The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-06
A soouSpREL EXPOSED.


That Roorbaek In the wheeling "kegis-
ter.VentiIRted.
: Yesterday the Register copied into lis
columns, for campaign effect on the
Greenbackers Of this region, 8 letter writ
ten BY corrupt political dead beat known
as D. D. Lum, in which the said Lum
tries to make it appear that Weaver isin
the field as a Republican aid de camp in
this canvass. The exposure Of this cor
rupt fellow has followed so close upon his
attempt to play into the hands ofthe Dem
.ooratic party that his object of selling out
the Greenbnckers to that party will not
succeed. The exposure is as follows:
WASHINGTON, October 2.
The Assistant Secretary Of the National
Greenback Committee published letter
Yesterday charging General Weaver with
having sold out to the Republicans, and
that his expenses were paid out Of Mar
shall JEWELS funds. Judge Warwick
Martin, a member OF the National Green
back Committee, who was present during
Lum's interview with Weaver, says Lum
is q liar. Judge Martin will publish the
following card upon the subject:
JUDGE MARTINS STATEMENT.
More than one month ago pronounced
Mr.. Lum, in his presence, a tfaitort to the
National Greenback party, Of which am
a member, and to the principles of which
1 am devoledly attached. He was by ac-
cident made the Assistant Secretary Of the
Executive Committee, and like Sound.
rel he used his position TO injure instead
OF TO benefit the party. Thisl discovered,
and exposed. He would have been res
moved II he had not abandoned the party
10 save his own disgrace before the order
Of his removal arrived. His letter ad-
dressed to Mr.. Murch, but given by him
10 the press, is a fraud upon Its face. tits
written upon letter sheet OF the head
quarters Of the National Committee as
though written in Washington. Mr.. Lum
was not here on the 18th oil September.
He was then in New York arranging with
the Democrats to sell out before the order
of his dismissal could arrive. He had for
the purpose OF deceiving the public taken
with him one OF the letter sheets. OF the
Committee, or perhaps many OF them, and
he has written his letter thereon. His let
te+contains several falsehoods, which l
know 10 be such, / heard the conversa-
ton between him and Mr.. Weaver, which
he attempts 10 report, and know his state
ments are false, Mr.. Lum is man in
search Of money, and wholly void OF
principle. Heshould have informed the
Democrats that he has spent most OF his
time for the last two months in writing
no and preparing for publication the his
tory. as he called It, OF the murder OF Mrs
Surratt bv Gen. Hancock. he informed
me that he had visited and interviewed the
Surratt family in Baltimore and collected
from them all the facts OF the case. DE
read his history to me, and stated its con-
tents to at least three other parties IN
Washington, whose names l can give.
This history charged upon Gen. Hancock
the greatest cruelty Of which any one
could be guilty. Mr.: Lum stated that he
intended It for publication in the Irish
World lust before the election so as to pre-
vent the Irish Catholics from voting for
Hancock. He made the same statement to
others. He went to New York to arrange
with the Irish World for the cartooning and
publishing OF this attack upon General
Hancock, but the Irish World refused to
publish It. am informed that upon this
refusal he offered the history. TO the Re-
publicans as a good Republican document,
but they refused to purchase it. He then
went to the Democrats. Whether they
paid him anything not TO publish the ms
not work Tor nothing. He has no doubt
been paid. His statements about General
Weaver are false, and he knows It: de is
aware that General Weaver never had any
confidence in him. The party and the
Committee are happily freed from great
incumbrance by the departure Of Mr.; Lum.
He has saved them the task Of excluding
him from the position wheCh he has dis
graced.' WARWICK MARTIN.
ANOTHER pRvtAL-cARD FROM GEORGE o.