The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-01
A sAvOkY DOCUMENT
Issued by the National Republican Com
mitfee.


New YORK, October 31-It was de-
cided late las, nigh, al the Democratic
National Headquarters to give o It for
publication the following letter, written
upon q letter head of the National Re
publican Committee and signed by Dud'
lev. which has been sent 10 RepuDllcan
county Chairman in Indianapolis:
New YORR, October "a, 1sss.-Dear
Sill hope you have Kept copies OF The
lists sent me. Such information is very
valuable and can he used TO great ad-
vantage. II has enabled me TO demon
slrate 10 friends here that with proper
financial assistance Indiana Is surely ne
publican ,or Governor and President,
and has resulted, IS hoped 1t would, In
securing for Indiana the aid necessary
Your committee will certainly receive
from Chairman ilus'ed the financial as
sistance necessary to hold our foalers
and doubtful voters and gain enough OF
the other kind to give Harrison and
Morton 10000 plurality. New YORK
with what you have done, ought 10 De
safe beyond peradventure for The hepuo-
lcan Presidential ticket; and so Is Con
ncc,icut and, in short, 80 is every Noith-
ern State exce:t New Jersey, though
we still hope TO carry that State. ma
rison's majority in The electoral coDege
should not be less than 100.
Make our friends 10 each precinct wake
up TO the fact that on'y Doodle, iraudu'
| lent votes and false counting OF returns
can bea, Us iu the State. Write each oil
our precinct correspondents:
First. 10 find out who has Democratic
doodle, and steer the Democratic work-
ers 10 them, and make them pay big
prices fOr their own men.
Second. Scan the election officers close
", and make sure to have no man on Inc
Board whose loyalty 10 US is even ques'
tionablc, aud insist on Republicans
watching every movement OF the Demo
| cratic election Cflicers
Third. See that our workers know ev
cry Republican voter entitled TO a vote
and sse that they do vote.
Fourth Divide the floaters In blocks
| Of five, and put a trusted man with neces.
sary funds in charge Of these fiye and
make him res, onsible that none gel
away, and that all vote our ticket
Fifth.-ilake a personal appeal 10 The
Republican business men 10 pledge them
selves 10 devote The entire day, Noyem
Der Gh, 20 work at the polls, that Is, tC
be present at the polls with tickets. Inc
result will fully justify the sacrlfce OF
time AMI comfort ard will be sourc,
of fsaiisfaction afterward to those who vii
help in this way. Lay great stress on
this last matter. 1t will paw. There wi
be no doub. of your receiving the ntces
sary financial assistance through the Ma
,ional State and county committees, anC
only see thst 1t is husbanded and made
10 produce results. | rely on you to adj
wise sour precinct correspondents ant
urge them unremttingly to constant ei
forts 20 the close and the result is an
nounceG officially.
We viii fight tor a fair election here i
necessary; the Rebels and Copperhead
can't sieal this election from Us as thel
did in 1884 without someone getting hurt
Let every Republican do his whole duty
and the country will pass into Republi
can hands, never TO leave ii, | trust
Thanking you again for your efforts L
assist me in my work, remain,
Yours sincerely,
WILLIAM w. DUDLEY
Please wire me result in principal pre-
cinc's and counties
To o reporter of the Eooaing Post
Colonel Dudley said: You can sa.
most emphaticaly that the letter as pub
lished This morning is a base forgery
| mean to say that they attribute to M
words that ! never used propose L
prosecute every paper that has published
or that shall publish, this alleged letter.
II appears in the san and 1imes tDi
morning, and shall not wait two week
10 DO Il, either.