The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-10-11

which he made some sIanderous refer
ences TO Colonel s. I. WALES and the
Indian War Claim. wv. Of H." made
a weak and silly attempt TO reply in a
later issue Of the Star which we didnot
regard as worthy Of notice. In a still
later issue Of that paper appears caus-
tic reply to Wilson'S original article
from the trenchant zen Of Colonel ST.,
Wales, which we expect to reproduce
IN this issue.
Colonel Wales article was printed
by the Star of October 4, the editor be
ing constrained thereto by the demand
for space for a reply to an unwarranted
personal attack in its columns; but this
same editor wac 80 careful of the feel
ings of Wilson (they are both tarred
with the same Jennings stick that he
showed him Colonel WALES reply, be-
fore II could be pttbLished, ana gave
him space for an answer, right along
side Of the Wales article in the same
iSsleI A fine sample Of Journalistic
courtesy" wasn't it?
Wilson's reply to Colonel WALES con-
Sists chiefly Of an exaggerated form Of
the street boys only resource when
forced into q corner You're anotherl"
He answers the well-put charges of
Colonel WALES by hat--but cautious
denial For instance:
As TO the charge that,I, with forty
members, went into "go-called caucus
In room at the opera house IN Talla.
hassee in 1903, ! brand as false. l
never attended eausus at the opera
house while at Tallahassee, and do not
believe Governor Jennings ever hireo
the opera house for any such puKpoe4
Colonel Wales must have shrewdiy
named the "opera house" as the place
Of meeting fer the express purpose of
leading this very small and vindictive
enemy Of his into the trap into which |
he 30 promptly tumbled. For note the
fact that Wilson Of fernando" is ex-
ceedingly careful not TO deny that he
attended such a caucus elsewhere than
Eat the opera house :" is quite as eau
tious not TO deny the existence of the
caucus, and is still more hesitating in
his attempt TO shield his boss, Jennings,
by simply declaring his disbelief in the
hiring Of an opera house by that very
slippery and astute individual.
Suppose Wilson Of fernando" should
be put on the stand In a court Of justice
and required TO answer the following
questions, what would he say?
Was there an anti Wailes-claim caucus
held anyICheTe In Tallahassee in 1908 7
Who called IL?
At whose instance was 1t called
What was its purpose
Did you or did you not attend it7
What were its results
We know the true answers TO the
above and 80 does Wilson of Herman
do"
This small creature-who thinks he Is
great because he has basked in the IA
vor Of GOvernor-Rives an array of
made to s. /. WALES for SER
vices concerning land patents amount
Ing to over IS thousand dollars, Of which
he says more than 30 thousand was
paid in cash. Even Wilson knows bet
ter. These payments were made, Of
course, IN lands Eat the current prices
on che date of such payment" as stip-
ulate In the contracts for the services,
and the figures simply represent the
value Of the lands at such prices. Be
sides, Col WALES quotes an official let
ter Of the Secretary Of the /. I, Board,
stating that no money had ever been
paid TO WALES for land patent services
1t Is quite safe to say that every de-
NAL and every statement made by Will
son In his alleged reply, corresponds in
value with the two illustrations we have
given above In fact, his attempt TO
meet the arrangement against him OF
Col. WALES inevitably and most forci-
bly, recalls the well-known anecdote Of
The two little darkies who were indulg-
ng in war Of words The injured one,
the end Of her indignant accu-
lation, paused for breath. The accused,
acking the material and the ability TO
meet the charges, simply stood still and
asked;
els you done ?"
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