The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-31
A DEMOCRATIC SECRET
THAT WAS NOT TO BE PRINTED
rh. Cost of HOadI,', Somlultlon-Gorsrnor Fo.t.'
Furnishes the Democratic Candidate with the
Source Of Ills IniOrmltIOa-rh Informant
BtmOaas the Publicity Given the Fact.

COLUMBUS, July SO.-The following let
ter has been received BY Governor Foster,
in which the writer in al ingenious man
ner acknowledges having stated that Judge
Hoadly had admitted that his nomination
for Governor by the Democratic Conven-
ton cost him fifty thousand dollars
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 2T, 1888.
Hon. ChGrlo Foster, Columbus, o.:
DEAR SIR: The Chicago Tribune OF yester-
day contains the telegraph correspondence
between Judge Hoadly and myselt relative
TO what is said to have cost the Judge to se-
cure his nomination. The TribunrS corre-
spoudent adds to his report the statement
| that am your informant as to the matter
under discussion, and knowing the rela'
tions between that correspondent and your
self, and the reliability Of correspondents
generally, l assume that you told him that
| / was YOUR informant; therefore | write
you.
What did say 10 you was under the seal
Of confidence, and | am sorry that you
have made any allusion to a subject oil
which l, as a personal friend ot Judge
Hoadly, spoke to you about, and what you
have said places me in an unfair light. l
believed that tie Judge was being robbed
and would continue to be robbed during
the campaign, and the reason | gave you
for that opinion was that on the evening Of
July 9 | called at the office OF Judge
Hoadly in Cincinnati and had half hours
taIK with him and informed him that l
1 A nka tefF1
gather Democratic opinion on his can
didacy. He said at once with regret that
the Enquirer seemed TO be opposed to him
and then went on TO say that on the even
ing before he was nominated between lO
anu II o'clock he had teen MIR. Mclean, OF
the Enquirer, who had promised that he
would not further oppose him; that Nc
Lean had continued the opposition, and the
Judge said: "My only ground OF com.
plant, which have right to use, is that
Mclean made my nomination cost me too
much money; but have the satisfaction OF
knowing he wasted his own money"
then said: ~ have heard that it cost
you S5O,000."
"Wsll, that is too much for any one 10
spend for the Office, to say nothing OF the
nomination" said Mr. Hoadly.
HOW IT COST $4,000.
The Judge then went on to say that after
his evening conference with Mr.. Mclean
he went to bed satisfied, but that at six
o'clock the next morning word was brought
him that Mclean had spent the whole
night with the delegation, and had cap
tured the convention by paying as high as
$500 for votes, and that the friends who
brought him this word told him that he
must defend himself. Judge IIoadly did
not tell me directly that he paid $50 600 for
the nomination, but he did say that INC.
Lean had made the nomination cost him
great deal more money than 1t ought have
cost him." and when stated the reported
amount he did not say that It was
not correct, leaving the impression on
nv mind that that was the sum. told
him then that il what he said was true o.
Mr.. Mclean promising him support and
afterward turning against him, that Alr:
Mclean had done him serious wrong ana
that was probably the reason why Mclean
hated him; but told him that did not
believe that Mclean spent more than S5OO
on the convention, and was too careful oil
his cash to invest II where he would get no
return. added that | had never heard
Mclean utter an objection to him; that l
had no instruction which looked that way,
and did not think that the Judge had been
correctly informed.
| NOT TO DE PRINTED.
He assured me that he was that he
had seen Mclean since the conven-
ton, and that Alexander Sands had
told why and how it all was. l am
am sorry that you have in any way alluded
to this matter, because think the Judge
did not want any publicity given to it. In
fact, be said: "None Of this talk is to be
printed" and know he did not want the
public 10 know that the thing had been so
EXPENSIVE. To make it public was painful
to him. and II had known that after two
campaigns Of your own You would nave 80
little sympathy for fellow.soldler, ! would
not have told you anything about 1t. ex'
pected better feeling from you toward my
| friend, but instead OF giving him your sym
pathy you give the whole thing away to the
public. This is not fair to the Judge or to
me, II you cannot be trusted with an occa'
sional Democratic secret will not tell you
any more OF them. Yours truly,
j. II. WOODWARD.
SATISFIED, JuDGE2"
All restrictions have been removed, the
Governor addressed the following letter to
Judge Hoadly:
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
CoLuMBus, July q, 1888. !
Judge George HOody:
My DEAR sur-I hand you herewith
copy OF a Letter Of J. II. Woodward, the
gentleman to whom | referred as having
given the cost Of your nomination as stated
by yourself to him. | may add thSt did
not furnish the correspondent with the in
formation that Mr.. Woodward was my Gu'
thority for the statement made as TO ne
cost o! your nomination. Yours very truly,
CHARLES FOSTER.
P. S.-As Mr.. Woodward has himself
given the substance Of his letter to the
press have taken the liberty 10 furnish the
full text. c y
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