The Worcester spy., 1898-10-11

Only-The only
Now, something was said in the cam
paign Of two years ago, about my old
partner, and friend of Mr. Walkers
went down to his corset shop office, and
there labored with him, in season and
out Of season, and finally he got my old
friend to open his mouth and
TALK THROUGH HIS HAT"
as the boys say. Mr.. flaming, when he
! came back into partnership with me
the last time, instead of paying me cash
for that portion of the partnership
interest, gave me $S3, 900 in notes,
] had drawn from the concern, from
my own interest, before he came in,
as had right to do, such an amount
of money as ! thought could be safely
taken from the business. With the ac-
emulation Of its stock added to ours,
thought the factory might be run con-
tinuously, as 1t had been done, in order
that we might pay our bills as prompt
ly as we had, and at that time ] do not
believe there was partnership in
the city of Worcester that could show
such record.
For 10 years we had not borrowed a
dollar at any bank or discounted
piece of paper. Our name had never
been presented to any bank In the city.
or put onto the back of a piece Of pa
per. 7 said to my partner, Il think
you ought to raise s25,000 for us, and il
you can't do it, l can. You give me
your note and will give you whatever
paper you want in return for it as an
offset. You shall have any document
necessary to make 1t straight to you.
1 hold your note for S33, G00 and I will
discount your note, which would not
be the Worcester Corset Company's
note, and I will turn around and loan
the money to the Worcester Corset
Company for it's notes-which | did
l have carried those checks in my
pocket three or four days to show
you checks given to the Worcester
Corset Company with my endorsement
and l mean to say, any intimation, by
my old partner, that anything was
ever wrong-that he was ever robbed
by his partner, 7. C. Bates-is false
FROM BEGINNING TO END.
He drew out of that concern-and
was paid-as the books of the corpora
tion show, according to my memory,
1902 900, including what paid him. When
] bought him out ne set his own price,
the inventory $146,000. He asked me
100000 cash for his half-interest, and
l gave him 100000 for his half-inter-
est
/ only speak Of this as It is another
L
never of his own accord made any such
statements. 1t was drawn from him
by those who were chosen by some
one to paint Mr. Bates so black that
you would all go and do just as you
did do-turn Nhe down, and I had no
possible way of meeting it.
Oh, how much harm has that Tele-
gram done in this community! Cap
plause.) How many characters has
it blighted! How many regulations
has it destroyed
HE who steals my purse, steals trash;
But he who robs me of my good name
Takes that which enriches not him,
But leaves me poor indeed!'
The amount of Misrepresentation and
Of villifieation that has been heaped
upon various men, and more upon me
than all of them, is
PERFECTLY ASTOUNDING.
And yet, you go on and buy his pa
per every day. THE Only!" The ONLY
WHAT? (Applause.) The only news
paper in Massachusetts that would let
q reporter go out for news and put his
ear up to a gentleman's library-the
only newspaper published in Worcester
that would allow a reporter to lie under
g. library window in the woodbine and
listen for what he can find! The only
newspaper who will let a. reporter with
a little too much beer, sit on your door
step to see who passes in or outl
Such a one did that at my house, and
the good, tall Scotchman that you all
know, came out Of my house, took him
by the collar walked him down State
street and lifted him over the car
tracks on to the other side! Cap
plause) That is the "only'' And,
gentlemen, 7. G. Bates is the only man
that has defled them for 12 years. Il
haven't walked up those stairs and
asked them to pull off their houndsS II
have never tried by any measure or
influence to have them ease or let up
HAVE DEFIED THEM.
Thrice is he armed that hath his
quarrel just;
And he but naked, though locked UP
in steel
Whose conscience with injustice is
corrupted"
And when a man knows he is right.
he needs not fear God. man nor the
devil. And I say to the Telegram. as
Of old,
Lay on MeDuff. (AppIause.)
AND damned be him who first cries
Hold enough!'"
ONE OTHER MATTER.
I am going to speak OF Mr.. Walker.
Mr.. Batchelder says he probably
would not go back on his party or
words to that effect. like to quote Mr..
Batchelder as correct as possible. "At
any rate, Mr.. Walker would not ao-
cuse the great republican party of in
fidelity to itself" OF course he would
not do 1T because he never did.
In 1884, when Blaine was nominated
for president, was told tonight that
the first $1,000 subscribed to buy
Cleveland flag and hang out over the
streets of Worcester was given by our
friend Walker, and ne did his level
best, up and down this district, to de- !
feat the nominees of the republican |
party, and on this platform you re-
member that he sent his prayer to |
God and thanked Him that he had |
lived to see the prince of liars the An |
anias of American politics, James G.. |
Blaine, defeated
Ishave nothing to say against Mr.. |
Walker for that. 1t was policy to be |
a republican, but do not think he is I
one of those men who do thing that |
is right simply because it is policy. 1 /
do not think he went to the democratic I
party because he expected they would |
nominate him for congress, nor do / |
think that he was disappointed at their /
failure to do 50. He simply
CHANGED HIS MIND.
Then it was he came back into the
republican party and by means and
more corrupt than have been
seen in Massachusetts, politics since
the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Plym-
outh Rock, he got his nomination in /
this district. And you have been there /
ten years and what have you done? /
What has he done? Well, he has one
idea In his mind and that is the cela-