The herald., 1896-11-22
11oRNINa. NovEa1BER e.

him was not in the habit of selling out
to any one and that / could not for a
moment entertain the proposition.
Next time l saw Price told him of this
proposition.
He said: Don't accept. Pull down
in favor of Snyder ] said I wouldp pre-
fer to withdraw in favor of Snyder, as
| was convinced that he was fair and
honorable man, and as l could not be
elected l wanted Snyder tu be chosen.
Price said he would guarantee me
my expenses. ! told him [ was not sell
ing myself to any one, but If he thought
it worth while to pay me for time and
money expended, which amounted to
about s100, it would be acceptable. 1
told him that at the next meeting of the
Populist committee / intended to re-
sign in favor of Snyder, but as I was a
poor man return of the money 1 had
spent would pc a great favor.
price wanted to know where his part
came in. He said he was getting soup.
He suggested that l place my expenses
at $3.50 and he take $50 of the amount.
told him to do as he pleased. / said to
him that all 1 wanted or expected was
to be remunerated for what l had paid
out and for part of my time. Three or
four days later he told me it was all
right, but mentioned no names or anyone
to indicate what he meant
trleu 10 resign Ill 1aVOr OF M. r.
Snyder, and the Populist committee did
not at first consider it a resignatio
but on the day following it was accepted.
ION the last day, to be sure my name
would not apear on the ticket, l filed my
withdrawal with the city and county
clerks. l had no chance of an election,
Peoples party were insisting that pay
as assessment of $50, which fruitless ex-
penditure I could not afford. Mr.. Sny-
der never at any time. either directly or
indirectly, either proffered me money of
any kind or consideration of any ma
ture, to withdraw from the Populist
ticket.
This showing made by Price of let
ters think to be a cold -blooded attempt
at blackmail on his part. In his state
ments to me Price never led me to be-
lieve or intimated that Mr.. Snyder was
doing or had pledged himself to per-
form anything dishonorabe, illegal or
corrupt.
After the election I wrote Price let
ter telling him that he had promised me
my expenses, $100 and a chance for work
As had neither, thought it time for
him to act 1 then met him at the court
house, and he went with me to Snyder's
Shoe store. When we went in Sny-
der was busy talking to a lady. AS soon
as he was at leisure Price said to him;
Here is Brown; you owe him $780, why
the hell don't you pay him?'
Mr.. Snyder said: I owe Brown moth
ing; l never promised to pay him a dol
lar through you or anybody else
Price then said that Snyder had prom
1sed me $3.50 Snyder emphatically de-
MED 1t in my presence.
He asked Price If he had turned ward
striker and was trying to bleed him.
Price said: No. that he would get the
money.
Snyder said Go on and get it: defy
you. You will find it would have been
better for you both if you had not at
tempted this scheme to get money out
of me-
This made me mad, and I went with
Price to his lawyer, Jay e. Hunter We
laid the whole matter before Mr.. Hunter.
After he had heard the story he said that
he would look into the matter, and I
paid no more attention to 1t for sever
al days.
Il received letter from Hunter ask
ing me to call and see him. I did so. He
said he had received letter from Price
asking him to bring suit against Sny-
der
Il told him (Hunter) that if he wanted
to bring suit in my name he could do so.
but that had no money to pay for the
expenses of the suit. 1 also told him
that on the witness stand I would
stand by all the facts that had related
to him which are related substan-
TALLY above.
Il heard no more of the matter for
several days, until had received let