The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-18
ruoSE MYsTER.OUs DISPATCHES


passed between the two CHANDLERs
and others concerned in the Florida
fraud.
Here is one from the Chairman of the
Republican State Committee two days
after the election
Nov. 8, &c.
"Judge j. NJ EdmundS, Chairman Rep.
Nat. Er. Committee, Washinton, d. C.:
"In order to prevent frauds we must
have money. Ii Florida is important
authorize ne to draw on you for two
thousand dollars. Answer.
M. MARTIN,
"Chairwan Rep. Camp. Committee"
Here are couple of apparently in
comprehensive dispatches from w. Z.
CHANDLER to CLANCY, the stenogrspher
of the Republican National Committee;
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. %, 1876.
M 4. Clancy, 18th AU. Hotel, ". T.:
"Doctors plenty; rainy weather. Is
sea smooth Have Jones ready.
w. Z. CHANDLER"
ITALIA, l3.
an. A. Clancy, 18th 40. Hotel, N. T.:
"Florida swarming with prominent
Democrats. Send some Republican law
yers and eminent men. Send Jones TO
L. A. Rollins, Philadelphia. Have
Arthur William warm. Men acting cold.
w. Z. CHANDLER.
JONES appears to have obeyed orders,
for in a short time the following was re-
ceived:
"WAsHINGToN, d. g., Is.
"Hon. ". E. Chandler, Tallahassee, Fla:
Dispatch received. Jones gone to
Philsda barney all along the line sea
safe cotton high stitfsn oranges men
coming. L. CHANDLER, Chmn.
The price of cotton seems to have en-.
tered into politics about this time and
evidently had some bearing on the state
OF affairs.
"TALLA, l3.
as. B. Packard, Ne1o Orleans:
"Has Kellogg my letter. Must know
positively about cotton.
"W. Z. CHANDLER"
"NEw ORLEANS, 10 Nov.
"Ecersrt Chase, care Coz. StearnS:
confident cotton high only keep it
firm there. b.
There was no trouble about money.
PURMAN, candidate for Congress- sent
the following to Gown, the election man
ager:
November %, 1876.
ITO Col. Manuel Gown, Key Vest, Fla:
"Will have funds from Washington in
ten days. Draw only fifteen days sight
Our success certain.
Nv. J. PUKMAE."
The mysterious JONES again turns up
and becomes still more mysterious by the
addition, first OF ROBINSON and then OF
SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Nov. Is.
"Hon. ". E. Chandler:
"Cook and Others leave tonight. Rob
inson will accompany Jones if necessary.
Cotton high. Doctors plenty. You must
not leave. Z. CHANDLER,
"ChGiTman."
WASHINGTON, Nov. a.
"HOn. W. E. Chandler:
Cotton high. Robinson iu Philsdel-
phia. Smith went with Jones to Florida.
81. CHANDLER"
ROBINSON must have kept an apple
stand on the street corner for the most
remarkable one Is this.
"TALLEHAssE, Noy. 81, 1878.
81. Chandler, Washington, D. c.:
"Wilham Robinson, in small cherries;
probably shall not need him; apples
about twenty; best to be ready for any
emergency w. 4. CHANDLER.
A new species of disease seems to have
spread amongst the visiting statesmen,
and fears were entertained lest it become
serious, for the doctors" were scarce
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 26, 1878.
"GoUsrnor w. p Kellogg, NelO Orleans:
"Cold reports here; doctors scarce; cot
ton fever spreading; raining here. An
swer. "W. b. CHANDLER.
We are confident that the people of
this country want to have these remarka-
bic kilograms translated in English and
satisfactorily explained. They view with
considerable doubt the statement that the
Republican Chairman must have money
Gin order to prevent frauds, and are
disposed to believe that the chairman
was-well, prevaricsting is the mildest
form in which the idea can be conveyed.
/ Then we all would like to know who
JONES is" No testimony has yet been
brought forward to show that it is not
CHARLEY Ross. SYDNEY SMITH speaks
of ga little cold missionary on the side
! board, but the CHANDLERs insisted on
having "ARTHUR WILLIAM warm" The
| cotton" was doubtless the electoral vote
of Louisiana, and the instructions TO
"stifien oranges men coming" meant to
boost STEARNs & Go. up the slip
slip pole, Tor the statesmen were
on the road. We don't pretend to ex-
PLAIN the small cherries" but if he had
said small potatoes" We would of course
know that he referred TO HAYES. Per-
hsps the simplest expression used is that
OF doctors" Anybody can understand
that MOVES, CHANDLER and the rest Of
that gang went to Florida for the ex-
press purpose of "doctoring" the returns
mOUNDSVILLE MENTION.
Nessrs. Weaver, Bardall Il Co.,