Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-31
MAJ. OARSON'S REPLY.

Washington, Oct 23.-In the Public
Ledger OF Thursday, October 18th, there
Appeared q dispatch from Washington
ID relation to the visit of Gov. Hum of
Delaware to the White House on the
preceding day, and giving what pur-
ported TO be report of the matters
about which the President and the gov
eruor conferred. Gov. Hum has given
public denial TO the correctness OF that
report, and In letter to the corres-
pondent declares that the dispatch lis
absolutely false in almost its entirety. +"
Again, In the above letter to the editor
OF the Ledger the governor complains
that he was grossly and falsely mis-
quoted throughout the entire article -
The governor fails to specify the par
ticular statements in the dispatch al
legged to be false, and makes the mis-
take Of saying that he was grossly and
falsely misquoted. " He was not quoted
at all, nor was there any pretence of
quoting him in the above menti oned
dispatch.
The substance OF the talk at the
White House was given, and while it is
possible in some unimporrant features
the published report may be inaccurate
in all the essential statements Of the
I1ouBoE dloputCu luoro WAS uO IbHbDn
TO doubt Its absolute accuracy at the
time it was written, nor is there any
reason, from anything the governor has
said or written to doubt its accuracy
now. The governor, while denying when
here that his visit had any object save
to ''psy respects, - declared in an inter-
view held over the telephone with a
representative of Every Evening of Will
mington on Saturday last that the visit
| to the President had nothing TO do
with Federal Offices in Delaware, except
| to talk it ever casually" This is an
important exception. The governor
further stated In his conversation with
Every Evening that while the report in
the Ledger was false almost in it's
entirety, those printed in other papers
were correctly reported, particularly
that which appeared in the Philadel.
phia Times. .
The Ledger's dispatch about which
Gov. HUM complains declared that:
Fret. The question of filling the
Federal offices was brought up, which
led to brief discussion OF the peculiar
situation In Delaware with regard to its
practical disfranchisemen in the United
States Senate.
Second. The President informed Gov.
HUM Of his anxiety that the Republi-
cans should elect two Senators, and that
until that was done he did not feel like
doing anything with the Federal offices.
except when the public interest 70.
quired action.
Third. Gov. Hum was given to
understand that when action was taken
Representative Ball, the sole Repre-
sentative of the State in Congress,
would BIO consulted.
Fourth. The governor explained that
unless there should be spirit of com
promite In distribution Of offices the
two Senators would be secured by the
Democrats; that the Union Republi.
cans represented IS per cent OF the
party in the State: that Mr.. Ball was
a compromise candidate for Congress.
aud certain promises were made in thai
connection which the Addicks men ex.
pected would be carried out.
Fifth. Gov Hum declared that rht
Union Republicans had ever been ready
to reach an agreement under which the
Regular Republicans would be allowed
to name one OF the two Senators, and
we're still prepared to enter into suct
an agreement.
These constitute the essential state
ments of the Ledger's dispatch. In giving
them positive denial the governor de,
'clares, with the evident purpose o
adding plausibility and strength to hi
denial, that he talked with certain
Newspaper men, '.but not with th,
correspondent Of the Ledger" That Il
the fact, and 1t is proper to say her,
| that the information printed in thu
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