The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1904-03-18
Nh. BARRs PROTEsTs.
Alleges Aallce and Prejudice % the
Part % the Times. rnlon.

while to appeal TO such newspaper.
as the TmesUniOn, and those which
follow lie lead. for decent methods In
pOlitics II the unanimous action Of
the Democratic state Convention four
years ago, In denOuncing them and
their methods Of political warfare,
could not cORnteTact the corrupt In
nuence hack Of them and induce then
90 uss only decent methods, Il IL not
uJEth while TO appeal 20 them nos.
However, a. they persist. day By day,
In malieiously disappearing me,
even In business matters, "a IL per.
haPs worth while for ne 20 call az.
tentiOn Of the people Of Florida to
the character OF their political Al.
tacks.
Last Sundays Times Onion con-
tanned long, uallciously false article
from West Palm Beach signed b.
one Fred d. Warren, which consisted
Of three WbOle columns Of malicious
INSTRUMENTATION. Warren states
In HE article: Il listened 10 Barre
a. the most impartial hearer he ever
had" thea nalIciOssly accuses me Of
making PERSONAL attacks upon indi.
yiduals, when be knees that had
done nothing Of the kind. He accuses
me Of having made a savage attack
upon Mr.. FlagleT, aud having abused
SIR. FlaglrT az Miami, when the fact
i that ! never said anything about
AIR. FlagleT which I could not say TO
Mr.. FlagleT In HE dTaWinR-rOOm With.
out giving him cause of offence. I
have stated his connection With the
Times-Union, and that he L. secretary
Of the Standard Oil Trust, and that
be vas RePublican-as good a Re.
Publicaa a. Mark Hanna was--and |
that be coub not run a genuine
DcnOcTaiic newspaper to advance
DemocTatiC principles which he hates:
aud l have said other things along
that line, but have always told only
the truth.
In last Sunday T,mes-Cn MON this
Fred u. Warren Wiads up his article
with the statement that Mr.. August
Belmont Of New York vas In the
a1dience at Miami and got % tired of
hearing me abUse corporations and
wealthy men In general that he left
the meeting, and then states that he
knows this TO he a fact immedl.
Ately wrote Mr. Belmont ana today
received his reply. The closing para.
graph in warren's commusicatiOn 10
~ follows:
THE OBJECTIONABLE PARAGRAPH
In connection WIth BaTTs' denial
am in a position To cay that be dad
abuse Mr. FiagleT at Miami, and
abnsed corporations and wealthy men
n geneTal MT. August Belmont Of !
NeW YORK Wa- In tue audience "a
Miami, and got tired Of hearing BaTrs'
falling against corporate and indi-
fIdnal wealth; got 80 tired In fact,
hat the TtSh SeW Yorker got up
ron his seat and left the speaking,
'etiring Ia his apartments In the Mi
uni Hotel ] kRnw this. because a !
UhO was wiRh Mr.. Belmont
old 10 In public this morning within
~ bearing"
A copy ~ my letter To Mr. BeImOn, !
. a. fOllOws:
RARks' LETTER TO RELMoNT
an BAkks
City Attorney
II W. Forsyth St.,
Jacksonville, Fla.
March :, 1894.
august BelmOnt, esq. New York City,
DxAR SIR: "A n<WspaPer In this
ity which has h1bitually and mali
ioUsly misrepresented me In matters Z
9th political and personal, contains
n its issue t1day a statement that y0a 4
lere In the audience at q political
aeeting In Miami "Wednesday night,
iarcA = 1884. aud that you got %
ired Of my speech that you got up
ron your seat and left the speaking, j
etirtng 90 -Four apartments In the
liami Hotel Aud the writer states '
ver bis signature, 81 know this BE-
anse = companEbn who vas uith Mr.. a
belmont told u In public this morning
Iithln my hearing" n
] do not pay ANY attention, Ordi-
aEily. to their malicious misrepre
hnt when they give names '
sch az y0urs, think u but fair that
shouiA call attention % the specific -
,lsi representations
! an informed that you uere nos ia n,
LIANT az the time Of the Meeting,
nd that goa knew nothing whatever
I Il a gentleman friend Of mine,
no 10 an opposing Candidate for the
nomination Tor CoaEress g
ION this district, tells ne that he :
80 yea 40 Palm Beach THURSDAY q
l0ruing, and that yon had not been
, the Mani meeting 40 all
foa wtn please pardon NE Ter
yOa with matters uith which 3
% have no concern, bat uill be m o
70 sbligatisns u yoa Oil sire ne Y
/ jacksonville, Fls-, 40 ny expense. q
y receipts Of this eonmunication. q
iating uhsther ~ not yea were az b