Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-23
CHAIRMAN JEWELL
RISES TO MAKE A PERSONAL eX-
PLANTATION
or How He Happened to Send Those Tell
Tale kilograms to the Land
Where the Orange Tree
Blooms,
BUT HIS STATEMENT IS AWFUL THIN.
NATIONAL REpUTLICAN HEADQ'Rs, !
New York. October -.

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN liEADQ RS, /
New York, October -.
To The Public:
Yesterday, Mr. Barnum, Chairman ot
the Democratic Committee issued an ad'
dress to the public, in which he pub
lis ned two kilograms sent by myself to
Florida. The following are the exact
facts:
Ga the S:h OF October verbal iniOrma'
ton was received at the Republican Ma
tiunai headquarters that two or three
hundred men were going out from this
city on one of the Mallory steamers
bound for Florida, on the strength oi
which information the following tcle-
gram was sent to +. W. Wicker, cOlieC-
tor at Key West, Fla , warning him that
the men i'll question were
Believed to be Democratic Repeaters
Telegram.
New YORK, October s.
+. ". JIick.r, Collector, KY IiitSi, FN:
The Mallory steamer 4 ln.t u.""E hnl
on hoard two or three hundred work
men for some railroad. Looks 70 Us a.
though they were sent to Key West 10
vote.
L>igned.] MARSHALL JEWELL
On the llth oi October letter was
received at these headquarters OF which
the following is Il copy:
CUsToN lIoUsE, New YORK, !
CoILECToK's OFFICE, Oct ii, 1850. J
DEAR SiI-l have just received the
enclosed ruemOrandums from perfect
" reliable person. You remember my
teiln. You the other day that | would
try to get AT the iacts. Yours in haste:
r>igned. T.. FRAYEIIhT.
To Hou. NarShrI JcWei, Chairman Nd-
tion0I COmmitCe.
The Fo.iowiug is the Memorandum En-
closed
"Citv Of Dallas, $50; State Of Texas,
100: Colorado, 100; men on dock in-
s,ruct,d to say nothing about Il. De-
MED in the office at the dock that any
had gone"
The substance OF information con-
tanned in the letter and the mcmoran-
dunn was then telegraphed to Mr..
Wicker, as follows:
Telegram
New YORK. October II.
F. ". Wjcter, Collector at hey IE,st, Fla:
The CITY Of Dallas took $50; City of
Texas, 100; Colorado, 100 for Key Wes'.
The men on the dock were instructed
To say nothing about it.
T>i,ueI MARSHALL JEWELL.
What He Believed.
Itwas believed at these headquarters
that the Democrats were sending these
men To Florila ~ repeAtvIS, and action
WIS taken 10 prevent TIE Democrats
from reaping any benefit from the
scheme. A telegram to Mr., Moves, Q
copy oi which is given below, related
sn'.lv 10 the payment ri the cXpens' =
OF Mpssrs. Moves aud Calender, two Re-
publican speakers now in Florida. The
ieIeyrdm was the following:
New YORK, October II.
Charl,s J. N2ws. care OF H. Jenkins, Jr.,
J ck>,arN,, H,ridE
tc.egrapned yesterday. ! viii pro-
vide, as requested, S2G0 each for Calen-
der and Yourself as compensation.
IS:rned.1 MARSHALL JEWELL.
Jumrs at Concluso OILS Tco Abruptly.
The tel,grams to Florida related so''-
Is 10 the fact that We have the informa
ton above given, viz: that the Demo-
Gratis were sending men 10 southern
Florida for some purpose, and from the
pas. history OF that party II Was lar Tor
US t. assume that they were sending
:hcm there for the purpose Ot commit
ting frauds, and We notified our friends
in The telsgrams which have found their
wav into the hands of the Chairman Of
the Democratic National Committee, 10y
the usua! Democratic methods, and
which have b en- paraded as evidence Of
intended frauds OH the par, OF Republi-
cans.
| submit these facts to the public and
am willing 10 abide by the decision oil
all fair.m;ndei men.
[Signei MARSHALL JEWELL,
Chairman.