Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-08
l simply .eud ,hi. information to III. clerk.

| simply send this information to the clerk's
desk, and leave the q~uestion hereafter ~ one
Of ~veraci,y between the Pos, and the gentle
man rom Mi~i,sippi-A q,eation with
vhich | have mt The slightest cnncetn-bui,
while the gentleman has disclximlei ,e.pon.
sibi ,ity for ,hia article, aud the P0st stated
that the article Wan based on Information
from him. which the editor deemed sui
icient to warrant the publication Of the ar
',cl-, l do not deem il necessary to ask 70,
All Investigation Of the fac, tina, my action
ala Il reuresen,a,iv has been attributed to
c ,rtupt motives, Gentlemen may naturally
imagine the scnsitivencss which expert
ence on the subject, for the reason that i,
brings my wife's name before the country,
aud it was for this reason that l apked the
letter might not be talked arout The lei.
ter published is not the one, or a copy oi
The one, received. Tna, letter is az follows:
Washington. March 4-SIR: IL you
will keep Washburn in his seat in spite at
the democrats We will pay Mrs. 5 So, 1000.
Get the thing .quashed ut once. Resp Ct.
fully. [%Langh,er.]
1t win be seen. Mr. chai.man. that TIL
is not signed by the thin disguise of "a re-
publican" aud was II It written by one, as
will appear before l have concluded my
statement. II l had been at home the letter
would nave been committed to the flames,
as l commit all an nymous communications
that l receive. But in my absence Mrs.
Springer always acts as INV private secretary.
On this occasion, having opened the letter,
she did not regard it for a moment as au
offer TO bride me, coming from Washburn's
friends, but Indignantly received it a. a de.
liberats attempt On the part of Donnelly
and his friends to insult the and huliduzr
me BECAUSE they learned l was not going /"
vote to seat him. II war for that reason she
started 10 see him and stated that an insult
ing attempt had been made toward herself
and her husband which he ought to know.
and that he and his friends were responsible
for it. You can imagine the indignation Of
q sensitive woman, whose honor anti whose
husbands honor are both impesched in this
manner. She ia not to b'ame for an instant,
at Indignantly ~resenting it. Mr.. Julian. Of
Indiana, being a friend of our family, and
Ut the same time counsel for Donuelly,a .k-d
permission that Donnelly nigh, he called.
For what purpose? That he nigh, +xcul.
pate himself from the charge that was made
against him Of attempting to insult me. l.,
wss for that reason that Julian asked the
privilege that he might come and exculpate
himself He ~ permitted to do q, on the
express understanding that the matter should
go no further than himself arc Julian until
my return to the city. That agreement was
broken Immediately by Dome ", becau-.
on my return I found him in the mon,h Of
more than a dozen Of nv colleagues herr.
Accompanying this anonymous letter wa- II
letter which reached mt at The same time OIL
my return home, | desire to call the atten
tion Of the house to this letter. l. ia MOI
Synonymous but signed bv one Of Donnelly'-
friends. This other letter and the anony-
mons letter were placed in my hands at the
March. Mr.. Fiuley's letter arrived 10 the
morning and the anonvmOu. letter in the
afternoon. Mr.. Springer then cent to the
clerks desk, and hid read the following
letter:
avs JETTER