Show TILE THE LETTER LEM fouter interviewed by a pret 1 end CLEVELAND bearch 28 depre roster foster slid said to a reporter today regarding tb the alleged promises to the he southern Sun Suu thera thern democrats so fit fr r a 8 any compact Is ii there i ia nothing of it at least I 1 know nothing ol at such a thing Ro reporter porter I 1 understand thon then that this thi wo was merely an informal one iq in which yourself sod as friends fri and io in soma degree con of Preal doot hives hayes mido representations to thoo Sout Soul boro gentleman as to the abo pacific intentions or of the administration toward their section that theo theio rep were based on verbal su uj d written communications sea led hal I 1 with I 1 lit gov GOT hayes but were not dot ro re gadded la in tho kiture of a compact to which ho be won pl agel 9 2 foter exactly wo we had no do sa BI thorny to mall mala a compa coro past 4 binding governor hayes and od wo we distinctly elated the impropriety and ol at rottier ro lk log beoh a compact leporter Keport cr about tho the letter written to john young brown anil and Soi lator gordon by matthews and aad yonel yono self foster foater that letter was wa abo result of a conversation i had bail will brown la W job he abed tut for a written roco rance for his bis falaro ho he that distinctly elalee that bo be did not dot nek ak this as A 11 condition oat the provision of abo electoral bill that no bo regarded it re 9 a matter ol of por per tonal honor sad DO power could co croo him to do othor otherwise wise boo faithfully lul y stand by the iho provisions of tb tho 0 bill 1 l n lie salted ked that the tb paper th be e eigen by matthews Mit and myself sod ao d ha be addressed addre sied ed to him and gordon I 1 a willi ogue as to lo accede to his and dil the paper atti vs prepared signed and detia ered I 1 havo have recollection of hay baa bog any an y with sea 11 for gordon got d on on the iha autheo out aut jeo of writing this his t letter reporter what was ibe be baturo of that loiter letter fostor 1 betor lt it was a by matthews and myself as a to what wo we believe I would bo the policy 0 of prebi dent hayes in ia dealing with the ibo southern quor tiou it contained nothing nol bine moro more than was contained in my oo on the subject wo a did not retain a copy 0 of the letter and cannot RIVO iti exact contents COB tentS reporter Ke porter what it i your opinion so B to the object of the publication publio alion or the bo islas regarding this matter foster I 1 oater its ir jobje mt ct ii evidently to weaken tied koj cripple the ibo lion in 10 dealing with wilh iha boat bera question and to disaffect di affect southern bo athera mor mca who bo ore are working wor kio to 10 good faith to uphold and the president wait vu ordered to raise an findlan band to alck their train mj and run rant t IT ff their cattle and nd to have tho ilo indiana kill the loi confession |