The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15
WHAT rHE cos11oNwRALrH KSows.

The Topeka Commonwealth of To.
day publishes the following:
Now We think It is about time for us
TO tell what We know of this affair.
ABOUT midnight one night during the
last state Democratic conyention q Gen.
tieman came into this Office who was
one Of the delegates from Kansas TO the
PiitsbuEg convention, and who was one
OF the committee appointed by SAID con-
ventio1 TO notify St. John OF his being
nominated. The gentleman said to as:
You ought to be st Olathe (the home of
st. john next Sunday, August "a, as
something of importance is going to
happen there" After much pressure
the gentleman said, "Governor st. John
is coming home to prepare his letter to
the committee appointed TO notify HIM
of his nomination, and he is going to
decline IT," On our expressing doubt
because he had by telegraph already
informally accepted the nomi.
nation, the gentleman said: "Well.
he has concluded not to accept He can
give good reason for such q course, but
the fact is he has been negotiating with
representatives, of the National Repubh-
can committee, and haYe come to terms
and the bargain will be closed next Sun
day at his home in Olathe. This is the
substance, but not the exact words of his
conversation. The Commonwealth did
not think it best to send any one to Olathe
but told the reporters of the Kansas City
papers that they had better be In Olathe
st that time. One of them, we are in
formed, was there, but Gov. st. John
did not materislize. Afterwards meet
ing the gentleman who was on the COM
mittes to notify Gov. st. John of his
IN 80 %
to why the contract between the two
high contracting parties was not con-
summated as he had said that It would
be, the reply was: There was g hitch
and it fell through"
LEGATE's LETTER.
Yesterday morning the Globe Demo
in the campaign from Senator Plumb, q
letter introducing Sir. Legate to the
National Republican committee as q
person authorized to act and speak for
him that Legate stated TO the Republi-
can committee that st. Johns original
idea was that he ought to get $3.50, 900
After q good deaf of discussion il was
agreed to pay st. John $25, COO"
In connection with the above the
Globe Democrat publishes the following
letter as having been written by James
F. Legate to R. c. Kerens, the words IN
brackets being supplied:
CLEVELAND. o October 10, 1884.
DEAR SIR:-I made this mistake in
coming here. l should have gone to
Detroit. 1 have been communicating
with him [St- John byI telegraph.
have said TO him THAT at the] conference
it was two fiIths down In Philadelphia
tomorrow night, and three fifths by the
18th, and he insisted upon the 10th 16.h
for second payment provided he left ioI
Philadelphia to-day, and said our r
[Senator Plumb told me it should be
| DONE" just got this from st. John
all right. Leave in q short time tOI
Philadelphia. Will cancel all west OF
there. Meet me in Pittsburg tonight
I sent your telegram under the name oil
johnson, because did not want TO use
my own name. confess l made the
pledge quite mildly, but Plumt
told me to make it l mean
by that. he told me to keen St. John
quiet in this state. and get him TO Gin
cinnati, and you would give him 5000
or $4,000 down, and then said, suppose
1 pledge him $4,000 will my pledge be
good, and he said yes; Kcrens will give
him 81, 600. So if have cut big hog
the pork belongs to Plumb. Now,
am going oyer to Pittsburg to see hin
| [St, John1. Is 1t not possible tor you
| to send some lionel from New York t.
arrange with him and fix him then and
thar ?" l am little guilty because you
| don't respond to JOhnsOn's call for aiC
| for his country. 1t was not possible YoU
were seduced on the road home and thu!
led astraY, nor that yo1 are drunk, fol
| you are too good st. Johnite and love
the Sunday school.
| I have got st. John out of the state
aud made promises to him that in some
| wav l want redeemed. You may no
care d., but have to live with hin
and you don't. So does Plumb. Simp
son ct ORshsi genus. He'll how scholarly
Truly yours, JAMES F. LEGATE.
In the Associated Press dispatches Il
the NEWS yesterday there appeared tht
report of an interview with Mr. Legat
by the editor of the Topeka Journal. Il
this interview Mr.. Legate pronounce
the letter to Kerens as 'cold bloodet
forgery;" says he never made any sucl
propositions; was never authorized by 81
John to make any propositions, ant
charges that he had done so were maliC
io6S and Willful falsehoods.
Now upon the other hand the Globe
Democrat said yesterday that the orig
nal letter written by Legate had bee
| placed in the hands of the engraver an
fac smile of it would appear in tbs
paper this morning. Itfurther says tina
though "bad begins tor ST. John, wors
vet remains" Further development
are awaited with interest.