The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-22

hume ltttHr ~ The VIM ~ inar AHA thai
neither tho national committee, nor any
QUO acting for ~, ever made an ever
iuro ar proposition OF any Kind "a ~.
and discuss the Overtnres aud propOsi-
tiOna made Ia II through the
medium which he employed 10
roach II. Vet, In the same letter
he oonyicts himself, for no says ho my
solD WAS asked IN order
10 prove the sincerity of his offer Ia
Withdraw from ohio tho last week be-
fore the October election. In that who
was there In this transaction 10 doubt
nv sincerity but j. =. Clarksong
But further ON he says;
"rhe things which were demanded OF
ST. John as 10 his movements In ohio
were pledged by that friend and carried
out by 81. John"
Three parties are here referred to-;
First, tho party that made the de-
mand.
Second, the man that gave the pledge,
And third, myself, VINO carried II
out.
Now, / submit that there must have
been somebody 20 have named the
things which were demanded, and who
could 10 hay been but ClarksOnY And
vet he said that all II (tha committee)
did was 10 listen and discuss the
overtures and proposition made
tn IL. II Clarkson was an honest man,
why did he not Indignantly refuse TO
entertain any such proposition? But
finally, Clarkson named James T.
Legate, of Leavenworth, Kan
sas, 1.-THE long.suppressed name of the
middle mani, and proceeds to publish
what he claims to be Legate's letter,
which, whether genuine or not,
serves further to show up Clark
sons perfidy. In what ClarksOn
claims to he Legate's letter, dated
at Topeka, Kansas, October 4, addressed
to j. s. Clarkson, Legate says:
AT Senator P's. requesi,l came To see
you at Cincinnati. You seemed TO share
my views. You read me your talk.
awaited the arrival from New York and
supposed tho matter would he closed.
but after the consultation ut Columbus
IL was deemed wiser that / should look
after st. John and meet him at Cincin-
natl, having previously agreed with him
to go to Michigan with sore
throat. telegraphed him, and made
him a specific promise to go with him
to Pittsburg, expecting to find some
word there, but failed. | said to him,
based on what you had said, and your
friend from New York, together with
what was said by Senator i. tho night
after the conference at Columbus, that
would guarantee $4,000. lie was salts
fled and went with me to Philadelphia.
| there persuaded him to write letters TO
l.. w. Gage, state organizer for Ohio,
A. l.. Carey. of Samantha. Rev. Mr.. q.
G. Egen, OF Columbus, at Prof. w. G..
Frost, of Oberlin, urging them to aid
the Republican state ticket, saying ii
the Republican ticket was elected he
believed his vote in November
would be largely increased. My judg.
ment is that his leaving the state and
writing these letters added very large
numb er to the Republican majority in
Ohio. AT Philadelphia | received
dispatch that the mat
Elkins, who seemed to know nothing
and would do nothing"
Who makes witness of Legate in
this controversy? Why, CIarkson.
What was their relations? Let Clark
sons witness, Legate, tell"
Here is what the associated press re-
ports him as saying on the 18th instant:
81 was acting as the agent, doing the
wish OF Mr.Clarkson as q member of the
national committee and those with whom
he was associated in Ohio and in all
that was done"
But what does Legate say about my
self? Let us give his own words, pub
lished in the Daily State Journal, at To-
peka. Kansas, on the 18th INST. Here
they are:
"That Gov. st. John had never talked
to him on the subject, had never offered
to make any terms with the repre-
sentative, and that st. John
had never authorized him to make
any proposition, and that any
charge that he had done so was a wiliul
lie, gotten up to injure st. John and
ease down the men who had been lying
on him.
"rhus, by Clarkson's own witness,
Legate is made his, not my agent, and
1 am exonerated from all completely in
these matters"