The Irish standard., 1896-09-05

.lAI!Il'TGELD 10 9H|'R 'FRONT.'
\ * Congressman Forman stirs Up
the dovernorato a White q
Heat.
AN OPEN LETTER SHOWS HIS STYLE

/
Incidentally the Gold Bugs Are
Given Some Needed Atter-
ton 1.s.
Chicago; Avg. 3I-C6v. Att geld has issued
q reply to- eroHsressrnani FHorma lie tte1'.
lie contents Himself with Il general denial
OF Forlnan;s specific, charges saying that
they: arc. simply the; ,fehash Of statements
previously sprinted i'll partisan newspapers,
already denied. and OF the truth Of which
iFor4an has no personal knowledge. Hav-
ing dismissed the accusation thus briefly.
the governor devotes himself to g feipid at
taelS8bn k'orman's personality. and political
methods. The DETER follows. !,
Eorlran, Esq, East ST. Louis. Ill. Sir: MY
attention has been called 10 sthe fact that
ty,n was ss Ta ana iro made s some
against me, and also made an attack upon
tWo dead men.
upon myself coming from personal ana. pc
litieal luminosity. and have found tnat ~
time the calunniators are buried n II, the;r
made up Of malicious, false and slanaerou u!
:tash that had been repeatedly published IN
partisan newspapers, and while all of It
that any living man knew anything about
has Dy them been branded as false and ma
licious and does: not call for any further no
ticc, it is urged by prominent Democrats
that as sou are trying to pose before the
people OF this state you should be asked to
stel, out Of the shadow into the sunlight
and experience q new sensation. 49,
1t is to be regretted that this campaign
promises to be bitter and fuit Of personal
Evaporation, and it is still more to be re-
GREETED that the first gun, loaded with per-
aonal calumny should have been fred not by
the Republicans, but by a man, and set of
n MI Shp
en- bread to eat and who, because they cam
not now control thar party; are trying TO
destroy it, not Nv q manly fight in 'front.' out
by a suIking fusilade i'll the rear
Why did you write that letter at this time?
1:yerSthing i, i, was old aud yoy simply
allegation, you make s.fralse, and 1t you
knew anything about the FACTS then you
knew that you were making false insinua-
tions. IF you knew nothing. about the facts
and. simply allowed your political disap-
pontment to lead you into this step, then
you did a thing that was cowardly.
You drag in the name ofeJohn w: Lane
hart who died in Chicago q few weeks ago.
me s the MOST tie
forward and substantial young men of the
state. a man who was the soul Of honor
q man who was extensively engaged in at
fairs. carrying on large real estate opera
lions and being interested in other business
enterprises While he was ~, aiiye you slip.
many times and you uttered not syllab pie,
but as soon as he Is buried you come for
The Western settlers attribute this quality
You have been "a member Of the Demo
cratic state committee, and had once fond
" ina gined that you controlled the party.
You had been sent to congress by that par
ty. Your course and your methods while
oil that committee were well known. i our
career in congress was Well known. Your
votes while in congress, which We're already
Your 'e reputation among the lobbyists at
Washington was well known. The fact that
your constituents had determined to bury
you. and that you retired IN order MOTTO
give them chance to express their opin-
ION of you was we'll known. In view of
YOU should write that letter at this time.
and it really looks as though you were try
ing to pose. -
and let {, little daylight in OH the worm that
is eating your soul. About is months ago
the capitol to have a private talk with. me:
You complained that had formed wrong
impression Of you. You stated that you had
Ramsey, the late state treasurer, and that
YOU feared he and some others, whom you
named had prejudiced my mind against
private office in which we were sitting and
then said to you that you We're mistaken.
that neither Mr.. Ramsey nor any other
person had influenced me against you; but
] had myself watched your career and that
politically had absolutely no confidence in
you; that while you were one, of the, brain
lest and shrewdest men in. the state, you
seemed to be entirely too sly, too foxy and
500 counting to be trusted. and that even
Your close friends called you Foxy Bill"
30 YOU recall this conversation? I made a
special effort to be candid with you for
account acc unit " Of 81 my ny opinions You protested
that I was mistaken and was doing you an
injustice etc The eomversat ton ahted near
said that if would just trust you once I
would change my opinoin of You.
ing of your last words. but soon thereafter
Nj Browning, q prominent Democrat Of
I,uquotn., in Southern Illinois: came to
Springfield and urged me to appoint you TO
some prominent state office, mentioning a
railroad and warehouse comnatssionership,
or il thai Ma o. mp Hmm 1en
1entiary. lie did not say that you had sent
him. but he urged me strongly to appoint
would accept ii YOU were appointed. File
urged among Other things that t,,o yon !,
tai him ali that had told you. but did
say 70 him that could not make the APP
pointrrente .
( win not attempt to notice all Of your
exploits; after that, for your you, tracks were
member Of the Democratic State committee
ara undertook to shape the policy Of the
nt ber Of 'P tas ana Wanted G to
an interview with you in regard to sta te
politics knowing your course and knowing
the. peculiar poll teal standards you have
did rot care to see you and put them of
SO that no interview took place.
Next YOU figured in a characteristic role.
You had lust moved into East st. Louis. in
ST. Clair county, and had barely finished
took to run the politics Of the county, and
when old citizens Of the county refused d to {,
acknowledge your leadership you organized
a bolt III the town convention.
Reflect en- this {. moment. EEere was a
man who had been d. member Of congress
and had once imagined that he controlled
the Democratic party OF tire state, organic
Ing 81 bolt not in. a national convention yer nor
lsttie convention Of the town into which he
had just moved his furniture. The result
was that you were not permitted to sit in
any convention held by your partyt
You claim that the friends of the state adj
rninistration helped to bring about your dis
conaIiture. Whether they did or not is I'M
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