St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-18
ST. JOHN FULM MATES.
He Reviews the Charges of the Dis
cOmfitted Blaineites.
And Declares that he Never offered to Sell
Out, and Never Got Sore Throat.

of the Prohibitionists in the last campaign, Is
featuring in this city on prohibition TO large
and enthusiastic audiences. To-day he is
sues the following reply to the charges of
Clarkson, Legate, McCulloch, ct al:
| NATIONAL HOTEL, MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi,
Jan. III. s. Clarkson, of the Des Moines
| Register, and member of the Republican
party, after a great deal of goaling and a
conference with his friend, j. B. McCulloch,
of the Globe Democrat, 81. Louis, at last gives
to the public what he calls Evidence to p1'o0e
that proposed to sell out to the Republicans
and thus betray the Prohibition party. In
Mr.. Clarkson's letter, published in the Chi
cago Tribune Of the 9th inst, he says:
''To my knowledge he did have overtures
made through friend from his own state,
by which he offered il paid $3.50 in cash
to withdraw as candidate altogether, or to
stay i'll the field and feather his speeches,
| Gas it was put in the Kansas phrase to the
help OF the Republicans He was asked, In
order to prove the sincerity of his offer to
Withdraw from Ohio the last week before the
October election in that state. He did this I'M
der the plea which he said he would give, of
have mentioned went first to Pittsburg, next
to Philadelphia, and finally to Newt York,
where he hoped to meet some one on the
part of the Republican national committee
who would be ready to make
the deal and pay the cash."
My appointments for the campaign were
made by the national committee of the Pro-
hibition party at Chicago, ILL.,, September 49,
! 1t was arranged for me to speak in Ohio ut
! Springfield, October 3; Delaware, f.; Akron
| 5, and at Oherlin the 9th. filed everyone
of these appointments and one more, and
| those who attended my meetings, | feel sure,
will do me the justice to say that didn It
feather my speeches. either. Having thus
completed my work in Ohio, without having a
''sore throat,' or ''pretendingi 70 have one,
in accordance with the programme made for
me by the committee. proceeded on the
morning of the 9TH of October to Adrian,
Mich, where at 2 p. IN. of that day, adj
dressed in the open air nearly
10000 people, going the same evening
to Detroit, where 1 addressed a
| large audience in the Grand opera house
The next morning, in company with Hon.
D. P. Sagendorph, OF Charlotte, Mich, and
one of the members of the
national committee, and several
other prominent prohibitionists, | started
for my next appointment at Kalamazoo,
making several short speeches on the way,
and addressing meeting at Kalamazoo
both afternoon and evening. From Kala-
| mazoo went with other prohibition workers
to Flint, Michigan, where at 2 p. m, October
Q, addressed large open air meeting,
leaving there in company with
Hon. David Preston, Prohibition candidate
for II in tha inn
for Detroit, from which, city that night at II
o'clock l started via Buffalo 10 Philadelphia,
arriving there about o'clock on the evening
of the 10th. l spoke in the Academy
of Music on the evening OF the
nth, spent good portion Of the day
of the 18th with 4. j. Burdette at Armore,
yht miles from the city. On the evening
Of the 18th l addressed an open air meeting
on Monument square, Baltimore, and then
another meeting the same evening in East
Baltimore. That night at - o'clock
started for Brooklyn, New York, where on
the evening of the l4th spoke in the rink.
The 18th at Middletown, Conn, tue 10th at
Worcester, Mass, the 18th at Chickering
hall, in New York city, the 18th at Newark,
New Jersey, and thence to western New York
where | held eight meetings; everyone of the
foregoing meetings being in strict pursuance
to appointments made for me by the national
prohibition committee. | have net been In
or passed through Pttsburg for nearly two
years. Mr.. Geo l.. Scott, foreman Of the
New York Witness, joined me at Oberlin
Ohio, October &, aud travelled with me and
attended all the meetings from that time up
to and including the one ut Newark, n. j +,
October 10. He! and no other acquaintance
accom panied me from Michigan 10 Philade-
phia, nor did l on the way see any friend or
acquaintance from my Gown state
Mr.. ClarksOn further says in his Trib11'e
letter of the 9th: II may add that neither
committee nor anyone acting for it ever
made an overture or proposition of any kind
to st. John. All that 1t did was to listen to
aud discuss the overtures and propositions
made to II through the medium which he
employed to reach it,
Yet in the same letter he convicts himself
for he says ale (mysel) was aSLed
his offer, to withdraw from Ohio the last week
before the October election in that state ~
Who was there in this transaction to doubt
my 'sincerity' but j. s. Clarksonl But
further on he says:
"Thngs which were demanded Of st. John
as TO his movements in Oaio, were pledged
by that friend and carried out by st. John.'
Three parties are here referred to:
First, the party that made the denad,,d.
Second, the man that gave the pledge and
Third m yself who ''carricdn it out Now
] submit that there must have been some
body 10 have named the ''thngs which were
demanded" and who could 1t have been but
Clark5on! And yet he says that ''all that it.,
the Cummittee) did was 10 listen to and dis
cuss the Oyerturcs and propositions made to
IL. II Mr. GARRISON was an honest man, why
did he not Indignantly refuse 10 entertain
any such propositions! But. finally, Mr..
Clarkson names James +. Lcgate, OF Leaveu
worth, Kas., as (the long suppressed name
on this iniddleman, and proceeds TO publish
what he claims to be Legates letters, which,
whether genuine or not, serve further to
show up Clarkson's perfdy.
In what GARRISON claims TO be Legatc's
letter, dated at Topeka, Kas Oct T." adj
dressed to 'Mr. j. S. Carlson" Legate
says:
"At Senator Prs request came 10 see you
at Cincinnati. You seemed 70 share my
views. You read me your talk. | awaited
the arrival from New York and supposed the
matter would be closed up but after the
consultation at Columbus 1t was
deemed wiser that should
look after st. John and get him at Clncin
natl. Having previously agreed with him TO
90 10 Michigan with a sore throat, ! tele-
grsphed him and made him "A specific prom
Use to 20 With him to Pittsburg, expecting to
find some word there, but failed. | said TO
him, based upon what you had said. and your
friend from New York, together with what
was said by Senator z. the night after the
conference at Columbus, that would
guarantee 10000 He was satisfied and
went with me TO Philadelphia. ! there
persuaded him TO write letters to j..
W. Gage, the state organizer for Ohio; A. l..
Corey, Of Samantha; Rev. Mr.. Gegen, Of