The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-25

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On Wednesday last tho lNreLLiGRScER
published copy OF n letter written to
Congre,smad Capohart by lion. S. u.
Elkins. asking upon what authority Mr..
Capehart published a'statcmcnt that he
was personally Interested In a settle.
ment OF tho so-called Wost Virginia
debt, denying tho accusation contained
In the statement, and requesting cor.
rection OF tho wrong impression that
had been created by It.
Mr.. Elkins' letter to Mr.. Cspohars
was written on February |. bu, up to
the 10Th ho had received no answer,
and ho felt warranted Ia giving tho
answer to the public. Tho following
day, however, he receivo cd letter from
Congressman Capehart, which ho
promptly nnswerod. Mr.. Eikins sends
this last correspondence to the lNrELLI-
dEScER, and requests it, publication as
a mat,or OF justice to both parties.
Il will be noted that, according 10 Mr..
Elkins letter, Mr.. Capeharts original
statement in regard to the senator's al
legged connection with the debt matter
was based wholly on misinformation.
Mr.. CapShar,'s conduct In the matter
does not appear to b, defensihs. Fol-
lowing is tho correspondence:
(copyI. tDIctasCdl
House. OF REPRESENTATIVE,
WASHINGTON, d. O.. Feb. IS. 1895. I
Hon s b. Eikin, Se,s York.
DEAR SiR:-On my return from West
Virginia last Friday. found your letter
OF the lst instant You ask INC to state
what information | have which led
me to make certain statements about
you or supposed TO about you, in r let
Ter written By me, and recently publish.
ed in the Wheeling Register" Tho in
formation that led tho to refer to you as
"the supposed head OF the syndicate"
was supplied through letter OF your
own. seen by friend OF mine in this
city, whose name am no. n. liberty to
disclose. AZ to the supposed reference
to you in my letter to the Register,
when / say that "the people are likely
to rue the day when they elected Re-
publican legislature, which bows its
neck to a master from Wall street, New
York, whose first Act after being elected
to the highest position in the Kilt OF the
legislature is an effort 10 ias,sn on US
obligations which will ruin the pros.
perity OF our state" have only to refer
you to those members OF the Wes, Vir.
ginia legislature with whom you talked
on this subject. aud who will say that
you made an effort with individual
members to induce them to look iavora.
bly, on some schema for tho settlement
OF the deb: question; it seems 70 me
that this is too we'll known for success
ful denial on your part. Having said
this much, permit mo to add, that in
this matter ara not. nor have l been
influenced by any feeling OF party or
personal prejudice toward you; on the
contrary. l have mono but tho kindest
feeling toward you personally Ny
only object in writing a letter on this
subject for publication, was to try to
protect tho ta1payera II being one of
them) from what consider an outrage
ous wrong. Very truly yours.
[signoij j. CArgiAnr.
Mr. EIkIns's reply to the above letter
II as follows:
Copy
WASHINGTON. D. O., Feb. %. 1895.
Hon J. Capchnr. House Of Representatives. IIds.-
inq,on. d. Z.
DgAR SrR:-I Just received yours OF
tho 18th instant, and regret that have
not heard from you earlier. In reply,
beg to state that your friend never saw
any letter OF mine which would author.
ize the belief that was "the supposed
head OF tho Wes. Virginia debt syndl-
cato" or that | ever had dollars
interest in it in any way. directly or in.
directly. because | never wrote any
such letter. As said in my letter to
you of February lqt. | mover had any
interest or ownership OF any kind what
ever in tho debt. in any form or shape.
i further beg to state that you will
not find any member Of tho legislature
who will say that over tried TO induce
tho membors OF our legislature to look
favorably ION soin0 scheme for tho
settlement OF tho dabt question; and | |
deny that this fact "is too vol known"
as stated in your letter, for successful
deniai on my part. As stated in my
letter. you are entirely mistaken in
everything you say in your letter OF tho
26,h OF January, and your letter now be.
fore mo.
l appreciate what You say about your
kindly feeling for me, personally.
You cay your "only object in writing"
your letter TO the Register) for publ.
cation was to protect the taxpayers