Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-04-29
DUBOIS AND CLAGETC,
Correspondence Relative 10 the Mellon.
aid S'atrnarnt-Ar. Clagett Admits
That He Was In Error.

Hon. Fred. T. Dubois. Washington. D. c.:
oir-l WAS intending to leave for
Idaho this morning to attend to some
important legal business, when Mr..
RYAN handed me your letter OF yes
terday. l have delayed my departure
until this evening train III order to
answer it.
So long as the falsehood abou,
King and Emory rested upon the
state ment of Mcdonald, l paid no It.
t-nt,on to it. He is known in Idaho
aud his word is worthless wherever h-
Is known. only referred to it when
| became SATISFIED that you had heen
Instrumental in CIRCULATING It in the
Eastern press. then ,eit that It was
due to myself As we'll IS 70 two
friends, known Of al to be men Of the
highest integrity, that | should pro
t-ct their good names HERE; at home
they needed no protection. Had you
been in the city | would have re.
qnessed an explanation from you.
You had however gone to Cuba be-
fore l saw the Telegram which d.
RECTLY CONNECTED you with the state.
n-nt Of Mcdonald. 1t WAS ,mpossi.
BILE to reach . GU, and l could not al.
low my friends or myself to res, an
indefinite length of time under such
an asp ts,on. Until yesterday | have
not doubted that you We're directly
responsible for the circulation HERE
of the fals-hood Of Mcdonald. On
yesterday received Letter from
resident Of Post Fails to the Effect
that the writer did not believe you
were SO responsible. Your letter of
yestr rday also assures me that such is
the fact. l am glad, therefore, to
comply with your request that I shall
either Acknowledge myself mistaken
or give some authority for my state.
ment.
The FIRST public information re
ceivrd by me through the Eastern
press, was in the Star Of this CITY OF
March 18th, where an interview WITH
myself WAS prefaced With the state
ment that lust before Mr.. Dubois
lett the city IT IS STATED he r-ce,vd u
dispatch from Editor Mcdonald, tic :"
A few days after this l saw the same
statement in the Baltimore American
OF March l4h. was Ut 4 loss to
know how the press correspondents
could know that you had received
private Telegram from McDonald or
know its contents unless you had Civ
en- them the information but in
the absence OF q distinct statement to
that effect l remained silent, pr fer
ring to treat the matter as al ire.
spensible rumor, although calculated
to produce the same effect upon the
public mind as distinct charge.
Ahou, March goth saw Washing.
ton special, dated March 18th, to Chi
cago News. a paper which | was in>
formed in Chicago on my way East
was especially friendly to you, in
which it was distinctly stated a. q
FACT that you had received the Sian.
d-rous telegram from Mcdonald re-
ferred to in the Post Of this CITY of
March :3i and closing with these
words, "Mr. Dubois has also received
other kilograms which HE BELIEVES
will surely convict Clax+tt ant his
henchm-n Of bribery or attempted
bribery" On seeing this special the
article in the Post Of which you com>
plain was published. Your intimate
with the press repre-
in tins city will doubtless
readily enable you to find out how the
correspondent of the News obtained
80 much lalleged) Information about
your beliefs and private kilograms
(alleeed) by him to have been re,
'eived by you, or why he made such
INJURIOUS use Of your name in this
if he did not receive the
from you.
hav" neither information or knowl-
'dge upon the subject. l am more
han willing to accept the disclaimer
contained in your letter, OF. all RESI- on
sibility for the CIRCULATION Of the
'avin- of Mcdonald, but with you
absent from the country, you will
'eauily see that in the face Of these
public statements ia rtpu.
able journals, connecting your name ,
With such circulation, was justified
n assuming that you had in some way
caused these publications believed
hat you had circulated the statements
md then had gone to Cuba. 1t was {
because l SO believed upon what | .
considered good authority, that l
49, d the language about "this kind Of
ETC."
You are mistaken in assuming tha,
look upon the Senatorial controversy
IS u personal matter or that | want to
rave any personal controversy over it,
The responsibility for any charge OF
personalities does n t rest upon me,
" nv friends, have at all times