The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-07-15
a LIAR IMPALED.
PUT UP OR SHUT UP.

PUT UP OR SHUT UP. Y. NJ
In our issue Of last week we quoted |
Yillaiuous attack Of little "Bub
Williams" OF the Penny Press, In
which he said he had letter from Us, i
addressed to him while acting as tenn
porary assistant editor Of TIE REP
BEsENTATIvE, In which we told him /
to Ego light on Jim Hill, he is one OF
our best friends" and we denied ever /
having written such q letter and
called upon him to produce it. He
reiterated the charge, in the st. Paul
Dispatch, and stated that he had
documentary evidence" of the truth
Of his statement. The best documen.
tary evidence would be the letter IT.
self, but he is unable to produce Il, but
sscears that he has IT,! A lie is no less q
lie because it is sworn to, and II .
mans word has no value his oath
has none. Harry Hayward swore he
did not kill Miss Cling, but he was
hanged for it and no one doubted his
guilt.
Produce the letter or dry up as a confess
sed slanderer.
And the little cuss says that no man
has ever accused him of double-deal-
ing or treachery." We showed that
while acting as temporary editor OF
The REPRESENTATIVE in August,
1894, he inserted puff of Hon. r. G.
Dunn. Republican candidate for state
auditor. in q letter DR.. Christian
johnson. Here is letter written by
| DR.. Johnson at the time.
New LONDON, Aug. 8, 1894.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly:
! Dear Sir:-In reading your article
| on the second column OF tOday'S REP.
REsENTATIvE in reference to Gilti-
nan, Stromberg and Dunn, some pecu-
liar phenomena appears In con 1ection
with the handling OF an article OF
mine in THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
Aug. 1st. Now please take REPRE-
SENTATIVE August l, and. turn to
page 2. On column third you notice
the article headed Capital and La
bor." The first part Of this article
break ending with the word anyhow"
is mine. The rest of the article Is not
mine. The rest of my article is found
on column I, with my name under 1t.
But the first part of the article with
my name under it ending with the
words free silver is not mine. Now
If you will place together both parts
OF my article you will see they At TO-
gether and make sense. As they are
printed there is no sense or rather
connection with the matter not mine..
Now since reading your article refer.
red to above, I am inclin ed to believe
that my article was purposely cut. up
by some one in the Office of The REP.
REsENTATIvE to get in the Dunn and
Cameron matter. Please inveS tigate
this matter. My article is In my ow n
handwriting and the pages consecu'
lively numbered. Have you an "Afri-
can" in the office?
You may use this article as you see
fit. Yours very truly. 49,
| DIR. G. JOHNSON.
II DR.. johnson did not write the
article who did? It was altogether
out of place in Peoples Party paper.
It complimented the Republican or
ganization as 'the fearless party of
progress and the people. 1.-THE party
which drove out the Shareholders, etc.
All the correspondence was de-
livered to and edited by Williams.
Where did this article come 'FRONT.' Did
Cub" write it? II not let him give
the name of the man who did.
The following extracts from letters
received BY us, while at Mount
Clemens. Mich, from our then BUSH
ness Manager, Robert Eckford, will
show the effect of Williams course on
| <ho m MN nd ho rfu
Can it be possible that Williams Is
linked with the Republicans to defeat
our ticket?"
WILLIAMS has got US into regular
hornets nest. Everybody is mad"
I'VE have had a stormy time this
morning. Dozens have been up to
roast Williams, and have handed In q
resolution. passed by the labor men),
denouncing him. He has just made q
strong argument to keep your article
out in regard to Dunn"
Talk about bull in q china shop,
Williams is bull In The REPRESENT
rATIvE china shop" =
to boom Washburn's head-miller for
the Legislature? II you don Il want 1t
to appear telegraph me and will stop
It,"
We were compelled to publish. the
following disclaimer in our issue Of
Aug. 8, 1894:
mot RIGHT .s N@
1--WE are sorry to see by the last issue
of THE REPRESENTATIVE that some
unnamed correspondent takes adyan-
tage OF our liberal offer Of free discus
sion in "Our Forum" to Indulge Ia q
, strong plea for the election of the Re-
publican candidate for State Auditor.
This is not right. It is treason to our
own candidate. Mr.. A. L. Stromberg.
We have not abused Mr.. Dunn. but We
cannot permit our colu INNS to be used
to advocate him.
The writer of the article In question
probably knows that our relative, Mr..
Giltinan, was beaten in the POpulist
convention for the nomination for
State Auditor. by the tnordinate
greed of q certain family for ONCE,
and by shameless falsehoods; and
he may have thought we would. wink
at the ''knifing" OF Mr.. Stromberg, his
successful competitor. But he is mis-
} taken. We are not built that way.
Mr.. Giltinan was slaughtered by. out
side Influences in the interest OF Mr..
Dunn; they concentrated on Mr..
Ctrnm Ia rO "a thu iko1inot Tn scarrv