The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-11-01
NON. P. T, FITZPATRICK.
French Camps, Oct. 81, 1895.

ioI INNS to answer a letter purport- ;;
colu - he from Messrs. J. L. Walk
'hs I R. White and others, in &
eil '.lh;ch !, they claimed it had become y
,heir 1, painful duty to crlt'clse my y
."o l"osnt conduct, which, as matter : :
'e'. sonrse. was for severins my !;
o. uect;on with the Peoples party
ud writing a few things about the
anJ '.;i;on Band. Now, brethren,
o .'ou cav YOU have in the past had
,0 ,Is utmost respect for me. II |
na,e w, ever done anything to either
nov, ot vow to destroy that fellow feel
=, ~ am not apprised of the fact,
,"s ND would earnestly request either
one one Of YOU whose name appears to
that conservative letter, as you
' "aIled il, to point out what 1t is
.r snd am ready to make all neces-
sary amends. ;. .:,,,o ,h,.
or have become incensed against
,0a ms for quitting the Peoples party,
or or writing what | did about the
Gideon Band, which was all facts,
have no concession to make
ahout that part Of my conduct. 1t
a;d not apply to or implicate either
@ one Of YOU, hence you had nothing
10 reply to unless you stepped into
some one else's shoes.
Won have asked so many ques-
tions in your conservative letter
Not will not be able to answer
them ALL but | think can sight
Won t. > party before close thai
Wv ge you the desired
,n,,rmauon. Question first | vii
uy to answer.
al YOU had received the covetet
nomination, would your Gideor
Rand communication have eve
appearedl"
nothing to do with that comlnunl
cation. If so, would have writ
ten It at once. Now you woul
have the public believe that | wa
real sick and bad off for the nom
nation. will prove, to you an
everybody else who will who WI
take the trouble on themselves yc
have misrepresented me and dev
sted from the facts. When
reached Kosciusko the evening b
fore the county convention | m
with some Of my good friend fro
Beat :, and | insisted that n
! name be withheld and not be pla
!, ed before the convention tor she
If Of if: but they would not hear to !
in proposltion. Next morning | ma
of the same request OF friends trC
TX Beat 3, which resulted the SAL
II. way.
10. Second question: why did y
I sign the telegram to the Natio
~ Economist with this same w.
Ratlif?"
!, to Answer: That is as false as ia
pom can be. never signed it. Brotl
W. W. Ratlif presented it to me to S
ton. and refused to sign 1t, Get
the paper and if my name is 0
It has been put there without
- knowledge or consent.
- Third question: YOU wanted
N" 10 tell YOU all | knew about
,tton Gideon Band. That would be q
,keu ashort story, as ! never was
s.sS, Luz. meeting after | was initiated.
trir. R. Lacey soon afterwards expo
..urn The thing and that knocked It
tobe5, icocked hat and when it ie
: -. ~" vas as far as know as dead as
a viii Peoples party will be after the
,turn- November. Now il you d.
,tinu. my more information about
'AN'A ldeon Band, you 60 to "
+ and RatliH think he can tell 20
nmer- you desire to know, as he Is o.
Tenn fQuanted with its aims and
poses than myself. You say
olned that band that Bro
cd by shtllH and myself belonged t'
ce soc. Nmocratic party. think
elaborlng under mistake
VAT think it was a Pet
pI'y organization l will no
n earn Nhvely that it was. Wll
OF 'he SVer this question: lit was
thrown '0N IN the name of common
ald the Democratic party
80 the nan organization of tina
Hair e' If the Peoples party