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Republican News Item.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1904.
HARMLESS EXPLOSION.
Last Resort of a Desperate Man.
The Herald Still Dlowing Dust at F. W. fivek. Attempting
to Blacken a Good Name.
Last week the Sullivan (ounty
Herald had another bombshell to ex
plode. It has been shown that
i Scoutcn hoped and designed to have
some one make the statement at an
opportune time, that Frank Buck
did wantonly and without cause as
sault.Mr. MeMithon. The desperate
character of the man who sought
such a statement and the cunning
plans employed to secure it at all
j buzzards, is shown by the letter be
low which was handed to Fdit j.
j Fred Newell by Mr. K. A. Ballon,
I which leads as follows:
J To th<' editor of the Sullivan
Review:
1 )ear Sir:
1 wish to make u
statement and correct, as far as pos
siple, any injury done to Mr. F. \V.
Buck by an affidavit signed by my
self and appearing in the issues of
the Sullivan Ouzctte and Sullivan
Herald bearing date of October 2(>,
l!»ol. Saidaffidaxit was brought to
ime already prepared while I was at
work in the Dushore silk mill, the
noise of the looms prevented any ex
planation as to its contents, and
when I signed the same I was under
a misapprehension us to its contents
or the purposes for which it was to
be used. 1 was unaware that it was
to be published and said publication
was unauthorized by me. I now
hasten to make such amends as are
in my power to Mr. Buck, and re
quest the; public to pay no attention
to the said affidavit.
Signed, E. A. BAM.OI'.
Dushore, Pa., October 29, 1904.
Jf anything were needed to make
Mr. Buck's election more certain
than it already appears, Scouten's
method of attempting to prove his
outlandish attacks has certainly sup
plied the need.
He doubtless thinks that his read- 1
ers hail such rot as something re- j
mark able. It certainly is. How- j
ever, sensible people fail to see the i
humor of the performance.
Herald Caught
Lying Again.
The Sullivan Herald in its issue of j
October -7tli. contains the following j
article intended to deceive voters:
[From Sullivan Herald of October
2(ith. 1904.]
"For seven years past lie (Judge
Dunham) has from time to time pub
lished his opinion in the disbarment
case. If there is anything in the
world he loves to road it is his opin
ion in that case. Only last week he
published it again in his paper and
lie will probably continue it again
as long as lit- lives."
1 n order to show respectable citi
zens what manner of a man controls
the "llerald" and to convince to
convince the voters that it is abso
lutely unreliable and unworthy of
any confidence by reason ol' its at
tempts to mislead and deceive, we
have made oath to the facts in the
matter as follows:
State of Pennsylvania, t
County of Sullivan, i ss:
Personally appeared before me,
the Subscribed, I'rothonotary in and
for the County of Sullivan, State
! aforesaid, Ch.ts. L. Wing, who being
duly sworn doth depose and say that
j neither the opinion of Judge Dun
i bam or that of the Supremo Court of
i Pennsylvania in the matter of the
j disbarment of John (i. Scouten had
! ever been published in the"News
! Item" until the issue of October 20,
! I!MH. That he has been the editor
: and publisher of the"News fteni"
i since it was founded and that the a
i hove article from the "Sullivan Her
; aid" is wholly false.
Cl I AS. 1,. WIND,
Editor News Item.
Sworn and Subscribed
: before me this'll day of
Oct., 100.1.
Thos. F. Kennedy,
I I'rothonotary.
F. W. BUCK,
t he People's Favorite ("audi
date for Mieiiu.
The close of the campaign finds
Frank \V, Buck a more popular can
didate than at any time since his
name was mentioned in connectioi.
with the otHee -That he will make
one of tfie most competent, efficient
and obliging officials that the offio
of Sheriff has ever known in this
county, is ciear to all who have cvej
transacted business with him. Hi
is prompt, reliable and safe, and can
be depended upon in any emergency
to perform his whole duty without
fear or favor.
The abuse that has been heaped
upon Mr. Buck is proof clear and
positive that his opponents realize
his strength with the people and
would like to defeat htm hy charges
reflecting upon his ability and char
acter; but this opposition lias been
characterized by such wilful, delib
erate and wanton misrepresentations
that the people having had an op
portunity to learn the truth con
cerning him. will show their appre
ciation for his staunch and rugged
manly qualities by their ballots.
Frank \V. liuck will be elected
sheriff of Sullivan county l>y an over
whelming vote.
The la>t few days i>| the campaign
has witiK.--i il a -teidy incroase in
the strength of his candidacy.
The f.d>ity o! the accusations that
have ti|>|iear< d in ho:h the Herald
and the Oa/.etie ha> been fully prov
en. Nothing that these organs can
now print will in any wNe ehangi
the - i mat it in. rii.it they will -end
out iii their la.-t iilitimi stories oe
rogo! try to Mr. liuck is of course
expo* ' il, l.hi (!i:it they can longei
deceive anybody by sciiseles.- and
ridicul"ii> tales is not believed.
Sheii;i liuck, looks well in print,
has a pi. -ound to the ear and
will be IY< i|(ienl!y heard throughout
the eounty after Jan. I, 1!)05.
A Great Number Pleased.
Mr. .Seoiiten seems to think that
the publication uf the disbarment
proceedings pleast- Judge Dunham
very much Probably it does. It
pleases a w'c >ie lot of other people
I too. In f-t every lover of fair
play. Il ii • s :;i.t please Seoiiten
because it -n!ih i.i-i •'holler" about
unfair treat merit i» til moonshine
Judge 1 >ll u li.i 111 i i , i Scout en would
j conduct hiin-i ii properix luiiu
enough to >ll .u lie was si net n , he
would reinstate him upon his male
j ing the application. No application
! has ever been >ua It an I Scuuti n has
I spent his whole time in scandalous
; and false attack- against the living
and dead of the Sullivan
county courts. Of course lie dues
not like the publication of the truth
told temperately and f.driy. I'hat
is why he wriggles. All the advico
we can offer him is togo on wri*:-
gHng.
Cast your vote lbr P. W Buck
I the deserving . candidate for
: Sheriff.
ERROR CORRECTED.
There was a slight error in last
week's issue of the News Item in
printing the letter relative to the af
fidavit made by Manning Mathews.
The signature to the letter was made
t > read "Jennie" Mathews instead of
"Jerome" Mathews. As the Her
ald may attempt to make some cam
paign thunder out of the error of the
type and accuse us of printing a let
ter not in existence, or of forging a
signature, or some equally criminal
act, we again give space to the letter
and the affidavit.
All that we said last week as to
he honorable course of the writer or
the letter in informing the public of
the facts in the case, we desire to re
assert. A nil we are confident that
the letii r will lose none of its force
with tlu-voters of the county from
the fact that iI~ writer is the son in
stead of the daughter of Manning
Mathews. The fact remains that the
affidavit obtained by Mr. Scouten
was procimd under circumstances
iii<l by mi tliods that a recondeinned j
>y all light thinking persons.
state of Pennsylvania, i
County of Sullivan, i ss,
K. M. Dunham being duly sworn
says, that he has read the affidavit
published in the Sullivan Herald of
septemder 21, 1901, purpoting to be
lie made by M. F. Mathews relative
to the prosecution against John (i.
Scouten for obtaining an assignment
of a judgement by false pretenses,
commenced by Joseph S. Molyneux.
I'liat he was employed in the case
mentioned, having been emqloyed
the same as in any case by a client,
i'liat he never went to see Joesph S.
Molyneux to induce him to bring the
prosecution and never agreed to save
said Molyneux from costs or agreed
to pay any costs and never signed
any agreement to that effect. That
he lias never paid any of the costs in
the case, nor has he been asked to do
o. And no one ever hinted to him
lie was under any obligation to do so.
in fact, that he had nothing what
ever to do with the case, except help
to try it the same as other cases.
I'liat. the costs were equally divided
between the prosecutor and John (j.
Scouten detent.
E. M. Dunham.
Sworn and subscribed before me
this 27th. day of September 19o|-
Titos. E. Kennedy, Prothy.
t'amphell.sville, Pa.,
Oct. 21, 1901.
Mr. E. M. Dunham,
Dear Sir; —
Abaut one year ago Mr.
Scouten got a sworn statement from
Father iu regard to you for what hap
pened fifteen ar eighteen years ago*
Since Father has been sick for the hist
two years, his memory is impaired
and 1 have been obliged to take
■barge of his business matters, and 1
ilioiiu'lit it my duty to let you know,
i (••• you swore in direct opposition
io him.
Ido not wish tom e Father wrong
ed, in«r \oil.
You can publish (hi- il yon see lit
.ual lei the voters draw their own
conclusions.
Respectfuliy Yours,
Jerome Mathews. !
Always Clean and Fair,
The campaign in this county ami j
district is rapidly drawing to a dose. !
Ithas&een the policy of thin paper j
to studiously avoid anything in the 1
nature of mud slinging or abust.
in contrast with the course we lia\ «•
pursued in this matter we call the
attention of the voters of this coun
ty in the course pursued by the
S Hi van Herald,JJMr. Scouten's or
gan. In every issue of his paper
i -inee the opening of the campaign,
I the columns of his paper have been
hilled with stories as fabc as they
tare ridiculous. Kwry candidate
' whose eleci ii> 11 \v c haves.< 1 . ocated
j 'iM-. Im en 11 s;t i ! > - a laryei fir tin- most
; *iUi|»ei\itive and ->h inn iti 1 ;h rsonal
;tl>n-e I liitl coiild lie heaped upon
s»im. Alni'ot i'vitj crime known
In liif ciiiiisnon law has hot n openly
in I wantonly charged ag,iin>t the
candidate* he oppo-.t■*.
\\>t< r- In wnl'i' of furllirr stories
ill tlii- character, that in iv
in the i.i.-t issue of s.-niiti ii'.s paper,
tn lie si'llt Ollt too iate 112 >i* n- to an
swer. \Ve helieve the time is past
in the hi-tnry of Sullivan County, if
there ever was a iini', w hen voters
will willingly become the dupes and
tools of demagogues and character
• assassins.
75 TS. PER YEAR
Hon. Edwin M. Dunham.
Since the middle of the lust cen
tury, the lawyer has been a promi
nent factor in all affairs of private
concern and public importance. He
has been depended upon to conserve
the best and permanent interests of
the people and is a recognized power
in all the avenues of activity in the
business world. He stands as the
protector of the rights and liberties
of his fellow men and is'the repre
sentative of a profession whose fol
lowers, if they would gain honor,
fame and success, must be men of
i honor, fairness and ability. Buch a
| one is the subject of this sketch, who
j for the past ten years has presided
j over the courts ofSnllivan and Wy
oming counties and has won the
highest commendation from all sec
tions of northern Pennsylvania by
his fair, manly and impartial aduiin
, istratiou of justice.
! Judge Dunham has spent almost
j his entire life in this county. He
| was the youngest of three brothers,
j the only out- now living, one Irav •
ing died in early manhood and the
other having given .his Iff* to his
country upon one of the battlefields
of the Civil war. When but seven
teen years of age he was left bv the
sudden death of his father, to make
his own way in the world by his
own labors unaided by aught nave
willing hands, a strong and vigorous
mind and an honest and upright
character. But he made guinl use
of every opportunity. He worked
and studied with zeal and determi
nation. lie looked confidently to
the future and used all his time and
• •ncrgy in preparing himself for a
useful career. Having acquired pro
fieney as a scholar he took up the
work of teaching and for several
years was successfully engaged as un
instructor in the public schools.
Having decided to enter the legal
profession,he used his vacations and
such spare time as he could take
from other duties in preparing him
self for his chosen work. In 18tk>
he was admitted to the Sullivan
county bar and until his elevation to
the bench in IS9-1 he was actively
engaged in the practice of his pro
fession. As a lawyer he has had a
remarkably successful career, having
acquired a reputation for legal learn
ing and skill that but few attorneys
in this section,of the state possess.
His election in the fall of 1904 as
President Judge of this district, was
due to his high reputation as a man
of the strictest integrity, with a high
sense of honor and a past career
characterized by a course of justice
to all and malice toward none. Ilis
course upon tho bench has proven
him a model judge. He possesses a
mind free from bias and he brings to
his work a thorough knowledge of
the law and of human nature and a
calm judicial mind He performs
his difficult duties conscientiously
and fearlessly and all who have bus
iness in the courts know and feel
that he can always b • depended up
on to follow the law and the dictates
of sound judgment and an approv
ing consci'-nce.
Asa citizen, a neighbor alal a
friend, Judge Dunham standi with
out a peer. Possessed of a cheerful
and sunny disposition, he is the sort
of man people like to meet and as
sociate \v ith. lie has a kind word
for everybody and is never too busy
for a hcai<y hand shake and a pleas,
ant greeting. Few men enjoy a
good -tory or a bit of witticism bet
ter than the Judge and during all
these years of labor and service, has
not lost his ability to look upon the
bright side of life and thus carry
pjeasure and sunshine wherever he
may go.
Judge Dunham's life abounds in
good deeds and kindly acts to his
I felfowmen, lle has a warm heart
and no one in distress has ever been
| turned away when it was within
' his pow.tr so help. He is not the
i sort of man to proclaim his good-
I ness from the house-tops. In Jfac.t
he takes the inmost precaution to
| see that what he does in this way is
' not done "to be seen of u»en":.
: But bis kindness and consideration
I a'e commensurate with his ac
quaintance and the people have
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