Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-08-05

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so unless Captain Bradford could be
gotten off the track. thereupon
went up street saw Capt. Bradford,
told him that myself and others were
anxious to secure the nomination toi
| Hoge instead Of Martin, and that IL
could be done il be would withdraw
/ lie consented. | informed MI. Luz
ras who started at once for the
convention then re'assembling.
In this extract Jno. Barton Payne
says, in language not to " ihlsuh'
| derstood, that Capt. Bradford enter
ed into an arrangement TO withdraw
| his name from the convention to
/ enable Huge to overcome Martin.
Knowing Capt. Bradford To be a man
above bargaining off his friends, and
knowing his personal friendship for
| Mr.. Martin, we called his attention
to that portion of Payne's memo :
randum which referred to him. lie
Indignantly denied the charge made
and indited aud handed to us the
following letter for publication.
PH1LLIPPI, July Is, 1882.
1Ir. Editor: | saw for the first
time on yesterday, a notice Of a con-
tract or agreement, of some kind,
which is said TO have been entered
into by judge Hoge, Mr.. Jno. Bar
ton Payne acting for Mr.. Lucas, at
the Fairmont Congressional conyen-
ton, 1880, in which reference IS
made to me as acting Il part IN SAID
contract, or arrangement. Mr. Jn0.
b. PAYNE is certainly in error when
he SAYS | consented to it, | know
nothing whatever Of seeing Mr..
J. Is Payne at all, at Fairmont,
except upon the speakers stand, or
while he was engaged in the business
Of the conventions | was not much
about the convention ground until
after dark, and when | went upon
the ground | met Mr.. George i.
Sargent and MIR. T. 2. r. Brown,
and Major Brown told me hastily
what had been done and what my
prospects were for the nomination.
He said my name had been present.
ed and withdrawn and presented
again, and that he thought | could
not get the nomination, and that it
would be best for my name TO be
again withdrawn. told him to do
as he pleased about 1t, that l did
not wish to embarrass my friends.
Major Brown then stepped forward
and Withdrew my name. Soon after
this the delegation from this c0dnty
retired into an Office or jury Toom,of
the court house, to which place l
followed, and having been interro-
gated by some of the delegation as
to how they should vote, remember
replying, perhaps with more empha-
sis than elegance, that | desired
every man to vote for whom he pre-
ferred.
[ make this explanation because /
don't want Mr.. Martin to think
that | was conspiring for his defeat,
and besides / never made political
bargain of any kind in my life, and
have never directly or indirectly
been concerned III one.
| am very Respectfully,
Il A BRADFORD.
Thinking that perhaps Mr.. Payne
might nave mentioned it to Major
Brown, and in making up his mem
oraudum weeks after the convention
got him mixed up with Captain
! Bradford, we showed the portion OF
the memorandum TO Brown, asking
him if Payne bad spoken to him
about il. He said: mo. After
| Bradford was out of the way, | was
Martin man. aud | withdrew the
name of Bradford, knowing that he
could not he nominated and think"
ing that his name being before the
convention would beat Ben Martin.
While | admire Judge Hoge, |
wanted Martin to 60 to Congress
| that time. Payne, Capt. Bradford
nor no one else suggested to me to
withdraw Bradford's name, and l
did it not to nominate Judge Hoge,
but Martin. | did it the first time
on my own responsibility and the
second time / spoke to Capt. Brad
| ford about it.
Now we submit that Mr. Payne
has made a mistake. His recollec-
ton has failed him. He didn't copy
the memorandum when the facts
were fresh in his memory. But he
is too good lawyer not to know
that FaIsum IN lnlo folsum IN 0Dlpi-
bus. Judge Hoge denies that he
made any such agreement. Captain
Thomas A. Bradford denies tnat be
made any arrangement, and even
goes further and says, Il never
/ made q political bargain in my life,
and have never, directly or Indirect
ly, been concerned in one"
How will Payne's friends get over
these statements -?
SILVER CREEK, N. Y. Febr. 9Th
1880. -GentS-T have been very low
and have tried everything, to no adj