Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-11
~rELL THE TRUTH"


The IntelEgeneer Of yesterday contained
an editorial in which certain and Infamous
charges are made against Mr.. st Jehn the
Prohibition candidate for President Among
other things the ktelhgeneer says:
The present and common understanding
is that zoe National Republican Committee
had the first n &c at st John and refused
TO buy him, ard that the Democratic Com
nittee. learning that so conspicuous re
former was fer sale, bought him for So, 600.
This sum is given BY the Washington cor
respondent Of the Pittsburgh Times, who
does lot vouch for its accuracy. The
amount may have been more or less. Less
would have paid St. John well Twice Is
much would have been cheap enough 10
the Democratic Committee.
The editorial then continues to say that
many Republicans are finding fault with
their committee because il did not buy
Mr.. ST. JOHN if he was for sale. To this
cayil the Intelhgencer makes reply that IT
the committee declined q chance to buy 1t
was because either il did not want to 60 into
that kind Of business or because it thought
ST. JOIN would not keep faith, or could not
deliver the goods. The concluding para
graph reads thus:
We may be sure tina. at some time the
whole of this entertaining story will coma
out. Ii comes under the head OF too good
to keep. When the truth comes there Will
be some very sick St. John people. Some
of them are not feeling well now.
1t is only necessary TO read the. subjoined
letter to realize how completely the utter
auces of the Inlelligeucer are the rawlings Of
a narrow minded partisan CALLED By meriIed
defeat.
Another FalsehOod Refuted.
Nsr Ycrk Fi'ress.
The Philadelphia News recently charged
that Governor st. John could have been
bought of by the Republican National
Committee for $4,000, implying that be
had offered 10 Withdraw for that sum. This
allegation, almost too ridiculous to notice,
was copied by the Tribune, of this city. A
gentleman forwarded to Mr. St. John the
articles containing this charge, and has re-
eeiyed the following reply:
OLATHE, KAN, Nov. 81.
Ny DEAR FRIEND With q hundred
uDansw cred letters before me, | have
only time to say, in reply 70 yours
of the 18th inst, that the state
ment Of the Philadelphia News Cor any
other paper, or any individually that ever
offered 10 sell myself or the Prohibition par
ty for SlO,O00 or any other sum, pledge or
promise, is simply one Of the many base
and malicious lies of which the
Republican party has been eS-
ceedingly prolific during and since the
close OF the campaign. | made the fight for
prohibition because believed, and still be-
heye, il to be right, and the Republicans
may be bum me in efigy, and threaten per-
sonal violence, and continue to publish inEa-
nous fslseh. DDS about me, and heap upon
me vilh6carion and abuse, but they shall
never sv erve me one jot or title from my
determination TO press on the
warfare against the liquor traffic and
all parties or individuals that defend or
offer an apology for it. And in this strug-
gle VT should ever look to God and not TO
the pGh,icians Of the land for guidance.
did not want the nomination Of the Pitts
burg or any other convention. | accepted
simply because felt that under the circum-
stances it was my duty to DO so, and have
no apologies TO make about it. had 3
great deal rather have gone down as did,
Sighting for principle, than to have won a
victory through the friendship Of the liquor
traffic Let US be earnest and aggressive in
our work, never stopping to consider the
results. God will take care Of that. Very
truly your friend, J. p. ST. JoHN.