The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-06-07
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shades of opinion among his constituents.
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COLONEL DUDLEY'S METHODIST
Some DAYS since the Sentinel contained an
editorial article in which the action of Mr.
Pension Commissioner Dudley was wildly
outlined aud prudently criticised 1t is
we'll known that Commissioner Dudley, ex-
United States Marshal of Indiana, was the
intimate associate of ex-senator Dorsey
when the latter gentleman, now a candidate
for the Penitentiary, was engaged in
the herculean task of carrying Indi-
ana for Porter and Garfield, and
that Mr.. Dudley should introduce Dorsey
tactics into the Pension Bureau is net only
not surprising, but is in strict accord with his
antecedents The Sentinel did not intimate
that Commissioner Dudley was discourteous
to Democrats who had business with his
Bureau. but it did hint, with considerable
breadth of expression, that Republican Con-
gressmen were advised of the action of
Democrats who had secured pensions for
soldiers, and that these soldiers were in
formed of their good fortune by Republic
ans for the apparent purpose OF robbing
Democrats of the goodwill of their constitu-
ents This theory of the case was fortified
by the publication of letter from soldier
which we here reproduce, giving the name
of the authorr
Hon. d. W. Voorhees,:
DEAR STR-I feel that am under lasting obli-
cations to you for your vigilance and personal at
tention in my pension case in forwarding II to
final ultamatum- You will therefore permit me
to thank you for your kindness and respect.
Should il ever he in my power shall take great
pleasure ia manifesting my fidelity by recipro-
''''"' VIZ ''''O' A. L. WHITEHALL
p ST. received the first notice of the granting
of my pension through the hands Of Republic
can Congressman. stating that in looking after
pension claims at the Department., l came across
in your behalf TO urge it along, and am now
happy % inform you that IL has been allowed
The receipt Of this letter was the first intlmauon
had OF his taking any interest in the case
The Sentinels article produced profound
sensation in Com missioner Dudley's Bureau,
and the Washington National Repub lean,
in a column article, evidently written by
Dudley, testifes that the Sentinel's shots
hit the target. As an evidence of this the
National Republican refers to the Sentineps
article as "a brutal aud calumnious attack
upon the private and public character OF
Colonel W. w. Dudley, our courteous, IN
dustrious and capable Commissioner of Pen
sions" Whether Colonel Dudley wrote
that of himself or hired some one to write it
for him is immaterial, though we confess it
sounds very much like Colonel Dudley's
circular literature, aud is in strict
harmony with Colonel Dudley's opinion
of himself The Sentinel, however, did not
attack Colonel Dadley's "private character"
not even by inuendo. 1t simply referred to
an indecent incident in the management
of the Pension Bureau, the truth of which
was made boldly prominent by a soldiers
letter. This letter. the National Republican.
for the indication OF Colonel Dudley, pro-
nounces pretended letter from an anony-
nous, m rsquerading as soldier who had
been taken into Senator Voorhees,
embrace" "rhe soldiers name is
very conveniently withheld and the SEN
tinePs veracity is saved instant and
specific demolition" '0f course there
never was such .aninstance." This soldiers
letter bears in its phraseology verbal proof
of its fraudulent cJncoction." Such state
ments place Colonel Dudley In bad fix
SINCE if the letter the Sentinel published,
and now reproduces. is genuine, the Ma
tional Republican virtually pleads guilty to
the Sentipel's charges. la this connection
we have this to say. that the letter is genu
ile, written by soldier, aud is published
UerbdtiR ct Literatim. Hence the conclusion
is inevitable that Colonel Dudley in his par
tisan zeal is disposed to run his Bureau in
the interest of the Republican party. This
is bad for Colonel Dudley, and he will scarcely
be able to shelter himself from just cen
sure by billingsgate references to the Sentinel.
To make points in justification of Colonel
Dudley's course, the National Republican
refers TO the Ssntiners course in regard TO
the Morey letter. and asserts that the follow
ing words are taken from its columns: 1--WE
started out to make the public believe Gar
field wrote it 1.-THE Morey letter.. and we're
going to make it stick if we can" Now
the'Sentinel does not hesitate to say that the
words quoted and attributed to the Sentinel
by the National Republican never appeared
in its columns. We challenge the National
to produce the proof. 1t can not
do it; and in the event il does not,
it must wear the decoration of q
branded forger. Colonel Dudiey's reputa-
ton as Government official will not be sat
isfactorily vindicated by resort to such
methods.
NEW YORK AND THE POLECAT.
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