Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14

Viewers Contract.

H-rsEa~
weaver's Contract.
Special Dispatch to tn. Cincinnati Enquirer.
NEW YORK, Oct. THE following
letter has been made public here to-
night, and creates the utmost con-
s~ternation among the papers whose
thopes of securing Indiana have rested
entirely upon the Greenback vote:
HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL COMMIT
TEE OF THE NATIONAL GREENBAcK
LABOR PARTY, 9e3 Pennsylvania
Avenue, Washington, D. c., Sep
i tember 30. r
"Hon. Thompson H.. Mureh,e Chair
man Of National Committee Green,
back Labor Party: {|sEfItEfs
"DEAR SIR: I desire to lay be-
fore you, and before the national
committee, to each of whom I mail a
copy of this letter, some facts which
it is. alike my duty to report, and
yours to take cognizance of. Proba-
bly, nothing l may say win surprise
you, as directly or indirectly many
of these facts have come to your
knowledge within the past few weeks.
That l may be understood, l dis
tinctly make the charge that the
Greenback national canvass as now
conducted is manipulated in the in
terest Of tile Republican party, and
Gen. Viewers expenses borne in a
large measure frsm the Republican
campaign fund. This is a serious
charge, but it can be substantiated in
everp detail, andI believe that my
duty TO the national committee re-
quires that the facts should be laid
before them. 55ts., JLUI
You will remember that on the 9th
of July there was a meeting of a por-
ton of the national executive COM
mittee at the st. James hotel, New
York. There we're present on that
occasion, besides ourselves, General
Weaver, Lee Cr.ndall, Edward Dan
fiels and George o. Jones. We were
also assisted with the advice and
counsel of Senator John p. Jones, of
Nevada, At that meeting General
Weaver suggested the name of Geo.
o. Jones of New York for the finan-
cial agent Of the national committee
to raise funds for the campaign.
Immediately following his appoint
ment Mr.. Jones requested the fact to
be communicated to Senator Jones
and ex-senator Dorsey, secretary of
the Republican national committee.
When Gen. Weaver returned from
Arkansas I took occasion to remon-
strate with him on the matter, stat
ing that [ had been informed by a
member of our executive committee
that George o. Jones had received
s., 900 from the Republican campaign
fund. Gen. Weaver replied that it
made no difference how much had
been received, for his tour in Ala
bama and Arkansas would have been
simply impossible witboatthe aid Mr..
Jones extended to him. He further
stated that in Alabama he had re-
ceivek from Mr.. Jones between $500
and $1,000, and several hundred
white in Arkansas.
Gen. Weaver left that day for
Maine, and was accompanied from
New York to Boston by Mr.. Jones.
On that trip it was arranged that
Gen. Weaver should denounce fusion
in Maine on every available occasion,
and take such measures as in his
judgment would be most conductive
toward creating disatfection between
the allied forcer of Greenbackers and
Democrats. This agreement l heard
of in New York before Gen. Weaver
had made a single statement to tina,
effect IN Maine. How well he tried
to fulfill his contract you know.
Every dispatch or circular emauatine
from these headquarters or from
Gen. Weaver has been trying to in.
jure the Democracy alone. His dis.
patch to Gen. Plaisted, to Solor
Chase, and his more recent letter cir.
cular confounding Senator Bayard
with the Democratic party are cases
in point, and are corroborauve evil
4 dences of the truth of this statement,
In my capacity as secretary | have
been under the necessity of visiting
New York to see MI. Jewell and As
/ sistant- Secretary Hirker. At Mr..
Jewclls urgent request, l visited
Mr.. Chester A. Arthur 1t his room.
in the Fifth Avenue hotel, the sub
ject of discussion being the~effect o
a grcenback campaignin New Yorf
and elsewhere on the Republican
party. -
These facts have come to my
knowledge little by little. The na'
tural desire to protect our party from
scandal, and not see a cause we loved
sacrificed through the treachery of a
few, has induced me to remain silent
heretofore but now that it is becom'
ing-a' matter Of general suspicious nt
MI. Neayer's course has called FORT
the protest of such honored leaders
as Judge Hughes. of Pennsylvania,
and others, l think, both for my own
sahCs aS WCu 40 loui iSpucuSAbu civ
the integrity Of the party, the trutt
should be known. .t..,;a
When our party becomes a portion
of tse,mashllegy ecessaryt to cleo
ths-maagto the presidency who con
temptuously referred to us in the
discussion of the Weaver resolutions
in congress- ass sthesnaseai6 f asd3ine
party" and who called upon his par
ty associates TO meet tho ''heast,' ;;
tie smonjitat rrandl 'tEtbt1e', lrl
think forbearance ceases to be a wiz
tue-mpch more, when Il am ,cop'
PEELED % sitb5fRnaass schenssap
tered into and bargains made for the
return of Republican meabers o
congress over-soh-money Democrats
What l have ,statedehaso come sen
tirely under my own observation
Further, l have in my possession let
tefs and t~efegrarhs nom the RepabFt
can national committee headquarters
showing their solicitude for the
4 GreeDback movement, and written
proof Of their appropriation OF fund.-