Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-18

I ~ Az VIEW fETk 8ses91 VI
80 lined me ~ 0beriin. Ohls. ON
oss; On aud Travelled via Ms AMI at
teIoeo a. tue meetings froCu thai tip,a
/ p - sno inei7oiDg sbs oua / hsd a.
Ne~AfA on Jet Il. Re and 90 ofb.r
/ g .eaasaaoe oDosuisd me fr1u,
A'en'Raa - Philadelphia. nor aid / on
.-e oaok see any fris1d o. arq laiu-
tsnce from nv "0zn STATE
As- CiaTksaa farther saws IN his
! lr7esse letter of the 9.h: % nav ad6
that neither she National Cor5no;,,s.-
nor IHY one setting fer u. ever TaAr.s an
/ oysrtnte ~ proposition If anv Kind r..
/ 81 4ohn. ali 4 did vas 20 listea r.
/ and dIseass tie ovsrtare- and pron,si.
/ tons made 20 Il through ths IBasii.u
( wbieh be employed to reach ft.~ Yes
I IN the same letter h. esnviet< btrusAif
| for be says. " He myself vs. zsssd
n order - prove tue sineeritv of h.
I oher, % vitbdraz from D5io IN the 4 -
T Sesk before tbs Oct her Election in n.
state. Who Vas there n this t,aps
action 20 aooss ms sinceEisy" bot
). Garrison But faEth.r hs saws
lhs things which we're dsrnau I'D OF
- John as 30 Us rsoyemsut= in
Oaio Eere pledged by that friend
and carried cut by ST. John. =
ihree parties are here referred TO: first.
toe party HAT made tie dSm4nd: se,-
ond' tie man that gave the pledge, aud.
third, n1gss II, who earned Il out Nov
/ submit that there must have been
somebody to have named the things
which weFe demanded: and Who could
/ II have been bni CIark-on? And vet he
saS : that all that the committee did
sas TO listen TO and discuss the over
lures and propositions made to IT." If
Mr.. Clsrkson VAS All honest nan, why
did ne BOT indignantly refuse To enter
tain suea propositionsy
But 1nAliy Mr.. Ciarkssn names Jas.
r. La9ats Of Lsaven worth, kausaa- a.
the long suppress. d nains of this mid Ale
| man, and ptoceeds TO vubh.h what he
| claims 10 be Legato's letter, Hhisb.
whether genuine or hot. will serve fur
thsr to shoW up ClarAson's perfdy. Who
| makes Lee ATE a witness IN this aontro
| versy Win GarksJns What R-rs tueir
relations? let Carlson witness. Mr..
| D,-2Ate, tell. Here IS xhAt the Asso
cisted Press reports MA ~ saying On
ths 18th instant: Il "a. acting a. the
agent, DONG TIE wish OF MIR. Clark
| son As = ulpDber Of the National
! Committee, aud those win WON be
vas associated " OHIO 10 all tu4t
Eas done" But whs; doe sir. Les4te
say about myself LIT u give hls Own
words, published IN the DtHg STAR
Journal OF Topeka, Kansas, on tue I2ta
instant. Here they are That Gov.
ernOr 1T. John bad never talked TO him
on the sabjsct bad never offered 30
make any terms With the RapabiioAns.
and that NJ. John had never authorized
70 ka
any charge that he had done 80 was
wilfol lie, gotten up to inlure St. John
aud 81 90 down men who had beeA lyiag
on hun. fhus, by Clarkson's osn wit
ness, LsRaEe II made his and not my
agent"
atm exoneratsd from all complieity
in this matter. But it is said | saw Le-
gate at Ober!in, Ohio, on October 9Th.
That is true, bot shy was be there, aud
IN whose INTEREST," Why, be was sent
by these managing the Republican cam
paleu in Ohio for the express
purpose of making Rspu llcan
speech, which be did ON tue evening of
October 9Th, 10 answer 10 the address
delivered by me "a the 9Th. But to
throw little more light on Clarkson's
relation to tits whole matter, hear what
his friend Mccullough says IN an inter-
vlew reported IN the Post, OF st. Louis,
on the S0th ultIms: Mr.. Garrison, of
the Des MONIES tIowal. Register, who
WAS member of the committee, and
who had charge of the department
waioh conducted the negutIatIuus, has
proof of toe facts. fnIs IL IN such
shape that be is bound tn some extent,
and cannot Use 1t; bat | am certain
that ~. John wanted 49,, 900, and
$50 lecture" Nov 1 submit
10 the candid Judgment of every
good man unbiased by partisan
prejudi %, even though | shc Md inter
pose no word IN my own defense, do
not the statements of Ciarkson anu
LeRate and Mccullough SHOW that there
was plan laid To eitaer filca money
| from the treasury of the National Re-.
| publican Committee or to bribe me to
Dstray an honest, sincere and oonscIen-
tious minority, and thus prevent far
expression of tAe will OF the people,
aud through such eorrnpt means gain
tue victory for the Rspaollc4n party
| Failing ia this and ssnarting under the
lasn OF pol tioai defeat and blasted
hopes, to Gro an their f4my Leaate ~
trea JneEou,iy betrayed aud offered as a
| saoGfics Gu tus altar of corruption. And
/ these are NV AGfuiHfS-
bIt It has been charged that | re-
oelyv,i cary in tue campaign from Sen
atJr Plumb letter introducing La0ate
10 tue National Committee as a per .ou
/ TO act and spsak TOR him (ne1.' 20
/ Sh Oh | reply that have not seen SEN
atur Plumb for nearly q year, and have
had no corr spJndence with him since
| Mr.. BLAZING was nominated, and never
| a hNrre II.
sum 3 IhIne, and Senator Plumb is az
lIber,y to pIblIsh anything from me
touching this matter. IL will be Oh
served that IT - stated that | wrote let
Gers 60 Ii. W. Gage, State Organizer for
ONO, A. l.. Gary of ) ,mantsa. Rev. Mr..
Gsesn of Colunbls, and. Prof. W. q.
trust OF O3erlIn." Now respectfully
ask these men, II any letter or letters or
other com EnunlcatioAs were ever re.
celvsd from TIE thai tend 10 throw any
light on this question. to publish the
facts.
Again, il IL charged that there are
several gentlemen who could help prove
that ! sold ont to tbs Denocratr, md
/ the editor Of tho Chicago Wars Is Inen.
/ toned as one. sud Senainr Gorsoau, OF
| Maryland, - an ah Z. Nov. while
/ oave nst tue hoeoF af personal Sc
qusiutauoe with eihrr of these gentle
men, Tesl ectfuily request heIp, IN the
interest of constal0G fairness, If they
have any ovidencc that crininatss Ine.
10 & W Is 30 the public.
l did not 90 ~ PhIladelphiz With Mr..
Legate, nor from Paiisdelphia % NV
York. bat did in PhIlad-lphia. on the
night of the t.h of uJtobeF, in snswsr
to = request made thrsugh toe columns
OF the New York Tribane Of that date,
by What purported t. be the New York
state Temperance Assembly," that /
| withdraw from the campaign. write an
open letter, Published in the Philadei.
phia and New YORK. papers Of the 18Th,
IN reply to said request, in which |
said that ! should neither withdraw
or assume q neutral position, bat would
continue 10 fight against the liquor
traffic as long az live and tie fi4g Of
cor country waves lie protecting folds
over leQalixed dram shops. vas never
in the headquarters Of the Democrats
or Republican party. and to this day do
not kno~ where they we're located, no:
did l., daring the campaign, ever
speak, write or telegraph 90, OF
ever 10 nv knoWiedRe see any mem.
Der OF the National or State CON
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