The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-20
Weaver's SelI-Out to the Republi-
cans.

WASHINGTON, Oct 6.-The following
letter has been addressed to every member
| of the Greenback National Committee by
Dyer H. Lum:
To the Greenback National Committee:
Nv charges against Gen. Weaver have
elected certain replies which might seem to
demand attention. Gen. Weaver admits
receiving from Mr.. Jones $500, advanced
out of his own funds" In my letter | gave
the name of three gentlemen who were
present when Gen. Weaver proposed making
George o. Jones a secret financial agent
This appointment was to be kept ''quiet."
We had a treasurer, but the General desired
a financial agent, and one of whose appoints
ment the public were not to know. Not one
of you, | think, were aware of this fact till
my letter appeared. None of the gentlemen
mentioned as being present have denied this
nor can they do so. | have given extracts
from Mr.. Jones letters showing that Gen.
Weaver telegraphed him from Alabama for
one thousand dollors, also intimating that
success there would render it easy for him
to raise funds. l now quote from another
letter from Mr.. Jones to me, dated July 20,
in response to an appeal for aid in certain
congressional districts:
"Yours of the 18th was duly received,
and | agree with you that something must
be done to aid our friends in those sections
where there are hopes of accomplishing
favorable results; but my understanding
was that our present efforts were to be di-
rected to Alabama, and that State votes on
the first Monday August, when, if we make
a respectable showing, it will give our peo-
pie courage throughout the whole country
Acting under the belief that this was the
judgment of the executive committee, as it
certainly is my own, l have done what [
could to aid our friends there in our present
contest"
Is this the language of man who con-
tributes from his own funds Against Gen
Viewers denial, appeal to Mr.. Jones
own words, and to those present when he
was chosen. Gen. Viewers reference to
my "solictude for the Democratic party"
ia an attempt to evade the question. l
have no interest in that party, nor have l
gone over to it. | stand where | always
did, with no written word of mine to re
tract, and am now only DESTROYS of expos
ing the schemers who are seeking to use
the party for personal benefit. | should
have been equally plain had the sale been
made to the other side Two other replies
have appeared from one T. Augustus
Bland, NJ. D., the title of doctor being pre-
dicted upon a Philadelphia certificate of
the notorious Buchanan, and one from War
wick Martin, an eccentric lawyer of this
city, who carries his Office in his hat. Mr..
Is tue OF Il QOCu~
ment published at Gen. Weaver's request,
attacking the Democratic party, and de-
81 yned for circulation in Democratic States.
1t has been submitted to both the national
and congressional committees of the Repub-
lican party, and Mr.. Martin has himself
visited Secretary Mcpherson to secure aid
to the Greenback cause. His card is but
the futter of a wounded bird. Neither of
these men impeach any statement made,
= I i L.
divert attention from the points at issue.
l may have murdered my grandmother and
converted her bones into whistles; the
public Only care for the proof of my charges.
No member of the committee in any way
conversant with the facts has denied
single point in my letter. | will state fur
ther, that persons in this city know that
on his last visit here Gen. Weaver held |
private interview with Hon. J. Hubbell, |
Committee. This fact and that Gen. |
Weaver appointed notorious lobbyist as
financial agent with the understanding that |
it was to be kept stquiet' are not mere |
assertions of mine. To the last / have given |
the names of distinguished men as witness |
es Why the concealment of his appoint |
ment would make Mr.. Jones' mission more |
effective is a problem for Gen. Weaver to |
explain.
GcubI6uieu, THESE tdCbS are NIlHlu tue l
knowledge of others and they are my wit |
nesses that Gen. Weaver's card both con-
ceals and falsifies facts. Knowing these |
things, was it not my duty to inform you
1t is, however, your duty to hold ME to a
strict accountability not only for these but
for all the other charges have made. Such
an investigation | court and challenge,
knowing that it will bring out the fact that
our organization as now managed is side
show to the Republican party.
DYER d. LUM,
Assistant Secretary National Committee.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 6, 1880.
The foregoing letter was drawn out
by the reply which was made by Wea-
yer and others to Lum's statement that
Weaver is in the pay of the National
Republican Executive Committee and
that the Greenback canvass is manipu-
lated and conducted in the interest of
the Republican party.
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