Show PROOF FROM BOIlERS Continued from 1apj 1 1 used or attempted to induce voters to violate the law what course would you pursue 7 V r should certainly prosecute the offenders of-fenders as vigorously as I know how Such offenses are of the mosL flagrant character and strike it the t very foundations foun-dations of our institutions They caB for prompt and drastic treatment Since reading the published rcmurlis of the eminent gentlemen referred to I have been waiting to hear from them officially but so far in vain They are nil of them men well enough acquainted with the law of this State to be aware that 1C they have knowledge oC the fact that a crime has been committed and conceal that fact from the authorities they are themselves coniinitUnjr a grievous offense in fact by so doing they make I themselves accessories to tho crime V Have you any independent knowledge knowl-edge that corrupt methods have been used for the purpose of inducing any violations of the law V None whatever I have had no Intimation Inti-mation of 1 any such state of affairs other than is offered by 1 the insinuations contained in the interviews referred to K any offenses of this tort have been committed 1 want to know it and I have a right to know it I would like now publicly through the columns of The Tribune not only to request but to demand 1 of the persons per-sons who have made these charges and any others who may have any knowledge knowl-edge of the commission of any such offenses of-fenses thai they bring me specific proofs thereof vJthont I I further delay E make this demand of these people officially because the law requires them to do so utiil i by 1 failing to do so they arii violating their duty as citizens of this State |