The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-08-05
A CARD.
70 rnE EDlroR OF TuE INDEPENDENT:

~ NJ SIaSetS IN MS o0Ofe4e Ht tOC WcpUDu eau
meeting In this city on Saturday evening saw proper
to favor with vast amount Of unwarrnntcd abuse.
done up in his elegant and polished style y Is expect
follow. In this matter niay disappoint many, ss
wish No personal controversy with Mr. CsSct. and In
this card ou'y expect to ct myself right a. there
IA. Mr. Cla:tt questions the correctness 0t the Ian
guacc charged BY me In the Deer Lodge lNDEPEN.
DENT OF the Fist ult, to have been uttered by him.
Wherein he draws comparison hetwcen the relative
qualifications Ut the nerocs and Irish for
am 10 positive that such language wa. u.eA y Mr.
and snes that time. that nm prrus;.d ~. T 70 scooir
by Mr. Cagest, u publish statements of mvscf and
Others IN substantiatiOn Of THE fact.
received from Dr. Mitcheii-not furnished to me- par.
ticuarly fOs pu6licatiOn- hut stated to fact,
that Mr Clssett denied At Backfoot about TWO years
Charge telegram from A. J. Simmons wa. read BY
NJ. Clasett At the meeting Ut Saturday evening last
have been favored with copy Of that telegram. and
~ the lang"age attributed to Mr. Csgrtt uttered
BY him not TWO years ago. a. mispsnted In my card
t 1s :n u Mr.
y him at Blackfoos-as least ann authorized by Dr.
Mitchell ~ ~ state.
again repeat that this card 10 not puhl'abcd a.
own character 40 againet impntations made BY Mr..
Clagett In his :peech on Saturday evening: which
Ar, Cla;;ctt on Monday, were made under . miasp-
prvhension 0f the facts.
n..,.,c KELLEY.
We very cheerfully transfer the above tO
our columns It appears some wager made
at Pioneer a. to . remark alleged tO have
teen made by Mr.. Clagett in private con-
vcrsation, some years ago. was referred to
Mr.. Kelley, and that in reply he wrote,
stating his recollection of what Mr.. G. said
II was first sprung upon Mr.. Clsgett ut
Yamhill, where he was led to believe Mr.
Kelley had Voluntarily published the state.
ment for political effect. He denounced it
in hard terms. and repeated 1t wherever the
story had preceded him. On returning to
Deer L'dge, he believed it proper to say as
much in Mr.. Kelley's presence rs he had else.
where. In the meantime Mr.. Kelley had
in card in the Independens made the same
statement and added thereto statement that
MI. Clayctt had gone back on his word in
Blackfoot two years before; and that MI.
A. J. Simmons, personal friend of Mr..
Clagett, was witness to the fact Here,
then, was one charge of using language,
two years before in private conversation,
which Mr.. Clagett avows to the best of his
knowledge and belief he never uttered. but
which he coull not we'll prove he did not
say; and another charge, y tangible one, of
having gone back on his word, in which
the witness-Mr. A. J. Simmons-was ali.
sent in the Indian country and not expected
hack until about tho time of the election.
Fortunately, however, 1t was learned on the
evening that Mr.. Clsgett spoke in Deer
Lodge that Mr.. Simmons had just returned
to Helena. He was at once telegraphcd To
see Mr.. Kelley's card and state whether that
portion In which was referred to Us the
witness. was true or not. Mr. Simmons o.
once telegraphed, and the telegrams were
read At the meeting, denying all knowledge
of anything Of the kind ever having trans.
pired =: Blackfoot or elsewhere. Mr.. Kel.
Icy was furnished with copies of Mr. Sim.
mons kilograms, hut as Dir. Kelley states
in his last card that misprint occurred in
his first card in the lndependsNl, and as Mr..
Simmons will bc here to-day. we withhold
his telegrams until his arrival.
In regard to the other part, that Nj.
Clagctt. in conversation about the Irish,
had stated Mr. Plummer was better quail.
fled to vote than many Democrats who did
vote, Mr.. Clagett asserts he has no recollec.
tiOn of ever using such language, or he
would avow it. Any man who knows VIM.
H. Claeett knows that he is . man devoid
Of narrow prejudiccs, that he entcrtains the
most liberal political and religious views {;
that he Is nearer the popular heart than any
other man in Montana; that he has hun.
dreds If not thousands of warm personal
friends among the miners who have known
him on this coast for ten years-men who
arc now working for him heart and soul,
and whose friendship he never could have
won andre,aincd did they not know him to
Ike frank, manly, truthful, and above hating.
despis'ng Or deriding any citizen because Of
his honest political beliefs, his nationality
or his creed. There are men here who have
known him personally and intimately, in
political, business and social relations since
he entered public life, but We have neve,
heard any one Of them attribute any such
views TO MI. Clayett The conversation, II
given publicity, should have been given In
full. There are expressions used every day,
that If taken in the abstract, would misrep
resent the spirit and snbstauce of conver
sstion. Every man Il swaie Of this: tina,
In chaffering, jesting, or In serious convsr.
sation. an abstract expression 10 NO fair cri'
terion to judge It by. and 10 not admitted "a
be good evidence In . court of justice
Even the omission or supplying Of word
may distort and entirely pervert It The
developments Of the fscss - to the manue,
Of publicity, and the spirit evidenced by
both parties, has divessed this matter Of the
personal feeling that at first seemed in.
v0lved in 1t, End no one will regret u see l.
sink under lcss questionable discussion Of
Sasuna In ilsn cnnNs,ai0n