New-York tribune., 1885-10-23
EXPOSING SENATOR GORMAN.
A DEMOCRATS sCATHNG DENUNCIATIoN.
HIGGINs's SPONSOR CHARGED WITH GROSS FRAUDS
AND POLITICAL Perjury.
IsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.


IsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
BALTIMORE, Oct. 22.-SOme days ago lie nry
f. Wooten who is among the numerous prominent Demo
Gratis who have taken the stump against Senator German
in the canvass publicly charged that the latter
was baot-box pollute- and had sent Eugene Higgins
now appointment clerk in the Treasury Department
into Howard County in 1873 and 1873 TO
work a gang of repeaters in Germans In
terests Mr. Wooten dared Mr.. German
TO sue him for libel aud offered to deposit $4,000 cash
subject to iuL gmont OF any court OF law. Mr. German
wrote brief card yesterday making general denial OF
the charges To-day Mr. woOten addressed to him the
following open letter:
SIR: have read in The Sun of Wednesday morning,
vour statement made to the people Of the State.
dated October 90, with reference to certain
charges made by me against you ana
directly under it a card signed by one OF your pals,
Robert E. scaggs. was rather surPriseI iI ina" cr
the frand perpetrated by Scaggs and Higgins IN lSy
of which you were fully cognizant' ana III III
reapponted register OF voters but scaggs was
branded condemned and turned out to ruslc a9ng
Thomas Treakle, was appointed In his place
am surprised for another reason at the puDLgh.ioh
VI with '0Ui the moral malady with which Higgins
was visited when he justified to Mr. Baldwin ms 1ee
ment of the balOtbOx upon the ground Ihat ~ "o
necessary to maintain the supremacy of democratic
principles he and you understand the S b,. Stale
ing for Marylander to know ihat da1 nfs o''o9 oS
is represented by a Pr0Hfessionai ue"ier to know
the ballotbOX, but dOuDy 80
he atempts conceal his practices Dy the uNIceS VI
sneok thief II credtable TO place ihose Piao
tices on high moral grounds as Mr. Higgins dOes am
content now let the charges made by me against you
rest where you have left them. charge ,..o, a.,
First That you, with your own hahus, nSslstcu =!
others distributed $4,000 among the ruhidhS 'h"'
rOughed the city in 1879. -, ,,,,,, ,,r tho
Secnnd-That when you recommended higgins Ioi tnc
position he holds you knew of his denIemehV VI INV
ballutbON IN 1879. A., .bo
Tnird-That lyou active participant IN tho
fraud OF 1879 You had Higgins at your heauquaIt
in Baltimore he in this county NJ icast upo
occasious with you and other conspirators against
the rights and liberties the people perfecing the de
tails OF the conspiracy comforting as TO what names
should be dropped and what names should De msspele
and by what route the negro repeaters shOnu pe sS
ant From your recommendation OF HIGGINS lot NE
present appointment and from yOur support OF hln
as secretary of the Maryland Senate in lseO IL wnuu
seem 10 follow that you either admired MS pTaciIoes
and esteemed them worthy OF reward, or ne ma VIc
thumbscrrws upon you, which rendered resistance 10
his request painfully dangerous on your part anu
renew my offer of depositing $4,000 with MI hou6oS
if yOu will sue me for libel. . A..
4 am not now on trial before the people Grant tnat
official trust snatched you anu iiiEsh-
AID Scaggs from the portals OF prison ccll We aIe
now prosecuting before the grand inquest anu IL
natrOtism public virtue and political integrity nave
sway we Will convict you. nave no pnisoi'ot 90
in feeling to you. In all your Whlhs ~, ~
nriyate life your conduct has been eXcepliohhiy
Exemplary Ideal with you as pubic man. lOu ~ hIo
sterped III corruption and saturated win OInc' pei
ury from the crown OF your head 10 the soeS ol your
feet. Respectfully yours. HENRI l." "Ooii1''