The American guide., 1896-06-13
CALUMNY REFUTED.
Che Good Name of st. Louis At
tackled by Outsiders,
A TIMELY AND COMPLETE REPUTATION
OF Assertions as Unfounied as They Are
Malicious Men Who Know
Bes, Brand the Calumny
as 1t Deserves.

ST. LOUIS, June ia special to the
New York Sun from this city Tuesday
stated that Richard c. kerens, the Re-
publican national committeeman from
Missouri, and W, II. Thompson, presi-
dent Of the Bank Of Commerce of St,
Louis, had been compelled TO shoulder
most of the expenses of bringing Tho
convention" to this city; that "tho
bills already footed up In tho
neighborhood OF sl5O,0OO; that the
merchants who had put their names
! down for liberal subscriptions and
thereby got their names In the news
papers as loyal sons of st, Louis" h ad,
In many instances, 'iluked;' that Mr..
Kerens and Mr.. Thompson, who were
back OF the enterprise, would have to
see it through, but that they might be,
to a certain extent, reimbursed by the
sale OF the $500 convention tickets al
lo,ted to the city by the national COM
mittee, which tickets were being ped
pied at the rate Of $40 seat
The best and most conclusive evil
dencc of the utter falslty of these as
scrtions is furnished by the gentlemen
whose names are so unwarrantably
made use of, and by others who are
equally In II position to know whe reof
they speak.
MIR. THOMPSON INDIGNANT.
Mr.. W. II. Thompson, president of
the Bank OF Commerce, after reading
the Suns special, said; Contradict 1t
for me in the most emphatic terms. In
tho first place the merchants of ST.
Louis have not 'iunked.' They not
only subscribed, but paid up most lib
orally. Every dollar against their
names is good We have erected new
convention auditorium at great addi'
toual expense, and three of us, not
two, as the Sun intlmates, guaranteed
all expenses, Mr., Kerens, Mr..
Sam Kennard and myself. We
are perfectly satisfied. We have
not been compelled to shoul-
der expenses wo merely stood good
for the citizens of st. Louis, 1t being
necessary as business proposition
We did IL gladly, willingly, and have
no reason to regret It, Should we ever
have occasion to complain we shall do
30 openly In st. Louis, and not 10 the
irresponsible correspondent Of news
paper In any envious outside city. The
statement that the tickets are being
peddled Is equally false. The tickets
sru beins. nliottsd ip the proportion OF
one set to each subscriber OF $40 TO thu
convention fund.-
MR. KEsSARD's DENIAL"
Mr.. =. NJ. Kennarj, president OF the
Business Mems League, and one OF the
co.guarantors, was equally emphatic
IN his reputation OF the statements In
the SUNS dispatch. 1--WE are not only
satisfied with our position" he re-
marked, but are paying every ac-
count, ns In comes In, In cash. The
assertion that the total foots up to
anything like $4,000 is ridiculous.
We have spared no expense and
have gone beyond our promises
to the national committee. 1t is a
klandcr upon our merchants to sug-
gcst that they have 'nnlsed' or that
they put their names down for liberal
sums In order to get them In the pa
pcrs Not seat has been sold or
pledged. Only subscribers to $40 aud
upward are entitled to tickets The
entire story is made ont of whole
cloth.
National Committeeman Il, c. kcrcns
was hurrying OF to meeting OF one OF
the business Mons league committees,
when his attention was called to the
Suns dispatch. certainly II Is nm
founded" he said. I'VE nre fulfilling
our pledges to tho letter, and nothing
IN the situation justiilcs any such pub
licatlon. It is unworthy Of notice.