Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-17

peared reporter OF the Evening Post
appeared before breakfast with the C.
G. and showed me the Halstead card.
then and there branded him liar, q
double liar, and said il he could prove
that l was fnapcially interested in that
ballot-box would go of the ticket, and
/ repeat it now. But that poor, crazy
old creature, following the Senate jack
o. lantern, has been bowling away since
in innuendos and insinuations.
Then the Cincinnati Times-Star took
it up and has been writing editorials
like the c. G., which read as if lawyer
had been slandering over the EDITORS
shoulder to see that there was no
DIRECT OUTRIGHT CHARGE.
They are full of dirty slurs and in
situations, but no direct charges are
made.
Then comes the, Cincinnati Evening
Post, which has been bought up by the
Foraker combine-that's hbelous, but I
charge 1t boldly. The Cincinnati Post
is political commodity for sale to the
highest bidder, and it has been pur-
chased body and soul this year in the
interest of the third-.erm candidate for
Governor, but its influence is not worth
as much as one of the white pieces of
paper it spoils in being printed.
Here Mr.. Campbell read an editorial
from the Evening Post of yesterday,
charging that it had been proved three
times over by Mr.. Campbells own sigma
ture that he was financially interested
in the ballot-box bill.
In reference to this Mr.. Campbell said:
SIT is lie, and the paper that tpublishes
it denounce as an infamous sheet, and
in any way that the English language
can deny I refute the outrageous SLAM
der. l never directly or Indirectly, re-
motely or near at hand, far or near, had
any interest in that box or any other
box, and any language that can make
my denial would like to make use Of,
and in this connection I will read you
the following dispatch 1 sent this after
noon on reading this Post editorial:
"GERMANTowN, O., Oct. 8, 1889.
"HoN. ISAAC M. JORDAN, Cincinnati,
o.: Please demand from the Cincinnati
Post, as my attorney, full and COM
plete retraction of the ballot-box and
brewery editorial in yesterdays paper.
l have just read it. Iconsider it clearly
libelous and brand it as a lie. desire
you also to read the Cincinnati Times
Star of Saturday last, and if any of it's
false but carefully worded articles are
libelous in law I desire the same action
taken. Bring action promptly if retrac-
tion is not forthcoming, and retain
Judge Harmon's firm, also.
GAS. E. CAMPBELL"
Now we have them where we want
them. They must now either retHact
or prove their statements made against
me.
This afternoon I received from Nor
ton L. Hawkins, a reputable writer en-
ployed on the Evening Post, the follow
ing dispatch:
COLONEL HAWKINS DISPATCH.
CINCINNATI, Oct. s, 1889.
Hon. JAMES E. CAMPBELL, German
town. Ohio: There is much public i'm
portunity and friendly solicitude re-
garding the delay of your promised refu-
tation of published charges connecting
your name with an alleged questionable
ballot-box trust while you were men,
Der of Congress. The Post contained
yesterday an article based on a CONVEX
sation held with you last Sunday with
one of your warmest political and per-
sonal friends, in which it was stated
that your complete vindication was con-
tanned in certain document, unofficial
or otherwise, and you had sent for it,
and that when this arrived you would
be amply prepared to confound your en-
emies. The great interest taken in this
matter by the public warrants me earn
estly and respectfully requesting you to
wire at once such facts and stamp for
publication in this connection as will
not only prove boon to your legion of
friends here, but boomerang to those
who have sought to blacken your fair
fame. Use the wire freely at our ex-
pense. MORTON L. HAKwINs,
Evening Post.
at once answered as follows:
COLONEL M. L. HAWKINS, Daily
Post, Cincinnati, Ohio: Replying to
your kind and respectful dispatch, 1
must say that publicly branded Hal
stead's card as a lie upon reading it. 1
have been waiting for statement SIM
liar to his to be made editorially in the
Commercial Gazette. So far it has not
been done, except by imputation. The
editorial in yesterdays Post, which 1
have just read, is the first case in which
a responsible party has squarely faith
cred this wicked and libelous story, and
1 have wired my attorney to demand a
retraction or sue for damages, as the
only true way to test the falsity of the
charge. JAMES e. CAMPBELL"
THE COLD FACTS.
Now, as to the facts about the introduce
ton of the bill. The attorney for the
ballot-box company handed me the bill,
asking me to present it, because the
stockholders were all Republicans, and
they wanted it to come from the Demo-
cratic side so there would be no &blitics
in it, 1t was introduced by request, as
hundreds of bills are. told him if he
would so word it that the Attorney-Gen-
eral would be allowed to fix the price on
the box I would do so. The bill was
drawn up in that shape and the best
features Of the Hoar election bill intro
duced in the Senate added to it. The bill
was SO worded that the Attorney-General
of the United States could fix the price,