Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-05
WEAVER'S PERFIDY.

publican Machine-A Caustio Letter
from d. d. Lum. Who Has Been Be-
hind the Scenes.
Washington Special, Oct. l..
The following letter has been made public
here to night and creates the utmost conster-
nation among the papers whose hopes of secur-
ing Indiana have rested entirely upon the
Greenbeck vote:
HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF
THE NATIONAL observation-disclosures PARTY, 90S
Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D. O.,
September 29th
Hon. Thompson II. Murch, chairman Of
National committee Greenback. Labor party
Dear Sir: The early election in Maine, and he
necessity of attending to your own canvass,
has prevented you from having personal
knowledge of the manner in which the Green
back campaign has been managed in your alb.
henoe. l. desire to lay before you, and before
the National committee, to each of whom 1
mail copy of this letter, some facts which it
is alike my duty to report, and yours to take
cognizance of. Probably nothing / may say
will surprise you, as directly or indirectly
many of these facts have come to your knowl-
edge within the past few weeks.
That may be understood, distinctly make
the charge that the Greenback national can
vass as now conducted is manipulated in the
interest of the Republican party and General
Weaver's expenses borne In large measure
from the Republican campaign fund. This is
a serious charge, but it can be substantiated in
every detail, and belieYe that my duty to the
national committee requires that the facts
should be laid before them.
You will remember that on tho 9th Of july
there was meeting of portion of the nation
al executive committee at the st. James hotel
New York. There we're present on that occa-
| sion, besides ourselves. Gen. Weaver Lee
Crandall, Edward Daniels and George O. Jones.
We We're also assisted with the advice and coun-
sci Of Senator John P. Jones, of Nevada. At
| that meeting Gen. Weaver suggested the name
| of George o. Jones, of New York, for the finan-
cial agent of the national committee to raise
funds for the campaign. Nothing was said at
that time as to the methods to be pursued by
Mr.. Jones-that was left to his discretion, and
has only subsequently become known. Since
the meeting you have withdrawn yourself
from the management of the campeign
Immediately following his appointment, Mr..
Jones requested the fact to be communicated
| to Senator Jones and ex-senator Dorsey, secre-
| tary OF the Republican national committee.
This was done, but how much money was
MIR. Jones; but it is possible from other SOURCES
| to state somewhere near the sum he has ex-
pended IN the national canvass. When Gen
Weaver returned from Arkansas took occasion
| to demonstrate with him on the matter, stating
| that had been informed by a member of our
| executive committee that George o. Jones had
| received IS, 600 from the Republican campaign
fund. Gen. Weaver replied that it made no
| difference how much had been received for his
| tour IN Alabama and Arkansas would have
| been impossible without the aid FIR. Jones ex-
| tended to him. He further stated that in Ala
bams he had received from Mr. Jones between
| nine hundred and one thousand dollars, and
| several hundred while in Arkansas.
Gen. Weaver left that day for Maine was
| accompanied from New York to Boston by Mr.
Jones. On that trip is was arranged that Gen.
| Weaver should denounce fusion in Maine on
| every available oscasion, and take such meas
| ures as IN his Judgment would be most condu-
Give toward creating disaffection between the
| allied forces of Greenbackers and Democrats
| This agreement heard of in New York before
| Gen. Weaver had made single statement to
that effect il Maine. How well he tried to
fulfill his contract you know. Every dispatch
| or circular eminating from these head. quar-
ters or from Gen. Weaver has been trying to
| lnjure tbs Democracy alone. His dispatch to
| Gen. Plaisted, to Scion Chase, and his more
| recent letter circular confoundipg Senator Bay
ard with the Democratic party are cases in
| pOlnlt GEu aI6 COEIcUOratlV6 evidences of tho
| truth OF this statement.
In my capacity as secretary l have been I'M
der the necessity of visiting New York to see
| Governor Jewell and Assistant Secretary Hir-
| ker, the first time in response to written re-
quest from Marshall Jewell, which l still
hold. On one of these occasions, at Governor
JEWELS urgent request, visited Gen. Chester
A. Arthur athis rooms in the Fifth Avenue
hotel, the subject of discussion be-
| ing the effect of Greenback campaign in New
| York and elsewhere on the Republican party
my objects being to discourage the expenditure
OF their money in that direction. At one of
| these interviews Gov. Jewell denied having
paid to MIR. Jones any such cum as had
| stated, and said that Mr. Dorsey had only
| given him 81, $780, and that the rest probably
| came from Gen. Arthur for the same purpose
AS Gen. Weaver had at that time fully that
amount from Mr.. Jones, upon his own admis-
| sion, the fact that more had been obtained ia
obvious to any one who has visited the sumptu-
GUS parlors occupied by the New York State
Greenback committee for headquarters at the
ALTERNATE hotel, New York city
These facts have come to nv knowledpe
little by little. The natural desire to protect
our party from scandal, and not see cause we
loved sacrificed through the treachery of a
| few, has induced me to remain silent hereto
fore; but now it is becoming matter of gen.
eral suspicion, and Gen. Viewers course ha.
| called forth the protest of such honored lend
ers as Judge Hughes, of Pennsylvania, and
Others, think, both for my own sake, as well
| as your reputation and the integrity of the
| party, the truth SHOULD be known.
When our party becomes a sporton of the
machinery necessary to elect the man to the
Presidency who contemptuously referred to
US In the discussion of the .Weaver resolutions
| In Congress as 1.-THE spawn of dying party"
and who called upon his party associates to
meet the beast the monster" and "throt-
tie" it, / think fol- bealauee ceases to be yir-
tue-much more. when am compelled to sit
by and see schemes entered into and bargains
made for the return Of Republican members
OF Congress over soft-money Democrats.
What have stated has come entirely under
my own observation. Further 1 have in nv
possession letters and kilograms from the Be.
publican National Convention head quarters.
showing their solicitude for the Greenback
movement, and written proof of their appro-
prlatlons for funds to encourage Greenbaok
dissensions.
Gen. Viewers plan of the campaign was
formed before his nomination. His ambition
has been to throw the election into the House.
Last May, when reasoning with him on the inn
probability of success in that case, he said he
was confident that it could be brought about
through an alliance with the Republicans, who
held nineteen States in Congress. At the time
l laughed at the idea of Republican sympathy:
but the progress of the campaign has demon
strated that every move made by our standard
bearer has been to win the confidence of the