The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-20
JORGENsEA EOREvER /,
He Talks to Renegade Cor.
ham In English.
A eau site Card 10 the POIiti.
cal Triekster.

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Washington, Icy esterday's Ma
ttondI Republican, commenting
up n the recent visit of a delegation
of Virginia straight-Out republicans
TO the executive mansion, took occa-
sion to express sarcastic doubts of
the sincerity of Congressman Jor-
gensen's reported disavowal of
sympathy with the utterances of
the speakers, whom he introduced.
1t also described him as
"the recognized head centre of
a few republicans who favor side
show to the great Bourbon circus in
Virginia, next summer" and as
being greatly exercised lest his
privileges rs a disburser of federal
patronage should be pruned. To-
days Post publishes caustic re-
joinder from JorgenSen, addressed
to George G. GOrham, as the Repub-
licdH'S political editor. In this COM
munication, which was refused pub
hcatiOn by the Republican, Jorgen-
sen explicitly definines his position,
and then carries the war into
Africa. He contends that the Vir-
ginia republicans should maintain
their party organization, and not
merge with any other. He says:
"The state central committee should
call republican convention, whose
province it should be, through the
regularly authorized representatives
of the republicans throughout the
state, to do whatever would bel
most conducive to the interests of
the republican party, its success in
the future, and the maintenance of
its principles. whether that should
be an alliance with the readjusters
or not. The latest information that
L have of Senator Mahone's view is,
that the repubh beans should amalga-
mate or fuse themselves with his re-
adjusters. This L look upon as sui
cidal to the future of our party in the
State of Virginia, and a monstrous
proposition. He points out that the
Republicans at the4aSt election cast
5000 votes and the readjusters only
10000, and expresses his decided
opinion that no sane republican of
honest convictions can, in view of
these figures, ask the republicans of
| Virginia to abandon their organiza-
ton, amalgamate with the read
justers and elect the readjuster can
didates by their votes. Jor-
gensen concludes his letter to
Gorham as follows: "And now,
here l should like to know who
are you that you should act as CEN
| sOr of my conduct? and that you
should construe my motives? and
that you should faint me with failing
to perform my duty to the repuE-
lican party of Virginia, or of the
nation? 1t seems to me that your
assurance is almost boundless,
taking into consideration the fact
that | have never been anything
during my life time but a repub-
lican of the Straightest sect, sustain
ing its principles under all circum-
stances and almost going through
hell in maintaining them, and
through dangers and persecution in
UNFOLDING them, that you never
dreamed of. That you should be
the one to attack me thus, passes
my understanding; for are you not
the very same man who, only
two short years ago, marshaled
and led the bourbon democratic
cohorts in California, and almost
succeeding in your efforts to
destroy the republican party there |?
Are you not the man who nearly
every republican in California is
denouncing in the bittereSt terms,
and thanking almighty God that you
are not there to do further harm to
the party you nearly destroyed?
And in imputing the motives to me
that you do, that l am actuated only
by my dssire 10 control patronage,
do you, who charge this to me, not
know, that the whole country, IRE
spectiye of party, sees in this interest
displayed by you in the readjusters'
success in Virginia, that it is surely
for the purpose of securing the
office through the influence that
senator Malone now possesses ?
No, sir. L advice you to extract the
beams from your own eye before you
endeavor to take them out of mine.
Be more charitable in imputing mo-
| tiYes to fellow republican, and
permit him an expression of his
honest opinions and convictions,
remembering all the time that he is
kicking inside of his party traces
and not outside of them. | call
upon you, in justice to myself, to
publish the above letter, for | am
Unfortunate in not having news
paper of my own in which to ex-
press my opinion, and as you have
been employed by the republican
stockholders of the National Repu6-
liean newspaper to publish such
matters as would advance the
cause of republicans, L trust that
having an identity of principles and
interests with them, | will be per-
mitted to have the same opportunity
with yourself, in setting myself
right before the public.
Very respectfully yours, ETC.,
JOSEPH .TORGENsEN.