Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

~ ANid r 0dNdkts
Shortly after the pardon Of Joseph s.
BARLEY, / learned from a reliable source
that you claimed to have positive proof
In yOur possession that I was one Of the
beneiciaries Of the BARLEY embezzle-
ment. Immediately upon receiving this
information the following letters passed
between US:
OMAHA. March. 16. 1902.-Hon. Ezra p.
Savage: Sir-I am reliably Informed that
you claim to have in your possession a
promissory note, or notes, due bills or l.
o.. us bearing my signature and payable to
Joseph BARLEY, or parties 10 whom BARLEY
advanced money loaned to me. II such pa
pers are in your possession. or have been
exhibited to you by BARLEY. they are down
right forgeries.
I never borrowed a dollar from BARLEY
directly or indirectly. / do not owe a dol
lar to any failed bank In which BARLEY
made deposits, whether they were deposited
legally or Illegally. / never borrowed a
penny from any bank or private concern on
the strength Of Bartley's favor or influence.
and l have never solicited such loans or
asked BARLEY or anybody representing him
for financial assistance in any shape or
manner.
Anlb hlSO applee 70 Inc Bee PuDligninR
company and the Bee Building company.
Neither Of these corporations have ever
solicited or received any financial assist
ance from BARLEY directly or indirectly. II
anybody has led you to believe otherwise
he is an impostor.
1t seems to ne that the least you could
do under the circumstances would be to
correct the baseless reports calculated to
create prejudice against me. Very respect
fully. EDWARD RosEWATER.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, LINCOLN, Neb.,
March 20. 19O2.-Hon. e. Rosewater, Omaha,
Neb.: Dear Sir-Replying to yours Of the
10th inst. ] beg to state that have never
said that I had in my possession nor that I
had ever seen a note, l. o. U. or any other
evidence Of Indebtedness Of yours to ]. s.
BARLEY. Neither has he ever said to me
that he ever loaned you any money. directly
or indirectly. Respectfully,
e. p. SAVAGE.
That would have closed the chapter
had. you not taken It upon yourself to
couple my name with your story of an
alleged attempt to bribe you to make
certain appointments to the Omaha Gre
and police commission While you did
not charge directly that l had anything
~ hO a ~ hAdGlCIs your dIltulDL 10
convey such an impression by innuendo
justified my demand for another apol-
ogy. Instead of exposing and prose-
cutting the parties to the alleged plot to
bride you, you sought to divert atten-
ton from your. neglect Of duty by pub
I!sA.aS &c c great sensation the coz
tents Of the following letter:
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Neb., Aug. 16. 1S02.-Mr. q. Roseyater,
Omaha. Neb., Editor Of Bee: MyAat-
tention has been called to an editorial in
your paper under date of August IL in
which, under the caption of Another
Apology in Order" you make another
characteristic effort to parade your virtue
before the people Of Nebraska by lament
ing of the iniquities OF others.
When l replied to your letter OF March
rs last / simply dwelt upon the context
of that letter only in so much as related
to dealings with J. s. BARLEY.
l win say to you now. since you seem to
have had a painful lapse Of memory on
the subject, that l then had and now have
in my possession a note given and signed
by you for money borrowed from a state
treasurer, which up to the present you
have failed TO pay. On the back Of the
note are the following endorsements,
Credit by job work Cprinting). ....... $50. 50
,Credit by 1900 envelopes............. 22.0
Credit by 500 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S.1t
credit by 1000 ga
You seem to take pride in saying that
you borrowed no money from ]. s. BARLEY.
Let me remind you that your transgression
Is in no way minimized because OF the fact
that you borrowed from a state treasurer
lother than BARLEY. Moreover. there are
many skeletons In that much mooted
cigar box that may at some future time
cause feelings such as some people ex-
perience while walking through q grave
yard In the dead hour OF night.
In my letter bearing on the incidents as
ISOLATED with the appointment Of a board Of
fire and police commissioners for the city
of Omaha, ! made no reference to you IN
speaking OF the attempt to purchase ex-
ecutive favor. but you seem to have taker
umbrage. as II my statements were al.
rected to you personally. It Is Theoretical
philosophy that q guilty conscience needs
no accuser, and this. together with spon-
taneous protests OF your innocence before
you are specifically indicted, impels me t.
at least place you under the mantle Of
suspicion.
. Contrary 20 your allegations. permit me
to say that 1 have no desire TO besmircl
your character OF that Of any other citizen
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when I say that. considering the wantoE
assaults you have made on my ofhclal con
duct and considering further that / have
all along been armed with information
seriously rejecting on your honor and In
tegrity. I have exhibited more than ordi'
nary patience and forbearance in not d.
,vulging what I know relative to the par
ySu acted In the BARLEY anair.
l nnd no comfort in wrecking homes ant
families. / would rather suffer insolene'
myself than be the instrument Of grie
anywhere. It is not a pleasant task TO
me to unmask even you. but, despite m!
predictions. I am FIRST a martyr to dut!
and your long continued wanton ASSAULT
on the best manhood Of this state admit
OF no other alternative. Very respectfully
e. P. SAVAGE. Governor.
I did not consider it worth while Il