St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-19
CLARKSON'S ANSWER.
He Reiterates His Former Statements
and Says st. Johns Letter is a
Confession.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. I

Special Telegram TO the Globe.
DEs MONIES, Jan. 1S.-Mr. Clarkson,
after hasty reading Of St. Johns letter as
published in this mornings GLOBE said:
''lt is more of a confession than n contra
diction. He deals only in bubbles and
craftily evades the main facts. He virtually
rests his whole case on the assertion that
Legate's claims to be his agent were false,
and that Legate's letters, as printed, are for
geries. He knows that both of such asser-
tions are untrue. He knows, too, that if
what he now asserts was not untrue he could
get q letter from Senator Plumb vindicating
both himself and Legate. The latter came
to me as st. Johns agent with a letter from
Plumb. which showed that the Kansas sena-
ator knew that Legate was acting for st.
John, and he was authorized to act for him.
Why does he not bring letter from Plumb
to deny these facts which gave to the public
in the Globe Democrat interview Of the 18th,
and why does he not bring suit for libel
against myself, my paper and the GloIe Demo
crdt, and so compel all the facts 10 be brought
10 lightl He knows he dare not sue for
libel, and that he dare not let Senator Plumb
and others go on the witness stand and tell
under oath what they know. He and others
will not voluntarily tell that which they
learned from ST. John and Legate in conf
dence, but in court they would have to tell
it. Why doesn't st. John bring them there'
Senator Plumb has told Mr.. McCulloch,
Of the Globe Democrat, that he has in
his own possession a letter in St.
Johns own hand writing which would
IA itself prove his corruption In the late
campaign, and damn him everlastingly
Why doesn't he either demand Of Plumb that
he print this letter or that Plumb shall give
him letter Of vindicationi Iu his letter he
says Plumb is at liberty 10 print any letter be
has from him touching this matter. Why
doesn't be demand that Plumb shall print
any letter of his that he has, whether It was
in regard 10 his deal with the Republicans or
the Democrats This quibbling over the
Legate letters, and his insinuations that they
are forgeries, prove that he is toling and sor-
rowing. He knows both that the letters are
genuine and that the fac-simile Of
one OF them printed In the Globe
Democrat Of the 18th has been identi-
fed in Kansas as being incontestably
that of Legate. The man who has been his
next friend for years, and who represented
him IN bis effortto sell ont the Republicans.
St. John seeks to make prominent use of his
denial that he was at such and such place
with his agent Lesate. All that have said
as to his being at any places outside of Ohio
with Legate, his huckster, was said on lie
gates own statements to me. While st.
John was in Ohio, Legate would send from
Cincin natl dispatches to him, and receive an
svers from him which saw. As to their
meeting in places outside Of Ohio, had only
the knowledge given by Legate's dispatches
from places at the time, saying lie and St.
John were there, and his letter afterwards
saying the same thing. and never have pre-
tended 20 state otherwise. The Aorid and
hystcrical manner in which he closes bis
statement made up Of evasions and mock
heroics, that be will answer to God for the
truth OF 1t all, is quite theatrical; but the
public would think more Of his courage and
have more faith In his statement II he did
not thus refer the test Of truth 10 a tribunal
not OF this world. The public would rather
see the test madein some state or district
court Of this world"