The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-12
THE BRETHREN DISAGREE.
New York Democrats Have a
Spat with Brice's Committee.
PLAIN TALK TO BARNUM & co.
A Scarcity of Doodle for HllI, but
Cleveland Getting Lots of 1t.
Hence, there Is III Feeling.
Desperate Moves.

Special DiSpdich 10 The IH!eLli0eIicer.
New YoRK Cry, N. Y, Oct. H.
There is a rupture between the Demo
cratic State and the Democratic National
committees. This rupture has been in
prospect for some weeks. When the
campaign first opened it appeared, from
what can be learned from authoritative
sources, that conference was held be-
tween William II. Barnum, Chairman OF
the Democratic National Committee, Cal
win 5. Brice, Chairman OF the Executive
Committe OF the National Committee,
on the one side and Edward Murphy,
chairman OF the Democratic State Com
mittee and William IL. Murtha, chair
man OF the Executive Committee OF the
Democratic State Committee on the
other side. The question discussed at
conference related to the raising OF funds
for campaign purposes. Mr.. Murtha
and Mr., Murphy insisted that their com.
mittees should not be left out in the
cold. They told Barnum and Brice that
they were not going to stand what had
been done up TO date-that they pro.
posed to have some show for campaign
funds.
SOME SPICY TALK.
They said to them: "You have been
around the city OF new York collecting
all the money you could and virtually
drawn the fountains of our supply dry.
Now what are we going to do? We
have got to run the State campaign. |
You are running the National campaign.
We have got to have funds for the
election OF the Governor rs well as you
have for the election OF the President.
II you will agree not to assess Demo-
Gratis in the city OF New York, that ar
rangement will be satisfactory"
Brice and Barnum would not agree to |
this arrangement. Finally, after long |
wrangle, it was decided that the Nation
al Committee should collect the funds
for the campaign. This worked
harmoniously until about three
weeks ago when the National
Committee, through Colonel Brice's cx.
travagance, ran short Of funds; then the
State Committee could not get any
money. Then the State Committee
woke up to the realization OF its position.
Having failed TO get any money from the
National Committee, they started men
around through the city OF New York
to secure the necessary Doodle for their
own concern, but they found that Brice
and Barnum had been there, not only
once but several times, and had virtually
MIXED the Democratic COW dry.
A RITTER FEELING
This naturally tended to create bitter
ness and and that bitterness has been in
creased from day to day by the position
which the National Committee has taken
over the election for the Governor OF
this State. It appears on this point that
the National Committee refuses TO do
TO directly help David B. Hill.
The State Committee claims that in
taking this position the National Com
mittee is simply following out the de-
sires OF President Cleveland. Now the
State Committee claims that the Nation
al Committee has shown its clovcn foot
and is willing to throw Hill overheard in
order TO save Cleveland. Mr.. CharlesJ.
Canda, Treasurer OF the National Com
mittee, has asked the Chairman OF the
Mr.. Walter S. Logan, and
Mr.. George Walker Green, Secretary OF
the National Mugwump Committee in
1884, TO turn over TO him the Mugwump
poll list; covering the names OF 10000
rich and influential Republicans in the
State, who in that year favored the cleo
ton OF Nh. Cleveland. Mr.. Green has
been the custodian OF this list ever since,
and Mr.. Canda's request for n copy OF il
has been made for the express purpose
Of turning it over to the Democratic
National Committee for use in this cam
paign.
IN A QUANDARY.
Mr.. Canda made the stipulation that
the list is ITO be used only in behalf Of
the National Democrats" Mr.. Green
yesterday very frankly stated that Mr..
Canda had asked for the list for the pur.
pose OF raising additional funds for the
National Democratic ticket, but he said
he had been in Quandary what to do,
and as Ex-AlayOr Grace's combination
who desired to fight Governor Hill had
asked for the list for that purpose he
had been in the quandary what to do,
and had asked the advice OF the National
Committee Of his organization in 1881.
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