The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-22
THE ST JOHN MArrEK.
What Legate. Plumb and CIarksOr Say
WHAT ST. JOHN SAYS.

" Hal "a JOoA SA1Ss
WORCESTER. Mass, Jan. IA letter
from Ex-Gov. 81. John to local prohi-
bitionist is published here to-day. He
says: "The whole story to the effect
hst /. or the prohibitions committee.
nave received single penny. pledge or
promise from any party. person or per-
sons, directly or indirectly, IN coLnsc
zion with the campaign, except my per-
sonsl expenses paid by the prohibition
| committee, is UNANIMOUSLY and nalic-
tously false.
ToPEKA, Kan. Jan. IA To reporter
who called on James F LegAle the latter
said:
"The Clarkson letter l never wrote
that Is, never wrote 8 letter to Clark
son of that date. l wrote Mr.. Clsrkson
letter, part OF which is In the letter
published this morning, but he units to
state what / said and makes me say
] what never stated -
Mr. Legate here grew excited, and de-
clared that Clarks0a had suppressed the
| names OF every other man to tSat trans
action but his.
He makes talk" continued Mr.. Lee
gate, ''Of pledges made to ST. John when
thew were pledges made TO other par
| ties. Every page OF that letter to Clark
| he hiss violated every pr1acIple OF
honor 10 publishing anything and
every principle of honesty in distorIing
the letter / did send him, was acting
as the agent and dong the wish of Mr.
| Clsrkson as 9 member of the national
| committee and those with whom he was
associated IN Ohio in ali that was done
With reference to the Kerena note, il is
so completely changed from what / did
| say that 1t amounts TO 90 open forgery.
| Within q short time intend TO make a
full statement of the whole matter, so
tar as / know ii, and then let those kick
hardest who are hurt the most. But l
say now that so far as st. John is con
cerned IN sill these transactions the Viz
| gin Mary is not purer than he"
The reporter asked Mr.. Legate 20
| make q statement relative to what por-
tions of Clarkson's letter we're as writ
| ten, but he declined and would say MOTH
| ing more.
MR.. GARRISON ON LEGATE's DENIAL
DEsMoINEs. Ia, Jan. 14-In q reply
to the interview with Mr.. Legate of To-
1 peka, Kan. Dir. J. 8. Clarkson says:
"The letter from Mr.. Legate TO me was
dated October 90, end was given by me
| in the Globe-DemOcrat interview ex-
actly as he wrote It, with not q word or
letter left out. The original still have,
and any of Mr.. Legste's friends may SET
it. Every word of 1t is in his hand
writing, and q fac smile of 1t will be
printed If Mr. Legaie desires it. gave
no other name but Mr.. Legate's as an
agent of st. John because the saint
lad no other hucksteT of whom
IL knew. Mr.. Legate's assertion
that he was the agent of the Republican
National committee is pure nonsense
and fiction He was never anything elst
than St. Johns agent Neither that let
ter of October 80 nor any other of Lee
gates communications to me have the
least trace OF being marked 'c0Dfiden
rIsl,' and if they did, when St. Jehn de
manded all to be made pubic, that gave
me authority to print the letters of hi
agent. Mr.. Legate's letter to Mr.. Kerent
was also printed just as 1sgate wrot'
1t 1t. Mr. Legate's refusal tO give to tbs
reporter his own versOu of the 29ih o
) October letter WAS a virtual confession
: that the printed letter was right"
MR.. CLARKs IN CoRRECTs.
DIES MONIES, Ia Jan 14.-In the in
E, terview with me published IN the Globe
: Democrat, there is q mistake which aros
from an error of the reporter in trans
\ scribing his notes. am represented a
saying, in discussing my feelings abou
the proposition from st. John, that '
had no doubt it would be righr to de
feat the Democratic party by the use o
this false and treacherous means, If /
could be done" What / did say wa
that II had no doubt it would be RICH
to deprive the Democratic party of thi
false and treacherous means, If II coult
be DONE" J. 8. GARRISON.
FROM SENATOR PLUMB.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 14-Sena
tor Plumb. when applied TO, declined u
say anything on the subject of the charg
made against st. John, that he preferrej
to sell out to the Republicans.