New-York tribune., 1904-10-29

is as follows:
Washington D. C. Oct. s., 1904.
Sir: Immediately after the PuoAcS[lon ~ 1 'Se- 5
claring me guilty. without herring or u1AI; u u
IiiscondTct In ofice hIed with you empnatlc
denial OF every cnarge N toto ana aSHTo eIor1 10
this humble protest and. after l had exhausted
every means of establishing my 4Al-O0ea-01 -v It1C
had been promptly acquitted Dy a !uLS
upon the indictments you caused 10 De Ls1iLl So
AGAINST me, aSet ron. Of guilt In reply
to this received your secretary letIer OF i 1e
"a which was so unfair and unJGsL egU ~ So @ Eras
owed its character 10 the ex1genclss OF you -
dental campalgn that coIIoeree e So - o. t6e 1Tbc
notice, especially as you Wlthne-d II IRON s = t
Even now I should make no reply Il IneFe hao ny. not
spred" article which uses the very paraseoIogy
OF your letter, and which IS such temperate LSsu
of TIssh4Gds Ra qnd Cannot is noTe it. tor S "
Your unqualified statement that was & g1ii'g sfS o.
while Assistant Attorney General for the POStonce
Department was not made in message to Con
In session. For obvious reasons IL was made IN
a proclamation" direct to the public Win Inc me
usual Hmeught accessories. II your statements
part Of your official dqtles-thousn no suc1 t GuLS
could deyolve UpOn the President under our consul
l7 as 3 ~ erSenaIIv hui as YOU wtnt outside
your rights and duties as Chief Magistrate, and n
even without hearing or without evidence rashIy
and impetuously pronounced me guilty OF S tHoSe
OF your great office, felt that you should De given
the OPPORTUNITY to justify yourself 70 retract.
Your accusat tions are false and have been proven
false but / have no further means OF establishing
have too much respect for the high ONCE which
you occupy do this Ny object in writing you
manly act and TO vindicate yourself not
Eternal nal Judge with entire peace of mind,
Your effort 20 override the verdict OF court and
you say you referred to in your proclamation
and conspiracy TO commit those crimes might be
were not SO obvious, and if you ala not know that
every act referred to In the Brtstow report was
gv svidence Of 1yrongdofng ii woTid have
been offered and admitted but there was none
In nv letter TO you of December 1903 protesting
against your unwarrarted proclamation 7 d7-e7
YOU 10 produce a scintilla Of evidence TO support
he sparsd TO face these charges; and now. after
have goa to trial and every act OF my private nd
oficial life has been lald bare and not particle
Of evidence has been produced against Won sock
for what YOU accused me Of but for something else
This Is false. the records show, and you know
charged in the indictments found against ME
then why was I not indicted and tried for
me I am ready now EroundIess and unjust as
7 know your charges are. 10 stand trial ExecU-
nor nIes ~ iiT1itstio1 viii he jnternosad 10 rra
vent you from proving your serious charges Natu-
desire 10 he again haled into the crinna1 courts
NJ - ~ -4s- +6 nressrve nv rscori o9 fn-+v vsars
OF public service unrarnished willing to IN
derEo. If necessary anv ordeal know tnno-
against me. And your statements ought not TO
stand
demanded wh0t conceived TO be nv rights s an
for eighty years Of nv life tried 10 do right unto
others so I hored that vou ntght do right unto
ne II anv citizen Of our Republic can stand con-
victed bv Presidential procla nation then law IS
farce and 70 mans reputation IS safe You preach
"a square deal every man: why not practise il?
Asking that this protest may he fled with the
JAMES n. TYNER