| Show statement by br mr fennemore EDITOR TRIBUNE in your issue of the dinst I 1 note nete a scurrilous attack upon myself because I 1 have received the appointment as registrar for beaver county the whole communication as far as it relates to roe me is false both in spirit and fact and I 1 am ready to back up my statement against any or all of the individuals who undoubtedly inspired the commini cation the real facts ara these four years year u ago an independent ticket was put in the field backed by the liberals of beaver which came ve very ry near being successful two bears ears afterwards the same p was repeated and many of the peoples varty party 11 thinking the minority ought to be represented invited the opposition to their ratification meeting ie eting to state their grievances tho the invitation was accepted and I 1 was asked to represent the independents at that meeting which I 1 did the peoples ticket was voted down and a fusion ticket presented containing the names of four aliber liberals po which was adopted with the exception of that of sheriff thereupon some half dozen rule or rain portion of the liberal party net met in an office in beaver city constituted themselves them selye tho It liberal iberal cof cc attee and asua the so called aeral al ticket no public meeting as called and no precinct was in dinv inv ted to attend outside ot or beaver I 1 i 1 p to the time the t ceet was bissu iss U and as a consequence much t i is satisfaction was exar expressed essed regi rega ding some of the candidates on t tl at ticket ono one of them was then and had been for two tw years a ju tice of the peace nominated arid and pleated kited by the peoples party ye yc 4 no one questioned the fact that lip h c was a liberal in statements made I 1 byyoure by your co air arts t indent itis it is riot true tint thit I 1 hav baa r blib hi repeatedly elected or on I 1 the aco CI ticket and bishop did not in a long lone speech urge my nomination for mavor nor isit is it mie ue that I 1 repeatedly repeated 13 took 1 part art in the meetings of tl ta c e peoples party but it is hue uthai at the one meeting spoken of I 1 rv r presented the independents at aid d that mr fotheringham nominate me fr justie justice of the peace the g ground round that I 1 as there were t tw he be minority should have baye one F the same saine reason I 1 was no nominate to for the city council and what w done then is almost a counters ii of your last city election in sa L like ike I 1 have never either directly 0 indirectly sought office from eith mornion mormon or liberal particular have I 1 not noi done so in tho the matter 4 1 I P registrar for beaver county yot yoi says it is the he ori ominio opinio nio of many that I 1 attend the crips an p hood meetings etc in doing so Is lis that one or two unav may hav sed him as asa a I 1 do noi doubt for any cowa cow idly adly poltroon can I 1 presume slander a man character under tinder the excuse of ii a pinion linion but I 1 challenge you born 1 or any aay of his bis st star r chamber advisers adviser to publish tit th s une line statements state a fact oyer over their I 1 own si signature Ig nature and I 1 shall enoi then how to handle them in conclusion I 1 would sa say y that I 1 neit hericourt nor fear newspaper notoriety noto oto rity that I 1 shall take no furth furl ier notice of f general ar af E s made by cowards who dare not fac the light of day but prefer to si i you in the dark over a nom de plume I 1 mind my own bubines bu sines and shall work for the best antei ests of tile the locality in which I 1 live without fear or favor from cimbel morron mormon or gentile but will d do equal and exact justice to all is ii any official capacity that I 1 may be placed that my americanism American isris it is undoubted undoubtedly by the best element 0 arti the community in which I 1 reside 1 liberal or mormon but I 1 have n no 0 use for a set of sneaks whose vocation seem to be that of throwing mud and trying to bespatter decent people with their filth yours GEORGE II 11 FENNEMORE beaver city feb 1889 |
