The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-07


siblc from other sources to state some
where near tho sum he has cxncndn1
IN tho national canvass. When Gen.
eMl Weaver returned from Arkansas
LOOK occasion to rcmonstratc&ew ewitl,
nm on this matter, stating thatI had
been informed by membcEof Gu
Executive Committee That ST ET
GEORGE o. JONES HAD RECEIVED $4,000
rom the Republican campaign fund.
General Weaver replied that it mado
no dlierence how much had been re.
colvcd, for his tour in Alabama and
Arkansas would have been simply inn
possible without the aid Mr.. Jones ex-
tended to him. Uefurtllcr stated that
IN alabama Inc had received from Mr..
Jones between 5000 and $1,000, and
several hundred while in Arkansas.
General Weaver left that day for
name, aud was accompanied from
New York to Boston by Mr.. Jones.
On that trip it was arranged that Cen
crnl Weaver should dcnounce fusion
III Maine on every available occasion
ana take such measures as. in his iudg-
mcnt, would DO most conducive to-
ward creating disatlection between the
allied forces of Grconbacllcrs and
Democrats. This agreement I hoard
III New York before General Weaver
had made q single statement to that
erect in Maine. How well lie tried to
1lll1Il his contract you know. Every
despatch or circular c,naliating from
these headquarters or from General
weaver has been drawn to injuro the
Democracy alone. Ills despatch to
General Plaistcd, to Solon Chase, and
his more recent circular letter con-
founding Senator Bayard with tho
Dcmocrntic party arc cases in point,
and arc corroborativc evidences of the
truth ofthis statement.
In my capacity as sccrctarvI have
been under the necessity Of visiting
Now York TO sec Governor Jewell and
Assistant Secretary Hooker, the first
time IN response to a written request
from Marshall Jewell, which T still
hold. On ono Of these occasions, Mt
Governor Jcwcll's urgent request, |
visited General Chester a. Arthur at
his rooms at the Fifth Avenue ILotcl,
the subject Of discussion being tho
effect of a Grcenback campaign in New
\ ork aud elsewhere on tho Rcpubli-
can party; my object being to disco,,r-
age the expenditure of their money in
that direction. At one OF these inter
views Governor jew eli denied having
paid to Mr.. Jones any such sum rs
had stated, and said TINT Mr.. Dorsey
HAD ONLY GIVEN HIM $1,000,
and that the rcst probably came from
General Arthur for State purposes.
rs General Weaver had had ut that
time fully that amount from Mr.. Jones.
upon his own admission, the fact that
more had been obtnincdis is obvious to
amy who have visited the sumptuous
parlors occupied by the New York
State Grccnback Committee for head
guar at tho Albcmarlc Hotel, New
York city.
These facts have como to my knowl-
edge little by little. The natural de-
sire to protect our party from scandal,
and not sec II cause We lOve sacrificed
through the trcachcry Of q few, has in
uuced mc to remain silent heretofore.
But now that il is bccominga u matter
Of general suspicion, and General
Viewers course has called forth the
protest of such h0norcd leaders as
Judge Hughes, Of Pennsylvania, and
others, | think both for my own sake
as well rs your reputation and the in
tcGrity ofthc party, the truth should
DC Known. When our party becomes II
portion of the machinery necessary 10
elect men 70 the Presidency who con-
tcmptuously referred TO us in The dis
cussion on the Weaver resolutions in
Congrcss rs "thc spawn Ola dying
parity" and who called upon his party
associates TO meet The "bcast,'' the
"monstcr." and "throttlc it'll thiuk
lorhcarancc ceases to be virtue.
Much more when I am compelled to
sit by and SEQ schemes entered into and
bargains made for the return Of Re
publican members Of Congress ovor
soft money Democrats.
What have stated has come entirely
under my own observation. Further.
| have in my possession letters and
kilograms from The Republican Nation
al Committee headquarters showing
their
soLIC1TUDE FOR TIE GREENBACIl MOVE
NENT.
and written proof Of their appropria-
ton Of funds TO encourage Grccnback
discussions.
General Wcavcr's plan Of tho cam
paign was formed before his nomina-
ton. His ambition has been to throw
the election into the House. Last
May, when reasoning with him on the
mprobabiity Of success in that case,
he said Inc was confident that il could
be brought about through an alliance
with tho Republicans, who held nine
teen States inCongrcss. At tho time
| laughed at the idea of Republican
sympathy. but the progress ofthc cam
paign has demonstrated that every
move made by our standard bearer
has been to win tho confidence of the
Republican party. III case the Octo-
Der election should go heavily Demo
cratic, General Wcavcr's friends are
hopeful Of inducing tho Republicans
to withdraw their electoral tickets in
West Virginia, Missouri, Texas and
Alississippi, and, perhaps, secure
through their support enough votes to
enable the election to be thrown into
Congress.
In spite of many of these startling
Is..l