Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-04-19
ROHERrsOE AM o 0
The well-Known Lawyer Asks the
Editor Of the Intelligencer Some
Severely Pointed Questions.

MEXICO, Apfu To- lsVv.-on- ~
attention has been called TO an edl-
torial in your paper OF yesterday
states "At the election In the
fan Of 1898 Mr.. Robertson voted
the Republican ticket, State, district
and county, and you further state
that In the fall OF 1898 ] appeared be-
fore the Republican County Oonven-
ton and declared my allegiance to
the principles and the candidates
the Republicans presented.
have never voted O Populist ticket,
nor have / declared my allegiance TO
the principles OF that party or to any
fnsion effected by It OF any other
party or parties. Gould / have voted
the so-called Democratic ticket Of
1896 or that OF 1925 in this State with
out voting also for the same men,
or some Of the same men,
whose names were also on the Pop:
uligt ticket9 Did not the Bo-called
Democratic electoral ticket In this
State Of 1896 have the names u four
Populists upon It, ard could 1 have
voted that ticket without voting for
Watson, the Fopulist candidate for
Vice PRESIDENT
Did not the so-called State Demo-
cratic ticket Of 1898 contain exactly
the same names for general State
Offices as the Populist ticket2 Had
not You and your associates before
ridiculiag Democrats for not voting q
straight Democratic ticket put up one
for them to voter By what authority
do o state thatin the fall election OF
1898 that / voted the Republican ticket,
| State, district and county, and why is
II OF such Importance that you should
write o column In your paper devot-
ed to the subject?
Have you grown 80 great that an
humble citizen of this State cannot
exercise the right of franchise without
your censorship or calling down upon
himself your wrath or rldicule? Is your
effort in reading men like myself into
parties where we do not belong In
the interest OF the Democratic party
whose management has been entrust-
ed to you as State Chairman?
When you state that ! appeared be-
fore the Republican County Conven-
ton In the fall Of 1898 and declared
my allegiance to the principles and
the candidates which the Republicans
presented and that I voted the state,
district and county ticket of the Re-
publicans that year, you stated what
& untrue, and you could have had no
other purpose in this miHrepresenta-
ton Of me, In this very reprehensible
thing to you, than to ease yourself Of
that personal dislike you hold for any
citizen of whatever party he may be,
who has the Independence to think
and act for himself, who never sub
mits his views for your approval, and
who is perfectly Indifferent toward
you personally and politically.
What ! did do in the fall OF 1898 was
to express approval of the Republic
can administration at Washington In
90 far as 1t had adopted the principles
\ Of the Democratic National admins
tration under Mr.. Cleveland on the
financial question, and the ancient
and universal Democratic doctrine Of
acquisition Of territory " ct that time
manifest in the Republican adminis-
tration-the very position now taken
by that conservative element OF the
regular Democrats who are able TO
trace a Democratic lineage back Of
the year 1895. You know that !, with
other sound money Democrats Of this
State, in the fall Of 1898, advised the
support of Republican candidates for
Congress on account Of the financial
question and you know that when you
remove your political horizon beyond
the lines OF this State that you recog-
nize as good Democrats the active
members Of the party who supported
| the Gold Standard bill a passed by
Congress and signed By President Nc
Kinley.
You doubtless think yourself q very
great man and In comparison with
many OF your associates In this you
are not mistaken. But sometimes
you do things which ear for you that
contempt and disgust Of sensible men
you would like 90 much to see direct
ed against those who have the courage
Of their convictions and q habit of
attending to their own business. Are
all the men even of this State who
supported the ahyphenated title of
Palmer Bucknera ticket 30 distasteful
to you that you can devote q column
OF your editorial space to thier misrep-
resentation and vifuperation?
Did you not during the session of
the last Legislature IN this State as
sociate with "Gold Bugs" and Re-
publicans in procuring the passage of
what is known ss the "Street Railroad
Consolidation Bill7"
Did you not during the Legislative
session Of 1897 handle Q slush fund
furnished by "Gold Bugs to procure
the passage of an act BY that body?
Did You not return to your home 90
soon a. that act was signed by the
Governor with 9 1900 in cash in your
pocket for your services In that mat
ter,paid You by "Gold Bugs7"
Did you not as Chairman Of the
State Committee in the election Of
1895 receive into your hands from
VIM. H.Phelps s2,100 in cash, contrib
uted by two railroads in this State,
and did you not In the statement Of
receipts required Of Q political COM
mittee to be kept By law, conceal the
receipt Of this amount from its true
source by having the statement show
that It was contributed by you
personally?
Did you not 1t one time in your Free
Silver club, while having q free rail.
road pass In your pocket, vote for ell
Eo1uAutlou Auc mcmDoNb VI
that club to support no man for ONCE
who travelled on . passf
Are you not now engaged In
making q canvass of this State for an
Office with q number OF railroad passes
in your pocket
Is IL q fact that the much de-
tested and alleged corrupt Bill Phelps
stated recently in speaking Of your
candidacy for Secretary OF State that
be is for you because you "come
id cbeap?"
The Democrats, Populists and Re-
publicans alike are interested not 90
much In your political views ~ In
your personal honesty and II you will
answe the foregoing questions truth
fully they will have some idea Of your
fitness 10 sit upon the State Board Of
Equalization In the assessment Of rail-
road property and look after the
management OF the monied institu-
tons Of the State designated banks.
i ask you In justice 70 this COM
munity to answer these questions and
give this communication the same
publicity you did the one concerning
above referred to.
GEORGE ROBERTSON.
Full line Of all shades of ". O. o.
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