Show f t j 4 t A Hot Campaign in Ohio I Tho The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette Gazelle on Tuesday morning reproduced a 1 sensa sensational lonal article relating t to t Governor Campbell's Campbells Camp I bells bell's bels bel's finances which appeared in the New ew York Recorder the day previous This Thi 1 article made some startling st statements with wih regard to to the governors governor's edness ednes credit credit ale alleged ed Wall Vall Wal street speculations lations and manner of lvin living It I charged that ho he years yeara speculated hel heavily helly ly in inWalL inWall inal Wall al street and had always boon beon eon a It was asserted he be borrowed large sums of John S S. S McLean Calvin S S. Brice DrIe lre Daniel Dsniel Lamont William Wilam Whitney and oven en Grover Grovel Cleveland According to tho the statements ints of or the tho Recorder erthe the governor owes caves linico Bre CUO 00 McLean MeLean I OO borrowed in his hia ha last campaign campaign cam cam- and one Ralph W. W WiiL-inon WiiL on an anal al allowed alleged ed prominent Ohio politician It I itemized the governors governor's total indebtedness indebted indebted- ness noes at more than than half u a million After reading the article Campbell sent the following 0 O. Oct ciTo 0 ci I. I ITo To Commercial Gazette Cincinnati 0 O. Unless you OU retract in your next Issue iii lu tho the broadest und anti clearest p possible sIbiO language language lan Ian guage tho the publication made you by-you thi day an and purporting to be bo copied from tho the New York 1 shall bring suit against you to tomorrow morrow The Tho Tle man mau whom you cull call Ralph W. W Wilkinson awl and and to whom vho these monstrous lies les are aro attributed I never heard of 1 do not propose to let you behind some mythical mythical i person or to escape because you ou are aro attempting attempting at at- at- at tempting to t ruin my ray credit credit and reputation g as au an honorable man anna by printing from flom papers In New lew York what what you have hare not the hardihood to print direct Your meek meak editorial editor al comment to to hay lav is w worse orso than would be an open and bold assumption of ot responsibility Your screed taken from the New York Press the other day was untrue and libelous and I shall bring suit upon that also unless you retract retract it It Signed JA JAMES e- e tES E. E E |