The Lamar register., 1896-10-17
He Deals the Coxy-Democrats
Hard Blows
IN RAPID SUCCESSION.
He Exposes Their pisreputable
Methods and Pnraiyxes Their
Silly Campaign Cries.
To THE vorEns OF PsownRs Cousn:
LAMAR, CoLo,. October 9, 1886.

Come again says the flannel -mouthed
sheepshead, who signs himself PAX Vo-
biscumr in the Sparks this week. He Is
such q cowarIify falsitier Of the truth hat
he dares no. rearcal his name TO Tire pub
lie or show his bespattered face TO the
man in the moon, mueh less the tntelli-
gent people OF Prowers county. ! have
.-come again. and here J amm and what
is be going 10 do about. l take il for
granted that the nom-de-p plume trans
lated means ~small pnx.r and l have a
notions 10 use the English term as i Is
more convenient than Greek OF Italian
~PAx vs. FAIlsEHooDsn
No. III bad not the honor TO listen
TO Mr.. keii's address as printed, although
present" With the exception OF about
kalf dozen words that speech was de
livered lust Is il waa printed. was
present when II was delivered.
Falsehood No. 2-~Mr keil entered the
national silver party seeking the nomi-
nation OF representative for himself.
deny it and challenge Pax V 70 produce
one person whom | asked TO support me
for that nomination or any other nomi-
nation. Parties asked me II was can
didate and answered that my pocket
book and my health would not permit IL.
But | also said that shoulG il happen
that the nomination came to me and
decided to accept il. IL would only bc
with the understanding that ! would
support Teller first and last
Falsehood No. 3--If they (of whom
am referred 70 as oDel could not have the
nomination, they would not call the mat
ter a fair deal l say again that never
sought the nomination. l told the peo-
pie there that they could give me an OF
ice on silver platter as my health
would not permit Of me accepting it,
Falsehood No. ION Septenber ; the
national silver party met IN county con-
vention in Lamar, and Mr. keil persist
entity referred 10 that meeting as a silver
republican convention never did
once. ] spoke or 8 times in that con
vention aud never once called Il a silver
republican convention Here little
history will be Of interert- On or about
August lst the silver club, composed OF
anybody but goldbugs, met for the pur-
pose OF organizing the nation silver party
of Prowers county. The meeting was
for about an hour prolific Of silver ora
tory and then il WIS moved by Gen.
Watson that the club be organized into
sthe national silver party OF Prowers
county, Al once objections hailed 10 10
the chairman thicker than flies TO n bar
rel OF sugar. This democrats and Coxy
populist insisted that il was out OF order
to do so. as the democrats had no reason
to leave their own party, and the Coxy
populists insisted that il we, who had
left the republican party. were sincere
we could Just as we'll Join their party or
democrats. Some objected and said there
was no need of a new party and then the
expenses would have to be considered.
finally offered a motion to organize
the party and leave the club still in
tact l pointed out the fact that many
friends OF silver would be driven back 10
the old republican party, because oil
their natural prejudice against the dem
ocratic or populist parties ] told them
that we proposed to vote for Bryan and
Sewall, but we did not propose TO JOIN
either OF those parties to do so. Finally
a silver populist moved that all withdraw
except the republicans. We could remain
and organize II we chose to. The club
then Withdrew and Geo. Watson, being
state central committeeman for this
county, then called a mass convention of
silver republicans to meet the following
Saturday and organize, because although
some 40 or 80 silver republicans had
signed the club roll, there were compar-
atiYeIy few present and we thought best
to wait a week and have larger number
present Meanwhile the call for state
convention came out, recommending that
mass conventions be held in the several
counties September 5th to elect delegates
to the state convention
September 3rd the Sparks published a
.Stop Thief article in which it said that
the gold bugs would try to pack our