New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-10


treasurer, we believe. but he was not well
known person. Unquestionably, the large con-
tributions were due 10 Colonel" II. II. IIadley's
connection with the movement and the conll-
dence felt by the general public in his business
integrity and pecuniary responsibility. 1t was
this that caused the money to fiow into the
treasury of the association with rush that
has not been equaed since the suppression
of the sawdu5t swlndies.
| The circumstances under which this fund
was raised are no doubt familiar to our
readers The purpose of the dlabollcal Day.
EXPORT to intimidate Democratic voters ana
| keep them from the polls becoming kn0Wn'
| and the 125, 600 or more Democratic voters
| IN the city having been Danic-slrlcken on ac-
count of it, "Colonel" lladley and his asso-
| citation came to the rescue with an offer 10
| defeat the base design, and for that purpose
| 10 receive subscriptions in small sums from Ill
| sources The announcement was scarcely made
when responses began to be received from all
and the most unexpected directions. Small
boys dubbed together and sent in their allow
ances; clerks of despOtc employers made
secret remittlnces; shop-girls sent their small
earnings with a blessing scrub-women for
girls sent checks and day laborers joined III
sending certificates OF deposit and Government
bonds The subscription was Immediately
great and astonishing success. Newspaper
columns werc filled with the brief but fervent
epistlos of the contributors, all inclosng con-
trlbutions, all written in the same style, and
nearly all closing with q pathetic appeal
in the name of suffering and down
trcdden humanity not to reveal the
writer's names. Thousands of dol
lars came in in very few days,
and were acknowledged Mt much length in
the columns of The Daily TrUH IcHer. There
were those, to he sure, who said the let
tiers were all written in one hand, and that
the subscription was made up like the MEM
bershp of the association, where seven
actual members on the books stood
for 1,2O7 in the newspapers. But Others
trusted in Iadley, and said: " If tins sub
'scrlpton is bogus then IIadley is deceived
" In that case. we have no doubt, from our
knowledge of IIadley, that sooner than de-
"ceivc the public he will pay the whole
"amount ont of his own pocket in smoothing
" the way of the voter to the polls"
In this way opinions differ as to Hadley.
THE TRIBUNE is not called upon to decide
between them. We have only to say that a
man who took such high ground rs he did in
the late campaign, and who seemed so sim
cerely shocked at the thought of the Prcsi-
dency being filed BY dishonest man, ought
to be able to prove that the subscriptions
referred to were genuine, and to show
what he has done with the money. No doubt
ne con But ND TO this time he has not,
Perhaps it has escaped his mind. Still we
have a right to expect IA man who was 50 ready
to volunteer in raising funds, and so prompt in
acknowledging each days multtudlnous re-
cepts on the following morning to be not
less ready and prompt in rendering to Bis
contributors an account OF his eXpen-
diture5. Doubts have been freely eX-
pressed as to there having been any treasurer
of the association other than Colonel
Hadley, and it is beginning to be feared that
with the defeat of Hancock he has tumbied
down the back stairs OF Time into a fathom
less oblivion. This is a sad fate for one VINO
Lately stood for so many Hancock ReDub-
hcans, and filled so large Il place i'll the
public eve. 1t is sadder to think that
he disappears without having rendered his &C.
count Once more. then, viii Colonel" H. |
H. HIdley rise and tell what he did with the !
money VIII the melancholy Leonard j. !
rome, who was Colonel ladloy'S figure !
head, please pail himself together from his |
medltations on the downfall of the Republic !
and assist in calling the Colonel" to the |
front; Was there any fund If so what |
became of II ? These are fair questions.