New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-03
ABOUT MONEY IN INDIANA
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC VIEWS.
DEMOCRATS SAID TO HAVE USED MONEY YRxBLl
AND TO HAVE LAcBED rT-ENGLIsH AND BAIla
NUN.


BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuSEI
WASHINGTON, August o." 1t seems to me about
time something was said about the use OF money By
Democrats IN the Indiana campaign Of 1SS0n said
q prominent man from that State to-day to . TRID-
UNE correspondents
did the Democrats use much money in th&1
campaign ~
Eyes; and the cry they have raised reminds ne
of the complaint made by the wolf in the fable
against the lamb for muddying the stream. II tho
truth were told they were the ones who set the ex-
ample of using money in Indiana that year; a.
believe, they used great deal more of 1t for uls-
qltlmate purposes than the Republicans did. In
fact so far as my knowledge extends all the money
used by the Republicans was legitimalely used.'
How much money did the Democrats use ~
"Tbat cannot say. If | knew would not say,
because should be challenged for proof, which
might not be able to produce now. IL James Rice
would tell nobody would dare to challenge his
statements He was secretary of the Democrats
State Committee. of which Mcdonald was chair
man. after he had succeeded in ousting
William II. English. This | say, however .
The Democrats opened their campaign two months
before the Republicans did, and it was not long
before letters and personal appeals began to foot
the offices of the Republican State Committee from
Democrats had begun bar'l' campaign. and
were making serious inroads upon the doubtful
vote; that they had shrewd agents 10 every
county. and that unless energetic canvassers aud
popular speakers were at once sent into the field
the Republicans would be swamped in October. :.
WHAT MR.. DUDLEY COULD SHOW.
dudley could show you trunk full OF such
letters if he chose, exposing the tactics of the
Democratic leaders He had been at work moro
than year obtaining a thorough registry of the
voters, with their political preferences. so far as
these could be obtained, and if a man declined To
express preference that fact also was noted He
had also force of volunteer pickets In the field
as soon as the six-month period began, and aftef
that no man could stop in q township and
show an intention of staying without being asked
If he were a voter, he might be if he had come
from some other part of the State. If he replied in
the affirmative he was asked where he came from
and his reply was promptly communicated to Dud<
ley who very ascertained If his statement was
true. Whenever it was found untrue he was
promptly placed under surveillance. Dudley, Z
know. was therefore not greatly disturbed at hrt
by the reports that came in of the OF money by
Democratic agents, but when the Democrats puu
English on their National ticket simply because he
had a barl' it was regarded as plain, unequivo<
cal notice that they proposed to buy Indiana Il
necessary, and mad Dougnt IN lnuisha miihonnait0
to carry out that purpose.
81 am by no means sure that English did not put
great deal of money into that campaign. rathes
think he did. He IS the sort of mar who when he
makes losing investment pockets his loss and says
nothing Yes, as I said in the beginning, believe,
more money was used for illegtimate purposes ia
the Indiana campaign of 1880 by the Democrats
than was 50 u,ed by the Republicans
WHAT wELLPosTED DEMOCRAT SAYS
According 10 Democrat, however, who mad rex>
son to know a good deal about the real condition Of
affairs at the Democratic headquartersin IndIanapo
LIS during the campaign of $780, its managers
were often in such strait that they were wthouti
money pay the postage on their necessary Official
correspondence. From what could be learned By
hm at the time the trouble sprang from two causes
First, the refusal of William II. English 60
retire from the charmanship of the Stats
Central Committee after his nomination to
the Vice-Presdency. This refusal was sl>
most universally attributed by Democrats to
his desire to have the handling of the Democratic
campaign fund or W. II. English and Frankl9
Lauders, candidates for Vce-Presldent an9
Governor respectively, Mr. Landers would
never have been nominated tor Gover!
nor except for his pledge to contribute cerrain
large sum for campaign purposes; and Mr. Engnsn
would not have been nominated for the fice-PresiS
dency except upon the understanding that he woud
coutr bute $50 900 for like purposes-the money t0
be- used carrying Indiana upon Tue Orgauilatton
of the Executive Committee, OF which Mr. English
was At thar time the active chairman. he evinced
carpiug disposition as to the money matters
Very soon afterward he refused TO allow any one
exc ut himself 10 open letters addressed to the
chairman of the Executive COMMITTEE or to himseit
as chairman Many OF these letters contained cam
total amount of which be only knew. Mr. Enghsh
became suspected of unfair deallno, and OF caring
more for his pocketbook than he did for
the interests of his party, which had nominated
him for the second hghest Office III the giit OIL tus
people.
HOW MR. ENGLISH MET CRISIS.
Soon afervard the first crisis in the Indiana cani-
paign arose. Financial difficulties hsdlpresented
themselves at the very time when, 1t was beneveds
certain Republican workers could he bought A
motion was made in Executive Committee that
funds should be raised that Mr.. Eng ish should
contribute $50 OOO Mr.. Landers $4,000. the state
Treasurer So OOO aud the other State officers pro-
portonate amounts The motion was adopted.
vhereupon both the leading candidates promptly
repuJiaIed it. MIR. English said he woult give
SIO 600 and not one dollar more 80 tue propcsi-
tlon COME to nanRh. Matters went from bad 70
worse, Democrats who hnd tno iuteress OF thsu
party at heart became not only aiarineu' pus con-
some quarter Indiana was lost. Pro nlnent DEMO-
Gratis IN other States appIsed OF the drsperan
condition oil affairs. General fiaLeock was made
aconainted with IT. and as a result William II: Bar
mum visited Indianapolis. meeting OF the Ehocu-
nve Committee was called ana IL proven 10
sent but Hendricks was not. for from
the very first he had excused himself from attend.
ancc at all meetings where the su ject OF raising ot
3 ending money was to be discussed. Everybody
present admitted and urged the necessity OF carry.
ing Indiana in October If the Democratic National
ticket was to have a leg to stand on IN November.
IL was also agreed that to save INDIANA wouf0
require at least $l5O0O0.
MR. BARNUM's VAIN APPEAL TO ENGLISH
Finally, Nj. Barnum placed upon the table hid
check Tor $50 900, aud dema anded that Mr.. English
should do the same, promising tnas
il he did so hs (Barnum would raise the
balance required and have 1t in lndanapois ,sn
AZ helorn the Octooer election. Again Mr.
English rrfused declaring that be would glys