The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-30
Tho Late Prohibition Candidate
For President, Interviewed
By a Reporter,
Pays His Respects to the Men Who Have
So Villainously slandered Him
lie Wears No Party Collar
The Prob ,btionists Have Defeated the Re.
publican Party. and viii Do the
Same For the Demo Gratis.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, December Eek.
Governor John Z. st. John arrived In ST,
Louis Saturday evening, and left the city
to-day for Decatur, ILL.,, where he will ad.
dress State prohibition convention.
Inc request for an interview by A
Chronicle reporter who called at the resi-.
dence of Prof, z, G. Hill, 1927 Chestnut
street, where st. John makes his home
when in the city, was received last
evening with prompt assent, and in a
few minutes the man to whom the
Republicans are now bitterly attributina
The defeat OF Blaine, came into the room
with a cordial welcome for the visitor.
st. John is thinner than he was at the
beginning Of the campaign, his mustache
and hair are somewhat grayer, and there
are deep lines about his temples, but his
positive, straightforward manner in
talking, and his earnest gestures with
his eyeglasses are the same. He was
dressed in plain black, with Prince AL
bert coat, and wore English, broad-toed
walking shoes. 81 suppose" said he,
pleasantly, "you have come to interview
me upon the charges of the Republicans
that | was bought by the Democrats to
run in the last Presidential campaign in
order to draw votes from Blaine, III
dispose OF that in short order.
IT'S A LIE!
Eve had no communication with any rep.
resentatives of the old parties before,
during or since the campaign, of any
kind. | never spoke to, wrote to or
winked at any Republican or Democratic
committeeman, and never saw any of
the candidates, except Logan, at Spring
hcld.n
1.-The Republicans now say they can
prove this charger"
"R. c. Kcrens, of st. Louis, and j. B.
McCullagh, of the Globe emocrat-yes.
Let me give you little history. On De-
cember Sth the GiOJe-Dem0Gdt published
editoraly the statement that the rumor
that st. John had been bought by the
Democrats was fact and that proof
could be adduced. | wrote to the paper
from Olathe, pronoUncing the assertion
an Infamous and malicious lie and chal-
Longing its authors TO prove it. McCul-
lagh did notpublish the letter, but re-
plled by denounclng me as an infamous
and unmitigated liar | then sent the
paper and my letter to the Pittsburgh
Times and asked that it should be pub.
Iished. This was not done. Kercns saws
there Is documentary evidence to prove
that sold myself for 5000. This is
AN UNTRURH,
and | challenge him or any other man, or
any political party or it's representatives,
to prove 1t, or stand branded before the
pubic as common sCandal-mongers. am
a man OF the people, and the people want
proof, not low denunciation. These men
who are abusing me can uncap the ya,s
Of their wrath, SANDER and villifcation,
ana pour them upon me. That doesn't
matter, but ! want them TO distinctly I'M
lerstand that | can't be bluffed, brow.
beaten or driven. Their attacks do not
brighten me, and they must bring their
proof or Shut up"
"What, then, defeated Blaine?"
"lhe cowardice OF his own party in re- |
using to recognize the right Of the people |
% determine whether or not prohib ion |
should be. The Prohibition party buried
he Republicans in the last election, and
he next time we will bury the Demo
rats. We can't bury but
ONE PARTY AT A TINE
"Will you be the Prohibition canli date
n 1882"
81 will not be candidate before the
convention, but the party will control the
Presidency. Mark that. don't want
he nomination, and am satisfied TO work
or Prohibition principles. There are
hundreds of men in the party better 1T to
" President than am"