The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15
Fact. Abou, she IngaII. Letter.

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of the Capital was shown a letter from
senator Ingalls, by Mr.. p. III. COney.
The letter was in answer to one writ
ten the senator by Mr.. COney, CRITICS.
ing his position upon the prohibition
question in the Forum article. On
Friday evening, August 2, the letter
appeared in the Kansas Democrat. We
say the letter, because it was so nearly
an exact copy of the one read the day
before that the idea that it was not an
exact copy was not entertained. AS it
had become public property it was re-
published in the Capital on Saturday,
August 3, and commented upon as we
believed the sentiments of the letter
merited. The publication in the Cap
ital was made without any knowl-
edge whatever of the fact
that the Democrat had Sc
cured the contents of the original in a
manner altogether unfair to Mr.. Co
ney or to Senator ingalls,. AS the let
ter had no marks of special privacy,
and had been shown to a number of
persons and its contents well under
stood, We were not prepared for the
surprise of Saturday, when Mr.. Coney
informed us that he had not given the
letter to the editor of the Democrat
and that it had been copied by them
from memory and published without
either his or Senator Ingalls,, consent.
At that time the original letter was
produced by MIR. COney and carefully
compared in this Office with the printed
letter copied from the Democrat by the
Capital. A few unimportant words
were found in the printed letter
that do not appear in the original
letter of Mr.. Ingalls,, but in no ca e
was the sense changed, added to or de-
tracted from. The printed letter is so
nearly verbatim copy of the original
as to have deceived three or four intel
ligent persons who have carefully read
both. Mr.. COney denounced the publ
cation of the letter by the Democrat
ator, which is''no doubt true. Technical
ly and legally the change of one or
more words of a letter, whether i'm
portant or otherwise, is in law a for
ergy, and in that sense the ingalls, let
ter as published by the Democrat and
republished by the Capital was a for
gerry. But if the senator or his friends
unterdake to say that nc
such letter as the one published was
gether and absolutely mistaken. The
forgery, if it may be called such, is only
technical one under the law.
On Saturday night, August 3, after
the writer had left the Capital office
the following telegram was received
| from Senator Ingalls, and published il
the Capital Sunday morning, Au
gust 4:
'EDITOR OF THE CAPTTAL-The let
ter published in your issue to-day pur
porting to be from me, is forgery.
| JOHN J. INGALLS,
Mr.. Coney returned the letter in dis
pute to Senator Ingalls,, and if the pub
lication of the letter does him an in
Justice or in any manner changes TIT
| sense or meaning of the original ~
will cheerfuIly give the facts and il
every possible way make the amend'
honorable. The real bottom fact il
that the dispatch stating that TIN
letter was forgery ought neve
to have been sent by the senator, for
was not really a forgery in the sense u
attributing sentiments or ideas he dit
not write. His friend was injudiciou
in showing the letter SO frequently AM
the Democrat took unfair advantage il
publishing copy of it.
In this matter we do not propose I
be misunderstood. While the methOt
used in giving publicity to the letter O
Senator Ingalls, is not to be cOmmende
as honorable journalism, it does no
change the sentiments of the senate
as expressed in that letter, and an
attempt IN the face of a number G
witnesses who read the original, an
fully recognized Senator Ingalls, writ
ing, to say that no such letter was writ
ten, will be TO make very much great
er blunder tnan the Democrat commit
ted.-Topeka Capital.
How ThOa. Williams Had Great Lucl
In holding a ticket which drew TIL
S25, 900 at the May drawing of tn
Louisiana State Lottery. He wa
found at his work in the Jefferson Iro
works, where he has been employed fO
years as a mailer. 81 was unsncceSs
full in'capturing anything, but kept o
, until before the May drawing, when
sent two dollars to NJ. A. DauphiT
New Orleans, Louisiana, and receive
a one tenth ticket numbering 81 ,S2t
The drawing took place May 14th, an
on the nth learned that ticket 81 ,S2
had drawn the SIS, 900 prize. "-SteT
benville (G.) Herald, June 6.