Show THE REPUBLICA 21 this article tells liow how the ile fact was wal 1 blied flied in 1888 republicans boasted that they lad had bou bought I 1 nt liar rison rison ini hii position an en enormous ori notis sum was ivas raised for tile purpose g greatly r ca aly in ill excess of any honest need or legitimate 0 purpose pur poss that it was corruptly used tile vi horld orld correspondent gives u us ample proof in the closing 0 weeks of the campaign when tho the linal final arrangements arrangement fur for purchase in new yolk and indiana were complete quay round that even tile lie great sums which had becil given him were riot not sufficient lie ile biad taken larger contracts than lie he had the means to meet ile liea went to jolin john wanamaker with a I 1 proposition that lie should rai te amol among I 1 r his manufacturing friends j the princely surn sum of more 1 i what Willia makers reward was to lie be tile the s C will slig suggest it was too late it in tile the call campaign i cn for the honest ue tie of such L an arnoult imn int of money and john wanamaker knew it nevertheless lie he consented to raise the ino money ticy did and handed it over to quay he e c cherished ier s led the it idea ca asa as a result of long pretense that he possessed a 1 conscience by way of quieting L it lie he certain stipulations but how flimsy these were and how carefully lie avoided the making 0 of any conditions which might 0 11 interfere anter with the alie carr carrying ou out of f the irrupt busi business ness ire are points best in tile the account which he lias has himself given of the transaction ili his words are arc as follows quay urged the matter and told tile rae why in he felt sure of cal dairying cair ying tle the election if lii lie tail hail money I 1 told quay I 1 would under undertake to t raise tile money if lie giitl tl allo us to c e a 1 MAT U fac in ti tin edis dis position of 01 the money I 1 don t t uin that e insisted on knowing knowin 1 eliat I bat wn wa june done biffi illi every dollar of it I 1 front if 0 o know NI when licit I 1 adl ell a suit stilt ot of cloth ciolli I 1 ilont dont insist upon being told v liere these clothes are going myres my res licit I 1 furnish furni sli a good article at a i fait fiihr puce price what I 1 did di 1 in fist up n as that I 1 should lie ile able to satisfy the men aiho lio trusted file avith their money that it was used for tile the lit purpose for they subset abed it find aind that guarantee mr quay gave rave toe me that is to say gay sir mr wanamaker wanted froni from quay some assurance eliat lie ile would actually uso use tile tho mon money cy in the purchase of mr ilar election ind and not appropriate any of it to liis his own or other othel uses ile he knew the men behind him he L knew nel eliat they nere evere n ere buying le legislation short ill he know knew them to be too shrewd as business men inen to buy a pig in a poke he knew ther IV would d furnish the anon money 1 if assured of the delivery oatlie of the I 1 goods anti and not other otherwise trise ile he enado no stipulation lation as to the honesty or of the moneis mineye uc tide on that point he did nut not want lv aut to lo know ile he only dc banded inand cd to know that it il was used u s ed ili in carrying tile the election it is ib safe tu to sav ay that no honest man mail can put any other interpretation than this upon liis his utterance quay AV wanted anted the alie money CY to buy bev 1 voters ote rs and election officers with collected it for that put purpose liota the manufacturers kavc abc it for fir no other and when the purchase was made when mr II arrison had secured liis his election these thirty manufacturers gave notice of their understanding ider standing of the matter in significant wolds that have been once already q quoted noted if in these des patches having furnished the monc money 1 with which to purchase liase the prebi lency they deemed themselves entitled to control tile alie property they had boti bought 0 lit their organ ta alie e put their case as follows iol follows lows continued Con linued on second ier the Ro publican record necora continued from first page 1 it 1 1 10 etc indi that ia ghe th jhc thc rash dint a 1 l large if lift the in largest share hf the it is due wo we malic inake tile the insertion assertion that the money contributed by this ers c club I 1 ab hist year vear lista more inore influencer upon tile the ret neilt alt of the national lection election than all tile skill tho ingenuity tile the labor and tile the wile buc pulling ol of all tho the professional nonal politicians in ill tile the city of philadelphia wn we believe this p proposition ropo to ile be capable of positive proof lf if therefore control of patronage is ia lightly tile lie I 1 reward eward of if victorious effort r t tile hie right of this club to lattio t I 1 lie io aed e rai officeholders office holders of philadelphia roots upon wi solid grounds when file election was over quay seems to have satisfied Balis ficA wanamaker Wana maTtor makor that the money had been front in the way intended mr s election had been seemed ind and Va made no impertinent inquiries a to the details of alie ile purchase without objection on his part quay burned tho the books containing the records of nathis this transaction sac tion that no man might 0 ever know the evil that had been done 0 or r the method of it the next step stel was avas to collect wanamakers Wana makers fee that thi man of bar bargains 0 lins had never been heard of in politics before ile he had never held office or run for ollice or in in all any y way participated in t lie 11 c councils of his party nobody had bad ever thought of him a as a man mail of distinction or capacity in tills this direction but wanamaker him telf belf had ideas ile he saw how the postmaster generalship might be turned to trade account arid and T made to advertise and othe otherwise serve liis his business and he be struck for that at the lead head of his group of money 0 giving 0 manufacturers was thomas dolan a man grown rich already upon tariff tribute and ea eager t er tor for further benefits dolan called liis his associates together to secure for Wati wanamaker amaker the reward lie c asked they decided that vana maker must be lot postmaster ili aster G general engral all and with ili an arrogance justified upon business principles by the services they had rendered they communicated com their decision to tile president elect lie ile recognized the validity of their claims and walla vana makers purchased portfolio was tire the first to be announced as awarded what use ho he has made of the opportunities thus secured and how bow lie he lias has administered his office will be a subject of consideration hereafter we turn now to another cli chapter in the history of the elect ion buying the gramme pro romme when themo alie money nev was raibel was to carry by purchase those doubtful states slates vrho choc c electoral vote would decide the contest quay managed the matter so dexterously in the E east ast that his operations were iverc never exposed in detail though perfectly understood as to their general character dudley was less fortunate lie ile got hia hii df elf found out ilis his experience under dorsey in in the soap campaign nn in ill indiana marked him out is as the proper person to take care of the state in ili ilia his reckless eagerness pa ea erness to make inake results certain lie fell into the error of putting himself down in writing in ilia his celebrated celebrate I blocks of five letter was di discovered covered and published in the horld f orld and other newspapers it furnished the con eldive evidence otherwise lackin lacking 91 of the corrupt use to which tile the money contributed by the manufacturers rs was being 1 put I so io o open so dagnin damning a revelation wa never before made by any man mail engaged C in such busina business ss even to his pals in the confidence of mutual depravity for the ic freshment of tile the popular memory memory that extraordinary letter it i her reproduced LICAN AV arc ul birin 1 new yolk oct 2 i executive committee M 1 S quay inay chairman Ch nirman J S clarkson Clark soa vice C chairman hair mail JS 1 S Fas fassett Rett secretary william W dudley treasurer surer john C new A L con conger coner er A hobart 0 samuel FC fab senden gorger gorge V davis davig J manchester haynes II aynes I 1 M I 1 11 1 do y young ll 11 datil cc 0 I 1 william V i 1 cassius assi 11 9 Good goodlock loc DEAR S MR sin I 1 holie you have bave kept copies or of the list sent trio me such information is very very valuable and should la be used to preat great advantage it ling enabled me to demonstrate to friends fric nils that with proper assistance indiana is if t urcle republican for governor an and 1 lent and has resulted as I 1 lipped it would in securing for indiana the aid necessary YOUR COMMITTEE WILL certainly relm VF VE witolf CHAIRMAN if assistance TO T FLOATERS AND DOUBTFUL voters AND GAIN r Evou nir of ni run KIND TO giff HARRISON AND ne w york is now safe beyond peradventure lor for tile republican presidential ticket connecticut likewise in iii short every northern state except new jersey though we ive still hopes hope to carry that state majority in tile electoral collige colli Coll vc a ge r will ill not ile be less than make our friends in cach precinct wake up to the fact that only boodle ind and fraudulent votes and false counting t of returns can call beat us ur in ill this state write each of f our pr precinct correspondents first to find out who has bas de democratic n 0 arid and steer the democratic workers to them and m make iko them pay big prices for their own men second scan the election officers CIO clo closely lly and make sure to have no inan on alie board who e integrity Z is even questionable and insist on oil republicans watching every movement of the election 0 olTi cers third see that our workers know every voter entitled to a vote and let no one else even offer to vote DIVIDE trie TIIE INTO BLOCKS ul OF FIVE AND PUT IUT A TRUSTED nf MAN AN WITH N NECESSARY 1 CEs jary FUNDS TX IX or OF theer FIVE AND MAKE HIM responsible THAT NONE GET AWAY AND THAT AM AKL VOTE OUR TICKET fifth make a personal appeal to your best business men to ta pledge themselves to devote the entire day nov 6 to dvork at the polls i c e to be present at ilic tolls oils with wit tickets ets they will be astonished to FCC cc how utterly clum dumfound founded cd the ordinary democratic election bummer will lie be and biow low quickly lie will disappear the result will fully justify the sacrifice of time and comfort and will be a source of satisfaction afterwards afterward to those who licia in this way tray lay great stress on this last matter it will pay IN ILL ILI ili IE NO os F YOUR ller i jiin NElES assistance N CE THE I 1 NA NV rk iONAL STATE AND COUNTY committees only see that it is and MADE TO noi ic RESULTS I 1 rely on you to advise your your precinct pre cinet correspondents and birge urge 15 them thein to ill 1111 I 1 remitting and constant froni from now until the polls close and the result is announced officially wo we will f fight n for our elce election h here cre if the re krebelj bell crew cant steal this thi s election from us as they did in 1884 without komp one getting tin hurt let ever every republics Republic I 1 Is do hiis his whole duty and aid the country will I 1 pas aa into republican hands never to leave it I 1 trust thanking you again for your n orts to assist nic me in my lily work I 1 remain remain I 1 yours sincerely WILLIAM W DUDLEY alease wire me result in principal precincts and county the publication of this letter played havoc with the plans it exposed the plurality in ill indiana for which dudle dudley y had bar bargained 1 sink sank to a mi miserable 2 2 by reason of tile the inability ability in of his a agents ants to carle y out fully th the nefarious scheme lie hall had planned and even the small plurality secured would have leave been impossible under the circumstances but for that ilat other purchase to which le ic ferrence has been made in ft a previous despatch the purchase 1 of votes upon tanners Tanner 3 and promise that the administration would pay for them with government money anoney in the form of pensions when the administration should I set iet et possession po session of the national strong box the proof is thus complete that the pr present sent administration aaion and the fiet birst Con congress congreso gresi came into being through 0 flagrant and shameless corruption that tile the election of was imir purchased chased with money I 1 that the money was secured in part by tin sale of lei legislation short to the monopolists and in other part wa was government money promised to be paid in tile form of panion pc pen nion aiom ilow how sir mr harr I 1 tarragon aon has dealt with the corrupt purchasers of that election will lie ile congi considered dered hereafter |