Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-06
THE INDIANA FIGHT.
Say About the Use of Soap" IN the
Last Campaign.

What Assistant Secretary New Has to
Say About the Use of Soap" IN the
Last Campaign.
WASHINGTON, August John c. New,
-As~r-'sAn OeEI1'"AJ VI tho Treasury WAS
favorably mentioned by Mr.. dorsey IN MS
late interview. There are" he said, two
men who deserve all the credit and success
in Indiana in 1850. They are John c. New
and Col. w. w. Dudley" Your Corre-
spondent had talk with General New in
regard to the campaign in Indiana.
81 have no desire to speak on the sub
jeCt" said Mr.. New. The campaign of 1850
is over and the victory won. 1t is OF
great deal more importance to the party
that We should devise ways and means OF
carrying the election in 1851 than to dis
cuss the campaign OF 1850.
The Statement of Dorsey
so far as he speaks OF the campaign in lSSD,
is fairly correct. have no objection to II.
Dorsey did very efficient work in State in
1850. He came there at the request OF the
State Central Committee and myself as
chairman OF the committee The idea pre-
vailed that Indiana was a sinkhOle for
money for political purposes, and | had
desire that somebody representing the
National Committee besides myself should
be On the ground to see where the money
went. Dorsey, who was secretary OF the
committee,
AGOod Organizer,
and a man Of ability, came there. But the
credit of carrying Indiana belongs to no
man, no ten men, nor any hundred men.
1t was the work of the Republicans Of the
State. The State Central Committee, every
county committee, every township com.
mittee, every prominent Republican, and
the Republican voters OF the State were all
alive to the importance of carrying In.
diana, and they worked with unhaggng
zeal and energy
How about the vast expenditure OF
money by the Republicans"
1T is true that quite large sum OF
money was spent in the campaign in In
diana. There have been no elections in
that State for years in which large sums of
money were not expended on both sides.
In 1876 ibe Democrats spent $40 where the
Republicans spent 81. presume in lHS0
the
Republicans Had n Little More Money
and il was used judicIouSly in the thor.
ough organization Uf the party. The Re-
publiCans did not need 10 be bought be-
the State was in earnest, actively at work,
and heartily in accord with candidates and
the platform. The Democrats will hardly
claim that good, honest Democratic voters
cOuld he bought for s. head. To the best
Of my knowledge and belief there we're no
importatiOns to the State on the part OF
the Republicans nor do know of a single
dollar having been coruptly used. Money
was distributed to various county COM
mittees and township organizations to de.
fray the legitimate necessary expenses OF
the campaign, such as providing speakers
and in aiding and assisting in bringing out
full vote"
Then" said your correspondent, there
was no shower of 81 bills?
NO, sir; that story is a myth. As have
stated, the
Credit Of Carrying Indiana
belongs to the Republicans of the State as
well as to those who were only voters. As
to those who occupied for the time being
positions upon committees, where all did
so well it would be invEiiouS TO claim cred
it or make distinctions"
Did you know anything of the part
General Brady took in the campaign"
General Brady came to Indiana few
days before the October election. He made
a contribution of, believe, 500 TO the
State Central Committee. II he gave any.
thing beyond tnat sum it was a. his own
home in Delaware county. | have no
knowledge, however. of his doing anything
beyond that General Brady was formerly
chairman of the State Central Committee
snd an efficient worker before he went to
Washington.
Mr New declined to say anything abolt
the othher matters spoken of in the inter
view with Dorsey.