The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-01-27
An Interesting Epistle for Pro
hibitionists to Peruse on the
Lords Day.
He Denies the Charges Made
by Members Of His
Party.
He Lays the Blame Princi
pally to Clarkson and
Kearnes.

Topeka, Kas. Jan. "a The following
will appear Tomorrow morning:
LEAvENwoRTH, January l6, 1885.
To the editor OF the Daily Capital:
have read the interviews of j. S. Clark
son. of DesMoines, and Z. G. Kesrnes, OF
st. Louis, and say they are combination
of wilful misstatments of facts and crimin-
al convictions. After these in :erviewE have
no sl.erstive but to tell the Shole transsc-
lion. rs far es / am concerned end leave
the people to Judge whether Mr.. Clsrkson
and Kearnes are, or are not guilty OF, first,
a criminal violation, slmost . sacred
pledge of homo. and, second, criminal
neglect OF duty which, had il
been performed, Mr.. Blaine would have
bean elected president of he United States.
WAS ELECTED A DELEoATE
to the Pitlsburg convention but was much
opposed to ST. John beS oming the candi-
daie of that convention. / wrote Gov. 81.
John . letter TO Cubs, n. Y where lie wss
lecturing, for that was one Of his app Mt
ments, and gave him my views upon his
candidacy and my reason for wanting
him to become q candidate. In short /
said to him that he was the only man
spoken of for that place who could en-
danger the success of the republican
party; that prohibition WIS on trial in
Kansas and il was his duty to come TO
Kansas and mske the fight 10 lis behalf !;
that if he became a csodidste fer presi-
dent Of the prohibition party of the ma
ton and rrohibitio. should be killed in his
own state he would have to become las
ter of large ship without q drop OF
water upon which to hoat
it: that at least he would be
La ushed at rs q candidate and the
PRINCIPLES OF PROHIBITION
would be ridiculed end the cause Of tenn.
perance be set back quarter OF century.
I ask him 10 wire me his conclusions As
coon ss he received that letter and he wired
me these words: 81 do not wish for, nor viii
I accept that nomination or any other.
Nv motives for my course would De too apt
10 be msconstrued." The convention came
of and he was nominstef- i waited =
short time and wrote him again urging
him with all the force / could MOTTO accept
the nomination, repeating my reasons tor
his not accepting it. gave as my reasons
WHY he should not be nominated snd
added thereto that If the prohibition party
| should form in Kansas ii would defeat the
republican candidate for governor CT this
state, in the doing of which
he WOULD DESTROY PROHIBITION
| in his own stete, where il had so prospered
| under his especial cafe. also wrote to
John b. Finch and stated to him the case
ss strongly as NV ability would allow nee
received reply from Gov. st. John
I quite probably, in which he said, alter Re
| plying TO mine, al she'll accept the nomin"
| ton coming as it does from one OF the
largest conventions that ever assembled IN
the United states, End thst, too, by unan.
imous vote, and / shall do nv duty IS Goo
gives me light to see what duty is, leaving
the consequence to him." Soon htresftel
/ received short lett from Mr.. Finch In
which he said, in substance, that the pro
hibition party had taken their new depar.
ure believing il the only course to pursue t'
save, strengthen and finally TO
| CROWN PROHIBITION
with success to the United States; tina
St. John had been nominated TO stay ant
accomplish that purpose 1 did not stol
even by this encouragement but began I
correspoudence with St Johns most intim
A convection Of the prohibition party Wa
called 10 meet at Lawrence Tor the purpos
of putting in nomination full state uckei
I attended that convention and did al
could do TO prevent the domination oil
state ticket beyond the presidential electors
I offended q good many oil st. John
friencs BY the course / pursued, but atie
the best OF the convention was over, 1 ha'
conference with them and told then
MY PURPOSE,
which was 10 get Governor st. job
Gov. Martin and prohibition, and s
, John told them OF the danger OF the n
publicau perty in Indiana, Ohie, Mich
gan and New York by having st. job
make q personal canvass OF these state
that 20 loose any two oil the western state
would defeat Mr.. Blaine, or to loose Ne
J York would defeat him and that DANCE
a was imminent If Gov. St John m de pc
, senal csuvass there, that The governor Ia
been defeated in his rae for governor
7 this state by the power OF whisky, none
3 and
| THE VOTES OF WHISKY
D men in the republican par,
I when the rest of the tick
was elected by over 10000 majority, sr
3 at last wien I thought he wanted to 60
the Chicago republican convention b
: best friends didn't dare nominate hin
ri Knowing full well he could be defeat.
4 and he would be prompted as much
l this sting as by his convic. ION TO throw b
whole soul into tue censa- This, sdd'
70 the personal of q candidate, Won
g make him very dangerous 10 the republ
Il can party in the states have mer lone:
n that his excuse COR coming to K1rt as al
. making this the battle ground would
= good; that prohibitio1 was on trisl
. bis own state aud lie ought TO look after
b interests here first. i so far convinc
e them that was right; that we agreed
q meet again and discuss the subject farth
: and devise some way
4. TO ACCOMPLISH THE oBJrCr.