Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-07
DUpLEY'S LETTER.


& DUDLEY'S LETTER.
O5e Newspaper Not afraid Of a Libel Suit
New York Times.
Treasurer Dudley of the Republican
national committee, who wrote the letter
giving the Republican county chairman
Of Inaisns directions FOR the bribery Of
voters on election Gs7. has begun al &C
.i1n for libel against the New York Times,
FIXING the damages at S2j 900.
We 10 NOT we'll see noT Treasurer
Dudley could have avoided bringing this
SUR. IL the fist place we published
the letter, With his signature ap-
peoded We said that he wrote
itssDd we proved out Of his own mouth
mat he wrote It. Then we said tast
II was such letter IS Only conscience
less corruptionist could conceive and Only
/ scoundrel write. We here repeat these
observations. OF course, the treasurer
OF s national committee must do some
thing when he Is caught In such yilliany
Sapine silence would be bad for the
ticket. Bat Treasurer Dudley has been
careful to brig his suit in such WaY a.
to escape the necessity OF submitting his
character and his political exploits to ex-
sminstion in court of law.
He brings it II the Supreme
ccur', which is the most over
CROWDED and slowest Of our courts. II
that court trial cannot be reschsd for a
year or more, while the Superior Court
or the Court Of Common Pless would
have given him justice in month. Then
be seIvss only: summons toIansWe omit
ting 20 append his complaint. Treasurer
DuGley's counselis Colonel George Bliss,
Colorel Bliss is al astute and expert
enced lawye.. We would ssy that he
could have prepared the complaint in
this case in sbouteight minu.es. Why
cid he neglect this important detsils and
Why did he bring the suit il the Suprems
Ccurt?
Because, So We have said, Re 8 very
astute lawyer. We have understood that
his fees are usually high, but to politi-
cisn caught in an Cff3nse which promises
rot only the penitenIisry for himself but
defeat for his ticket, Colonel Bliss is SIM
ply invaluable. BE has brought in Tress
urer Duiley's behalf suit for political
effScE. Il is 8 good enough suit
until after election. 1. vii, enable
Dudley to telegraph 10 Inc country from
+ istport to Pomona that ne has sued the
Times for publishing bis letter. And
then, upon his return 20 Indianapolis, il
percharce he venture again into that
state, he Will follow the example set
eb, III four years ago by certain eminent
statesm and abandon his suit. Mean
While, we suppose Treasurer Dudley will
have no objection to giving security for
cosrs.
Unfortunately for Treasurer Dudley
suit so obviously brought in bad faith
snd solely for political effect will net
eerve TO break the terri bic force o: the
exposure CO his Kusvery Il does not
expunge tie letter from the public mem
nory, nor from our columns. Treasurer
Dudley will find It on our first page sbis
morning. He has hinsel; proved the
correctness and the authenticity OF
the lssfer By volunteering iu advance
Of thu receipt ii this city Of the
Indianapolis reprint, sr correction OF sn
error in the published Geographic copy,
and By other admissions he has pus the
authorship OF the letter beyond doubt.
Aud in this letter, for the publishing CT
which he brings g "bluf" libel suit
against the Times, he gives the following
iSA LAS A'IAlOf
TEN OF bribery at the polls:
9th. Divide the fosters into blocks OF
FIVE, end put q trusted man with neces-
safy funds in charge o. these FIVE and
make him responsible that none get away
and that all vote cur ticket"
Whist do Dr.. Storrs and the other Rspu5-
l!cans who hsve COZ essed to some con-
scientious ecruples in respect to the
Chicago platform think Of this man Dud-
ley and his letter? Wnat do they think
Of cslvtgs carried on by organized
bribery? And the msn at Indianapolis,
BeIiamln Harrison, in whose behalf this
organized bribery is to be attempted, has
he spoken out in denuncis!ion of sa9 act
of his personsl representative on the na-
tionai committee?
II Mr.. Clevelsnd's cause had been lost
Instead Of having been surely won week
ago, this letter would reverse the jucg-
Inent Of the people and win it back. II is
letter that shows the utter rottennsss
OF the Republican party snd the unscru-
pplousress Of its leaders and agents. For
The party there is no salvation save by de-
fest, sad for the anthor Of that letter no
possible reformation save through years OF
repentance in striped suit.
Trouble Feared st JsfferSon,