Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-21
NOTHING Is CERTAIN.


at the close Of tho late Turner hail con:
vention he declared that he had stumped
n ttnse at hs own Nnsnl,e nna M +, oS de-
10 place Major Warner in the position OF
The following correspondence between
Ore nfield. Mo, acoompnnied hy letters TO
and from Major Ross Quinn. IN whose Of
fice Mr Davis was employed during the
campaign. wns given out yesterday ana
sets Al. rest the storics OF the great sayrl.
ices Mr. Davis made IN behalf of Major
Warner and the Republican cause,
The letter to Major Warner from an ac..
Withheld is as follows: ,-.
The friends Of Days here ore, clrculnt.
you requested him to stump the state for
You four years ago, which he dil, leaving
ineR ~ III yer sxpensas' ] whiah ainonn,sI an @ Iii to he
sum OF SI5p and that hc has meyer received
99nss cent therefor and that nov, ySSn you. 9rs 9d..
you 70 asceft9ln e thls ht tr}ie Gr false;
your refutation to meet the charge. Let
me hear from You at an early datei -,
Davis and think il this report is denied
by you they viii leave Davis for Lewis"
Major Warner sent this reply:
at is true that Mr Davis was with me
part of the time four, years ago. lie
went at the suggestion q Mr.; Ggt'in Who
had given him a position in his oilicc
when. collector OF the port here. The IN
closed statement from Mr., Quinn VIII show
what truth there Is in his net dfaWins 81 HI.
Ing with other statements by desperate
men. II owe anyone q cen; that ever
refused to pay don't know ~ ,.,.,.
We're his letter to Russ Quinn ana Mr.
Gunin's rcpiy. Major Warner wrote to
July. 10 $50 herewith .ineiose you
Mo wi,snrt Je-irjp, Ia cot m myo,, mixei itt
in the guhcrnntorlal light Will you please
answer the following questions
~ whose request dd Mr.. Davis take
the stump with me In lsg22
"pd he draw his pay sl2i per month. up
70 the time he accepted the nomination
was any deiuction i,S on made in his pay
while he was out with me in iso22
Did You not make the reluS,t ihat he h.,
was, put to, you would see that they were
Major Gutlin replied as follows
'kansas city, Mo. July To- 1886.
Major william Warner. city. yy..,,.,, ,.,,,.s
OF this date with incloeure-lctter from
HFlrs,%Mr, ba3is Si to took ,RS ,GS stump with
YOU in lS92 of his own choice and at his
earnest solicitation. he having been very
add TO his reputation as an orator over
the state Al his request saw YOU. and
arranged that he should accompany YOU
"second--He drew his pay, sl?5 per
month, as special deputy surveyor of Gus
toms during the time he was stumpinl the
state with Won un until the date of his
nomination for congress, when he resigned
his position that he might not hc subject
to criticism: and during the tim. he was
candidate his place was occupied and
pay drawn hy Major Charles Stewart. of
this city. speak from memory hut my
recollection Is he resigned early In October
and was reaprulntei the middle of Novem-
her following, The record at Washington
and In tho custom house here will show
that he drew pny as stated. The work of
that office during the period OF his said
office. working often and generally at
night to keep the work up. and no de-
duction whatever was made from his pay
during said period.
"Third--As to his expenses, my recollec-
tion Is that they Were all paid outside Of
himself, and Of one thing ! am sure, he
was told to keep an account of his eN-
penses and II would be made good TO him.
and ! am sure also that nothing claimed
by him was left unpaid at the time of his
for congress.
During his candidacy for congress the
conGrcssiona! committee raised several
hundred dollars and, expended 1t in his
interest, n considerable portion of which
went to pay his personal expenses. and If
he was out ANYTHING on account of his
SAID candidacy he never made mention of
Il 10 me. Yours truly, ROSS GtFFIN."