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tie then returned 10 the hotel. where several
gentlemen called ou him, in whose crmpany
ne remained un;ll about twelve O'Clock. AMI
returned 10 NCwlork the next morning.
EsmSdell-g CORES ondcpt nf the Ti.a.s.
who was imprisoned about two wears ~, hS
the Senate on Mn Carpenters motion. Tor
contempt IN refusing to testify in regard Il
the stolen treaty. ana who vowed vengeance
on Mr.. Carpenter ut that time. seems to
have watched for an opportunity to rctaliate
Tor what he regarded a. an injury stop
ping at the West End Hotel. He at once
repaired To the telegraph office and sent
dispatch To the Tribune, saving that senator
Carpenter had arrived NJ Long Branch, and
had been refused room ut the hotel, "for
reasons ttSt k0Hira 10 aimsCf AMI fas proprietor
Of The hnt,i."
This telegram suggested a base false
hood as Ramsdell well knew mt the time.
He devised it, as he himself admitted after
ward, solely tor the purpose ui getting
even with Senator. Carpenter. After th,
had gone through the press, there came
charge made by Brick Pomery. in his sheet
in this City, that Mr.. Carpenter was refused
Il room because he was in a state Of bcaStlv
intoNica,on. and it was said that his appear
ance was dirty and untithv in the
extreme" and Brick moraliZcd rs follows ,
1T was pitiful sight, this drunken per-
SpHdl topl vi tIlt lItSNttNl, hItli~tI
senator, refused quarters al Long Branch
hotel because he was not in a liz condition to
associate with the people who are guests
there John Morrissey could get the best
Accommodations there because he would go
clean and sober
y few days were allowed fox this L. he ,
copied by the press, preparing the public /
mind to believe that Mr.. Carpenter, in such I.
condition, might be guilty of ANYTHING, and
then the moral editor Of the Jltb1uc came
out with a column OF his usual wild West /
crn rowdyism, charging Mr.. Carpenter with .
having outraged the dcccnCy Of the land by 7.
tlamting paramouv in the face ot decent .
mothers and wives.
The charge OF 'hrastly utnNcltiou" wa, I
neccs AIRY basis upon which to rest the /
other charge; for no one would believe that /
Mr.. Carpenter was such a naturai-b born idiot /
Is To- do what was charged, ii he were sober .
and in his right mind.
We have before Us a letter from President /
Grant, pronouncing the charge that Mr. /
Carpenter was Intoxicated entirety false ,
The President thus writes to Judge +. q. /
Howe (Uct. 20, 1899
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WAsITNGTuN. ID. G., Oct. %, IS13.N
DEAR JUDGE: Much has been said in the .
public prints relative to YOUR colleague Scna- /
tor Carpenter, during his visit to Long /
Branch this last summer. one charge made /
against him know to be untrue. He spent
an hour or more with me during the evening /
of his stay, and can answer rs to his being |
at the time strictly sober, giving no evidence |
Of having been drinking to mark It's effect at |
that time. The other charges know moth |
ing about, and made no idea about, thinking ,
them impossible.
Yours truly, /. =. GENNT.
Judge Il. q. HOWE.
Here, then, is charge No. | di,poscd Of /.
Mr.. Farrar, the clerk of the West End +
Hotel, thus disposes Of Ramsdclrs tie:
WILLARD'S HOTEL,
WAsHINGTnN, Oct. ~, Dab.
H,a. T. -. Howc:
DEAR SIR: In regard to the CHARGES .
against Senator Carpenter at Long Branch. /
the facts are simply these: Mr.. Carpenter
came with several others, and there was not /
n vacant room in the house told linn so, /
and gave him a note Of Introduction 10 the /.
Ocean House. If the President had called 7
at the same time for room, ! should have /.
told him the same thing. Mr. Carpenter /
was neither intoxicated, nor guilty al any
impropricties whatever.
GRO. II. FAEEAR,
Hoom C}e1R west End Lo'i. I
And Dir. Bliss, an intimate acquaintance /
of EamsdriI, thus dspoScs ct Ham,dcll
himself
DISTRICT OF CoLCMlIA,
BOARD oF llEAIIm, /
NNsnINGTON, October u, Is
lion. 7. -. Ho,rs:
DEAR SIR: | saw Mr.. Ransdcll who
tclegraphcd to the Newly Ork IiiLun, in re-
gard to Senator Carpenters being refused
rooms at the West End Hotel, Long branch,
i'll June last, soon after Mr.. Ramsdcil's
return to Washington. | then informed Mr..
Ramsdcll that was personally acquainted
with the lady in question, having attended
her professionally on several occasions
during the last few years that he had made
IL mistake and done the lady a great wrong.
He replied, ~ d0Hf cure; lure gDt ,r,u Jr,h
Carpenter" This he repeated, in substance,
several times during the conversation, lead
ing me TO understand that he was only
cndcayOring to punish Senator Carpenter for
his course a. Chairman of the Senate Conn
mittcc in the matter Of the stolen treaty. |
Mr.. Ramsdcll was formerly nv chief clerk al
ArmoTy Square End Hospital during the
late war, and our relations have been aud
now are intimate, and this conversation CON
WINGED me that lis statcmcmcnt was more
freely made than it would have been 10 9TH I
ers, and that he was only actuatch hv
design To rctaliatc upon senator Carpenter,
ami s,emsi 10 rejoirc mot he had Ufnfet ,0ro,y
upon the cb11te, n Senator CHpsote. -rs,af
TFqd5t 10 lTidt f,r ti'ff m'yM b..
make This statement rs matter 81 ius-
tice, both to the kdy injured and senator
Carpenter.
Very truly YOUR, y. ". Bis.
These letter not onl} .ointn tic rhar,c,
made against senator Carpenter, brat show
that they have been inspired by personal
malice. We have bsiuIr ~ "a letter written
by United ~tslos Senator, "a which hc
SAWS that hc wa 1t Long Branch the t4y
after Mr.. Carpenter was there, and that lac
applied for and w", unable 10 obtain room
at Wet End Hotel, tor the reason that there
was not vacant room IA tAa house, aud hc
adds:
DErhTrE, ala, sept. u, Ir,G.
NJ DEAR ~ENAIOE: ! wu. at Long
Branch the day after ynu were there last
Summer, or, al a.. r,euta, the dIy the Hr,t
telegram appca.ei 80 the Newly Ork T,,,gls
concerning your ....t there. ! went t. the
went End Hotel aud wa told by the
clerk that there Was not a vacant room in
the house and hal not been Tor several days;
that they htd bean -Jmpeiled 10 refuse many
+ persons.
1 saw the TsLs as conespOndeu, Mr..
i.au.-IcilI "a l,yy moments all.raau and
referring - thr Telegram So ti- I,,,ras,
asked him what il meant and whether there
was any truth IA il. !Jg a ssas't,| q, nee that
I there Vas "a Truth ,stai.,sy ~ pt1f g.atf bc