The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-13
ABAD OUTLOOK FOR ST. JOHN.
More Evidence that He Desired To Be
Bought by the Republicans.
The Negotiations Conducted by Legate-Pe-
culiar Position of the Latter-AnOther
Letter from st. John.
81. E.onIs tslnhe-nemnarat.


st. Louis Globe-Demoerat.
We never said that Mr. st. John wrote letters
to the Republican committee demanding money.
Men engaged in his line Of business do not trans
act business in that way. Mr.. St John selected
as his agent to represent him before the national
committee a lifelong friend and political associ-
ate, Mr. James F. Legate, of Leavenvorth, a
gentleman who is thus voueAed for by the Mis-
souri, Republican in dispatch from Leaven-
worth printed in its issue of Friday last:
'First, it is we'll to let the world know who
Bfr Legate is. AS the right-hand bower Of st.
John and the Prohibition cause in Kansas
stands the Hon. James r. Legate, of Leaven-
worth. MI. Legate has always been held as one
OF the ablest men in the Republican party IN
Kansas He came to the State m 1854 de has
been a member of the State Legislature more
consecutive times than any man in the State,
and is always regarded IS the leader OF the
Hpuse.' He is man of penderous physical
proportions and or giant intellect and as un-
serupulous as he is dashing, brilliant and bold
as n leader"
Mr.. St. John secured from Senator Plumb,
early in che campaign, a letter introducing Mr..
Legats to the national Republican committee as
person authorized to act and speak for him.
Mr. Legats at once proceeded to fix a figure
upon ST Johns services. He said St Johns
original idea was that he ought to get $3.50. 600
that ne told him so at his (St. John's) home in
Olathe, Kansas 'sWhy," said Legate
to St John on this occasion, ''do you
think they'e got gold minea You
are altogether too high" A day later
Legate and ST. John were in Topeka together.
They stopped in front of the finest house in the
city. st. John said to Legate: do you see
that hose2 Forty thousand dollars will buy it.
IL they-meanipg the RepHbcans-wiA give me
that house and $l00, 900 IN government bonds
will work for them" When Mr.. Legate reminded
Mr.. st. John that the $40 900 house and the 800,
600 in bonds would make pretty big demand upon
the purse of the Republican committee Mr. st.
John replied that it should be taken into consid-
Grafton that his betrayal of the Prohibition cause
would ruin him politically, and that in the future
no would have NO income bat what he derived
from his lect~rea, which, he added. would be
very small "And 1 tell you Jim" said the
saint, ''that il am not worth that much to the
Republicans, am worth every cent of it to the
Democrats The next day Legate left for the
East where, on his introduction to the Republic
an committee, he told what we have just related,
In order to show them what St John expected.
In his conference with the Republican commit
tee Mr.. Legate explained how st. John could be
Of service to tie Republicans. AS the prohibi-
ton candidate he was to say in his speeches that
it was evident that the choice was between
Blaine and Cleveland, and that as Blaine repre-
resented whisky and disloyalty," he was for
Blaine He was to be accompanied in his can
vaSe by Mr.. Legate, who was to be introduced
as distinguished politician from Kansas, and
to verify all that St John should say to the
effect that the Prohibitionists of Kansas had
seen the impossibility of electng St John, and
would vote, one and all, for Blaine. After good
deal of discussion-the only point being the
amount Of Of money none to be paid to St John-the
sum of $25, 900 was, we believe agreed upon. 1t
may have been more. but the exact figures will
be made public in day or two At one time
zheasdea vas TO pay st. John, in addition to stip
ulateds dsSnd $50 per night for ''leeturing' in the
The above is merely an outline intended to
prepare for the introduction of letter from Mr.
James z. Legate to a gentleman living in this
city, which We wish to offer in evidence Of the
feet that Mr. St John was a party to the money
dicker madein his behalf.
THE letter refereed to printed in yesterdays
Issue of the Journal.
The Globe Democrat continues:
It seems bo us that if this letter Is genuine we
have made out one side of our case against st.
John--that he sought money from the Republic
ans II ths letter Is not genuine, the engraver
will be apt 70 establish that fact when his work
appears in eur columns. Before using the docu-
ment we made all possible inquiry, and satisfied
ourselves on this point The second section of the
Globe Democrats case will be proved in good time
-thaShaying failed to get money from the Re
publlcans, MIR. ST. John directed his campaign in
the interest of the Democrats, and was liberally
rewarded by them. AS we have kept faith with
the public in proving the Republican side of
the ease, we trust the public will believe US
when we say that there are several geHtlemen
who~ee1ld help us to prove the Democratic side,
and that the editor of the Chicago News is one.
and Senator German, of Maryland is another.
In court cf law these gentlemen wouid help as
out. OF be convinced that their memory is not
good.
This is matter in which, though ''bad be-
gins" for ST. John worse remains behind"
The cirtumstantial and documentary proof win
be forthcoming in day or two, aud when the
evidence is ali in shall submit the question
whether as a rule, third parties and their can
didates in politics are not frauds and cheats de-
signed to swindle the American people. 1t is sad
enough to think that the Republican party has
been defeated, but it is worse than sad to be
convinced that it was defeated through the
agency of fraud like st. Jonn.