Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-01
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Any Connection Whatever With r.. Eden
| Bach--The Auditorium speech.
The following communication is from
Carl Brown, the Commonweal leader,
in which he says he was not brought
here by +. Eden Bach:
=, Editor Eee,y, Epe,iag: In your issue Of
Monday, October oath, 1894, you publish
an article over display headlines as fol-
lows: Details of the Deal; Carl Brown
brought here by Republican money"
Now sir, on reading the article through,
under those headlines, there is not even
scintilla of statement to bear out the prom
Use Of the headlines, that Carl Brown was
brought here on Republican money" On
the contrary, take the statement of Mr..
kelly as you publish il, he says: II, (Mr.
Kelly understood that the pay for this
(Carl Browns coming to Delaware to
speakl would come from Baedenkopf's
contribution"
The evident intent of your headline was,
it seems to me, to try and make out that
was not only mercennry, but engaged in
some Job" with the Republican party.
But, without attempting to try to straighten
out the wrangle into which Mr.. Foster and
Mr.. Rollo seem to have gotten the Peoples
party OF Delaware Il hope to try to do that
at some future time), / simply desire now
to say, and trust that you will do me the
justice of as wide publicity as you gave
your headlines, and that is, that no man or
set of men. if there be any, who say that
Carl Brown personally, either directly or
indirectly. ever had any bargain with Mr..
Bach in coming to Delaware at any time
to speak for the Peoples party, either for
money or without, simply speaks untrue
and mean that with all the emphasis it
implies out West.
came to Wilmington last Friday on in
yitation of my noble comrade, Mrs. Albert
Weld, whose guest am, on coppers col
lected of workingmen of Camden, N. j.,
and all the money that | received here was
put into the hats of two commonwealers
who went among the people that had ad-
dressed. and that has went to feed the
commonwealers encamped at Camden. N.
D., awaiting my return there next Monday
to close its campaign. After the election /
hope to return to Delaware and organize
the State for the commonweal, free from
all this rubbish, for the great conflict Of
1886 to hurl from power If we can the Re-
publican thief and Democratic robber of
the people through national bank legis-
lation.
Respectfully, CARL Brown,
Chief Marshal of the Commonweal
INeLEEooK FARM. WooDDALE, DELAWARE,
Oct. 80, 1891.
The passages in EVERY EVENINGS
story Of October oath, which refer to
Republican influence are found in John
r. Kelly's affidavit. They are as fol-
lows:
We then went to Baedenkopfs, where
we met Mr.. bennington, the other mem Der
of the committee, and with Mr.. Baedenkopf
we arranged to have Carl Brown STUMP
the State with his tramps, and Mr..
Baedenkopf at that meeting agreed to SUBJ
scribe 500 TO the campaign. That was
the amount of his contribution. Carl
Brown had agreed to do this for $50 for
one week. and l understood that the pay
for this would come from Baedenkopf's
contribution.
would state that what I heard then
made me determined to get out. Mr..
Foster also told me that we could get the
Auditorium, for which we would be
charged nominal sum and the pay for it
would come from the Republicans.
WHERE THE POINT RESTS.
Now the point rests in the fact that
Carl Brown was the speaker of the
evening at the Auditorium in the inter
ests of the Peoples party. The hire of
the Auditorium was to be betrayed by
the Republican party. This is shown
under Mr.. Kelly affidavit. There surely
can be no question as to the connection
between the party who appears publicly
on public platform to speak to the
public and the party who paid for the
expenses of that public appearance.
That is the position that Mr.. Brown was
found in at the Auditorium, and is so
logically Judged by the public.