The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-11
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La Toilette is defeated Tor a 1ourtn
term in Congress in 1890 when Wis
consin goes heavily Democratic. One
of the first acts of the Democratic adj
ministration is to sue all State treas
urers of the past twenty years. Senator
Sawyer. a Republican boss, attempts to
bride La Toilette to talk to Judge Sic
becker off the bench in the interests of
the treasurers Insulted, La Toilette
feels it to be his duty to notify Sic
becker. who Immediately decides not to
sit as Judge in the cases. There Ia much
speculation as to the reason for Sic
beckers withdrawal Senator Sawyer
shaw comes to see La Toilette and asks.
Bob. will you meet Sawyer in Chicago
tonight"
was incensed that he had sue
ceeded in communicating to me pri-
vately a message from Sawyer, and
rising to my feet I said in a tone
of voice which Immediately
brought Sam back into the room:
mo, will never meet Sawyer
or have any communication with
him again as long as 1 live"
I was determined that Harper
should know exactly what Har-
shaw had said to me during his
absence, and so, leaning across the
desk. repeated:
You have just. asked me If I
will meet Sawyer tonight at the
Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago,
and 1 answer you. nc. so long as 1
live, 1 will never again meet Saw
yer or have any communication
with him"
MT nm I,ic hand in Y1Y-O.
test and said, Don't, Bob. don't be
angry with me. 1 have always re-
spected you and always shall"
I then said to Harshaw that II
was wrong for him to come to me
with any such proposal; that he
knew just what Sawyer had at
tempted at the Plankinton, and
that he ought to have known that
would have nothing more to do
with Sawyer.
Harshaw said. ''I do know what
Sawyer did; but had 1 known be-
forehand what he intended to do
when he met you at Milwaukee, 1t
never would have occurred"
This ended the interview, and
Harshaw left the office.
Sawyer Prints Story
Up to that time no public charge
had been made connecting Sawyer
with Judge Siebecker's retirement
from the treasury cases; but Saw
yer knew, and that knowledge i'm
PEELED him to commit the folly Of
protesting his innocence in ad-
vance of any public charge of
guilt.
On that same (Monday) evening
he personally gave to the Sentinel,
in Milwaukee, an interview in
which he stated that he had
"telegraphed' me to meet him at
the Plankinton Hotel in Milwau
kee; that he had offered me a re-
tainer of $500, but no money was
paid; that I thought 1t would not
be advisable to take a retainer,
as Judge Siebecker was my
brother-in-law; that 1t was the first
he knew that Siebecker was my
brother-in-law, and that had he
known that fact he would not
have proposed to retain me; that il
I had put any improper interpreta-
ton upon his conversation with
me, I had misunderstood or mis-
construed what he said; and that
at the time Of the conversation ]
certainly made no such intimation
to him. The interview with Sena-
tor Sawyer was published Oct.
81, 1891.
The publication of sawyer's
statement wholly misrepresenting
the facts made ii necessary that L
should make public the truth re-
garding that interview, and in the
Milwaukee Sentinel Of Oct. %. in
a signed statement, I set forth in
detail just what actually did occur
between Senator Sawyer and my
self.
requested Judge Siebecker's
sanction to speak, and received 1t.