Mr. Sumneriasks Congressman Allen A Few Questions

Editor.Reuister:- Through the columns of the Register, I wish to atk Mr. Allen a few questions: 1. Did you not say to Mr. Scott and mygelf, when we went to see you at, your office in Ypsilmt-, that you wouldn't give much for a peti .mr.; " petitions don't araount to mucii; auybody will sign a peti tiOL?" 2. When Mr. Scjtt was endeav( ring to place before you the reasons why my friends would üke to s-ie me get the appointmeat as poát master, etating to you, among other reasons, that I was an old soldier, had srved three years in the war, was wounded and had never oplied for a pension, did you uot reply - ' The oldsoldiert can't have everythmg' ? ,3. Did you not sav that " Neither J. T. jácobi nor Junius E. Beal can have i Hat ollice, they are rich enough. I propose gome man i-hall 'nave it that the office will be of some benaflt to ' ? and then when Mr. S ott said tjyoa that Eugene Beal was worth üve dollars to Sumner's one, did you uot reply, that il wasn't necea man should be a pauper to get the ojjlct! 4. Did yoa not i-ay to Mr. Eugene B. A bel at the time he called upon you at vour offioe in Ypsilanti in my behall: "Petitions don't amount lo a snap of the finger; what I want is letters from represeniative republicana wno get their mail at the Ann Arbor posí-LÜ'ic j"? 5. Mr. Allen, don't you. remember my asking you this question? " Suppose I brint; you the endorsement of one hundred of the most prominent and h.iluential republicana who are patrons of the Ann Arbor post office; or the endorsement of two hundred who are also republicana but you don't know one of them by reputation or so much as by name, to wbich petition would you give the most weiglit'? Did you not reply : " 1 would have to (hink of that 't C. Did you not SBy to the Hon. Seth C. Randall when iu cjnversation with him relativa to the Ann Arbor post-offioe,"There are but six difference in the pelitions of Mr. Beal and Sumner ' ? 7. Mr. AlleD, don't you knjw you said to Mr Scott and myself that "ihere is but litlle difference in the two petitions and I don 't know which one ivill get the appointment, and I don't care. I wouldn t give fwe cents for the chotee." And I replied "I would gove better; for I would give ten cents to gel the tppointment." 8. When Mr. Scott was calling to your mind the character of some of my endorsers, saying I had the support of the leading men in the party, the University professors, lawyers and business men, you replied in a sneering mnnner, "Yer, some of the most zealous for Sumner never so much as raised a finger to help me when I needed help." 9. Mr. Aller, don't you remember when in conversatiou with the Hon. Seth C. Randall he said to you, "Mr. Sumner's friends are not satisfied with the changes you have made in regard to the Bettlement. of the postmaster-sbip at Ann Arbor; atrt they think it is all on account of your friendship to Junius E. Beal," you replie-i: ' Junius E. Beal has more manhood „ hls little finger than all of those fellows ' t 10. Mr. Allen, did you not. eay 'o a number of the representative republioati.of this city that when the time comes to appoint a post master at Ann Arbor you would come here and meet with them and learn their wishes; and whoever ihey could agree upon You would appoint ? Did you ever meec with these gentlemen as you had promised. IJ not, why not? Tbe only mee ing that I have any knowledge of ia úe one held in Junius E. Beal's office at which meeting, present for duty, were the following: E P. Allen, H. S. Dean and Junius E. Beal. Should you ask how I learned of this meeting; and what tranppired there I should be only too glad to state. 11. Mr. Allen, will you now publish th two petitionsso that the people can see for themselves who has the greatest number of Republicans? I being one of the People am extremely desirons to know.