St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-01
MALODOROuS DUDLEY
The Treasurer of the Repub-
liean Committee at His
Old Tricks.
A Letter That Double Dis
counts the One Written
by Saekville.
Funds Will Be Provided for
the Purchase of Floating
Voters.
Political Sensation Of the
Hour Where the Battle Is
Hottest.

tinel Of this morning was printed an al
legged letter from Col. W. w. Dudley in
forming Indiana county committees that
plenty of Doodle would be furnished for
the purchase of floating votes. The first
four sections of the instructions are
given below:
Your committee will certainly receive from
Chairman Huston the assistance necessary to
hold our floaters and doubtful voters and
gain enough OF the other kind to give Harri-
son and Morton 10000 plurality. New York
is now safe beyond peradventnre for the
presidential ticket; Connecticut likewise. In
short. every Northern state. except possibly
New Jersey. though we still have hopes
OF capturing that state. Write each of
our precinct correspondents: First, to
find out who has Democratic Doodle and
steer The Democratic workers TO them and
make them pay big prices for their own men;
second scan the election officers closely and
make sure to have no one of the board whose
integrity is questionable, and insist upon
Republicans watching every movement of
the election officers. Third-See that our
workers know every voter entitled to
vote, and let no one else even
offer to vote. Fourth-Divide the fioaters
into blocks of five and puta trusted man with
necessary funds in charge of these five, and
make him responsible that none get away and
that all vote our ticket. There will be no
doubt of your receiVingsthe necessary funds
through the national, state and coun-
ty committees. Only see that it
is husbanded and made to pro-
duce results l rely upon you TO advise your
precinct correspondents. and urge upon them
unremitting and constant efforts Till the polls
close and the result is announced officially
We-will fight for fair election here if nee
essary. The rebel crew can't steal this cleo
ton from us as they did in 1854 without
someone getting hurt.
The publication is the political sensa-
ton Of the hour here. Scarcely any
thing else was talked of around head
quarters. Copies of the alleged letter
were furnished to correspondents for
Democratic newspapers last night. The
Sentinel states that the original copy is
in the possession of its editor, and can
be seen by any member OF the citizens
committee of one hundred or
the Fair Election league, or by
any officials who are charged
with-the administration of the law. The
letter in Editor Morse possession covers
two sheets printed with blue ink. The
name of the person to whom it was adj
dressed has been cut out. There is a
great variety of opinions as to its genu-
ineness. Early in the day Col. Dudley
wired the editor of the indianapolis
News declaring the letter forgery, and
THREATENING TO PROSECUTE
any paper publishing the same. Editor
Morse, of the Sentinel. avows his con
Viction in the genuinenesS of the
authorship and signature of the letter,
and to a reporter stated that he would
tell the grand jury what he knew about
its authenticity. Mr.. Morse stated the
signature had been examined by
bankers and experts familiar
with Mr.. Dudley'S writing, who
agreed that it was his signature.
Secretary Sheerin, Of the Democratic
national committee, states that the let
ter was. sent TO Chairman Jewett late
doubt whatever that the letter was
signed and sent out by Dudley. He
thought it probable that Mr.. Dudley
would be prosecuted. Chairman Jewett
was too busy TO submit to an interview
on the subject. Chairman Huston,
of the Republican committee, is
out in card, stating that
Col. Dudley had nothing to do
with the management of the Indiana
campaign; that he Q1uSton) has not
been advising or corresponding with
Dudley, and knew nothing of any in
tention on the latter'S part to address
any letter to anybody in Indiana. That.
in so far as the letter suggested the EN-
ployment of improper or illegal methods
in connection with the approaching
election, he utterly repudiated,
on behalf of himself and
the state central committee,
such suggestions as entirely contrary to
the plans and purposes of his committee.
The letter bids fair to prove the sensa-
ton of the Indiana campaign. The
original copy was carefully locked in
banks vault this evening. Col. Dudley's
son promptly declared on his arrival in
the city this morning, that the fac-simile
of the signature attributed to his
father, as printed in the Sentinel, was
not his fathers handwriting.
DENIED BY DUDLEY.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-A reporter
called upon Dudley this morning and
questioned him regarding the circular
published this morning over his name
and said to have been issued from Re-
publican headquarters yesterday. The
verbatim report of the interview with
the colonel is as follows;
Colonel, did you send out this cir
cular?''
1.-THE circular. as published, is
forgery"
Did you send circular substantially
the same as this?'
Il won't answer. / only say that this
letter, as published, is a forgery"
''Would you indicate any interpola-
tons Of any part that is forged?''
NO; will only repeat what l said
and please take down the exact words:
the circular, as published, is forgery.''
perhaps your signature to the letter,
instead of that of the national commit
tee. is the forged part" suggested the
reporter. But Col. Dudley would re-
peat only the same answer. He pos
itively
DECLINED TO DENY
however, that the substance Of the cir
cular was sent out by the Republican
national committee. Other members
of the committee, who were asked about
the circular, replied: 1T is forged, AS
PUBLISHED" Col. alvin S. Brice.
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, when questioned with re-
gard to the commences of the circular,
said that it had been telegraphed him by
ChairmanJewett,of the Democratic state
committee who vOuched for its authen-
ITCHY, and that if there were any errors
upon which the claim of forgery could
be based, the errors were verbal, and
occurred in Geographic transmission.
He was sure, however. that there were
no errors Of any Importance, as Mr..
Jewett had taken particular care to
have so important document trans
mitted correctly. TO reporter of