Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-09
FUNDS FOB GEN. WEAVER.
Chairman Jewell Charged with Fur
nishing Money for the Green
back Campaign.

Chairman Jewell Charged with Fur
nishing Money for the Green
back Campaign.
The Assistant Secretary OF the Or
ganization says he has Letters
thnt will Prove Twists to
Jewell and Gen. Chester
A. Arthur-Mr. Dor.
scy's Share In the
Transaction.
Mr.. Dyer ID. Lum, assistant secre- |
tary of the national committee of the |
greenback party, has written to Con-
gresham Thompson H. Murch of
Maine, the committee's chairman. the |
folio wing letter:
HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL Com.
GREENBACK-LABER PARTY. :
WASHINGTON, Sept, 29, 1880.
Hon. Thompson II. Murch, Chair
man National Committee Greenback |
Labor Party-Dear Sir: The early
election in Maine, and the necessity
of attending to your own canvass,
have prevented you from having per-
sonal knowledge Of the manner in
which the greenbsck campaign has
been managed in your absence. de-
sire to lay before you, and before the
national committee, to each Of whom
mail copy Of this letter, some facts
which it is alike my duty to report
and yours to take cogDizamce. Prob
ably nothing 1 may say will surprise
you, as directly or indirectly many of
these facts have come to your know
ledge within the past few weeks.
That 1 may be understood, dis
tinctly make the charge that the
greenback national canvass, as now
conducted, is manipulated in the ill.,
terest of the republican party, and
| Gen. Weaver's expenses borne, in a
large measure. from the republican
crlnpaign fund. This is q serious
charge, but it can be substantiatedi in
every detail, aud l believe that my
duty 10 the national committee re-
quires that the facts should be laid
before them.
You will remember that OH the 9th
of July there was meeting of
portion of the national executive
committee at the St. James Hotol,
New York. There were present Oh
that OCCASION, besides ourselves, Gen.
Weaver, Lee Crandall, Edward Dan
iels, and George o. Jones. We we're
alse assisted with the advice and
counsel of Senator John p. Jones Of
Nevada. At that meeting Gen. Weav-
er suggested tho name Of George o.
Jones, of New York, for the financial
agent of the national committee to
raise funds for the campaign. Moth
ing was said at that time as to the
methods te be pursued by Mr.. Jones; !;
that was left to his discretion and has
only subsequently, become known.
Since that meeting you have with
drawn yourself from the manage
ment of the campaign.
lmmediateiy following his appoint
isent, Mr.. Jones requested the fact to
be communicated to Senator Jones,
and to ex-senator Dorsey, secretary
of the republican national commit
tee. This was done, but how much
money was raised no one will proba-
bly, ever know from Mr.. Jones but
it is possible from other sources to
state somewhere hear The sum he has
expended on the national canvass i.
When Gen. Weaver returned from
Arkansas l took occasion to remon-
strate with him on this matter, stat
ing that | had been informed by a
member of our executive committee
that Geo. 0. Jones had received
So 900 from the republican campaign
fund. Gen. Weaver replied that it
made 40 difference how much had
been received, for his tour i'll Ala
5ama and Arkansas would have been
SIMPLY impossible without the aid
Mr.. jones extended to him. Ae furth-
er stated that in Alabama he had re-
ceived from Mr.. Jones between niue
hundred and one thousand dollars,
and several hundred while in Ar
| kansas.
| Gen. Weaver left that day for Maine,
aud was accompanied from New York
to Boston by Mr.. Jones, On that trip
1t was arranged that Gen. Weaver
should denOunce fusion i'll Maine on
every available occasion, and take
such measures as, in his judgment,
would be most conducive toward
creating dissffection between the
allied forces Of greenbackers and
democrats. This agreement l heard
OF in New York before Gen. Weaver
had made a single statement to that
effect in Maine. How well he tried
TO fulfil his contract ysu know.
Every dispatch or circular emanating
from these headquarters, or from
Gen. Weaver, has been drawn to in
jure the democracy alone. His dis
patch to Gen. Plaisted, to Solon
Chase, and his more recent circular
letter contouuding Senator Bayard
with the democratic party are cases
III poiut, and are corrobsrative evil
dences of the truth of this statement.
, In my capacity as secretary. have
been under the necessity Of visiting
New York to SEQ Gov. Jewell and
Assistant Secretary Ho~ -.er, the first
time ill response to written request
from Marshall Jewell, which l still
hold. On one of these occasions, at
Gev. Jeweli's urgent request, visit.
Ell Gen. Chester A. Arthur, at his
rooms at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, the
subject of discussion being the effect
OF greenback campaign in New
ork and elsewhere Oh the republi.
can party; my object being to dis.
courage the expenditure of theil
money in that direction. AT one OF
) these interviews Gov. Jewell denied
having paid to Mr.. Jones any such
sum as | had stated, and said that
Mr.. Dorsey had only given him 81 500
and that the rest probably came from
Gen. Arthur for state purposes. As
: Gen. Weaver had had at that time
: fully that amount from Mr.. Jones
upsn his own admission, the fact hal
more had been obtained Is obvious tC
) amy whn have visited the sumptuous
} pariors occupied by the New York
state sreenback committee, for head.
l quarters, at the A!bemarle Hotel New
, York City.
l These facts have come TO nv know
ledge little by little. The natural de.
SIRE to protect our party from SCAN
di:, and not See cause we loved sac.
riiiced through the treachery of q
few, has induced me to remain silen,
heretofore. But now that it is be.
coming Il matter of general suspicion
aud Gen. Weaver's course has called
/ forth the protest of such honored
leaders as Judge Hughes, of Pennsyl.
vania and others, l think, both for
my own sake as we'll as your reputa.
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