Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30
A CAMPAING LIE EXpI onrD

LIE EAfLODED.
dubuque, To-, Aug. 4, l9O0.-To tbe
Ealtor: In the Dubuque Herald ~
saturday, July Il. 1900, is to he found
the following: u
statesmen ARE FOR BRYAN
They Send Kinkly Greeting and Pc,
Use of Support.
a Lincoln, Neb., dispatch saws tn,
nrst visible evidence Mr.. Bryan has ra.
ceiVed or the support Of travelling men
came with the visit of Mr.. J. N. Kern
OF Baltimore, Md, representative n; n
u that employs 357 statesmen A.
d recent dinner given to these sales
men Iheir preferences were taken as r,
tnelr personal choice for president ar
upon a roll call 1t was found thai al
or present were for BRYAN apd G
FOR Mckinley. The result was eo
pressing 10 the statesmen that they Sc.
lected Mr.. Kern to visit Mr.. BRYAN m
oner the greetings Of the travelling
statesmen OF Baltimore. Mr.. Kern al.
SO assured Mr.. Bryan that IS per cent
OF the travelling statesmen of the com
try Will be identified this YEAR,
(Whateyer that means.)
considerable more follows in the ar
tlcle' hut the above is sufficient for nv
purpose.
Believing 1t to be a campaign hot air
story, l wrote to Hon. B. F. Parlett.
collector of internal revenue, Balti-
more, Md, and gave him a synopsis O;
the o statement and asked him to
nave the kindness to investigate this
man Kern and see whether the Du-
buque Herald or Mr.. Kern were telling
the truth. AS a reply to nay letter. 7
have received this morning from Mr..
Parlett the following:
concerning the subject of our cor
respondence relative to the misrepre-
sensations of a certain Kern, | beg to
hand you herewith a letter from the
secretary Of the Republican state cen
trail committee, Mr.. Henry F. New, In
regard to his investigation of the mat
ter. Mr.. New is a gentleman OF in
tegrity and regarding very highly both
commercially and politically, and his
sense of honor would permit him to
make no statements which are not
based on the actual facts as found by
him. Very respectfully,
! B. r. Parlett."
Mr.. Henry F. New, secretary Of the
Republican state central COMMITTEES.
whose ofice is at No. As, North Calvert
street, Baltimore, Md, writes a letter
which completely explodes the hot air
balloon which was recent started by
the Herald and is as follows:
In reply to your request of the 26th
ult., permit me to say that have made
the matter one of personal interest, be-
lieving, as | did from the first, that
the statement contained in the publish
ed article was an express ~falsehood-
in plain words, a campaign lie.
MY position for many years as pres
ident of the Wholesale Grocers' asso-
citation, of Maryland and vicinity, ena-
bles me to get certain informal on
which Is unQuestionable. | can assure
you that there is not a house in Balti-
more that employees 357 statesmen on
the road and inside, and by the secre-
tary of the Commercial Travellers Pro
tective association | am informed that
the house having the largest number
of statesmen in the city has only forty
| bcltSIuOh Ou liz lOcu anu aDOuI ~
same number Of statesmen, bookkeep-
ers, clerks and boys on the inside, This
house has in it's employ n John NJ.
Kern, a travelling salesman, who is an
enthusiastic Democrat, but travels on
| lily through the eastern shore OF Mary
land and Virginia.
The statement that a dinner was re
Gently held in Baltimore which was at
tended by the SET statesmen cannot be
traced or located, and | am sure was
| pictured by an enthusiast who was in
spired by the sight or presence Of the
great 16 to 1 Bryan.
MY intercourse with the financial
and commercial interests of the city
assure me that they are almost unani-
mously In favor Of Mckinley. Recent
statements as published in the daily
press by the Hon. Lloyd Jackson, who
four years ago directed the campaign
in the state for Bryan, and by ex-May-
or Davidson and ex-Mayor r. Z. La
trobe, who served the city as mayor
for v terms, that they would this
year support Mckinley, and predict
large majorities, clearly indicates the
drift of the sentiment in OF the
reelection of Mckinley.
Should you desire any further in
formation I shall be glad to furnish 1t
upon request. Yours very truly,
Henry, F. New, Secretary
It is really pitiful to notice the ex-
IRENE straits that our Democratic
friends see INTO be driven to, but when
they attempt to deal in such wholesale
stories as that which was published In
the Dubuque Herald Saturday, July Il
I think they should be called down n
am pleased to have been able to sift
this story to it's foundation and have
proven it to be a fabrication pure
simple. -
I was a travelling man for twenty
years myself and no one can make me
believe that as a class they have so
little sense as at the present time TO
want TO vote for w. ]. Bryan, or n
of his kind. Yours very truly,
j. w. Patterson.