Our friends declare that great injury has been done by
what was said, and they expressed a feeling of shame,
because these utterances seem to put them in the position
of having made false statements. No one could have
been more surprised at these utterances than ourselves and
a number of the brethren of the Twelve, because it was
understood that care would be exercised upon these
points.
We have just received a letter, signed by your-
self, Bros. Penrose & Richards, in relation to getting delegates
to the National Convention. The suggestions which you
make about Hadley D. Johnson have been considered;
but it would be impracticable, it is thought, to use
him. We are taking other steps to see if we can
effect something in the direction which you mention.
We think it very important that this matter should
be attended to, and that no pains should be spared
to prevent the insertion into the Democratic Platform
of anything reflecting upon us.
Our friends declare that great injury has been done by
what was said, and they expressed a feeling of shame,
because these utterances seem to put them in the position
of having made false statements. No one could have
been more surprised at these utterances than ourselves and
a number of the brethren of the Twelve, because it was
understood that care would be exercised upon these
points.
We have just received a letter, signed by yourself, Bros. Penrose & Richards, in relation to getting delegates
to the National Convention. The suggestions which you
make about Hadley D. Johnson have been considered;
but it would be impracticable, it is thought, to use
him. We are taking other steps to see if we can
effect something in the direction which you mention.
We think it very important that this matter should
be attended to, and that no pains should be spared
to prevent the insertion into the Democratic Platform
of anything reflecting upon us.