St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-06
CAMPBELL CALLS A BLUFF.
Ohio's Governor Puts an EditoH
Hors Du Combat.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 5.-The Even
ing Press on July 2S having stated that
Gov. Campbell had threatened in con-
versation to call out the militia in case
any attempts should be made to enforce
the Lodge bill In Ohio, the governor to-
day sent its editor the following letter:
Mr.. Galbraith, Editor Daily Press,
City-My Dear Sir: The Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette of Sunday states
that one of the editors of your paper
claims to be prepared to confront
me with witness who will dis
pute my denial of the wholly nn-
truthful story concerning me, which
appeared in your issue of Monday even-
ing. July 2S. beg. to say that no per-
son ever heard me use the language
you imputed to me, or any words that
could possibly be strained to have
such a meaning. | do not believe
paper, has ever talked with any person
who Will so state. Your alleged witness
is myth. In order to test your truth
and sincerity | will give $500 to
any charity you may designate.
if, after you have disclosed the name
of this alleged witness to either OF
the following gentlemen: Daniel K.
RYAN, ID. K. Wilson, E. w. Poe, or
George K Nash-either of them will
say that such witness is responsible and
veracious, and uphOlds your charge
against me-even colorably-for do
not exact literal proof. Of course
| shall demand that the witness named
shall repeat what he, personally, heard
me say-not what some third person
says. This offer is open for acceptance
until noon of Thursday, Aug.7. Re-
spectfully, JAMES E. CAMPBELL.
The press editor answered as followss
Hon. James E. Campbell, Governor
Dear Sir: Your letter is received. Your
denials of the truth of the story pub
lished in the Press to which it alludes
have so far been OF such general char
acter that it is plain what part
of it you question. Ii YOU
will make an explicit denial
of the charges that you have expressed
in words, the idea of calling out the
militia to resist the enforcement of the
Lodge federal election law, should it be
enacted, we will furnish you with
our source of information, which
you yourself, we believe, will ac-
knowledge to be trustworthy. In order
that there may be no further quibbling,
we suggest that you sign and deliver to
us the following explicit statement: L
hereby declare that | never stated or
suggested to any one the calling out of
the military of Ohio in case theLOdge bill
should pass, and an attempt be made to
enforce it in my state. And l never
stated, suggested nor intimated, to any
one, that l would make such a
declaration in my speech at the
state house, at the meeting called
for the 10Th of July, 1890.
The Press is not charitable institu-
ton. 1t is a newspaper, and our desire,
we assure you. is only to establish the
truth. Upon the receipt of such a
statement as is above suggested we will
furnish you and the public, at no ex-
pense whatever, a complete story of our
source of information and the manner
in which the matter came to be used.
j. B. GALBRAITH, Editor Press.
The governor answered in a letter,
saving: 81 hereby declare that | never
stated nor suggested to any one the
calling out of the militia in Ohio in case
the Lodge bill should pass and an at
tempt be made to enforce it in this
state. never stated, suggested or in
timated to any one that ] would make
such declaration in my speech at the
state house at the meeting called for
July 10, 1890"