The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-29

POI; Landers, Democrat, %, 740; Gregg
national, 1865; plurali y for Porter
1851.
Weaver wratIy =.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2s-Georre O
Jones, chairman of the Nav York STATE
Greenback committee fun aishes the fol
lowing correspondence hich explains
ITSELF
ALBEMAR e HOTEL,
NEW YORK, Oct. "A.
Hon. j. b Wedcer, Des II zines, Ia:
The New York Star. Democratic
paper published in this city, printed on
its fifth page of this date what il claims
to be an exact photograph copy of let
Ter written by you, dated in this CITY
September 13. Please inform me al
once of its ACCURACY.
lSlgnedI GEO. o. JONES,
Chairman N Y state committee.
Dies MONIES, lows, Oct. d.
Col. Geo o. Jones, AE6ermarIe Hotel
Neao York:
Your telegram has been received
The letter published in the New York
Star of 24th inst, purporting to be signed
by me and addressed to Hon. e. II. Gil
lett, is an unqualified forgery through.
out. / never wrote such letter or ut.
tered such sentiments or thoughts, nor
did Mr.. Gillett ever advise with me in
least concerning my course in Maine.
j B. WEAVER
State of Iowa, Polk county, IS.
Personally appeared before me, no
tary public in and for said county. J. b
Weaver. who on oath says that the mat
tiers and things set down in the forego.
ing affidavit are true.
ISigned.l q. s. FULTON, Notary.
To George o. Jones, AE5ensarls Hotel
Nelo York:
/ have seen your telegram to General
Weaver. have never received any such
letter from Gen. Weaver as is referred to
in the letter published in the New York
Star / have conversed with Gen. Wea.
yer, and know that he does not entertain
such sentiments. I think I understand
the purpose of this forgery.
ISignedI E. Fl. GILLETT.
DE MONIES, Oct. 25.-The New York
Star letter, which claimed to be from
Gen. Weaver to Gillett, and which Wea.
wear and Gillett, here to-day both pro-
nounced q forgery, stated that Weaver
was opposing a Greenback fusion in
Maine and Indiana in the interest of the
Republican party.
BlantOn Duncan on CrandaII.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 25.-The Courier.
Journal of Tuesday will publish the fol-
lowing from Col. Bianten Duncan: An
utterly mendacious editorial from Lee
Crandall, alleging that I tempted Gen.
Hancock with suppositious Green
back nomination, absolves me from
Withholding the correspondence upon
which Crandall marked 'confidentialp
and from which | had been perfectly
convinced that Dyer d. Lums' charges
were true as TO the purchase of me in
control of the Greenback organization.
The letters from General Hancock to me,
together with one of October 2Sth, 1879,
have already been published. The let
ter suggesting the Greenback
nomination, and to which
I wrote recommending Hancock
not to reply. came to me from Lee Gran.
dali, secretary of the Greenback execu-
tive committee, voluntarily. "For some
time past Judge Warwick Martin and
myself have been talking over a plan to
elect Gen. Hancock president of the
United States" Crandall and Martin
are managers of the machinery. Gran
dali supported Hancock indirectly for
some months thereafter, and published
several articles under my signature He
got FESTIVE, however, and on February
18th, 1880, wrote complaining that the
friends of Hancock shave not done any.
thing for the View, and booming him
reduces my receipts. II is strange that
Hancock don't send contribution
to me for the View. / am
not able to continue the fight
in his behalf unless receive some flnan.
IaI oSA l.
his friends to give the Vieao financial
boom at once, which will place me in d
position to give more space to their in
terests." A reply was instantly made
by me that General Hancock was not
seeking to buy the nomination or influ-
ence, and that Crandall would have to
seek elsewhere for money. He ceased
booming Hancock at once. Pity for his
poverty and compulsory prostitution has
kept me silent, though it was long ago
evident to me that the whole Greenback
machinery was permeated with corrupt.
ed and purchaseable elements, of which
the honorable portion were in ignorance
tSignedl BLANToN DUNCAN.
Democrats in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23.-Acting un
der orders of General Wilt, after legal
advice, state supervisor of registration
Cavanac decided to keep the registration
Office open in this city until October 80
The Republicans contend that the regis
tration books should, under the law, be
closed ten days prior to the lection. To
day Cavanac was arrested on complaint
of United States Supervisor Pearson and
taken before Commissioner Lane
charged with Illegally registering voters
The case was set for hearing Tuesday
The Republicans claim that as the regis
tration now stands the candidates fol
congress in the First and Second dis
tricts would certainly be elected The
Republican campaign committee adopt
ed the following:
WHEREAS, The continuance of the
registration in the parish of Orleans be
yond the time fixed by Law, is fragrant vi
olation of the letter and spirit of the law
and is for political purposes, under
the orders of the Democratic committee
is in direct conflict with the opinion oil
the United district attorney; therefore
be it
Resolced, That affldavits be made
against every person who illegally regis
tiers after this date, and against the su
pervisor or clerk registering any persons
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