The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-03
ANOTHER FALSEHOOD EX-
PLODED.


ter we had received from Alexandria,
Mimi, in which our correspondent
stated that one Charles Terrell, of
that place, had asserted that we owed
money to his father and had refused
to pay him. We declared,in reply, that
no man named Terrell had ever work.
ed for us, to our knowledge; and if he
did we had paid him in full. Since
that article appeared we have received
the following letter:
HON. IGNATIUs DONNELLY:
see an article in your paper Of the
10Th inst, stating that one Charles
Terryll was reporting he or his father
had worked for you and never got
their pay. Now Mr.. Donnelly this is
false; am the only c. Terryll in this
city, and never made any such state
ments. feel it justice to both you and
myself that you send me the name Of
your informer, then l can find out his
reason for writing such falsehOods.
Enclosed l send you return en-
velope. Respectfully yours,
J. c. TERRYLL.
Alexandria. Mimi. April %.
Now either Mr.. Terryll is lying like
thunder or our correspondent is a
skalewag. We want them to settle it
between them. Here is the part of
the letter we received, which relates
to Mr.. Terryll.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly:
have been requested to write to
you in regard to what l believe to be
lies. l have been Donnelly man for
a long while, and was unfolding you
as agrand. good man.
When you ran for governor, l was
working hard for you; [ ran across one
Charley Terrell. When asked him to
vote for Donnelly, he said no. He
says Donnelly Is rascal. Why"
says he, THAT man owes my father an
honest debt. and father has asked
him for it; and Donnelly says,-'yes 1
owe you, but l haven't any thing to
wife has plenty to pay with, Well
says Donnelly. can't take what be-
longs to my wife,"
Before saying the above he had just
said that you put your property in
your wife's name to get rid OF paying
your honest debts.
Now Mr.. Donnelly 1 can't believe
these statements to be true, and [
would not have said anything about
it, but l have been urged by different
ones, John Kron, of Alexandria, as
one, and others.
Now Mr.. Donnelly, don't mention
my name in connection with this un.
til you have to. am ready to swear
to the above when called upon. !! be-
lieve you to be good man, and al
ways will until you act and speak diff
ferently from what you do now.
From your friend, J. H. COOLEY.
Alexandria, Mimi, April 8.
Is it not shameful thing that
man should be made the subject of
such falsehoods. and whole converse
tions invented and put into his
mouth? And for what reason? Sim
ply because his judgment had led him
to approve of certain lines of govern
mental policy.
If Terryll invented all that stuff he
ought to be ridden on a rail out of
Alexandria, as dirty liar and scoun-
drel and dumped into the first mud
puddle that could be found. If on
the other hand Mr. Cooley got it all
up to annoy and insult us, he de-
serves the same treatment. Our pres
ent inclination is: to believe Mr..
Cooley. But we want that affidavit.
Are there any others that have heard
Terryll make similar statements:
This thing must stop. We are get
ting tired of it. That fellow, the
Rev. (?) Pinkham, who also lied about
us and refused to prove his charges or
retract, should be driven out Of the
society Of decent men, with a placard
on his back marked, -"Liar and Sian
derer."
We want every friend of ours, who
hears any more of these lies, to give
us the name Of the guilty party. We
are not the object aimed at. 1t is the
cause of reform. We are blackened so
that the robbery of the people may 60
on d.