Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-13
DID HE PROMISE?
NJ. NJ. EsrEE AND COLONEL MARKHAM SAY
HE DID.

NJ. NJ. EsTEE AND COLONEL MARKHAM SAY
HE DID.
A reporter saw Colonel Markham yester-
day afternoon in regard to the letter to ex-
| Governor Perkins, in which Morrow says
1t is not true that | promised Colonel
Markham that would not be g candidate
for Governor"
when l was in Washington. in Janu-
airy, 1890" said Colonel Markham, " l had
a conversation with Mr.. Morrow, wherein
he positively stated that he was not to be a
candidate for Governor, but that he would
do what he could TO secure the position
now occupied by Judge Sawyer, should the
Judge resign. He not only told me that,
but he wrote about the same thing TO sew
eral of his friends among them Mr.. Fin
layson, of Los Angeles, and others. He
also told Mr.. NJ NJ. Estee, in substance,
what he had told me-that he was not
candidate, and would not be.
when | was in Washington the last
time, in May and June" continued Colonel
Markham, "Mr. Morrow said, it is true,
that he would probably be a candidate for
Governor. That is the date he refers to in
the letter to Mr.. Perkins. There are too
many people to whom he had already said
that he would not be candidate for him
to deny it at this day. No one disputes
that Mr.. Morrow announced himself as q
candidate about the time of my last visit"
AND Mr.. EsrEE, TOO.
The reporter saw Hon. NJ NJ Estee and |
he said that on April 18th Mr.. Morrow
told him in Washington that he was not |
candidate for Governor and would not be. |
1--WE talked over the matter" said Mr.. |
Estee. land offered TO support him as my |
friend, and he is still my friend. But he |
said that ne would not be candidate, and |
then l remarked that we had better have a |
southern man because of the handsome |
majorities the south had given US. Mr.. |
Morrow agreed that the idea was good |
one.
II say this" said Mr. Estee, sin the in
terest of nobody, but merely as fact"
A Gard.
EDS. REcoRp-UN1& An ANONYMOUS
article appeared in the RECORD. UNION this |
morning in which Colonel Markham is |
charged with bad faith toward me, sin |
having presented himself as a candidate |
for Appraiser General as against his friend, |
II. q. Osborne" This charge is absolutely !
untrue. Colonel Markham made every eff !
fort possible in my behalf. The President |
exacted as qualifications for the place either |
legal attainments of high order or expert |
knowledge of the Customs service This |
ruled me out. | am informed that the |
names OF several eminent Californians
We're eanvassed by the President who had |
not applied for the position. Colonel |
Markham never gave assent to the use of
his name in that connection.
H. y. OSBORNE.
Sacramento, August 18th, 1890.
A Card From Mr.. Morrow's Friends.
To THE EDITORS OF THE RECORD UNION
Sirs: The ANONYMOUS advertisement pub
lished in the RECORD I MON of Tuesday
morning, referring to Mr.. Markham, was
not authorized by Mr.. Morrow's friends
and supporters, and is not Endorsed by
them Mr.. Morrow's friends are making a
clean, manly fight in his behalf, and if
they cannot win by fair and honest meth
DDS would rather lose the fight than resort
to the defamation of the character OF their
opponents. Mr.. Morrow stands on his rec
ord as public man, and neither he nor
his friends will indorse any underhand
methods which may be used towards ad-
vancing his interests.
+. S. STRATToN,
GEORGE w ScHELL,
s. w. BAcKUs,
E. p. DANFoRTH,
And Others.
Sacramento, August 18th, 1890.
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