St. Paul daily globe., 1885-01-25
Legate, the Prohibitionist G0-Be-
tween, Gives Another Chapter Of
the Campaign CroOkedness.
He duplicates st. John, clarkson, Kerens,
Elkins and Sundry Other Persons
not Named.

Inc leLter reviews Lle InaLler dL S-cat ieuStu,
and is to the following effect:
The writer opposed st. Johns candidacy
on the national ticket and endeavored, un-
successfully, to persuade him not to accept
the nomination. He then had conference
with number of St. Johns friends in Kan
sas and endeavored to get st. Johr to return
to Kansas and work in the state, urging that
prohibition was on trial here, that its inter-
ests were allied with Republican interests,
and they should work for joint success in the
state.
THE QUESTION OF FUNDS
for the campaign was raised, whereupon the
writer suggested that the national Republican
com mmittee would furnish reasonable sum.
Legate wrote friend ia Ohio making
overtures for $4,000. Meanwhile Le-
gate and two others called ON st.
John while at Olathe and presented
their views. St. John said Col. Martin, the
Republican candidate for governor, would
commit himself to prohibition, and he (St.
Joln) agreed to see that no nomination was
mad, by the Prohibitionists, but he (St. Johp)
must keep faith with the national Prohibition
party by filing his engagements. 1t was
agreed the S25, 900, if paid in the state by the
Republican committee, should be placed in
the hands of committee. Legate received
a reply from his friend that nothing could be
done with the Republican committee.
Afterwards, at the request of the chairman of
the Republican state committee in Ohio,
Legate went to work in the state. There he
MET HIS FRIEND,
and by his advice called on Mr.. Clarkson at
Cincinnati, who had already been approached
by Legate's friend. Clarkson communicated
with the committee at New York and
arrangements were made to supply the $685.
600. Legate then saw st. John at Oberlin
and urged his return to Kansas, giving his
reasons that prohibition needed him there,
and By withdrawing from Ohio he could help
Secretary Robinson, who was real temper
ance man. St. Jonn said he could not leave
the eastern field until Martin signed letter
committing himself to prohibition
in Kansas. He would go to
Michigan and make a few speeches, and
wanted to know for certainty before he left
Michigan about the programme for Kansas,
and asked Legate to telegraph him in Micni-
gan. rhe letter here says: "After he reached
Detroit change in his programme for
speaking at those three places was made, and
before left Oberlin he telegraphed me the
change, so that / should know where he was.
That was the only dispatch l had from him,
and had no letters from him during the
mpaign other than those have alluded to.
He left and / remained and spoke at Ober-
lin the following evening, before leaving
Oberlin."
I TELEGRAPHED Mr.. CLARKsoN,
at Cincinnati, that the whole matter must be
fixed during the next three days. / re-
turned to Columbus, and the morning dis
patches said st. John appeared at a meeting
at Detroit the day before, but was unable to
speak but few moments on account of his
throat being sore, resulting from too much
outdoor speaking, aud | said to friends there
jocularly that it was doubtless my talk 20
him that gave him the sore throat. After
wards, in writing to Clarkson, / presume l
alluded to the sore throat, but, If it was not,
it should have been in quotation marks. At
any rate Mr.. Clarkson could not have failed
to understand it. / went, by request, to
Cincinnati and met Mr.. Clarkson, and he
introduced me to Mr.. Kerens as the man
who had been sent by the national COM
mittee.
TO FIX THINGS.
Afterwards at Columbus Kerens and some
others had a conference, after which Kerens
told me 1t was decided that he should return
to Cincinnati and that should go to Cleve-
land and see my friends and tell them that
Kerens would give them $1,000 or 81, 1000
and the rest in eight or ten days, and he
wanted me to follow St. John and keep close
to him and see that he returned to Kansas
as agreed upon. l told him had not money
enough TO do that, and he gave me 500 for
expenses. | reached Cleveland the next
morning and found my friend had left to see
st. John at Detroit. l reached him by tele-
graph and said to him:
s'rhings sure. Two-nfths down. Balance
before the Goth. Meet me at Cincinnati to-
night"
He replied:
"All right but will not 60 to Cincinnati. Will
meet you at Pittsburg."
/ informed Kerens, or Clarkson, of these
facts by wire, and asked to give me word at
Pittsburg. ! went my way and met my friend
at Pittsburg. but found no word there, as
they had agreed, and went with him INV
frend) to Philadelphia. st. John was in the
city, and imposed the task upon my friend
OF getting st. John TO write letter back 10
his OHIO friend TO quietly aid the Republi-
cans, believing that his (St. John's) vote
would be increased in November II be did.
Whether such letters were written or not do
not know, but had reason 10 believe they
had been. ! remained In Philadelphia day,
when ! was telegraphed: $50 TO New York:
we'll fix It," left for New York Contln-
uing, Legate says:
He MET MR.. ELK1Ns
and asked IL he was acquainted with bjs
(Legate's) mission. Elkins replied yes, but
could not do anything until the arrival of the
Ohio men. Legate went back to his friends.
and told him he believed the Republicans
had only wanted To get st. John out OF Ohio
His friend left for Kansas in great disgust
agreeing, however, If the matter was fixed
up, 10 join with his friends In dispatch to
81. John IT, come to Kansas. Later Legate
met 81. JOIN In the Office Of the New York
Witness. aud told him tine possibilities OF a
canvass in Kansas were ended, that their
friend had become offended and gone home.
ST. John replied:
''Wel am really glad OF It, for, though I
would have gone with you and made the canvass :
/ believe the welfare Of prohibition lies In the
future rather than in the present"
Continuing, 81. John said he believed II
Mr.. Blaine were elected the whisky interests
would be nurtured. fCleveland were elected
he would follow the expressed wilIiof the peo-
pie. II the Republican party were defeated, It
would disintegate, and the temperance ele-
ment form party that might soon become
power. He said further he would carry out
the appointments that had been male for
him. Legate returned home and met quite
a number Of men who were parties 10 the
original arrangement. and they reproached
MIN for failing to carry the plan through
aud compelling them TO spend money in tue
state canvass. Then he wrote Clarkson a
letter
MARKED CONFIDENTIAL.
He did not expect Clarks0n t. send the
rnonev huf make arroo ra,.f. 60 ..ss. f.. 81