The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-12-11
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SENATOR CaRPEsfER.
/ Although we never nave published any
thing in regard to the SANDER against
Senator Carpenter, deeming it a lie from
beginning, we consider it our duty to
give to our readers the following article
from the New York Times which will at
once satisfy them of the truth of our first
| conviction.
We are not aware that Senator Carpen-
ter intends to take any sep in regard to
the slander set on foot against him by an
enemy last Summer He could scarcely
bring libel suit in which the only issue
would be in regard to the character of
lady. This difficulty was doubtless well
considered beforehand by the correspon-
den of the 4 tbune a IN named r ms
dell, who concocted the original slander,
and by his "editor" who repeats it with
the full knopledge that it is false.
We have refrainei from commenting
upon this affair believeing that after the
slander had had it's run, it would die and
be forgotten. But the habitual slander-
er of the Tibu seems to be determined
to shave it out" with Senator Carpenter,
who happined to get 1ribune cores
pondent locked up year or two ago.
For this the so-calied editor of the Tri-
buae has sworn a deadly revenge. He
and his correspondent have therefore, we
repeat. deliberately invented a disgust
ing calumny about Senator Carpenter
a calumny of the kind which every man
finds it hard to meet. because he cannot
meet it without calling lady into pub
lie cont oy ersy. This TACT was duly cal
culatel on by the person at the Trt,ule;
we all remember how clever and brave he
was in taking the Presidents wife and
children. He is capable of inventing
any vile slander, as the Columns of his
journal in the past fully prove. The
story about Senator Carpenter is Matched
solely in his own Imagination, as we ex-
pect to prove to the Satisfaction of every
intelligent Man in the country.
The true facts have b 9eh known to us
for some time The husband oil the lady,
who, for very natural reasons, desires not
to bring his wife's name before the pub
lie, and therefore does not wish to pub
lish anything under his own signature,
some time since called on us and inform
ed us that the charge was utterly false,
and requested us, i'll case the SANDER was
kept up, TO PUBLISH a statement OF facts.
| IL 10 lIOv 4. uusLuess We care to go into
1t suIts the Irt0aa,e scandaimongers
much better. But we will relate the
| facts, ana rnen we Will deal on another
! OCCASION with Senator Carpenters $ asSali-
| ant.
air. Carpenter went, during the Sum-
| mer, to Long Branch, hav1 6 an ap-
| polnUment with the President on busl-
| ness. lie Was accompanied 10y the lady
lii question, vino was put III his charge
| by ner husband. Arriving there about
| D IN the afternoon, he went directly to
| the West End Hotel and applied Tor
rooms, and Was informed by the clerk
/ that tnere was not a vacant room III the
| house, anu mad not been tor several days.
! The clerk and MI. Carpenter were WeIl
| ACQUAINTED the clerk having been Tor
merry III Wizards Hotei, Washington,
where Mr.. Carpenter ana his family had
| boarded two years. The clerk gave MI
| Carpenter a note of Introduction to the
| Ocean House, and he Went there anu opr
| tanned room for TIE lady and one Tor
| himself. At O'Clock he took tea at the
Presidents, and spent the evening with
| President Grant until about go. He
then eturned to the hotel; wnefe sew
| apai eentiemeI. eai,ed on him III whose
| company he remained until about II
| o'clock, and retu ned to New York the
next morning.
Ramsuall-a correspondent of the r. a
! june, VINO was mprIsoned about two
| years ago 10y the Senate on Mr.: Carpen-
/ tel's motion, for contempt III refusing
| to testiiy III regard to the stolen treaty.
and who vowed vengeance On hir. Car-
| penter at that tune, and seems TO nave
watched for an opportunity to retallate
for what he regarded as an iniury-was
| stopping at the West End Hotel He at
once repaired to the telegraph office and
sent despatch So the irtbane saying
| that Senator Carpenter had arrived at
! Long Branch, ana had been refused a
DOM at the hotel, for fedso"s De tkHotoh
to hintseif ard tie pIopriefor Of the hotet.
This telegram suggested base false
! hood, as Ramsdell well knew at the time.
/ He devised 1t, as he himself admitted
| afterwards, solely for the purpose OF
.sgetting even. with Senator Carpenter.
After this had gone through the press,
! there came charge made by Brick Pom
eroy, u his sheet III this City, that Mr..
Carpenter was refused ii room beca Use ne
was Ia 4. state OF bea5tIy intoxicatiol, and
it was said that his appearance was
! dirty aud filthy III the extreme, all !
Brick moralized as Toiiows
iii WAS pItiful sight, this drunken
personal tool OF the President, himself
a Senator, refused quarters at Long
Branch hotel because ne was not III tit
| condition to associate with the people
who are guests there. John Morrlssey
could get the best accommodations there
because he would go clean and sober. !"
A few days were allowed for this to be
copied by the press, preparing the pub
lie mind to believe that Mr.. Carpenter,
/ in such condition, might be guilty of
! anything, and then the IN raj editor of
the I.idnue came out with . column of
his usual Wild Western rowdyism, cnarg-
ing Mr. Carpenter with having outraged
the decency of the land by Haunting a
paramour IN the face OF decent mothers
and wives.
The charge of 'sbeastly mtoxication"
vas necessary basis upon which to rest
the other charge; for no o.ie would
believe that NJ. Carpenter was such a
naturat-born idiot as to do what was
charged, if he were sober and in his
right mind
We nave before Us a tier from Presi-
dent Grant, propounsing the charge thas
Mr., Carpenter was intoxicated entirely
false. Tie President thus writes to
Judge L. 0. Howe, (Oot. 90. 1873 )
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. %, 1873.
DEAR JUDGE Much has been said in
the public prints relative to your ccl-
league, Senator Carpenter, during his
visit to Long Branch this last Summer.
One charge made against him krow to
be untrue. he spent an hour or mora
With me during the evening OF els stay,
and can easver as TO his being at tia
time strictly sober, giving no e7idenc.
OF having been drinking ta 1.la,.A as
| effect az tiaat til.e. ehe other charges
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