St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-19
ST. JOHN FULMI MATES.
He Reviews the Charges of the Dis
cOmfitted Blaineites.
And Declares that he Never offered to Sell
Out, and Never Got Sore Throat.

John 2. st. John, the presidential candidate
of the Prohibitionists in the last campaign, IL
I featuring in this city on prohibition to large
and enthusiastic audiences. To-day he is
sues the following reply to the charges o.
Clarkson, Legate, McCulloch, ct al:
NATIONAL HOTEL, MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi.
Jan. III. s. GARRISON, of the Des Nome:
Register, and a member of the Republican
party, after great deal of goading and g
conference with his friend, j. B. McCulloch
of the Giobe-Democrat, ST. Louis, at last gives
to the public what he calls Evidence to provc
that proposed to sell out to the Republicans
and thus betray the Prohibition party. In
Mr. Clarkson's letter, published in the Chi
cago Tribune of the 9th inst, he says:
''To my knowledge he did have overtures
made through friend from his own state,
by which he offered if paid 1000 in cash
to withdraw as a candidate altogether, or to
stay in the field and feather his speeches
| (as it was put in the Kansas phrase to the
help of the Republicans. He was asked, in
order to prove the sincerity of his offer tc
withdraw from Ohio the last week before the
October election in that state. He did this un-
der the plea which he said he would give, Of
getting a sore throat and with the friend
nave mentioned went first to Pittsburg next
to Philadelphia, and finally to Newt York,
where he hoped to meet some one on the
part of the Republican national committee
Tho would be ready to make
the deal and pay the CASH.
Ny appointments for the campaign were
made by the national committee of the Pro
hibition party at Chicago, H., September IS.
1t was arranged for me to speak in Ohio at
| Springfield, October g; Delaware, 4; Akron
3, and at Oberlin the 9th. l filed everyone
Of these appointments and one more, and
those who attended my meetings, feel sure,
will do me the justice to say that l didn't
feather my speeches" either Having thus
completed my work in Ohio, without having a
''sore throat or ''pretending'' to have one,
in accordance with the programme made for
me by the committee. proceeded on the
Mich, where at p. IN. of that day, / ad-
10000 people, going the same evening
to Detroit, where / addressed a
large audience in the Grand opera house.
The next morning, in company with Hon.
D. P. Sagendorph, OF Charlotte, Mich, and
one Of the members of the
national committee, and several
other prominent prohibitionists, l started
for my next appointment at Kalamazoo,
making several short speeches on the way,
and addressing a meeting at Kalamazoo
both afternoon and evening. From Kala-
maZoo | went with other prohibition workers
TO Flint, Michigan, where at 2 p. m, October
! 9, ! addressed a large open air meeting,
| leaving there in company with
Hon. David Preston, Prohibition candidate
for governor Of Michigan, in the evening
for Detroit, from which city that night at -
o'clock started via Buffalo to Philadelphia,
arriving there about O'Clock on the evening
of the 10th. spoke in the Academy
of Music on the evening of the
18th, spent a good portion of the day
OF the 18th with +. J Burdette at Armore,
eiglt miles from the city. On the evening
OF the 18th addressed an open air meeting
on Monument square, Baltimore, and then
another meeting the same evening in East
Baltimore. That night at IL o'clock
started for Brooklyn, New York, where on
the evening Of the l4th | spoke in the rink
The 18th at Middletown, Conn, the 10Th at
Worcester, Mass, the 18th at Chickerin 9
hall. in New York city, the 10th at Newark,
New Jersey, aud thence to western New York
where held eight meetings; everyone of the
foregoing meetings being in strict pursuance
10 appointments made for me By the National
prohibition committee. | have not been in
or passed through Pittsburg for nearly two
years. Mr. Geo. L. Scott, foreman of the
New York Witness, joined me at Oberlin
Ohio, October 6. and travelled with me and
attended all the meetings from that time up
10 and including the one at Newark, y. j.,
October 10. He. aud no other acquaintance,
accompanied me from Michigan 10 Philadel-
phia, nor did l on the way see any friend or
acquaintance from my Gown state"
Mr.. Clarkson further says in his Tribune
letter Of the 9th: ~ may add that neither
committee nor anyone acting for 1t ever
maze an overture or proposition of any kind
10 st. John. All that it did was to listen tU
and discuss the overtures and propositions
made to 1t through the medium which he
employed to reach it,
Yet in the same letter he convicts himself
for he says: "He (myselD was asksd
in order TO prove the sincerity of
his offer, to icittdrdp from Ohio the last week
before the October election in that state ~
Who was there in this transaction to doubt
my sincerity but J. S. Clarksonl But
further on he says:
LINKS WHICH NtIt VI Oh bOtlu
as TO his movements in O5io, were pledged
by that friend and carried out by St. John"
Three parties are here referred to:
First, the party that made the demand.
Second the man that gave the pledge and
Third, myself who carried IL out. Now
submit that there must have been some
body to have named the "thiugs which were
demanded" and who could il have been but
GARRISON. And yet be says that ''all that it,
1.-THE committee) did was TO listen to and dis
cuss the oyertures and propositions made to
it," II Mr.. Clarkson was an honest IN an, why
did he not Indignantly refuse to entertain
any such propositionsl But finally, Mr..
Clarkson names James F. Legate, Of Leaven-
worth. Kas., as (the long suppressed name
of this middleman, and proceeds to publish
what he claims to be Legate's letters, which,
whether genuine or not, serve further to
show up Clarkson's perfidy.
In what GARRISON claims TO be Legate's
letter, dated at Topeka. Kas Oct. 4" ad-
dressed to "Mr. J. S. Clarkson," Legate
SAYS:
AT Senator P.'s request came to see you
at Cincinnati. You seemed to share my
views. You read me your talk. awaited
the arrival from New York and supposed the
matter would be closed up, but after the
consultation at Columbus It was
deemed wiser that should
look after St John and get him at Cincin-
natl. Having previously agreed with him to
60 10 Michigan with sore throat, tele-
graphed him and made him a specific prom
Use to go with him to Pittsburg, expecting TO
fnd some word there, but failed. / said TO
him, based upon what you had said, and your
friend from New York. together with what
was said by Senator P. the night after the
conference at Columbus, that I would
guarantee $4,000. He was satisfied and
went with me 10 Philadelphia there
persuaded him 10 write letters 10 L.
W Gage, the state organizer for Ohio: A. L.
Corey. OF Samantha: Rev. Mr.. Gegen, Of
Cnlr, m hns and Prnf " q Ernst ~ Ohor-