Mr. Schuabb did not give him McMaster's letter until after the meeting and he did not read it until the next day. The meeting was not too successful, since many were deterred from attending because of threats of disturbance by soldiers which were circulated by the malignant. Schuabb's speech was not as good as he is capable of since the managers had promised the hall to the soldiers for barracks at ten o'clock. The arrangements were apparently made without concerted action and the affair was only a bait to trap the opposition while the true party remained concealed. One of the pricncipals told him that they should all stand boldly on the illegality of the arbitrary arrests alone. The opposition feared Schuabb might tell the truth and compromise their position. A few of them stood out boldly against a union policy and they were almost ostracized from society until they polled 1,000 votes in the county, and that number has now increased to a majority. There is only one platform on which they will long stand, for they are sick of the ordinary run of political promises. He owes McMaster and Schuabb apologies for innocently placing him in such a position. He hopes Schuabb will return some time under a new dynasty. He encloses a trifle more for Schuabb and should have done much better if he had understood his position although Beardsly and he makes this a parish matter. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.