, 1881-11-18
.u 1nhn insists that He Paid
N for His Membership in
Cash.
q. Intends to Investigate the His
~ torical sooicty's Finances
Thoroughly.
At. scam1uon's Assertions Declared 10
lie al Varlanco With tho
Truth.

s' .,, Inn loss Of tho I!lalurlcnl soclrty by It's
,'rc. and Tic c,rgp TINT hc fl paid his llfo-
l.ambcr.uit, fco III Congressional fibounlHste.
ps "a, {,nl4l reading TiiE TItfBuNE, his cyn
,a.,tnv .lt,ou Mr. Sch'ilt'"hs nltrrltivc, nnd was
=. =, aay,hIuy but tho hest Of h,tlinr.
T1,o H." Icuortur n'..te knuw,l tho gbjcct nf hls
10 ny askIng Mr.. Wentworth, in hlc 'nf!ldost
,,Ic terms, If 1lb Eld rrMu what Mr. Scntl-
S"u Ind sad. Tho reply WINS:
nih,ys: Aild 1t Is Il liz from beginning to end.
.uJhr Apuw IL to bo 81. pai1 $500 IN chah for
rto membership iu tho Historical Society und
s,o,ynody wto ktnws mo or nGs,lt my financial
s,.,nps kuowv thlt rur promptly FOR ctcry-
.s,rg bnyr. 1hIs Is tho titst accusation ever
brotah, ugall,st sno Ut DotnK IL leutll'cat.'
"VnJ did not pny your membership fec, then,
n CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS AS Ii
l. c1IAIlGEnP'
.ryr, since cu.nc 10 Cn!cago l,nvo Mhorc,1
N make my wur,f, a.ld MY vote, and my
.nn:crlut,ops ns nunA rs gold and silver.
nayc rcnt 10 the society vaat amount
n 1,uks aud paptrs, NIL In tho
,n,crs, OF history, uilJ for no other
n,,ynnse. Ii, return ! have nuvcr received frum
In society Any consideration. and never expect
m. WM,lrvrr pronttNcs Thu cause Of history
tuteerycs n,r ambition
"yhrn yu.l lnvo given tito socicty Congress
sIonll ,!urulncn!s:' .....
vi hayc no knowledge of ever having pscsont.
w.. StM ,,rlrsx II wns t,y ft,rwa rf]inp nc,,.
o. aal . n ~, Itn,,t,ux TrnIi, lima - linn ina
.stnr Eus NJ uIr present Congrcss1ncn l,ro unQ.
.Then yo,t ln yuur 'nuts'borshii-Ecc In cnBt,
'o' pa p"t' ths ''.''iey-s-to olthor Mr. Arnold
or Nr. Scwh,rry torEGt which"
"Yua 'huvo II receipt fur 7, ui conr'e!
Ind Ihy rrtGlpt vent Hl0HE With ttu rest t-ulUnx
With uuch Vi ME. SehlHtnuna property
. In aiswet to further questions ho .,tid:
..r1,r rlsrnurAt, Society Is IN DEBT.
eur .,',,.. ~ ,,'v.r.. ,,,u, ,,o,,, ~, ,',.
snd se ps,x y. - b;,,,t ,.,Itm,c 1 eo b,,ht
s Sra!'s ,rm,,.i ,cr, shn,, stt,
tuat tns tteaaWs u M' t,.i,.ti,enu ns ssn,
9gs whon fS.1 IN" s ,et asscts.
What atses tl NV ,, ~, ,rtc,, VIZ NJ, EU.so
sutta an ~ ~, nai'a, ~ ~ nr',r
Ealtoo fespeea!mu i! @nn @tn aoa ,iE r.
1ne cua s,,ai st,I ,s -, ,,,,,, ~. t,,,.ha
MnpEa4u t is =; ~ ~, % .,s. ~ H, t,rt ~.
~ spyu,i v upncrtunse.i for Appears 10 iic ubntt
fia&I which wuuld nso,u thai, pny tho debts 0f
thsirc. . 1t win tu scctl. tic fir. ha.t n1thttis
todt with our loss. It loss i proves to be-"
~ Tug eoccty meeting, tnen' ypu were
.rAlt as!t.4l WIS that this c1it!re tuutter
bbiulI hc cSplaincd, md thnt the hohke or t!Io
efety should shtw 'vhnt l!!.d btcome Of tho
sJseycr. as 4 psrrollMi MttAck upnt, sir. sSAn-
f5n, nosiee W TilG :tt1nrSE'S hchtlllncs."
! Picking nv. .TIlE IttNHHE Mr. Wentworth rnnd
Nthu htadIhrs aloud and inter rcnlark my upon
the Injustice theY did HIN, went IN tu any:
"Slnca cantc to ChtttEo VIC l,nvu ha,l
IL tAH;E yl;Mf3En ~, 11SsitccEssEt,t, uASK-
iscnu,oon dt,cs ,,ot ctan,i o,o,c for ttor, ,vero
Panc. E,l'jy> svifE Encnrnt. Mvors. tsrccn,,.
tnuI, jiu,rs. ind tprbnts !, h,in,iret uthnrd.
Ali If th.n, Ind rsstn.n,obir families ami nssn
"mtIo,s n,,,i thn ms,t If ,h'1n wnr', III Ien,3Jnr
,nrnIrTx nr an,,r rh,,rc mil IN ,rn,,ir IL ftaf
iao ,suct nj sy oe ua:r.akos ST 10 % snyi.,y9kInx Y; @