The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-28
CLARKsoN AND ST. JOHN.
The Prohibition Chairman Gives the
Former Few Nuts to Crack.
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IChicago News.l
Boston, Mass, Jan. 20.-To the Editor
| ClsIkson, superintendent of the bribery d s.
partment of the Republican National Com
mittee, having charged st. John with fraud
the evidence was demanded. BE called his
witness. The witness INDICATED st. John
Clarkson now impeaches his own witness
| and wants st. John to sue Clarkson fol
political libel in the Republican State oil
lows. He has evidently taken Blaine's
| opinion that judgment can not be recov
| cred where party politics are involved, and
so, instead OF owning that be was played O!
a sucker by Legate, and that he lied about
| St John, tries the game OF bluff. By this he
| admits that he has no evidence to convict
| ST. John. and wants st. John to help con.
vict himself. With your permission, want
to ask this head of the bribery department q
few questions
Is Legate the only witness you can pro
| duce against St. John?
Does Legate tell the truth when he says /
was Clarkson's agent?
Legate being your witness, are you not
either to take his testimony or stand branded
as q man who introduced liar to prove his
case?
Legate having INDICATED st. Sohu. are
you not bound to take the testimony OF your
own witness, and as an honest man apollo
gzeP
Have you or your friends letter or tele
gram direct from st. John?
Have yeu a letter or telegram that p1r-
ports to be signed by him?
When was this attempt to break down the
Prohibition party first discussed in your
committee?
How much money was set aside Tor the
purpose of bribing the Prohibition leaders?
20 a So q
tempt to reach?
Will you publish your entire correspond
with different Prohibitionists?
Will you give the public detailed state
nent OF the money spent by your COM
mittee7
Does Mr.. Mc0ullagh tell the truth when
be savs you agreed TO pay st. John S25 900?
Do you regard it an honorable thing to
attempt to bride candidate to betrsy his
Would honorable men listen to the propo.
sitions Of q traitor to betray honest men and
women?
Why did you consort with LegateP
Did You intend to buy st. John IL you
could get him cheap enough?
Is not q man who will listen to and help
arrange plot to bride as vile and mean as q
man who accepts bride?
Did you not know that you state false
hood when You said st. John left Ohio to
keep his contract with you?
Do you not know that you were being
played as q sucker by Legate?
Is not a man who will enter into plot to
bride and then betray the confidential COM
munications of his agent, as you did LIE.
gates, dishonorable man?
II placed on the National COMMITTEES in
1888. will you attempt to BUY the prohibit
ton candidate?
Will you not admit that il was the asinine
stupidity of yourself and your candidate
that defeated him2
Have you any letters or kilograms con-
Meeting any leading Prohi5itionist other
than those who wrote letters in favor of
Blaine with any money from either Demo-
cratic or Republican Committee?
Will you at once publish all evidence you
bave in this whole matter, with q detailed
statement OF the amount paid the New
York Temperance Assembly," and those who
wrote letters for Blaine?
Mr.. Clarkson should answer frankly and
in detail each OF these questions. He has
made charges and now utterly fails TO prove
them. He must now apologize or be branded
as liar. If he will make full confession
in regard to the bribery work of the last
campaign, and frankly and fully state just
what he intends to do in the future, he will
confer favor on the Prohibitionists he at.
tempted to wrong. Respectfully,
JOHN B. FINCH,
Chairman National Prohibition Commit.