| Show fASS IT J A PLIES TO EM X GOVI ODELL QUELL I Thanks Him for Tardy Acknowledgement Acknowledgement Acknowledgement that His is Collarless HE IS PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL S Ex Does Docs Him Too 10 Much uch Honor His I Con Consider hider sider a Decoration Elmira Emira N Y Dec Dee 22 Congressman J Bloat Sloat Fassett who Is home homo to spend Christmas with wih his family Call when hen shown thon Chairman Interview yes yesterday eH t I in which the latter blamed Kas as lett eIt for the present condition c of ot thing In the party and amI the thc state statement meat ment of ot Senator Hena tor Maltby threatening Im Ira Impeachment proceedings s against t Gov Got by Higgins mild The talk of ot Impeachment of the gov governor IOV governur eror Is rani nonsense non ellse it I is much luell Iet let letter Ietter ter for a I go governor III II olce is like likely ly Iy to be acId neld res for tor 11 party action acton to du do 10 everything in Ia 11 his to the thu party In tn tile tle of or th tb whole PeoPLe and the party than thai for u a I governor out of ot for tor his own ou Interests tnt rests to maintain tue le present condition of ot GO iov by be belongs bt belongs longs to n a different school from Got 00 Odell OdeiL Odel joy Udell aCCUseD Higgins of at duplicity by O and cun can well el atford in view of o their record and the influence e of ot their record upon the tho story of ot the party to accept thu challenge of or a I comparison of ot records thus instituted Tins file rie accuses me of lead leadIng leadIng Ing log the party part to defeat detent In 1891 but we e were vei c led to defeat In hl 1800 lS O and also 1892 With Wih reference to tho the as al fault upon myself 1 elt while I 1 thank him for tor or hIs hla hit tardy acknowledgment that I r Iam am 11 it collarless I want to aa say ay that thaL this situation U Is 1 one above petty per personal Monal lonal likes or dislikes The situation cannot be he changed by skill In innuendo II or personal epithets It Is a I question of the th Integrity ot of the party vartY life lo and or of ortho ortho tho the and Ind maintaining of oC the party parl Ideals along the tho old tines lines where wh re the first frt interests were ere thu interests 11 of or the people pe aid niJ party Inter Interests Interests ests eels were werl vert to those interests tl and the party leaders were ere subservient to the tho whole party After Atter paying Mr MI 21 Wadsworth a tri tribute tn bute for tor lila Ills Intellectual strength and determination of ot character Mr tr Fas Fassett Fasset Fassett sett set concludes as tie follows follow The president Is II i riot not fot Interested In Inthis Inthis this contest for tor the tho of any anOne ono one man He le Is anxious for a n reorganization tUrn tion of ot the party pa along higher Ideals ton and for tor honorable purposes Ills His Hs Inter Interest oct est e IH is purely purey unselfish and solely for t l the tha good of ot the people and the th party I am profoundly grateful to Odell Odel for Cor attributing to me inc the present seems to be surround surrounding log ing the tho consummation of ot his hla hl selfish plans I think he be toes does dO 1 me inc tot too much honor I 1 shall bo be le very glad If IC on 01 that point and that alone tile the te party agrees with wih him His Is reprobation I consider a decoration |