Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10
MURTON'S RECORD

Its Laid Bare by a Disguised Veteran. Let
terS Revealing Shocking Cor upton.
CHToAoo, Aug. +-Tte Herald this
morning con'alns the following strong
letter which fully explains ihseIf:
Editor OF the Herald: Whst we want
Is Il free ballot and fair count" and in
"f0sr TO get them we have nominated q
man for vice president, not for any
Solilt! hinesS, fame, OF honorable ser
wee, but solely because he can raise a
bribery fund.
WHAT II the moral difference between
oul'dvz'uS voters at the south and b5ib-
ing them st the north? IL q ballot
bought with money free balIot!"
1t was the president of the senate, the
acting vice president of the United
States who gave this shameful advice that
the least conspicuous man" among the
caEdI iRtes would be the best man 10
nominate for president, aud ''some
fellow like Phelps, of New Jersey,"
for presidential fealuw "who couls
reach the conservative forces of the East,
and get etcontributions from the msuufsct-
urers and trom Wall street." That cyni-
cal letter shows that Senator Ingalls,
knew exactly how many fstnoms down
his party had descended. Think OF the
great republican party reduced TO such
political poverty that it must nominate
Its least cons splciOus man" for she first
place IN the republic, and "some fellow
like Phelps for second place.
The party not only took the advice of
MIR. Ingalls,, but improved on it. They
not only uomiuatsd fellow like
Phelps but more like him than Phelps
himsflf-a fellow like John Mackiu. Mr.
Morton was nominated because he raised
the corruption fund to carry Indiana in
1850, and can be relied on to raise cor
ruption fund to carry it again in 1855
For the promise of great office Mr
Morton, in 1850, agreed TO raise
GREAT SUM or MoNEY To CARRY INDIANA.
He performed the ignoble work and got
an otice-not the office he bargained for,
but another, with which he had To be con
tent. Here Is a letter which ought TO
compel the national republican commit.
tee to take Mr.. Morton's name off the
ticket:
NV NoRK, Sept c. lSS0-RENR NIR poEsFy.
| have just received yours of the 3d inst and
have read with great interest our plan ot action
wrote Nou on the first Non receipt of yours Of
the Sgihl lUCloStug my check tor the amount y.u
asked NSN.oNO1 and now inClOSo nv check for
$500 additional. This makes NV personal al
NanCES ; S5OOu without having collected dollar
from any one. | - back to-uurrow at I O'Clock.
and Won may count upon my cordial cooperate N.
He said MIR. New must stop short unless Mr..
Jewell could send him $4,000. | finally gave him
Il check for $1,000 NtO Mr. News ordCr) and sent
5000 more to Senator Blaine, who WAS IN distress.
Yours very truly, l. T. MORTON
That was bad enough, but Mr.. Morton
condescended to take the lowest office in
the sift of the party, that of negotiator
in the Illicit relations between the party
| and Jay Gould. The party was moro
eager TO sell it, virtue than Mr. Gould was
to buy 1t. The Indiana election was
coming ON III October; it was now the
30th of Sept. and Mr.. Gould had not &C
cePted the offered prize, as appears in
| the following letter:
NEw York, Sept 30, 1850
DEAR SIR:-Nlr Morton desires me to inform
! you that he arrived tins morning.
lie does not see any prospect for securing any
| money in time for yuur e from Mr.. Gould. but
| as hr has a telegram from MIR. Cameron saying
| that ne goes tr Pttshurg himself Mr.. Morton
feels cottdrut that shail hc able to certainly
! send You altogether SINO OOl UnclutiuE tho
$40 900 sent from Clcvrland) and he hopes To in.
crease the amount. Yours very truly,
W. +. hEpURICK, Scc'y
"To what base uses may we come,
Horatio?" The republican party with n
mere ballot broker IA its candidate for
vice president! How would Mr.. Phelps
| like 1t if somebody should contemp ptu-
ously call him "a fellow like Morton, OF
New York; VETERAN.