Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-06
MADE THE ISSUE
And 1t Affects Somebody's
Standing for Veracity.
GOV. CAMPBELL IS ONE PRINCIPAL

And "a Citizen vonched for by News
paper Editor the other-The Governor
Denies, In Terms Proposed by the Edi-
tor. a Certain Alleged Beiiigerent Re-
mark--The Issue Now Made Up and the
Witness To he Heard Next Spicy Cor
respondence.
COLUMBUS. o., Aug o. The Evening
Press on July % having stated that Gov.
| Campbell had threatened. in conversation,
| 70 call out the militia in case any attempt
| should be made to enforce the Lodge bull
| in Ohio, the governor yesterday sent its
editor the following letter:
"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
| dispute my denial of the wholly untruth-
full story concerning me, which appeared
| in your issue of Monday evening, July IS.
| beg to say that no person ever heard me
| use the language you imputed to me. or
| any words that could possibly be strained
| to have such a meaning. i do not believe
you, or any one connected with your pa
per, has ever talked with any person who
will so state. Your alleged witness is a
myth.
| The Governors Proposition.
I'm order to test your truth and sinceri-
| ty 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, to-wit: Daniel
j. Ryan, d. X. Watson, E. w. Poe, s. h
Flickinger, or George X. Nash, either of
them will say that such witness is respon-
sible and veraclous and upholds your
| charge against me even colorably-for
do not exact literal proof. OF course I
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. z. Respectfully,
JAMES e. CAMPBELL"
| Not Satisfactory to the Editor.
| The Press editor answered as follows:
"DEAR SIR:-Your letter of to-day is re-
ceived. Your denial of the truth of the
story published in The Press to which it
allude5 have so far been of such a general
character that it is not plain what part OF
| 1t you question. II you will make an ex-
plicit denial of the charge 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 your
self. we believe, will acknowledge to be
| trustworthy.
| Form of Denial Suggested.
''In order that there may be no further
quibbling, we suggest that you sign and
deliver 10 us the following explicit state
ment:
hereby declare that never stated nor suy-
gested TO any one the calling out of the mill
| tary OF Ohio in case the Lodge bill should
pass and an attempt be made TO eaforce II in
| my state And never stated. suggested, nor
intimated, to any one that would make such
| "a declaration in my speech at the state house
at the meeting called FIR the 18th OF July,
| 1850.
Not Running a Paper for Charity.
THE Press is not a 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 state
ment as Is above suggested, we will fur
nish you and the public at no expense
| whatever, complete story of our source
| OF information and the manner in which
| the matter came to be used.
| j. II. GALBRAITH. Editor Press"
Now Call Your Witness.
The governor answered in letter saw
| ing: Il 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 attempt be made
to enforce it in this state never stated,
suggested, or intimated to any one that |
| would make such n declaration in nv
speech at the state house at the meeting
called for the 9th OF July, $780,