The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-11
LAFFERTI'S MEET We LETTERS.
The First Was to a YOUNG Woman ste.
nOgrapher Of Portland. ore.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. This Is Chapter
in the romance Of A. W. LaiYerty. progress
sive Republican Representative from the
State Of Oregon. Mr.. Lafrerty ia the Con-
gressman who got into trouble by writing
to Miss Florence kubel. a i7-year-old
Washington High School graduate whom
he had never met. expressing a desire to
make her acquaintance. and adding Incl
dentally that he was bachelor without
any family Of my own"
=. J. Kubel. the girls father, called
1afferty down very hard and declared
that the only thing that prevented him
from trouncing the Oregon member was
the fact that he was 40 small Kubel
drew an explanation and an apology from
Laffety and then published his letters.
Lafferty has since contended that he is
the victim of a conspiracy headed by an
Oregon railroad, which. he charges.
brought about tho disclosure.
Chapter has TO do with the general
delivery lady" The Portland Oregonidn
has published this second meet me"
letter written by Representative Lafferty.
The name Of the young Portland woman
to whom this letter was addressed is
suppressed. but the Oreaonidn says it
has the letter and Laffertv does not deny
he wrote 1t. In fact. he acknowledges
he met the young woman. but adds tha I
all the romance fled from the situation
when she began TO tell of the beers she
had drunk with sea captain. The
Oreqontdn says the young woman to
whom Lafferty wrote this second meet
me" letter is stenographer. Here Ia the
letter:
MY DEAR Miss One night not long ago
] was standing talking TO my brother. a
general delivery clerk. when you asked for
your mail and liked your looks very much
II you will call me mp. Main $500. or drop
in to see me when YOU are downtown, I
should he glad to make your acquaintance
] heard You were n typewriter. and II so
can give you position. I guess YOU will
think from the way this letter Ia written
need a s.enoErapher. Don't say anything
to my brother about this. Very truly
yours A. ". LAFpERTr
The letter was written in January. less
than Ave months before the epistle to
Florence kubel Representative Lafferty
has indited n reply to the Ore0orior.
He sent this telegram to the paper Last
night:
don't think II was at all nice Of you
to print the letter to the general delivery
lady" but IL was real handsome of you to
suppress her name She had been trying
TO firt with my brother. the general de
livery clerk. and had asked him to take her
out to lunch. He is two wears older than
am and good looking. But az he is mar
ried man thought II would he more appro-
pirate for me 10 entertain her
Instead Of getting mad righ. away she
met me But when she began to talk about
the quantity Of haer she drank with GER
tain steamboat captain all the romance OF
the situation left mo and I pleaded an i'm
portant business engagement. At that
inncture think the lads would have liked
TO have had me arrested hut not for calling
her M on the telephone Tho lady Is about
20 wears Of a Ce and nice looking
Mr.. LaTertvs act Of self sacrifice in
preventing his married brother from meet
ing the general delivery lady met with the
hearty approval of his friends. even
though they were disposed to adrit that
his course OF introduction was hit naive.