Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-22
ALeER REPLIES
sherman has Gone out Of iis way 60
InsuIa the GENERAL


DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 2l.--General
II. A. Alger has written n lengthy
letter 10 the Detroit Ttlbune, iu reply
TO Senator John Sbermau's charges
agsiust tho general's friends, as cou-
tsiBed ia the second volume VI Sher.
name recolleoilons.
The writer quotes Senator Shetman's
language, In which sherman, in refer.
ring TO the circumstances attending
tho contest In tho Republican national
convention Of 1855, wrote: at believe
and had, A. thought, conclusive
proof TIA It too friends OF uencisl Al.
ger substantially purchased the votes
of many Of the delcga tes from tue
Southern States, who had b0en In.
stfuctod by tnoir conventions u vote
for me-"
He also quotes Senator Sherman's
assertion 10 the effect that although he
mad learned with compiaisancs OF the
explanations Of tbs waverlng Of u q
ohio aud New York delegations from
his (5hcrmau's) support, that "ihs
only ieoling OF recruitment / enter.
taiuVd was IN regard 10 the action OF
the itlends OF q neral Alger In Tempt
Ing with money poor negroes TO vic.
lats the Instructions Of their cons,Itu-
ents.O
In reply to these quotations, General
Algsr tRys tunt he should not have In
tuudcd this matter upon the public
were II not Tor the fact TINT It appeared
that senator sherman had gone out Of
the wsy TO insult his (Alger's)lirltnds,
Az well a. himself.
General Algef Gays that whom Ser
aiOr ShtfmHh'A charles were iint
made, Immediately after tho oonven-
ton, he was especially distressed, be-.
cause Of the warm friendship exiting
butweBn himself anu family anu Gem
sral w. II. sherman AMI family, 10
ylsw VI this he wrote General Sher.
man, assuring MIN thst there was no
foundation Tor tho CHARGE, anu that
he had not replied TO them on account,
Grst, Of the aye Of tue senator, second,
OF his great name, anu third, because
Of the injury such talk would do tho
party.
Continuing, General Alger sAys that
during the excitement Of '55 no paid
little attention to the report Ia ques.
ton, as nothing had appeared over
SauAtor bhermAnb name, but that now
tho case Ia different. He then gives al
analysis Of tho Southern votes re-.
ceived by sherman aud himself At tho
Chicago convention. According TO
this showing, senator Sherman,
on tho niIh ballot (thc onp Ia
which Alger received tho high.
esl number Of voiss) received 100
votes from bouthofu statos, against
Alger's 80, not including, however, -
votes from Arsansaa hud Missouri,
which came voluntarily pledged 10
Alger under tue leadership, Tespgc.
lively, OF Den. Powell Clayton Rnd
Chauncoy /. FillsJ. q tue other %
Gen. Aiger writes that moro than one.
halt OF them had served either In tho
Union or Southern armies duiingtthu
war, anu !. was not unnatural tuut
they would prefer soldier 10 n civil.
ian. Many OF these people l knew
personality"
Gen. Aiger relates Instances Of the
friendship between hinseli aud tue
senator OF lats yesTs, aud VI assurances
given him BY ShurmBn that, while
his dlsa ppointment h ID bees great, he
did not believe that Alger had any
part In the scramble for yotos, etc., In
1855.
A lstlor from James Lewis (colored)
q New Orleans IL appended, stating
that the writer voted Tor AlEer In the
'sS convention NJ second choice 10
Sherman, and denying that ths me-, 10
delegates were In the habit OF selling
IA or voies.