Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-02-17
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MISCELLANY.
.rx.roR oUAY's DEFENSE.
,..,os u,e Assertions OH His Char
octer And stigmatizes Them as
SlanderOus.

narsistent,y and Indignantly
rho field Of the malignant effort ha
s.sen the entire Union. The assaults
were of such character, 50 mons
trous, as largely to carry Win VnenI
s oyu refutation. Were it other
.,.,sa T could not remain, nor woult
constituents permit me to remail
,uher of this senate. Now
Oh no healed political conflict il
,ino when neither hope nor feal
b- deemed the inspiration of my
6.,erance, / choose, briefly to con
6bpt the accusation with the truth,
II Is not my purpose to weary the
seuate by rehearsal of each detail
of the mass of the Misrepresentation
Nevertheless, avoiding prollXity, /
Mil endeavor to make this state
nent specific, and so complete as tC
b final.
The first assertion concerning my
oeicial acts is that between the years
IsSO and 1882, l used moneys of the
shte of Pennsylvania for speculative
Oh private purposes. | denOunce this
rlatement as absolutely false. In
BIZ the democratic party Of Penn
Elvania elected state treasurer and
suditor general, the financial Officers
81 the commonwealth. A year OF
fwo later pending their terms of Of
Ice | became engaged i'll stock oper-
Atons. In some transactions was
associated, with a gentleman, who
has at that time cashier of the
te treasurer. These transactions
proved seriously disastrous and |
gaS compelled to pay portion of
Dis losses, as we'll as all of my own.
b doing this it was necessary to
slppIy an alleged deficiency
De had caused IN the treasury.
rs portICn of the fund for this'pur-
bose, | borrowed SlOJ,010 from the
teutlemiu wA) is at present my
bJlleague in the senate. | gave my
3Ndgment unte therefor, the am )unt
Il which note | paid to him, dollar
IOr dollar, Years ago. Not uafil the
Beginning Of the settlemAlt ui oar
sses, was | aware the deficiency
Existed. | had enough assurance
Plat my associate was able to carry
lls share Of the lcsses.
Regar'ing the charge that again I
pSed moneys belonging to the com
fhonweallh of Pennsylvania to pur
.fhase bonds or stock of the Chi"ag }
P'reet railway, | would say ! b T.
Fowed the money upIn my own col
latera from the bank iu Philadc!-
Phia' The only neg. liable securities
peld by the state of PENNSYLVANIA,
fire registered bonds of the United
plates, transierrable only in banks of
lne national treasury, by the auditor
general, the secretary OF common
wealth. aud state treasurer, acting
eoHJolntly, after having filed certiii-
cates with the governor in their Of
'icial character. The charge that
ueIrauded, or attempted to defraud,
ne widow of deceased friend is
noSoIuIely false. There breathes not
ppou lhls earth a man or woman
uo can truthfully say l ever de-
''uueu or attempted To defraud him
ner OF a dollar. Upon this point
tnaiiIy to the dead and to the living
I'Olus my making any personal ex-
SuaIlon. Samuel Cuisine Thomp-
'u' OF Philadelphia, president of
ls ioung Mems Democratic Asso-
''OH Of that city, is one of several
f4@OOghly conversant with the
h VINO can give them to the pub
~ Il they are proper.
-~iefrlng to the action as a MEM |
s,I ,'O' Tue board of pardons of Penn
'yIVania, be said:
,.,l IN Voting for the pardon of cer-
OIL. uenloe's of the legislature and
.nH. s ap'n whom sentenc, was +
|tSo,su' u ior bribery, the fact. were .
|ela",ISay discussed before nv |
Iseousn,,a y stat easurer, and sub /.
ra,r tDsauy to the mate. had no /
s.et-,i1,, I' 'u'erest in it. With char.
'Lava n maIignity my assailants
...,e .. 0sel ' CAREFUL TO emphasize the
faiI to.,7F le'7F pushed for trial. They
49,, - STATE that the libel was re-.
es,s 81, sni the defendants paid /
y Tue case and fees Of counsel.
Va. a. .''S''miuary hearing an effort
rieb ne 10 show that | wa.a
hay van, ,lln' the inuueudo being that
had LIN h. was uulawfuuy acquired.
u,,y Osg' Pr''houotary for Beayrr
sin, ''''" 1885 tolsn, when |
,,,y.', ,s u % into the Unlon army,
.i,r.,.' as private secretary "f
ia,D. ,,'r .,. Curtin, as military agent
he 5so... ,,.,s in 'hi' city, as chief Of
md ,sI- Ip-l'nent Of tranporta.iIn
hs,s ''s'SsrAPh, and for three term. ~
,yly,st' osen member Of the pm
lon /. ,s lss stature. Ny recollee.
.Iosss "a ,aA' an examination al.
,srlr. 'ne TIE fact that after nj. %
luul,y nv ,Al' -. Of Industry and opp.,T.
~ u'-''o0 that over twenty