The Green Forest tribune., 1901-10-05
COL. DINSMORE EXPLAINS.
Says He Is Misrepresented about
 that Mckinley Resolution.

that Mckinley Resolution.
 Congressman Hugh A. Dins- more says that certain newspa- pers of the district has wontonly misrepresented his position in op- posing the phraseology of the resolutions that were presented at the Fayetteville memorial meeting in honor of the late pres ident.
 In conversation with THE TRIB- UNE scribe at Berryville last Sat- urday MT. Dinsmore said that he never opposed the use of the words "statesman' and "patriot" with reference to the character of Mr. Mckinley, that he sincere ly believes him to have been both, but that the objectionable part of the resolution said that President Mckinley Gin his official capacity has met questions of grave import to the country, second only to those which confronted President Lincoln, and has disposed of them in a statesmanlilze and pa triotic manner
 In this connection Mr. Dins- more opposed the use of the words "statesmanlike" and "pa- triotic,'' his contention being that the questions arising from the late war with Spain have not been "disposed of" at all, and that these questions are in the hands of republican administration and to have lent support to the resolution as presented would have been to indorse the course that is being pursued by this ad- ministration. MT. Dinsmore went on to say that he is prepared to show that the course being pur- sued in the settlement of these questions is not altogether in accord with MT. McKinley's own ideas as expressed in his mes- sages to Congress.
 MT. Dinsmore says it was not he who is responsible for the injec- tion of politics into memorial meeting, but the committee who prepared the resolutions; that al- though he was chairman of the meeting he was handed list of the committee on resolutions and was instructed that they had been notified and that the resolu- tions were then prepared, that the committee was composed of five republicans aud one demo- crat, and that the one democrat had in the committee room offered the same objection to the resolH H tions, but was overruled by the other members.
 Mr. Dinsmore declares that the publications against him in this matter are being made designed ly, not that his standing can be injured at home by them, but to hurt his standing in a republican congress, which is known to be good.
 THE TRIBUNE publishes these statements from MT. Dinsmore, in order that he may be heard by our readers, aS we touched upon the matter, leaving him in an un- favorable light. We now leave our readers to draw their own deductions in this matter.
 Continuing the conversation with MT. Dinsmore, he expressed his confidence in the honesty and ability of Mr. Roosevelt and says he believes he will make us good president, that he is a man of both courage and convictions and that he will be moved by no external influences; that the pres ident is a man of quick decision and great independence, as is ev- idenced by his throwing off the political yoke and supporting Cleveland for president in 1888.
 Relative to the questions likely to engage the attention of the coming congress, Mr. Dinsmore said there would be measures presented on reciprocity, the trusts and the Nicaraugua canal. He says that some legislation looking to the suppression of an archy and prescribing special