National Republican., 1888-01-18
Gen. sypher,s Letter TO the Sneaker.


the following letter of Mr.. Thobes council to
Speaker Carlisle:
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. II, 1SSS-HoS.
JONI q. CARLISLE, RIGGS House, WASHING
TON, d. C.-ST; In view OF the unprofessional
conduct of your counsel and the indecency of
your paItisans on the election committee of
the House in dragging into your defense and
before the public, against my protest certain
private letters of mine, which were written
prior to my engagement as counsel for con.
icstant, am abSolved from all professional
courtesy requiring me TO withhold from the
public certain aiiidayits and statements now
in my possession affecting your personal Ch IT.
j. HALE SYpnEe,
Counsel for Contestant.
REPUBLICAN, reporter called on the gen.
cr8l Yesterday at his Office to inquire the mean
iDg Of the above letter.
lie said: 81 wrote that letter simply to
inform The Speake, that mad been mn n n
than his IT, decent aud unjust plrtisans on the
elections committee h,ai been to my client"
"ln what respect"
why, while they In their indecent ha ,te
were denying fair play and common justice to
poor labOriug man, and attemp ~ -
smirch my character by dragging irrelevant
private letters into the case, was suppress
ing matter which, II true, was serious attack
Have you any objections to allowing me to
see the matter yOu refer to"'
Yes, | nave very decided objections to doing
so at this time. j may do so hereafter HIRE
is one affidavit which VIII permit you TO OK
anime. but not for publication. Not word of
IT, 1t is only sample. some of this bundle
of interesting literature was complied by the
friends of an eminent Kentuckiau, for use in
the senatorial contest in that state some time
ago, hut the Speaker deemed 1t prudent to
withdraw from that contest, and there was no
explosion Of the ammunition. That affidavit
is mighty interesting reading
"Why didn't you use it! No doubt II would
have had great Influence upon the public !"
The general answered. with emphasis! use
IL ! ] couldn't afford IT,"
dragged into the case were those you wrote to
Col. CrandnllY
"Yes. There was nothing wrong or i'm
proper in the letters-nothing that desired to
conceal from the committee or the public.
The letters in themselves are truthful and hon
orable, but they were written before came
into the case and al the time when Col, Gram
dali was urging me as friend of the labori ng
classes TO take charge Of the case. Col Gran.
| dali sent l.. A. Woods letters 10 me, and my
| letters were partly in reply TO Wood, who, as
| sumed from his own letters must be either n
| TOOL or a sooundrel. at first obiectea to the
| reading OF my letters In the committee, assam.
| ing that every decent man and lawyer on the
committee would sustain the objection, but as
soon es one member, who, ] am compelled TO
| say, lacks both the instinr' of a gentleman
and the courtesy of the prof sson, in'istci | on
having them read, az once withdrc MI OBJ
| lection.
"The chairman OF tie COMMITTEES. VIII, Is "A
| gentleman and a good LAWYER. seemed TO hesi-
| tate, as If to doubt the propricty OF dragging
| IN such private letters, but II wishing to
| place myself in a false position. | at once
| Withdrew my objection TO the reading, know
ing that the contents of the letters could do no
harm to either my client or myself"
what have you to say as to the present
status of the cpse?'
at is now before the House. and 1t only re-
| mains to be seen how many members there
| are there who will vote to sustain the Spen ker
| in his seat upon fraudulent title, and deuy
| Justice and fair play TO an honest laboring
| man who can prove that be wL1 4s.lllv
| elected if the House will reopen the clsa aud
| give him chance to do so.