The daily sentinel., 1910-05-24

I laSlt IN pdoS't
I without reference or debate in the
I short space of few minutes.
I The sixth whereas. besides being
I wholly untrue. is a gross slandei
upon Department Commander Win
gate He did not allow me all the
time | wanted: | had the floor and
took what time | needed, about five
minutes by my own and the estimate
OF others. one person saying it might
have been seven minutes. Hoyt start
ed the story that spoke fifteen min
utes, when he was trying to get more
time for himself. AS soon as | was
seated the Encampment upon motion
voted TO limit the nominating speech
es to two minutes. There was con-
siderable confusion at that point. II
is possible that in the disorder Win
gate failed to recognize Hoyt speedily.
A natural result only of the condi-
tions. II is said | spoke without
interruption" while Wingate FIRE
quently interrupted and allowed him
(HoyU TO be interrupted. and was
unfair In every particular" ! was
interrupted at least three times.
When Wingate interrupted Hoyt II
was done under the rule adopted hy
the Encampment after l had sroAen.
He was the servant of the Encamp-
ment whose win he was executing,
and he could not do less as faithful
presiding officer When Hoyt's time
was up Wingate so notified him. He
pleaded for more time but Wingate
had no choice. Then somebody sug-
gested that his time be extended
am not sure but motion was made
and put to give him either a minute
or two minutes. cannot state which
with authority. Several on the floor
we're talking. Finally l heard " in
gate say. We'll, 20 ahead" This is
as ! recollect. and ! think 1t is sub
stantially correct. Hoyt did not lack
but little of having as much time as
!, perhaps he had as much. some
think he did; but his time was more
chopped up than mine. The Encamp-
ment was in extreme impatience ow-
ing to the lateness of the hour and
the amount OF business to be done
1t makes world of difference wheth-
er the audience under such conditions
is with the speaker or against him.
1t was Mcdonald house without any
of my help, so it managed to bear
with me after a good deal of effort
1t was not a Smith crowd, SO it did
not want anything of Hoyt beyond
getting him out of the way. Win
gate Is made the scapegoat. ! have
had experience with a good many
presiding officers, but none were
more fair and honorable than John
w. Wingate. / take especial pains
and pleasure, in the face OF the un-
justifiable and wrongful aspersions
published against him, and others
thrown at him in his presence and
my own, to emphasize this tribute to
his high minded, firm and even
course. The echo of the treatment
he had here at the close will remind
him of this place for many long
day; and | assure him 1t all broke
loose from carnival of brutishness
as mean as can drive men and women
to acts of greed and madness.
The second resolution tosses me a
compliment when 1t condemns me in
the strongest terms for my alleged
insult to Commander Falls Pray,
how did insult Falls: WAS it by not
doing that which you falsely in the
absence of all knowledge of the sub
ject accuse me of doing? If open
ly charged" Fallis with conspiracy
you can flash on me the words /
spoke: ! demand that YOU do that
forthwith or iovtr hold your peace.
Soon after the department eneamp-
ment was held in Trinidad last yca r
and prior to my acquaintance v,th
McD nald, Cor mander Falls told
me tGat Mcdonald was to be the can
dldate for seni0r vice commander of
the department before the encanp-
ment to be held in Grand Junction.
Having never heard anything to the
contrary. Mcdonald was ever In my
mind as the member OF our Post to
be honored. Ask Falls If he did not
tell me so. AT about the last moment
Mcdonald asked me to support and
nominate him. ! promised to do 80,
not preferring him personally to some
of the others. among these Falls in
particular. but under all the cir
cumstances l thought he was nose
entitled to it. Falls had led my
thought away from any possible can
didacy on his part, and so his name
never occurred to me. He was not a
candidate at all until after the names
of Mcdonald and Smith had been
placed before the Encampment; then
somebody U think from abroad) rose
up and remarked that as there were
two rival candidates from Grand
Junction 1t might be good plan to
bring out dark horse. and he nomi-
mated Falls. was pledged to Nc
Donald; could not desert to Falls.
Smith got his wires laid too late. In
political strategy the early political
bird Ia apt to get the political worm.
If you boys" let the prize get away
from you. don't blame me for the con-
sequences of your dilatoriness. Yet
| am blamed both going and coming
blamed because Fallis. a deserving
comrade who has done more for the
Post than any other. was not put in
the place where Mcdonald is-and
blamed because could not help
Smith. for what reason | should sup
port him as against Mcdonald / do
not know unless 1t was just because
he wanted me to-blame to right OF