The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-28
Work Of Raising Money Seriously Inn
peded by Fight in the Committee.
Political Phases of the Row and It's Bearing
on the New York Senatorship-Cor-
nell, Conkling and Arthur.
Cleveland's Bull Terrier and the Trouble
He Has Caused His Master.
Complete Refutation Of Cruel Calumny Con-
cerning Edwin Booth Marriage of Fay
Templeton and Howell Osborne.
THE GRANT FUND FIGHT.

THE GRANT FUND FIGHT.
The Monument Enterprise Crippled by Dis
sensions in the Committee.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-The fight In the manage
ment Of the Grant monument fund is bitter and
nowhere near its end, SO far as can be discerned.
Contributions have ceased almost altogether, the
rooms Of the committee are in rarely disturbed
silence and trouble between powerful men con-
cerned is likely to come soon to public explo-
sion. The row has political phase, and bears
upon the forthcoming campaign for United
States Senator in this State. Elk Governor Alon-
20 B. Cornell Is chairman of the executive COM
mittee, and from the outset he has insisted upon
entire control. 1t was he who fixed upon a mill
ion dollars as the sum to be raised, and his were
the methods Of solicitation employed The
leader Of the opposition in plain sight is Richard
T. Greener the secretary, but behind him is a
strong backing The chairman and the secretary
have had personal alterations, and as between
them all efforts have been taken from the monu-
ment project and directed toward the
oustng Of each other On the one
side it is averred that Cornell
has undertaken to turn his position to political
account in furtherance Of his senatorial candida
cy, while on the other it is charged that Greener
has deliberately nulliHed Cornell's plans because
his own schemes Of remunerative employment
were interfered with; and plenty Of allegations
pro and con are fiercely made. There is no rea-
son to doubt that the real promoter of acrimony
~ s.
Der of the executive committee of twenty, and
rival candidate for the Senate; nor that ex-Pres-
ident Arthur and ex-senator Roscoe Conk,ing,
both also in the senatorial field, are separately
and yet in certain sort of unison helping the
onslaught. Arthur is committeeman, but has
not attended meeting since Cornell took COM
mand. The body holds still another probable
nominee in J. Pierpont Morgan, who has held
sedulously aloof from Cornell's management Of
the fund, but cannot be said to havo actively
fought him. On behalf of Cornell it is urged
that numerous selfish schemes, ostensibIy to in
crease the fund, but really to enrich individuals.
would not have been squelched had he not acted
imperativsly. Among these was Grant por-
trait project, to be Endorsed by the committee,
but only 10 per cent. of the proceeds were to 60
W tu0 Auuus ~ ~ aAbOkotucE q IuOSb enSeuOmo0
battle.
The motive still more potent against Cornell
than political rivalry, however. is revenge de-
sired by sufferers from the famous blind pool,
the story of which has never been published to
its conclusion. In this part Of the warfare Jay
Gould and his partner, Sidney Dillon, have
been active. Gould attended several meetings
as a member of the general committee Of three
hundred, savagely criticised the conduct of its
affairs, and openly assailed Cornell. Dillon be-
longs to the executive committee and is re-
spbnsibls for much of the turmoil now raging.
Both Gould and Dillon were heavy losers
through the blind pool, which was fund in
trusted to Cornell at his solicitation, and on his
assurance that there were big profits in an In
vestment he was able to make with it. It
proved to be speculation in American District
Telegraph stock, and there Is widespread be-
lief that q certain man unloaded his holdings
on the pool at high rates. The operations and
the losses borne by>so many influential persons,
were reported amid much scandal at tho time,
but the after consequences, taking years 20 de-
velop, have been added to the tale through death,
utter ruin and fight. Arthur B. johnson, bank.
or, of Utica, shot himself in his Office Edwin
G. Halpert, q merchant Of Binghamton, was
made bankrupt and forced to fee to the far
West. man Of middle age, there to begin life
anew. AFRO Chase the richest farmer in Otse-
60 county, had to surrender every cents worth
Of his belongings to satisfy his creditors, and is
now dispirited poor man. Hotchkiss. of the
once celebrated banking firm Of Burnham g
Hotchkiss, blew out his brains at his homo in
Yonkers. Roscoe Conkling was o frightful suf-
ferer Before the blind pool he was possessed
Of q snug bank accounk He was obliged
to draw it all out and pay $l250O0 to
make good his Endorsement of the notes
of Arthur B. johnson. This was
larger sum than he owned, and it was to this
calamity that he referred when, on taking up the
practice Of the law in this city, he said II am
working now to pay my debts. hope to have
little money Of my own again in few years. {"
His friends declared then that his impoverish-
nent had more to do with his withdrawal from
politics than his failure to secure reelection to
the Senate, and they have steadily prophesied
that as soon as he had another bank account OF
fair dimensions he would return to statesman
ship. II would seem, from what is known of his
financial success as lawyer, that the time has
now come, ard it happens. curiously, that his
first political controversy is with the man who
| destroyed his property The other losers are not
less determined upon retaliation. and the Grant
| fund fight is their work
CLEvELAND'S BULL TERRIER.
| A Faithful Friend of the Presidents Gets