The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-01-15

he replied that everything was lovely
regret tu have been drawn INTO this
rUniTOysrry. and would not have heen
had AIR Lvgaie Kept his own counsel
and TeiFuined frum telling what he
knew Of the matter 10 y number 81
prrsuns hO dId not besiiHte 10 tell
what he has said. and TefeFIing "a nie
~ kuoWing All about it. AS FAR as
ain concerned this matter drups right
here, uud wall have nOlhing more tu
do with b..
fsignedJ F. w. WILLARD.
81 LoUis, January l2-rhe Glo5e
DeHiOcrut VIII tU-nOrrUW publish d
luug interview with J. .
Clurksuli, member Of the Republican
National committee, who was Ia iiii-
city, on sunday last, ln evuuueUtfun
win the charges which have tirrn
made against tx Governor ~. john,
uI kausus, late pIOhIOltluu candidate
Tor Prrsiurut. Tue Interview D. vvrS
long and refers 10 vsriuu- Cuuversa
tion- lad Jy Mr Clark-uu with james
f. Legate OF Kansas, the conference
Dad Uetwreu Ciarksnn Lrgale aud K
L. kerris Ui II. Luuis " nu had breu
sent uut irnm New York Us the Ns
liuual Republican committee tu alu OF
auVise L laTkssIu IA the latIrT's hpgU
uutiuu with Legate ID also embraces
tWO or three dispatches al s0ine Re
liuuiicaus in connection with tue uaT-
rutlNe, Dut 0i little import hy them
selves. la adIiiiun Ia tire letter frum
Lrgatr. krrrus telrkraphed iast night,
The follow iug letter u the nu-t iuter-
esIiug ducuneut which bears a sigma
ture that the Interview ruItaIu-:
Topeka, KAs-, October 4, 1854.
To Mr. j. S. CIurkson:
SIR-N hrn the election is over
read this, then do ~ you SET ht about
the matter. l saw Tie Importance Uf
cUutruliiug nIeasurably tue PTUhibi-
Iiuu vote for Republicans, and when
tulSed to by ~. john / lrut nn alien
i've ear al Senator P.'s quest
came 10 see you at Ciuucinuat You
seymed 10 have nay views aud read
iiae yOur talks" ] awaited the AZ
rival from New YORK aud supposed
thr. matter would be clJsed up, but
after the consultation at Columbus it
was deemed wiser I should gu after
~. john and meet hiln,u Cincinnati,
having previously agreed with hIm L.
20 To AiIchigan with sure throat. /
teIrgraphel him aud made him a spe
cilic prntuise 10 go with blm 10 Pitls-
burs expecting Ia tiud some word
there but failed. / said To hiul. based
upOu what you had said, and your
friend from New YurE. together WIN
what VIA said 10y SeualOr Z the night
alter the CunitT Tenre al Columbus,
that I would guarantee $1,000 de
Was satisfied aud went with Ine To-
Philadelphia / therr p=rsuade,i him
10 write letters to ID ". Gage, the
stale organizer for OHIO; a. l. Cary
VI Samantha; Rev T. Grgan. OF Col
uulbus, and Professor w. u Frost. at
Ouerliu. urging them 10 aid tile Re
publican Stale ticket, saying tnat O.
tie Repuuiicau Sta.e Ticket Wa~
eirctrd he believed hi- vote ga No
venlber would be largely increased
Ms Judgment is that ITS leaving thr
Stale aud wriIiug these letters aided
IA very large uuuturr To tht R-puOn-
eau usjuIity ia Uhiu. at PniiaIei-
pima / received "A dispatch that ihr
iuuttrrs would Ice fixed al New I"rN,
where with him Went aud Iuurd
MIR. Eikiu~, VIM seemed 10 khOA
nothing uud would de- nothing.
Ii uii lp5S a. tnuLsI &c nal been
funirI l. placed me IA a p isIti1-.
- here | wnuiI uut have been placed
Tor a much iirsrr anuIut, Whatrvri
~. Jnnn has dbue .iuce We gtt tnr
beutiii ul iI- absence aIi tie u-e -,
his friends slliruaiIvely IA v iiu. ana
that under my promise i"r tue sane
Of uiA good i-lin Ju hlui. a. 81 ell "A, tu
the results la IIe future if Mr.. Blaine
g. elected, us iiupe hc viii br, / Wasit
you u-iorr yuu ctu-r your com .nitter
WuIk tu u axe guu.l NY PROMISE rladr
uuti,r tiir circumstances %; tiir part,
nlvirg ptOlitrd bs lis g, suits. Ii Is d
uruuii-r 1 made and gu ttantt Ell %
-nOuld ie fulfilled uni o. ,iialI toe if .
uiu t.smptlir.i tu -ril .ne uu i,e tnal
shelters mN vile uud Cnlldr.u
Ever, buiy here is anxious tu'It NrT
luk. uhu al Majur -miiL-un's re-
u9-si ! have trlrE pitv,i tuat O. - a-
4 surpassed o wa, too iaty 60 acrr.u
pii-n g, OIL. hui b. b. hut I-1 latr lu
make gu.d pTsIli-c Al your lti--
urr ltt nit Lrar iiuu vuu
Yours IIuly, jams L LEGATE.
To tii. letter MIR. Diark,1I .,t,> "a
made Eu reply - he iIai a' up iiuir
uls ir auA pi1.iii-. ,o pay - John
uus money Mr. N-rvus w'iu seas tI-i
btI. d. Iuu rticw'd Il 1Ed cjrrub rats,i
sir. Ciurk-uu's ~tat-.ii-fit. 80 tir a-
tD.y Enr0 tne luc,~ aud Ciicum-
-tlIre- Iif thg case.
LEAVf NWa,fIi. Esu. Jan. l2.-
'rhrIe O. much mitrg- i,lt Atrr iu
the Ly.at- ruuiruvrI-y.
i,.atr naI cu1r Go Ifltat. hut ni-
nephew. Wluaid. j. 90 .ai--es-i'n "i
Iar.s which iIr gave iD several parties
lately. Willard Il tiie puuti, nt
uf Abe Missouri Repp5tcgn. amt ~lt-
iu substance thut he ~ iriy tu Eikin~
al Leusle'~ i1gutst. thuI Elkins au
Swtred, asking Ltgute iu come "n @" /
New Nufk ; that hr went tu Wash
iugtun Il ~ and met Mr.. Ayers, Of the
Kausa- City Times. aud tine twu Ycut
iu New York, L-rair iu see what the
R-puhliraus WnulI de- and ASrr- %
SIC " bat thc Democrats would 80.
rhpy both failed. Ia the meantime
Willard ttlegTaphed tu -. John ask
ing lu give him OF Lrgutr authority Ia
act Tor him and Legaie ulttrward
told " Millard that ~. john had Hn-
-wered favurauly. L-gute then went
tu OhID TO make some sprsches, and
after the October election went To
New York and again had cOu-ulta-
liun with The two committees bus
again failed He then came home
and wrote Clarkson a confidential
letter saying that he knew 81. Johns
appointments and could reach him
aud pull him of the track for u stated
amount This Is SUPPOSED 10 be the
letter that ClarksUn refers 10 In his
correspondence.
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