Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-10-29

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choose between the disruption of this gov
eminent and the election of w. j. Bryan to
the presidency of the United States,
would choose the disruption of the govern
ment.
CHARLES w. DOWDEN.
Subscribed and sworn to by Charles W..
Dowden, before me, notary public In
and for Sac County, Ia, this 18th day Of
September. 1897.
"oRLANDoJ j. cooNs.
Notary Public"
Sac City. Ia. Sept. 10. 1871, John Bar
low, do declare and say upon my oath.
that l was present at the opera house In
Sac City, Ia, when Leslie NJ. Shaw de-
livered his speech on the evening of Sep
TENDER 2. 1886. and that he said substan-
TALLY as follows: If had to choose be-
tween the success of the silver party on
the Chicago platform or the disruption Of
the government, / would choose the lat
w. JOHN BARLOW"
Subscribed and sworn before me, no.
tary public in and for Sac county. Ia. this
18th day Of September, 1887
"ORLANDo ]. COONS.
Notary Public"
SAT City, Ia, Oct. 4, ISL. Henry
Thorn. do declare upon oath that Leslie NJ.
Shaw. While delivering speech in the
opera house. Sac City, Ia, Wednesday
evening, September 2, 1886. substantially
said: If had to choose between the dis
ruption of this government and the cleo
ton of w. j. Bryan as president of the
United States. | would choose the disrup-
ton of the government.
"HENRY THOM."
Subscribed and sworn t. by Henry Thorn
before me, notary public in and for Sac
county. Ia. this 4th day of October. 1897.
wv. H. HART,
Notary Public"
MIR. Shaw's Black Horse.
The following affidavit explains it.
self:
Estate of Iowa, Crawford county, S.
I, A. j. Gary, resident in and of Craw-
ford county, state of Iowa, for the last Is
years, upon oath do depose and say that
on the 25th day of September, 1897, at Pa
cfc Junction, Ia, while seated in rail-
way car waiting for train, l.. M. Shaw,
present republican candidate for governor,
when asked by me If he did not say to me,
near the fountain In Denison, last fall. that
l knew. and he knew, that the average
man was no more competent to vote on the
financial question than his old black horse,
replied: Yes, I did; and l included you
In the list
to before me by A. ]. Gary this I'd day of
October. 1897.
sc. K. BURCH,
Notary Public"
The following letter from Hon. l.. T.
Genung, late candidate for congress in
the Ninth congressional district, eX-
plains itself:
Hastings. Ia. Oct. 16.-C. A. Walsh,
Esq. Des Moines.-NIy Dear Sir: Reply
ing to yours of recent date in regard to
the conversation between L. NJ. Shaw, of
Denison, Ia, and a Mr.. Gary, of the same
place, that took place at Pacific Junction
on the day Mr.. Shaw opened the campaign
at Red Oak, will say ] was present and
heard Mr.. Shaw say that he had told MIR.
Gary that the common people were nc
more fit to vote on the finance question
than his (shaw's) black horse. Mr.. Jo-
seph Wearing, of this county, and Carson
Plumb, of Henderson. and Afford Hunts
man, of the same place, heard the same as
1 did. Other people heard it, but cannot
give their names, as ] was not acquairt-
ed with them. l have seen no denial as
yet by Mr.. Shaw. He may evade an am
swer, but he will not deny. Yours truly
IL. T. GENUNG."
Neither in his speech at Des Moines
nor at any other place or time has MIR.
Shaw denied any of these charges or
statements. His nearest approach to a
denial was with reference to the "black
horse" statement. He did not deny it.,
but in his speech at Shenandoah he
likened himself TO prophet Of God. He
quoted Nehemiah, chapter 6, verse 3. as
follows:
"And I sent messengers unto them say
ing, I am doing a great work, SO that ]
cannot come down; why should the work
cease whilst leave it and come down to
you?"
Mr.. Shaw shrcwd Man.
1t cannot be disputed that Mr.. Shaw
is a shrewd man. His business ''suc-
cess shows that he is shrewd and cal
culating. His speeches are shrewdly
and artfully worded. But is lie the kind
Of man that the people Of Iowa want
for governor? This question is sub
mitted in all candor and fairness to
the highminded business men, farmers
and laborers of the stately. q. Stuart.