New-York tribune., 1885-01-26
REPLYING TO ST. JOHN AND LEGATE'
MR. GARRISON AWAITS A LIBEL SUIT.
JOHN b. FINCHs FIFTY oUEsTIoNs-LEGAih
LAST STATEMENT CONFESSION.

JOHN b. FINCHs FIFTY oUEsT1oNs-LEGAfE9
LAST STATEMENT CONFESSION.
ley TELBoRAPH TO THE rRIBUNEl
Drs MONIES. Jan. 25.-J. S. ClarksOn SAID
last night respecting ST. Johns statement and the hy
questions recently propounded by John b. F1nch' cha
man of the National Prohibition Committee:
The public must tired of this controversy IN news
paper form II exposures we have made 0i 81 Johns
his party and his WILLINGNESS TO sell 81 au ca Dr
money are false. they the most atr0cious oi ciu
MES. If they are false. no one KNOWS III ~ ,n0 @
well he and NE should not lose an hour IN fns
proper punishment II he VIII ask ms % S
into court the men who knoT mis- W he ccmpeed
to tell that which they know and when tney VIII I'M ~
Ha G 5e The rn I'm f IN 6s natter TSshe he
dare do for he knows that Plumb N gs,s G anu
bly, or two others will then be compeheo " oo'
have no controversy with Finch He is 9itter Dem
in this camnajgn for the Democrats and was con-
santly in close relations with the Democfauo NaUn M %
whom ST. John would have told of attempt 70 sell 10
the Republicans He might as well haye ,Oa under
whom Finch all the time working what s Is 'he he
Of hi. trying to be h Mo- Doubt he could
tell of the deal made by St John with the Democrats
nnys asiTmsh a in M N %ec%asR
Democrat is the for Finch to que @ mo.Ge % Una,
crat and close friend den and Cleveland says tnat
Finch agreed in 1882 TO use the votes Oh ohio id
prShio1Snis5s pTS nsans tn tn help the Democrats beat
the Repnbcans and that he carried out the agreement
was asIs pad ID for IT, Mr. vrOoman reputable Green,
editor of this State says that Ench eS
worl and that he told thom the Democrats were FUR
nishing the money and paying the bills
In reply TO the statement made by Legae yesterday
| Mr.. Clarkson says:
This s contradiction OF the two statements that Le-
gate has made to Ct Louis RI publican reporter and Is
nearer the truth denies his own and st. Johns state
ments that they had had conference on the matter
confesses virtually the eollusion ana tue aounC bG
John asked shows that st. John was va, WaE vi ga 70 Y SeS We
York Legate said word to me about the money
being sent to the Republican COMMITTEE osa IN ar
have heard OF it until now. ,,on6 40 not not SnS@ nho
unless 1t was Senator Plumb 1t was .he latter who
gave him letter OF introduction to me- u VIII De seer,
stance especially in st Johns denias that he had had
no conference with Legate that he had had no sore
in Ohio that he never thought OF leaving Ohio. or OF
not going NewYorK and that he never thought OF sqeh
thing IA changing his 10 suit serve the c-
pubcans Indeed the letter Of Legate Is virtual con-
fession of the truth of the statements have made, sA,
he the facts as 10 his receiving ne
| letter from st. John which he read 10 me
and KeTsns and that TO ne 70 KsSsas Ropabean.
and that the National Republican Committee had con,
sented to send 10 thaI etT,a m dn I States
shows that Legate was acting IN conson @ MN a. % Ionn
practically all that has been charged and that ST. John
The only material difference made by Lerae ts In his
strained and insincere statement that the money was
being for the parys benert IN Kansas Instead OF
| St. Johns personal benefit. The Kansas Repnbhcans
would have been the last to ask or accept,
| money that the National Committee needed
so much doubtful In another week nope ana
believe that Mr. Legate will take another long step for
tell the of the facts aud give to the pubic
The letters st. John confirm IL all IL VIII be seen
that he no longer contends that his printed letters are
forgeries but admits them and tries to explain them
The letter he wrote me after returning to Kansas was
not marked confidential He says that and ala not al
low it printed untiIaier compelled to do 80
y the statements which made in interviews in The
| ST. Louis ReDublIcon.
| MR.. ST. JOHN REFUSES TO TALK
CHICAGO. Jan 25.-Ex Governor St. John arrived IL
this city last evening from Minnesota lie refused t'
saw anything about the controversy between himself
| and 7 : Clarkson OF Des Mones, simply remarkinl
that when had anything 10 say he would speak ovei
| his own signature.