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farmers, who were forced into bankruptcy and driven to the wall during the years 1873-78, brought about by the complete prostration of all branches of business, in order to show you that the failures of the Mastin Bank at Kansas City and the First National Bank of the State of Missouri, were nothing more nor less than the result of the money panic. The prompt action taken by Mr. Gates for the recovery of his claims against these banks, deserves our hearty approval and merits our commendation, resulting as it has, in recovering to the State the sum of $833,000, leaving a balance uncollected of $183,000, for which he holds the $1,000,000,00 bank bond, $98,000 in Kansas City Water Works Bonds, and $49,000 Clinton County Bonds, all of which pay six per cent. interest annually; and a still further backing by his securities, who are worth, at the lowest estimate, $250,000. Surely, gentlemen, there is not an honorable man in Iron county, or in the State, who will say in the face of these facts, that the 30th General Assembly acted unwisely in refusing to sanction the impeachment of a man whose character is as pure and whose record is as clean as any man's within the limits of our grand old State. In conclusion, I will say that neither Mr. Noland's letter nor this appears in the REGISTER on account of a set of aimless, partisans resolutions that had their birth in our Courthouse a short time since, but to present to the substantial business and laboring men the actual facts as they have from the beginning and do now exist, feeling perfectly satisfied that the honorable man and intelligent voter, unbiassed by partisan bigotry and hatred, will say amen to my actions as for Representative in the 30th General Assembly of the State of Missouri. With greatest respect, Your ob't serv't, J. W. BERRYMAN.
