The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
MR.. GROVES ANSWERS BOYS.
Ex-County Chairman Scores the
Chronicle and It's Ring of
Boilers.

The following letter was sent to S.
f. Boys by Ex-Chairman Foster
Groves in reply to the Chronicles
denial last week The letter speaks
for itself.
Millers City, Ohio, Oct IL, 1906.
Mr.. 5. f. Boys, Plymouth, Ind.
Dear Sir:
In your issue of the 18th, you have
an article regarding some remarks
that l should have made in a letter
to friend of mine. Now Mr.. BOYS
| had not expected to take any part
IN the fight in Marshall county, how
ever l want to say one thing to You
IN regard to certain statement you
have denied. | am going to make
public statement of this fact now and
you can put the shoe on whichever
foot it feels the best. You made the
remark to me standing on the side
walk by the drug store in Tippeca-
noe, IN these very words: I'VE
WOULD RATHER SEE EVERY
THING GO TO HELL THAN
SEE HENDRICKS RULE IT."
You made those remarks to me and
furthermore you know you made
them to me; and there is no use of
your trying to dodge it. went
right down to the postoffice after
leaving you and told Milo Ritter
just what you had saiu. / also made
some comments as / had perfect
right to do. | said to Mr.. Ritter
and claimed right from the start you
people were making a great mistake
and l claim it yet. Mr. Hendricks
and are, or have not been the best
OF friends, as you are we'll aware;
but | am friend of the boys on the
county ticket. Ishave the greatest
respect for every man that you NOM
mated on your tick t: and | am only
too sorry for them that this trouble
has come up, when it could have
been avoided, and every man on
Republican ticket elected in the
county. Things have been thrown in
such shape in the county that It
will take years to overcome. You
know it. You know why it was done,
and what it was done for. Had you
have had the success of the county
ticket at heart instead of personal
ambitions, you would have gotten in
to the harness and done everything
in your power to elect the county
ticket You did not have to strain
your personal friendship with Mr..
Hendricks in order to do so. There
is always two sides to every cues
ton, and this is the time when you
have taken the wrong side, in my
opinion. There are others who will |
see your mistakes when it is too late
and you as we'll
You people sat around and let Mr..
Hendricks get control of the con-
vention and be elected county chair
man; not knowing what was going
on and after it was all done, then got
up and made great big kick at |
Maud when you should have had
Mauu kick some of you This thing
of bowling fraud at Mr.. Hendricks
after he got the nomination, is all |
rot. You and ever other man that
has ever had anything to do with
a convention knows there is always
all kinds of tricks used to control a |
convention, either one side or the
other or both. That is a part of pol |
itics. / have no ill-will towards the |
men who have followed you. I lay
this trouble at the door of a few OF |
you fellows who wear the bell and
when you jumped over the fence
the-- took it for granted they had to |
follow. The defeat of the Republican
ticket in Marshall county this year
can be laid to a few of YOU fellows /
and thew can all be counted on the |
fingers of one hand and then have a /
finger or two left
Your truly.
F. Groves