Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-23
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~ = uoonfss suo-
jacs IN controversy u appeared
very much worried. anc s.
once te}sgraphet Colonial J5hn c. Moore,
the yell known Southern journalist ana
intrinsic friend OF Rucker, wno is now
living at Pueblo, tocome st 0nce to Dem
evening, snd Tas Immediately driven to
closeted until O'Clock this ulCTn!ng, re.
iusing to gee ary one. Your co1respon-
den! called 81 his office q
short time af,er this hour and Jadse
Rucker in reply ID g question hnpded aim
he following letser addressed 10 tie Ker-
lucky senator:
Hon. J. S. Blackburn:
SIR-NeiIner explanation nCr apology
is required ioE the liberty take il sd-
dressing you this open letter in regard to
the matter in controversy between US,
since they have already ceen given to the
public more or less fully By the press.
THOUGH YOU ARE A SENATOR,
4 representative Of the honored state
OF Ksn'ucky in tie legislative branch Of
the national Legislature, an orator and
leader aud man OF mark n tae great
party TO which we both yield allegiance,
snd sn sn hum5ie Gnd comparatively
unknown cit'zen ct state on ire con-
iles Of CIVILIZATION; l Tniuo my reputa-
ton for hoGoT. tratn, courage Gad m7n-
hcsd SO highly IS you can value yours,
and cOnst q1enlF an NOT disposed 20 81
loR your teIOgGtCry statements or those
Of your tTiGnGs 10 pass urChsiIerged
With gocd cea. o. UNNECESSARY violence
OF language you take exceptions to sn In.
teyvieW with NE published in the Repao.
lican several days after the election con-
ceEniBg 81 interview with President
Cleveland about two weeks before
the election. Tee statsmert made
by me in connection with tina. inleTvie "
hsye before stated AID here reileFste,
were substantially correct. The presi.
dent did speak dispsragingly Of
IRE PROSPECTS, OF his ELECTION,
and did consider New York the weak
pace in The Democratic line, and did at
tribute The weakness 20 the digsstiss5c-
ton, no. to say the distraction, of Mayer
Hewitt, Governor Hill and Sheriff Grsnt.
Ia your first statement TO the
public on November II, you deny
that any conversation OF the kind occur
red. ''rhe president never mentioned Mr.
Hewitt or MIR. Grants nsme," you said,
"nor did nor any one else" In later
stxtemen. of NoIember is you admitted
that Mr.. He1itt's name was mentioned,
sld in smother which was printed
in the New York Sun @. the ssue
date that you admitted Mr..
Hswitt's, Mr. Grants and Governor Hlll's
name Wss mentioned. II your memory
WAS so treicherous in the first place, and
II on reconsideration you were able to
remem Der so much which st first you EN-.
phatically denied, 1t would seem that you
might have been little more guarded In
lstice to yourself, in impeaohing in IN
qualified terms ny veracity. But, unior-
tunately, just in the degrees that you are
compelled to admit
WHAT STATED
And you denied, or IN other words,
that am right and you sre wrong, you
oecsme personally abusive, End further
der ounce me IS acting tne part CT spy
in the Interest OF the R lpu olicans Log
icslly speaking, II you ara justified IN
applying tina. epithet to me there must
hsye been something said in the course
dent which it would have teen
VI dhfaAtdsS LS4 L-iS
TO know. II il was not what l stated.
what WAS i You are well aware ;Eet I
did not state half tha: WAS said. and that
have not violated any confidence to-
ward you or the president, OR any faith to-
ward the Democrats parry. Your sppli-
cation Ct tie term "a me oEiy shows That
you s:a mad E, u taxing - radon. Il
would pr5nao!y be goins ortsi5e OF the
record fJt M to sugge2t in
this connection what yCu know
very well, ibat the iIflsrce CT TIC poll,
t.cisns Ct N-wYork is far reaching, aud
has been ex a. go il thu el@cI:on OF seE~
.tor from Kentucky, and that
THE QUESTION CT YOUR REFLECTION
will he decided by the legisisuFo q :nes
state TO be choss1 next Augus5, ard that
therefore, !: behooves Jou not
20 lose tee favor Of those
matters 9! the political in!ngue
Ia view Ct this fSct,
sdmi. It #ss an icd;scre1lon On nv part
TO mention Whist you aSid TO Mr. Hewitt,
and assure Y0u sincerely regret hsv.
iDg done go. Now, senator, l approsca 8
poin. in the controversy which 1 would
gladly svoit, but coIcsrring which IS
you have given it great prominence,
sm compelled 20 spask plainly. Imean
Jour elu!ions direct, and indirect,
| 20 what you ere pleased to
| consider the d.Fsrerce IN cul
social position in lie. sEG the afgumeu!
+ yepr irierd BIZ. Phil B. Thompson besse
these on TO the eff5c. that 1t ia impossible
that you should hold any correspondence
with me- of personal nature. O1l
mutual friends may not have recognized
! TEIs ASSUMPTION OF SUPERIORITY
but lei that psss. I will not sag thai
you are prompted 10 this by considera-
items unworthy Of man Ct Courage, bu
/ will say that you sre pursuing exacsl.
the course s coward might be expected Il
pursue under like circumstances, ant
certainly it Is not the psrs Of courage 4