St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-13

never wrote or said that the gentleman you refer
to acts as the attorney of Jay Gould, for am
not conscious OF ever having thought so. Ipre-
sumo II Is true, dithO can ind no copy or TIE
letter, that In 1880 did 5crte to some constituent
adversely TO the nomination of the gentleman
named, and 6eIieCe 10 to be trae that he acos on
the side Of the railroads IN tie struggle Of 1873,
and IL Is any BELIEF htat ISdid so.
LAS have publicly STAGED expect to vote the
Republican ticket. Yours,
SEQ +. EDMuNDs
Frank A. Flower, ESD, Madison, Wis.,
The first publication of the two letters in
full was by the New York Evening Post in
the east, and the Chicago Ne,cs in the west.
The latter paper vigorously tainted the Iri-
Dune OF Chicago with being party to the
rascally trick which Senator Edmunds ex-
posed. This brought out the Tribune with a
denial that It had published the pretended
Edmunds letter, with guilty knowledge that
1t was garbled and false Transaction, and
1t screened itself by condemning both Flower
and the Madison paper for having wilfully
and meanly mislead it and the public. The
If4o'o'e condemned Flower for making any
use OF private letter, and implicated It's
Madison contemporary in the unjustiiiable
suppression of the vital parts OF the Ed
munds letter
The Madison State Journal was so rcstiye
under the censure heaped upon it, that it
promptly came forward and washed its hands
OF the matter, charging the whole vilainy
upon Flower, in the following direct man
ner;
The state Journal desires TO say most une-
qulvocally that while the published sentences
were complete in themselves as before stated,
ana evidently meant Just what they said and no
more, they should never have been published by
Mr. Flower. The letter was Il strictly conf
Dental one and Mr.. Flower. had no right 10 in
FORM the public of its contents in whole or in
part Had the State Journal been aware OF its
private character, it certainly would never have
consented to publish the extracts, even in the
Doay of a communication in its columns; had it
Deen made aware, also. of the exact nature of
the commission, it would never have consented.
It's editors were misIcd in the matter, and while
Tegrettlng the entire affair, must positively dis
claim all responsibility. The issue is solely be-
tween Mr.. Flower and Senator Edmunds, and
the state Journal begs to be excused from par
ticipating in it,
An that is above warranted had transpired
aud was within the full knowledge Of the
fiofoer Press, of ST. Paul, several days before
its publication Of the 10th of October. That
publication by the p. p. is only one of ten
thousand instances that show how utterly
reck.tss and debauched \ party organ must
be to tefend James G. Blaine. 1t shows that
the only resource for defense of Blaine is
downright lying, suppression of truth and
fact, anu the unutterable infamy of bearing
false witness. There is a satisfactory COM
pensation in regard to this policy; the more
it is INDUCED the more swift, certain and
overwhelming come the proofs of the I'M
worthiness and rottenness of James G..
Blaine. What has the Pioneer Press gained
by its part in this vile transaction.