where you will. With
er, then, will you go?"
ago, when the Aztec emperor gave me my
life and this princess, my wife, in mar
riage, / swore to be faithful to him and
his cause and to fight for them till Popo
ceased to vomit smoke, till there was no
king IN Tenoctltlan and the people oil
AnaIruac were no moro q people"
sThen you are quit of your oath, friend,
for an these things have come about, and
thero has been no smoke on Popo for these
two years. Now, if you will be advised by
me- you will turn Christian again and en-
terthe service of Spain. But come, let Us
to supper. We can talk Of these matters
afterward.
So wo sat down to eat by the light OF
torches in the banqueting hall with Ber-
nal Diaz and some other Of tho Spaniards.
Otomie would have left us, and though Iho
captain babe her stay she ate nothing ana
presently slipped away from the chamber.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-07
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ITo RE CONTINUED
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-27
ThE PATCHED TARlEE.

From what has thus far heen made
public respecting it's action toward the
Wilson bill. it appears that the senate
has. in some particulars, justified the
confidence which business men gener
ally have had in its intelligence and
fairness In the form in which the
Democratic tariff left the house it ex.
posed to dangerous compe tition nearly
every large northern industry. and
threatened the depleted treasury with
further deficit estimated at seventy
five million dollars each year. The
house called this statesmanship and
Democratic members Of that house,
some of them from this state, are
proudly circulating speeches eulogistic
Of such doubly inefficient and harmful
legislation.
While the senate committee has not
thought it ilt to afford any general pro
lection to American industry, 1t has
made at least one change which cannot
fail to recommend itself to common
sense. 1t has patched up n portion of
the deficit by increased taxes on. whis-
key, wines and tobacco; and 1t has re-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-27

stored fraction of tho duty on coal
aud iron ore. To be sure, \ tax of one
cent per pound is plac,d on one OF the
leading necsssariss Of life. sugar,
which the Mckinley tariff made free;
but evsn this kind OF tax is better
than the awful spectacls of national
bankruptcy, which this Wilson bill in
its original form would bring near TO
every farsceing citizen.
The common sense of the American
people will readily concede that If II
Democratic tariff bs unavoidable. it
had better be tariff that will produce
requisite revenue than one which sim
ply aggravatss our national indebted
ness 1t would have been thousand
times moro manly, consistent and re-
spectacle had the Democratic econo
mists in tue house emulatel the senate s
theory that a revenue tariff involves
the collection OF revenue, for then they
would have endsd nll uncertainty in
tho matter and Mt thu same time full
filled tho pied 5ss Of their party plat
form,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-27
SNAP JUDGMENT.

1t is with surprise that We perceive
how ready the esteemed Reading Times
is to jump on Erastus Wimsn when he
is down Our contemporary is 50 dis
pleased because The TRIBUNE counsel
ed moderation and charity in tho dis
cussion of Mr.. Wiman's misfortune
that itfalls to calling him names, which
can certainly do no good now.
We do not know how the aiftsi edi-
tor of the Reading Times feels in the
matter, but with US it Invariably ex-
cites pain and regret when u good man
falls from grace. We see nothing in
such lapse to gloat over or to justify
snappish comment in advance OF the
complete testimony. Mr. Wimau may
have done everything with which he is
charged, and more besides; yet for all
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-27

that. his public career has been a pub
lie advantage. and the good ne has
achieved will no doubt counterbalancs
the bad.
We do not like to condemn so able a
man upon the herssay evidences set
forth in untrustworthy newspaper re-
ports. ii he be the guilty being that
sensational reporters say he is, there
will be time enough in which to ex-
corinte him when the courts shall have
passed upon tho evidence In any
event, the tendency in many American
newspapers to fawn upon success and
pummel the life out of the first poor
fellow who makes u misstep is not our
idea of jourualism's mission: and until
that idea changes, We shall not engage
in that kind of work.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-27
IKE MAY CONVENTION.

Ia Chairman Gilksson'S call for the
Republican convention which will meet
in Harrisburg on Wednesday. May %.
ut II u. H., to nominate candidates re
spectively for governor, lieutenant
governor, two congresSmen-at-la large.
auditor general and secretary Of inter.
nal affairs. attention is called to the
rule adopted ot the state convention OF
1898 providing for the basis of repre-
sentation, as follows: "Representatio on
in future state conventions shall be
based upon the vote cast at the prssi
Dental or gubernatorial election i'm
mediately preceding, one delegate be Z.
ing allotted to each legislative district
for every 1000 Republican votes and
an additional delegate for fraction
exceeding 1000 votes, each district to
have at least one delegate.
Under this rule, each of Llckawan-
na's four districts is entitled to one
delegate; Luzarne will send six dele
gates Monroe one, Pike one, Susqus-
hanna two, Wayne Que and Wyoming
one. Out of n total Of two hundred and
sixty-tour delegates the strictly an
thracte counties will send eighteen,
while Philadelphia will send sixty.
three and Allegheny twenty-four.
Combined, the Northern Pennsylvania
group of counties sends only twenty.
five delegates, not counting Schuylkill.
which frequently acts in sympathy with
it's northern confreres.
Including Wavne county's delegate,
selected yesterday, eighty-Gour de le-
gates have already been chosen, and
all are for General Hastings for gov
ernOr. SusQuehanna aud Cam bia
counties will today choose two dele
gates each, and these will undoubtedly
follow the popular trend, which is
unanimous for the hero of the Cone.
maugh. In the Acknowledgements
ship fight, John B, Robinson, of Dsla.
ware, and Walter Lyon, of Pittsburg,
lead, with Secretary Thomas J. Stew.
art a good third. The situation with
respect to the remaining positions is
yet unsettled, bu: the convention al.
ready promises to be one Of exceeding
interest. '....
This is a Republican year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-27

IT Is ENCOURAGING to realizt, for the
first time, that Lnckawanna's court jn-
risdiction is at last completely divorced
from any a!leslanc, to mother LII
zsrne. The only court in which wo'rs
willing occasionally to let the old alli-
ance stand is in the tribunal presided
over by Judge Cupid.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-27
NOTED,
4 lust AS Found

Although treading perhaps upon ta-
booed ground. | am constrained to ex-
press the opinion that the point Sd-
vanced by the attorneys for the defend
ant in the Burr case was well taken
when they raised objections to the ,ac-
tion Of one of the jurors who took
notes of the testimony during the hear
ing. While having no particular in
terest in the case one way or another,
it seems TO me a dangerous precedent
to allow one juror in a. hearing
of the kind to jot down such evil
dence as he sees fit for the purpose
of placing it before the remaining five
at their secret deliberations Of case
1t is not difficult to see that juror
thus fortified could hold the key to the
situation every time. II written evil
dence is to be placed bsfore Jury dur
ing their deliberations upon the merits
of case it should be full aud com.
plete. transcribed. by a legal court
stenographer, and not the rambling
notes of ono juryman. who, by proper
omissions, could easily distort the ap-
pearance Of any case. in accordance with
MS own views.
The writer remem oers witnessing a
case that was tried before Justice ]. B.
McCollum soma years ago, wnen u
stenographic juryman received q
discouraging rebuff. As the case
opened the first witness had
scarcely commenced his story be-
fore one of the jurors produced a pad
and pencil from his pocket and began
taking notes in the most business like
way. In few moments the judge dis
covered the enterprising individual. A
brief stay of proceedings was calls ,
and the Court quietly requested the
juryman to cesss taking notes. The
star juror hastily put his writing ma
terial out Of sight, IS n smile went
around the room, and was ever after
contented to depend on his memory
when serving on the jury.
II there is any one citizen Of Scran -
ton in honor Of whom the public hat
should be doffed, Officer Thomas Lowry
Mt present seems to be entitled to the
distinction. The unerring aim which
brought down desperate thug and
prevented another Ellis case, stamps
Officer Lowry as proper guardian of
the peace. The GOODNESS displayed by
Officer Johler. also. who, as the bull
let's whistled about his ears. refrained
from returning the fire Of Burner for
fear Of hitting innocent persons in
range. is worthy of the highest praise.
Mayor Connell and Chief Simpson have
Just reason to bs proud Of tho bravery
of the Scranton police force.
N@H
notice that Hon. James 7. Du Bois,
of Great Bend, has been obliged to al
ready announce that he Is not CON
gressional candidate, in order to he ad
off the boom in his favor which was
aroused by personal reference to the
talented editor which appeared in THE
TRIBUNE a few days ago. The circum-
stance is one which may be noted with
pleasure, as it not only evidences the
popularity of the able Susqushanna
county journalist, but also demon.
strates tho fact that a majority of the
people of northeastern Pennsylvania
are familiar with the contents of The
TRIBUNE each day, and appreciate it's
judgment in suggestions upon various
topics OF current interest.
The OBSERVER,
4
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-27

SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS ia the post
Office service which were impossible in
the old quarters will now follow the
occupation of the new; but purchasers
will still have to put up with the III m,as.
lisst quality Of stamps ever issued by Il
great nation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-27
SCRANTON, FEBRUARY %. 1894.
REMEMBER THIS.

The Philadelphia Record makes a
prediction lrhich ought to be preserved
for reference. Here it is Congress
vill soon oct. The hardShipS Of the IN
duStrial situation 1riH gradually dis
appear The army Of idiers lciH fnd
renewed occupation. Tarif reform the
moment it becomes operative tcil justify
ITSELF" Nothing ought to be JGirer
than to test the Tree by its fruits Let
Democracy stand or JaH by the rcSul!S
of It's olrn lrOrk.