Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-11
TO THE DEMOCRATS
OF SHENANDOAH GO.
FACTS SET FORTH IN THEIR
TRUE LIGHT.

sues of the .StTaSbH1C Meas ana SHeN-
a0d0Qh HaHey, of August i, headed,
Mr.. Milev's Committees Reply and
signed IS. B. Miley, Chrm., {. NJ.
Childs. Sectv." This is the argument
of the Milev Committee by which il at
tempts to Justify its refusal to obey the
action of the April Convention IN pre-
venting such harmonious and concur
rent action as should have resulted from
the action of that convention, if the
bosses of the Bauserman Brenaman fac
ton had been willing to permit the
NIilev Committee to obey the parties
orders.
We notice that as Introductory to the
reply, there appears the statement that
the Rhodes Committee after posing as
fair politicians absolutely withheld
communication &c" referring, we sup
pose to the lengthy communication
which then follows.
We must confess our utter surprise at
any such statement from Mr. Miley, or
whoever is the author of that statement.
The Rhodes Committee directed the
Secretary to furnish the democratic
press with the proceedings of the Com
inittee at its meetings of July 81 and Is,
1900. Copies were furnished by the
Secretary of this Committee TO the
Shenandoah VaHcy, WoaHt Jackson /om'-
naL EdiRbHyg Sentinel Shenandoah
HeyqH. .SraSbMg Meas and Meas
Item. of Winchester, and published by
all these papers last week, with the eX-
ception of the Shenandoah paHcy which
for some reason, unknown to this Com
mittee. failed to publish the resolutions.
Now Mr.. Nlilev must think this Com
mittee and its Secretary are very imma-
ture specimens of the genus h0mo If he
expected his lengthy and wholly I'M
called for communication TO be includ-
ed in the minutes of the meeting OF the
Rhodes Committee, as part OF Its pro
ceedings. which il never was. And III
as much as the Rhodes Committee,
nnuch as it would like to see III print a
full account of the actions and doings of
the Nlilev Committee al its meeting OF
Tulv 2I. 1900 had nothing to 10 with
making their proceedings public, II II
chose to do so.
If the NIilev Committee desire to sup
press its own proceedings and commu-
rications. as seem really to have been
the case. instead of being suppressed by
this Committee this Committee cannot
be held responsible for 1t.
There is nothing that this Rhodes
Committee want SO much as a iull ana
true statement of the facts.
But such a garblcd and perverted
statement as the communication OF the
NIilev Committee to the Rhodes Com
,nittee under date of July 2I. and which
was only presented on July Is, we think
the people would justify the Aliley Com
1uittee itself i'm suppressing.
Every vital fact is skipped over en-
tirelv or with some slight slurrng al
fusion.
We will not tax the public with anat-
tempt TO throw the light of truth upon
all the perversions of fact contained in
the lengthy and uncalled for communi-
cation in question.
The position of the Rhodes Commit
tee is that il matters not which was
RIGHT or which was wrong prior TO April
/ 1900 the Convention OF that date
placed both committees on new footing
and I'm new relation tc each other and
therefore there is nothing in anything
that occurred prior TO that date upon
which the Miley Committee can hang
any argument, or gain crumb OF COM
fort or found an excuse for deliberate
IN repudiatine the action of the April
Convention. for which each Committee
receives every scintilla OF authority IL
now has. The Committee that repudl-
ates the action of the April Convention,
reoudiates itself. and throws away every
excuse ii has TO pretend TO act or speak
with any authority. and becomes a mere
self constituted coterie OF Doss-TlGden