National Republican., 1883-10-12
A Clumsy Bourbon Trick.

We now have, through the agency of Mr.
Dezendorf and his obedicnt coadiutor, New
York Tribune correspondent, another specimen
OF "straightoup campaigning. 1t was pub
lishcd under startling headings in the Tribune
of Monday, aud is rs follows:
Ex. Congressman Dczcudorf has received a letter
from n prominent colorGd man In Surry county
describing novel scheme to influence the colored
votes Mr.. Dczendorf vouchos for the rcspcotu-
blity and trustworhiness Of the writer of tho let
ter, which Is dated Oct O. The writer describes
au occurrence which happened on the forenoon
of that day. The writer was talking with one
William Ellis, when white man drove up
and stated that he was from Washington;
that he was In the great tcadIuster cause
and that he had como down by special per
mission to sec tho colored voters. After some
sharp talk between the writer of the letter aud the
white man, the latter, saying he wanted to show a
short letter written BY President Arthur, aud given
to him to read to the colored people of Virginia,
read the following words, signed Chester A. Ar
thur President United States" dated at Washing
ton, September 20, and addressed TO the repub'
licans of Virginia;
"Whilc looking at your condition ton years ago,
aud seeing II now, would advise you to support
Gen. Mhhono to q man. Mnhnno deserves tho
confidence of every good citizen OF your state.
You would better support Malone than vote for
democrats who care nothing loryou or your cause
Agaiu | beg you consider this matter un vote to
u man for the readiuster party"
Then follows an extract from tho alleged
letter in which the writer declares that he
does not believe that the. President ever wrote
such letter.
Now any one not fool will at once sec
that the little scone above enacted had not a
rcadiuster or a coalitionist in it. If it was
ever enacted at all, instead of being merely
written up, it is plain that "the white man"
who drove up" was very clumsy bour-
bon who had prearrangcd it with the man who
was talking with one William Ellis" Nocon-
fidenco game could be simpler 1t is in strict
harmony with the other tricks above rected,
1t was, doubtless, q sort of political bunco
game. Mr.. Dezendorf's prominent colored
men do not always show up well to tho light.
His prominent colored man IN Surry
county" may be Col Alex. Jones. If so, the
following from tho Wilmington On. O. Post
will be read with interest in this connection:
Who ever would have thought it. Col. Jones, late
of North Carolina, made speech in republican
convention in Virginia. DO the readers OF the
Post know who this distinguished Col. Jones is ?
They will be surprised to learn that 1t is tho same
fellow who obtained an order from Jos. L. Samp-
son, our popular register of deeds, on one of our
merchants for cheap suit of clothes, and raised
the order to about five times the original amount,
and purchased splendid Quilt. Jones is known
in this city as 1.-THE great American rais1r." This
is the same Jones who was doing business for
Prof W. IL. Moore, and being caught piliering by
his employer was disgracefully discharged. This
is the same man, Jones, who came to th
city during tho last campaign, after an ab
sence of several months. and tried to sell on
his people to the democratic party but his clarac
ter was 50 notoriousy bad that the leaders of that
party refused to deal with him. By some mcan'
Jones found out an officer was after him and ht
skipped the state, and has not since returned
There are several other charges against this So
called Cob JONES' but in the interest of justice We
are not permitted to publish them. But the time
will come, should Jones ever cross t) this side OF
the line, when they will be made known to him.
Alex. Jones Is known here Mt his home to be one
of the very worst characters among the colorot
people. His common reputation is that he will
commit any crime for money, but ut the same
time he Is Il sneaking, contemplate coward.
We learn that Alex. Is one of the leaders of the
straightout republicans We suppose he Is being
paid by democratic money to assist in fighting tlit
great republican-liberal party OF Virginia Should
the movement succeed, the result will be bened.
cial to the democrats So this side show of Mcssrs
Dezendorf and Jones is only gotten up i'll the in
terest of the bourbons, and while they take the
name of "straightout republicans they arc al
/ bno lpn and only nSsnmp this hnnOrublf
name to deceive the colored people of Virginia
and get them to oppose their best friend, Hon
| William Malone.
If Mr.. Dczendorf had received his lotto,
from colored man of Surry county W,
should naturally havo excluded COL
Jones from the probabilities. But as he was
careful to say that 1t was from colored MAJ
in Surry it occurred to us that the Nortl
Carolina celebrity might be the man ''in" bu
not of that county. OF course we have N,
with to do Jones any injustice, and if he Il
not party to the forged lettor of the bourbon
white man who drove up" we shall cheerful,
tho above portrait, drawn i'm tho Wilmington
Post, of one of Mr.. Dozendorf's able coloret
straightout leaders ought to bo framed anC
hung up in tho editorial rooms of all tn
Dezendorf press at the north.
1t is proper here to say that tho Post /
owned and edited by the Hon. William
Canaday, formerly mayor of Wilmington
aft0rward collector Of that port, republican
nominee for congress in 1873 and 1889, an,
now the member of tho national republican
committee for his state. He is one of thu
strictest of republicans and one of the mos
honorable and truthful of men.
A Celebrated Case.
Some oftho ribald enemies of tho republican