Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-08-03
Mr.. HUBBELL's STATEMENT.


Washington Correspondence Post and
Tribune
Mf. Hubbeli returned from Fortress
Monroe Thursday fIorr;rs. He was
called on st his house cqf that DAY by
yosf correspondence and asked il he
had Shy statement to make regarding
the charges made against him by
friefids of Senator Ferry and others
that he ifistigated and sent out tire ar
ticles In the Grand Army Journal re.
hecting upon Senator Ferry's record,
Mr.. Hubben said lie did n6t personally
care to make eny statements, but as
it seemed that one was expected froui
him he would inake one. He did so
as foll0wS
"Mr. Ferry Published, or caused to
be published, in the National Veteran
a biography of himsen illustrated with
portraits, and sent a large edition of
il TO Michigan. He is public man, a
candidate for reelection to tire United
5tstss SENATE. This pobliertiefs was
a practical challenge to the criticisms
of the world Of his record. 1t could
have no other meaning under THE cir
cumstances u Ire had not been ~
candidate for re election it might and
would mo- doubt have been considered
u simple statement or friendly review
Of his services, but such q qualifications
by a candidate for q high once il AZ
stated above, a Challenge for criticism.
The challenge was accepted by Mr..
Bissell. He reviewed and criticised
this biography of the Senator When
printed was shown a copy, and being
assured that its statements OF Mr.. Fer
rvs record were official, and believing
them to be SO from my personal knowk
edge, I purchased some copies of tiris
paper containing the review without
giving any direction as to their distri|
button except that they were to be ad|
dressed to the proprietors of tire Miele]
igan list. am Irot the author nor did
l inspire q single sentence of the arti|
Gle. With Senator Ferry's structures
have nothing to do He is responsible
for them and no doubt will support
them. As to the character of the pa
per know nothing of IT, lt was rep
resented to me as the organ of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and
knowing nothing to the contrary Ibe-
lievsd IL to be on tire war-path with
the National Veteran, in which the
biography of the Senator appeared. I
have made no arrangements with nor
is there any agreement either expressed
or implied, between myself and the
propristors of the Grand Army Jour
nal, or either of them, by which that
paper Is or was to be in my interest iir
the coming Senatorial Canvass i'm Mich
igan, or that IL is to- attack the public
or private character OF Senators. 1
supposed it to be an established paper
with a regular circulation, and be-
lieve 80 now. / have not distributed,
or caused to be Distributed, single
copy of that paper, nor have FUR
nished, or caused to be furnished, to-
it's proprietors a list of persons to-
whom copies were to be addressed -
The intination that the paper is sup
ported by the Republican Congression-
al Committee il too absurd to notice.
No overturss were ever u1acic' by its
proprietors looking to such an arrange
ment, and il they had been they most
certainly would not have been enter
tanned. The issue was never i'm the
Republican committee rooms, and not
a single copy was either paid for by
the committee or seHt ont by it's clerks
or employees, and the iHtiiftation that
such is the case is simply without foun-
dation.