Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-10

sesi.r. from Gov. Wash burn.

notice. lop say that sit is indus
triousy reported by a friend of
Senator Carpenter that you entered
into a bargain with HIM ia 1871,
tnat. if he woald support you for
,loyernor, you, in return, would
support him for United States Sen
at1r" That letter is in existence,
in which you said you were proud
of our Senators III Congress, and
hoped to see them long remain Sen
ators, and that You should never be
a candidate against either" You
further say that "wAile can readily
understand that, at the time named,
YOU felt as you are said to have eX-
pressed yourself, yet the subsequent
actions of one OF the Senators alb
solved you from any understanding
Won may have had To support him"
Your request that | state to you the
fact, cneerlully comply with, and
YOU are at liberty to make such use
of my letter as you like. From the
day first entered into public life
until the present hour | have never
entered into bargain with, or
made any promise to, any man
whereby | was to secure his support,
and never shall. | never wrote a
letter to any man promising my
support in consideration OF sup
port given to me. | never wrote Il
letter saying | was proud OF our
Senators, and should endeavor to
keep them in the Senate. Some
three months or more ago, | heard
that it was being said that III 1871
| had written Gen. j. NJ. RuslI a
letter i'll which was stated what you
uame to nae. [ had no recollection
OF having written any such letter,
and was sure | had not ! lnetsGen
x. soon after the state fair, apd
asked hiR ii lac ever received any
letter from ire promising nay sup
port to Senators Howe aud Carpen-
ter. or that | would not be a candi-
date against them! His answer
was that he had received letter
from M in 1871, in answer to an
urgent request from him that |
would allow my name to be used
before the State Convention for q
nomination for Governor, but that
he was confident it contained no
1,romiSp of that kind
The reports OF the existence Of
this letter have come to me thick
aud fast lately, and the contents
We're growing stronger as the prob
abilities of its loss Increased. In
deed, | have heard of one man who
claimed to have seen it, and to have
recolected distinctly its contents,
who was prepared to swear, at the
proper time, that | had said in that
letter that | had a very exhalted
opinion OF Senator g., that he had
happily disappointed all my eXpec-
tations, and that be should have my
cordial support from the time hence
forward. AS these reports have in
creased, so has my anxiety to have
the letter found and produced; and
as soon us | hear that it was claimed
that any letter had ever been writ
ten by me of the character named
| insisted that it should be found :,
and | am happy to say that it has
been found, and was yesterday
furnished with a copy of it. Why
it should be an object of so much
Interest to a man who claims, or his
friends for him, that the recent
election was triumphant personal
rindication, | cannot quite under
stand. In view OF the misrepre-
sensations of the contents of the
letter, it Is not improper for nae to
say that when was in Milwaukee,
almost ten days ago, Senator Car
penter called upon me to persuade
that | ought not allow my name to
te used in any way in connection
with the Senatorship. He said that
/ wrote letter in 1871 to Gen
Ruak, which he saw; that he took
40 copy, but that his recollection Of
Its contents was perfect; that said
IN the letter that | had been most
happily disappointed in regard to
INN; that he was making a much
better Senator than ever believed
he would; that | was entirely salts
lied with him; and that | never
would be candidate against him.
/ remarked to the Senator, that |
was confident that his memory was
at fault, but that he mistook entire