New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-10
A TRICK ON THE POsTMASTERs.
FIVE. CENT BADGES AT FIVE DOLLARS
MR.. SMITHS QUEER cIRcuLARs-HE WANTED To

MR. SMITHS QUEER CIRCULARs-HE "ANlHD ~
SUPPLY CAMPAIGN GOODS AT PROFIT
A rascal OF quiet and dgnlhed appearance hny-t"o
years Of age calling himself Joel T Smith, cams 10 '"'s
city from Denver recently and hired a small o'hoo "
No ls Broadway, wherc he set himself up ~ wv
svindlng business. He had circulars printed WIN ~"
heading National Badge Company No lo broa""",'
New-Yorl,' in which the company was picpaicu y.
furnish handsome campaign badges at so each Ihcn
he procurcd printed strirs Of paper looking lkc cp
pings from newspapers in which reference was inao
10 tho badges. Any person who did not kno" III.
trick, OF the sawlust5 swindlcrs Of this town "o"u
think upon reading Of tho slips. that inc Sao VI
the badges was authorized By the Democratic Nauoia
Committee .I.
IT was hinted the spurious newspaper article tna
postmastcrs throughout the country who expeo'cu ~
retain their places I'm the Of the reeiectoh VI
Grover Cleveland would better make haste ana y,
some OF the campaign badges. smith han p'o0
a list Of postmastcrs and to $50 men In charsc Va
small rural post Offices he seat his circulars anu Snf
His work thus far had not cost him much ana nn sa
down in his den to wait for orders for badges al %
each. o.
1t was his Intention to supply the country Post
masters with badges which he could buy for ABOUT %
per hundred. George T. Mills, the postmaster a"
Mason Ill., wrote to Chairman Calvin s. Brice Oh .no
Democratic National Committee, inclosing the oir'"
and lnquiring II postmasters were expected 10 oo"-
tribute to the campaign funu Dy inc puICHoo' ''
Mr. Brce had the following circular prepared BY way o'
reply ,....
Headquarters Democratic Campaign Comm,uee'
No. 10 West oeth.st., Aug. 8, 1855.
Circulars signed by the National Badge Company W.
1s broadway New-York City, have been sent TO large
numbers OF postma.ters and other Federal officers aSAs
for remanccs to company for the purchase OF cam
pagn badges. These circulars are accompanied WIN
ncwsp, or clipping which ntn stes among otner 'n'ns
that the Democratic National Committee proposes 70 raise
money by profits on sale OF campaign gooos oJ ''
puIchase Of which Federal officers may contribute SOM
thing TO the campaign fund without being subject 70 ~
claim OF It's being for political purpoe
The National Badge Company is swindling concern
ha, no onsce at Ne is Broadway or elsewhere an 'h'
author OF the circulars who has been receiving e''e
under false name been arrested 1t requires III
Ipdirection or method for any Citizen
onlcc holder or not contribute to the campaign iuhu
There is no objection legal oher any person
such contribution he may wish 70. but inc pue'io
warned against any circular issued under authority
OF this committee
| CALVIN s. BRICE- Chairman.
An appeal was made by Mr.. Brice to lnspeo.o
Byrnes for help punIshlng the swindler anu onil'
was arrested at Seventh-ave. and One-hundred am
Twenty -seventh-st. by Dctecuve-Sergeants hlcAe'
| and Iauther Yesterday morning He haa pee
traced from his ofce to his boarding place In Harin
! The prisoner wac taken before Police Justlce Duh!
| Yesterday ard remanded until . 80 p M. to-uaS
| when he will have TO stand an examination