The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-09-26
1JEDGE' LANSINC'S PEDIGREE

@JEDGE' LANSINC'S PEDIGREE.
Something About the Man from
Bryan's Town. DefauIter and
Liar.
A Morgantown gentleman. who
had heard the harangue delivered
here recently by man from Bry
ans own city, was not altogether
satisfied with the statements made
by the gentlemen and wrote to a
former West Virginian who now
lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr.
Cheuvort was formerly resident of
Monroe county as is the gentleman
who wrote him. He was lifelong
Republican and says that he fully in
tended to vote for Mckinley until he
saw the st. Louis platform then he
cast his lot with the Silver Party. He
is man whose integrity is unques-
toned and the following letter will
have great weight.
We ask every Democratic paper in
West Virginia to copy it and set the
"Jedger in his true light before the
people of this state, whose intelli-
gence he insults by his wild and
senseless nothings.
The letter is as follows:
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Sept. Is, 1896.
Mr.. w. &. Kunkle,
Morgantown, w. Va.
Replying to yours of the 10th
inst. which came to hand yesterday,
j am happy to be able to answer
your questions most satisfactorily.
First as to Mr.. Bryan. The state
ment made by Lansing that
Mr.. Bryan is failure as
lawyer is absolutely false and
Lansing knew it was untrue
when he uttered it. w. J. Bryan is
recognized here as good lawyer,
and one of the most prominent at
the bar. He has always made more
than a good living out of his prac-
tice, and no lawyer in Nebraska
stands higher than Bryan.
The statement made by this fellow
Lansing that sin politics Bryan is
demagogue,'' is the basest of all
lies. Mr.. Bryan is man of unbound
ed sincerity, integrity and honor in
all things. His character is beyond
question and no more patriotic citi-
zen ever walked American soil than
w. J. Bryan. For shame that any
man should attack the supposed
poverty of any man to gain votes.
The statement of this ghoul, this
human hyena, about show the Bry
ans breakfast is most damnable.
The organs are the superiors OF
Lansing in every respect so that
honest people here would shudder at
the mention of the two together.
No man in America is as popular
in Nebraska as Bryan, and he will
in November carry his precinct,
ward, city, county and state-and in
this opinion ! am supported by one
of the most prominent members of
the opposition in this city-although
the state is overwhelmingly Repub-
lican.
This man Lansing is unequivocal-
[ly repudiated by the people here.
He was an utter failure here. and
had to leave the city for the city's
good. And is it seems under the
pay of Hanna to talk for Mckinley,
or rather lie about Bryan
Lansing did fail here as lawyer,
and out of pity he was elected Coun-
ty Judge, and there he proved such
a monumental failure that he left
the Judgeship defaulter
Again, you ask if it is true that
Bryan had been offered large sala-
ry to act as attorney for Railroad
Company. 1t is absolutely true, and
it is true also that he declined it, be-
cause he believed that the road as
then constituted was waging an I'M
just warfare against the common
people.
ANoN 4 hdNt StdeNu iiidt i@QuoilS
left here a defaulter. On that mat
ter / beg to submit the statement of
Mr.. c. Y. Long, who was Chief
Clerk in Lansing's Court, and who
had acted in the same capacity for
four years previous, under Lansings
predecessor.
Mr.. Long says that it was his du-
ty among others to make up the re-
ports of the office quarterly, and
that in doing so he found that Ian
sing was knocking down fees which
should be turned over to the county.
Mr. Long reported this to the Coun-
ty Commissioners, and an investiga-
ton showed that he had knocked
down $500 which he was compelled
to disgorge. A final investigation
showed the enormous sum of $l2, 525.
/ could give you an itemized state
ment if necessary, and will do so if
you require it, Suits to recover are
now pending against his bondsmen.
Now My Dear Sir, is not this Ian
sing lovely specimen to be ralxing
in Hanna's shekels to proclaim the
doctrines of ''honest money" and to
raise the cry of 'demagogue' against
Bryan, and to howl anarchist ''re-
pudiationist" and other vile epithets
against decent men.
l thank you sir, for writing and
shall be glad to hear from you again.
l have handed your letter to our To-
cal daily for publication, and desire
that you give my reply to the press
also.
Yours respectfully,
l.. G. CHEUvRoNT,
1885 S. st.
Line oln, Neb.