Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1884 — “Tom’s" Denial. [ARTICLE]

“Tom’s" Denial.

Haitim.as I Tribune. Through an oversight of our typo, proper credit was net given the following article, which should have been accredited to the 'Valparaiso Republican. hi sentiment, however, it agrees with us-: T. .J, Wood being on the train en route from’ Washington to the Chicago convention, accompanied by a large pumlier of ids fellow Democratic members, they pursuaded him that he was the m n for vice-p resident, and telegraphed ahead to Chicago papers the follow ing: “Piss mgers on the .Chief go train favor McDonald for president, with Cleveland for a close second. They want* 4 a young man for Vice-president, and if the nomination goes East for Presid-ni, they wanted Hon. Thomas J■ Wood, if Indiana, for second p!acid Li.-pired by this joke, apparent to every one but Wood, he has worked dilligeatly at the Chicago convention with the view of securing the \ icepresidential nomination for “some live t young man" in Indiana Prof. Wilkernbn and Wood should be yoked t oget h'qr. Ckown Point, Ind.. July 23. A. A. AV in ‘Low : I enclose a low and dirty clipping from your paper about myself. You dynow thate stall'you write is a, lie, and di lie when you published it. —Yours, etc..

THOS. J. WOOD.

To show the cheek of our blatant Congressman, we print the above letter. It is a very easy thing for “Our Tom” to write us that this is a lie but the next thing is to prove it. Ibis a well known fact thdt you ware on she train when the message was sent tn the Chicago Times, and it is further known that you ware in Chicago with your lightning rod up ready to be struck by Vice Presidential lightning. ' Tou can attack all the “small editors 1 ' you like, but, you will find youtßOif very much smaller next No-

vember. We are all two years wiser Toro in regard to you, and bulldozing won’t work in the- Tenth District this fall.