The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-30
Last Nights Dispatches.
indiana.
Republican skulduggery.
COL. DupLEY's METHODS.

COL. DUDLEY's METHODS.
CHICAGO, Sept. ga special dispatch
| from Indianapolis to the Sunday Times
contains the following paragraph:
Col. Dudley's attention was called to an
interview with j. @. New, published iu the
Times this morning. in which reference is
| made to letter written by him to a Chi >
cago man Offering him transportation for
himself and friend to come to Indiana and
| vote. though we'll aware that neither of
| them were residents of the state. In
explanation to this Col. Dudley said he
had received letter from a man by the
| name OF King, once a resident of Rich :
| mopd. Ind, and now in Chicago, who
claimed never to have given up his resi-
dence here, asking what arrangem ents
| could be made by which he could return
home aud exercise his legal right to vote
without costing him anything. King
mentioned friend who was likewise quail
| flied TO vote in Richmond To this"
replied the colonel. Il replied that if he is
| entitled to vote he would be transported
| BY Mr.. Walker, chairman of the Wayne
| county committee. to whom [ referred the
whole matter. defy any man to find a
suggestion of corruption in my letter to
King, or in any letter have ever writ
ten"
And here is ......
MARSHAL DUDLEY'S LETTER:
OFFICE OF u. s. MARSHAL. DISTRICT
OF INDIANA, VIM w. DUDLEY, MAR
AL.-INDIANAPoLIs, Sept, 9. ls8O.-H.
Il. KING, Esq, Chicago. Il..-Dear Sir:
Yours received. | have taken steps to
get you home to vote: also Follen. if he is
| Republican. which | suppose he is, or
| you wouldn't want to get him home.
hope you will get passes soon and 60 home
and put in your best lick. The boys at
Richmond are booming for Garfield
Yours truly. VIM. w. DUDLEY.
1t would require very powerful mic
| roscope to discover. in this letter,
ANY ALLUsIoN TO Mr. WALKER,
chairman of the Wayne county committee,
who, according to Mr.. Dudley, is in the
transportation business. Il have taken
steps to get you home 70 VOTE" writes MIR.
Dudley to King. Il replied that if he
was entitled to vote he would be trans
ported by Mr.. Walker" says Dudley to
the interviewer. In his letter to King it
will be observed that the question of his
right to vote in Indiana is not even alluded
to, and in the case of Folien, there is no
allusion to his being citizen, He does
not say. ''also Pollen if be is a voter" but
1t he is Republican voter" 1t doesn't
make any difference whether he is a voter
or an alien: if he is Republican he is to
be given transportation
III. r, King and Martin Follen resided
in Richmond. Ind. for many years. King
lett there in February last. went to St.
Paul and declared bis intention of becom-
ing citizen of that state by voting at the
Qs1Fr n hIira vlrz Nrro in 1vrIv
that he does not regard himself as citi-
zen of Indiana, and intends to return to
St, Paul to reside. Foilen has been away
from Richmond nearly two years, and has
twice voted at the polls in Chicago, and
consequently has no more right to vote in
Indiana than has one of John Y. Farwell's 9
n ules.
Under certain circumstances it might be
possible for the unsuspecting Dudley,
being q stalwart Republican and therefore
devoid of guile to write. innocently enough,
such letter as that which be wrote to
King. He might claim that Kings letter
to him represented that both King and
Follen were legal voters in Indiana, and
that he was bound to take the writer's
word for it. and was under no obligations
to investigate for himself. Unfortunately
for Dudley, he was formerly If, indeed,
he is not now.-
A RESIDENT or RICHMOND.
| having for several years been clerk of the
county in which it is situated, and. as
King and Follen both state. be is perscns
ally acqusiuted with them, and has been
for years. and knows almost as much
about them as they know about themselves,
By ths clause, 'ff be Is Republican" !"
referring to Follen. Dudley virtually
admits, it would seem, having considerable
knowledge of him, as the man is about
half and half. He says, were he to vote
in Indiana. he should cast bis ballot for
the Republican state ticket aud for the
Democratic national ticket. Hence the
off ;ial doubt expressed as 20 his status,
If Dudley should succeed IN getting Fol.
len to Richuoud, and voting him at the
state election, and should then ascer tain
| that be intended to vote for Hancock at
the national election it is highly probable
that, unless be can be converted in one of
the many effective wsys known to Re-
publican managers. he will be indueedSto
try change of climate before November.