Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-31

procure, tnat theSe declarations may
be circulated, as has been alleged, al
the Stae's expense through the State
publicity channels.
1nasmuch as you are the recognized
personal and political adviser of Gov
ernor Brumbaugh, and as such must
be acting in harmony with his wishes
and instructions. l have this day for
warded to the Governor my resig-
nation, copy of which I enclose.
Very truly yours.
(Slgned) CHARLES JOHNSON,
Insurance Commissioner.
Governor Accepts
The Governors acceptance of the
resignation was as follows:
am in receipt of ySur letter OF
even date rendering your resignation
as insurance Commissioner of this
commonwealth.
Il am greatly surprised that you
should have taken this action without
| one word of conference with me con-
cerning the matter YOU refer TO in your
letter to Attorney General Brown, q
copy of which you enclose. You know
tull we'll you and | have never had one
word directly or indirectly in refer
ence to the subject matter of that con-
ference. nor was l in Harrisburg when
the meeting was held. To say the
least YOU have grossly misunderstood,
II not misrepresented in toto, what /
learn definitely was the spirit and pur-
pose of that meeting.
1t may not be amiss TO say to you
that when almost one year ago your
reappointment to the position you now
hold was under consideration, / was
constrained to act favorably at the
-
bier, of your home county.
II think it only right to say this
much to you in accepting your resig-
nation-which / now do
Brown Passes Lie
Attorney General Francis Skunk
Brown. in commenting on the letter of
insurance Commissioner Johnson to
him, said at Philadelphia last night:
My letter to him is the only truth
full statement in the Johnson COM
munication. That means just what il
says. 1t was sent to few office hold
ers, representative Republicans and to
other representative citizens. All the
rest of his letter is a series of false
hoods, and all present at that meet
ing. among whom were George w.
Sweeney. Beaver; William Lauder,
Biddlesburg: j. Banks Kurtz, Altoona;
DR.. Il. l.. Wasson. Butler; Harry Kel-
Ter, Bellefonte; Milton w. Shreve,
Erie; w. II. Manbeck, Miflintown;
Charles II. Young. New Castle; Fred
erick A. Godcharles, Milton; w. d. B.
Ainey, Montrose, and Frank B. Beack,
Meyersdale, will so declare.
The statement that l said to him
or any office holders that they held
their jobs by the grace of the Governor
and that any one of them who would
not or could not deliver his district for
the Governor at the presidential pri-
mary would find his position with the
administration decidedly uncomfort-
able is a lie out of the whole cloth and
he well knows it, Nothing was said
by me or by anyone from which such
an Inference could even be distorted
The subject discussed was the stand
the Governor had taken to bring to-
gether all Republicans, that there
should be united party at the COM
ing national convention. johnson
Joined in the discussion and of his own
accord promised that there would be
Brumbaugh delegate from Mont
gomery county. The whole letter is a
series of wanton falsehoods and fabri-
cations without the slightest founda-
ton in truth, and as it was evidently
inspired and prepared by others sew
eral days ago a tthe Hotel Stenton, at
Broad and Spruce streets, this city, for
political purposes. ] hope he received
a sufficient price and took no promises
for his degeneracy and self-stultifica-
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