The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-12-11

he Tribnne came out with column o
his usual wild Western rswdyism, charg-
ing Mr. CARPENTER with having outraged
the dscsncy of the land by Haunting O
paramount in the face of decent mothers
and wives. F,..
The charge of "bs >stly intOxication''
was q necessary basis upon which to rest
the other charge; for no one would be-
lisve that Mr.. CARPENTER was such a
natural bern idiot as to do what was
charged, if he were sober and in his ri ght
mind.
We have before us letter from PreSi-
dent GRANT, pronoupcing the charge that
Mr. CARPENTER was intoxicated entirely
false. The President thu. writes to Judge
T. 0. HOWE, (Oot. 20, 1879
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WASHINGTON, d. @. Oct. 20, 1873.
DEAR JUDGE: Much has been aid in the public
prints relative to year colleague, Senator CARPKU
THR, daring 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 HE stay and can answer
to his being at the time strictly ober, giving
evidence of having been drinking to mark it's ef-
feet ut that lime The 9th er charges KIN w roth.
ing about, AID made ne inquiry about, thinking
taem impossible.
Yours truly, U. 3. GRANT.
Judge T. .. Howe
Here, thss, is charge No. 1 disposed of
Mr.. EARRAR. the clerk Of the West End
Hotel, thus aiapeHeS of RAMsDELL's lie:
WnLAEp's HOTEL, WARRINGTON Oct. 20, 1873
Hon. T. o. Ro.os:
DEAR SIR: In regard to the charges against
Senator CARPENTER at Long Branch, the facts are
simply these: Mr. CARPENTBR came with several
others, and there was not a vacant room in the
hose. told him SO, and gave him note Of in
| PRODUCTION 10 the Ocean House. II the Pres ident
had called at the same time for room, should
have told him the same Thing; Mr., CARPENTER
neither nor gRoia OF AK
Room Clerk West Fad Hotel.
Aud DR.. Bliss,an Intimate acquaintance
Of RAMsDELL, thus disPssss sf RAMsDEL4
himself:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BOARD OF HRALTH,
WASHINGTON, ect. 81, 1873.
Hon. T. 0. Ho,Oe
DEAR SIR: l saw Mr.. RAMsDELL, who tel egraphcd
to the New York Tribune in regard to Senator
| CARPENTERS being refused rooms at the West
Bnd Hotel, Lone Branch, in june last, soon after
L.
formed Mr.. RAMsDELL that was personally ace
quatnted with the lady In question, having at.
during the last few yearS that he had made mis-
take and done the lady great wrong. He replied,
~ don't care; hGUe got eUes with Carpenter. y
This he repeated in substance, several times du-
ring the conversation, leading me to understand
that he was only endeavoring to punish Senator
| CARPENTER for his course as Chairman of the SEN
ate Committee in the matter OF the stolen treaty.
Mr.. RAMsDELL was formerly my chief clerk at
Annoy Square End Hospital daring the late war,
and our relations have been and now are intimate,
and this conversation convinced me that his stats
ment was more freely made than it would have
been to others, and that he was only actuatea by
design to retatiate upon Senator CARPENTER ana
seenled to rejoice Mdthe had inflicted injury upon
the character of Senator Carpenter aoih0ut regard
TO S1bdt the facts insight be.
| make this statement az q matter OF justice,
both to the lady injured and Senator CARPENsER.
| Very truly yours, D. W. BLISS,
These letters not only rsfHte the char
gsa made against Senator CARPENTER,
but show they have boon inspired by per
senAl malice. We have bsfsrs US letter
writtea by United States Senator, in
which he says that he was at Long Branch
tho day after Mr.. CARPENTER wAs there,
and that he applied for and was unable
to obtain q room at the West Fad Hotel,
for the reason that there was not q vacant
room in the hsnse and he adds:
DECATUR Ala, sept II, 1873.
| NrDEAR SENATOR: wss at Long Branch the
dav after you were there last SUNNI er, or, at all
events, the day the first telegram appeared In the
New York Tribune concerning yORr visit the.e. |
went to the ''West End HOTEL and was told by
the clerk that there not a vacant room In the
house and had not been for several days; that they
lad been compelled to refuse many persons.
| l saw the Tribune correspondent(Mr. RAMsDELL)
a few moments afterward, and, referring TO the
telegram in the Tribune, l asked him what II
tmeant, and whether there was any truth in 1t. He
admitted 10 that there no truth 90bate0er in
sohat a0OuLa be implied from tho telegram after
ward talked with the room clerk upon the same
subject land he told me you w9re refused q room
only because every 6ne in the house was occupied.
l am very sincerely yours, -
GEO. SP ENCER.
HoN. MATT. Il. CARPENTER, Milwaukee, Wis,
We think that there is qlite prosf
enough hare that the Tribune has oRce
norc bsen at its old games, and endsav-
ed to destroy political sPponens by
invcnting q dsstardly Islander esncerAiag
him. VIVA. can people thlRk, after read
ing the above letters, of RAMsDELL aud
his precious "editOr ,"