Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-06
DUDLEY IN FOR IT.
Ret the SIlghtss: Dsubi chat He Wrote
That Lsscsr-Rspnbiicsn Managers
Esmsraiiz a by tbs DiEc.ssusc.
sn sts.mp: to Repudtate Him ~ Indiana
for Ben & Feund out-Bs; berry aud
BuudoZiDg Advocated.


INDIANAPOLIS, ND, NV. 1.-The SEN
tinel disclosure Of the Dudley letter is
the absorbing topic here. It he's COM
ple:ely demorai!zad the Republicans,
Their campaign managers were in con.
ference most Of yesterday, during which
lime several communications were ex-
changed with General Harrison, and
messages were kept flying back and
forth between here and Headquarters
a. New York. Tie result OF the confer
ence was Chkirmsn Huston's card
in the evening papers, which was twice
recalled for important verbal changes.
THIS card does not pronounce the letter q
forgery. L. merely says thit Dudley is
no. running the Indians campaign, and
that the managers here did not know be
| intended to send out such letter. The
only construction to be plsced on this
document is that Dudley W ote the letter
and the committee knows it, but IL de-
| termined to accept none Of the RESPONSE
bility for It.
The Sentinel this morning says ediso
rislly: 1.-THE Sentinel published the Dud-
Sno complete examination of the EVIL
deDce Ct it's authenticity. We were not,
and are not unmindtul Of the responsible
ity which attached End attaches to the
publication. There is s crimina! libel
which publishers sre amen stle
to punishment tor nbslous pub!!cs-
tons There is also danger OF beng
Ce oh rnnu m rosnon5 70 vii 20
damages. Besides these two considers.
that ia the moral responsibility which
rests upon respectable publishers, whose
solemn duly 1t is to be reasonably certain
of the trurh Of sll the matter
published by them. With sll
these considerations still in view, and
with even fuller faith IN the commences
columns this morning, and shall continue
TO do so every morning until the election.
We also pub ish the card CT Mr., Huston,
chairman OF the Republican state COM
mtt,es, who wildly denies for himself and
his committee responsibility for the let
ter, bus does not pretend to deny its gu
thentlcity. In fact, Mr. HustOn's ckrd is
an admission CT the commences Of the
letter.
"rhis Dudley letter gives evidence OF
the most infamous attempt TO corrupt the
baIloG ths has ever been made in this
country. It is the act OF a man high up
in his party orgSnizstion-.he treasurer
Of lts rational committee. Mora than
that, he ID the personal representative
upon this committee Il ths party's pTesi.
dentisl Candidate, and wsg his
o. nhos -
tee. Can the party and the c1ldidste es-
cspe responsibility for the letter by any
means short OF 8 prompt, swee pirg xnc
thorough reputation o! Dudley And,
sg.in, will either the party or the caIdi-
Cate dare to repudiate him? The people
ct this country have sn interest II the
answers to these Questions which rises
a. we all party considerations"
TIere is not the slightest reason to
doubt the authenticity of the Letter. Dud'
ley'5 denisl carries no weight here, where
he is known IS & thoroughly unscrupulous
politician who will hesitate ct nothing to
csrry his point and whose connection with
re wholesale bribery by which the state
7ss carried foT G - ED in 1850 is notori.
ou!. Dudley wes United States msr5hal
for this state tor several years, and WAS
Pensions, and in both positions he pros
tituted his tcficial opportunities In the
IN 1st reckless wsy to tbs service of his
party. II was expected, Of course, that
he would disown the letter, bu. his
staten n! is very carefully Worded, and
nobody expects him 10 carry out his
threst OF prosecuting the newspapers thst
printed the letter, although he may pegtn
TOW f,r hal rr-if 10
missing them after election.
Dudley's signature to the letter has
been examined by many experts, all Of
whom declare that there can be no miss
tske about 1t There are hundreds OF docu-
meuts in the United States msrshRi's end
Pension offices here bearing his sigma
taree, and Gil who have compared them
with the signsture to the letter inst print |
ed ere convinced that they are BY the |
same hand. The latter seems 10 have |
been written with q st5logrsphic pen in
ink Experts say the signature was |
not affixed WITH 8 stamp.
The letter is written on the official sta
tionary Of the national Republican CON-
mite, 1t is in possession of MIR. S. Z. !
Morse, editor Of tbs Sentinel Of this city, |
to whom 1t was given on Tuesday noon
W oon' ". II. ooWstIi CnhifM6u U! kle
Democratic state central committee.
It fills two pages. the address
on the top Of the first psge
having been removed. Mr.. Jewett,
;lr manifest reasons, declines to give the
name Of the person from whom it WAS
received. but asserts upon his Cwn re-
spopsioility that the letter is genuine.
He is one of the leading lawyers OF the
stste ard man OF property snd high
standing, and ne ssys hs is prepared to
meet Mr.. Dudley before any tribunal ana
the authenticity of the letter.
DUDLEY's INFAMOUS LITTER