Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-18
CLARKSON ANSWERED.
st. John Denies the Statements Of
the Iowa Editor in Toto.
he Says BE Didn't Try to Feather His
Cap" and Promise to Get a Sore
Throat"

ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. IA repre-
sentative Of the Associated Press called
on ex-Gov st John this evening at
the National hotel and obtained from
him verbal copy Of the statement he
promised TO give the public re-
garding the chsrges contained against
MIN ia the letters aud interviews re-
Gently published by Mr. Clarkson and
Nr. Legats This c'py WAS compared,
word by word, with the statement
written by 81. John, aud bears, like
he original, his signature. The fol-
lowing IL the statement:
NArtoSAL BorEL, MINNEAPOLIS, MINI
TO ]. S. Clark on, OF the Des soiSe. stale
Register and he me ber- he alton II
eomuittee OF the hepuDl can pauy;
CATER great deal of goldiug and
conference with his fTieDus, 3. Nc
Cullagh Of the g OBJ. Democrat. of
st Luui-, at last gives to the public
what he calls evidence to prove that
proposed to sell out TO the Republic aus
and thereby betray the Prohibition
party.
My appointments for the campaign
were msdv by the national committee
Vt the Prohibition party at Chicago,
Sept. Is
through Pittshurg for nearly TIVE
/ ears. MIR. Geo r Scott, foreman OF
I the New Y,rk w ekly Witness Joined
ne vt Oberlin, Ohio, Octob-r 6. and
! Travelled with me and ATTENDED all
/ tue meetings from that time aud up
/ 20 aud including the Que at Newark
/ y. J DC Oher Is. He aud no otht r
[ acquaintance accompanied me from
I Michigan 10 Philadelphia, nor did |
on The way zee any fri nd or scquaint-
anee from my own state.
mir ClaIksOn further says In his
letter:
~ may add that neither the ma
tioBul committee, nor any one acting
fpr IL, ever madeau overture or pTopnsi-
tiou OF any Riud toSt John. Allthat 1t
did WAS tO listen and di cuss the over
lures made to 10 through the medium
witch he employed to reach it,
yet In the same letter he cODvicts
himself for he asys:
"'He (my self was asked. in order to
pIoue the sincerity Of his offer, u
withdraw from Ohio the last week be-
fore the October election
IN that event, who was there In
this transaction to doubt my ain.
certify but J ). ClarksoL? But further
ON he says:
"'TRe things which were demanded
Of 81 John as to his NOV ments Ia
Ohio were pledged by that friend aud
carried out by 1T John
Three parties are here referred to-:
First, the party that made the de.
mand; second, the man chat gave the
pledge: third, myself, wha carried IL
nut Now, submit that there must
have been somebody to have named
the things which were demanded. and
who could II have been bat Mr CLARK
sou. and yet he said that all IL ttht
committtt) did was 70 listen L
( ana Discus he overtures aud proprsi
/ len made to il. II Clarkson WIS al
, honest man, why did he not indig
nantly refuse 10 entertain any such
proposition? But finally Clark
son named James f. Leg
ate of Leavenwoftb, Kan, III,
long Suppressed name Ut this middl,
( man. and proceeds To publish what h,
claims to be ! egate's letter, which
wht ther genuine or not serves to fur
j Their show up Mr. Clarkson's relfidy
"Ry UlATks MS own witness L-gat
: Is made his and not my agent, aud
am eNUnerated from all compiled v In
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