Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-06

the e. directions contained In this
Brlbet's end Corruptioniet's Manual that
Treasurer Dudley gives the result Of his
experience and study in these terms:
-. Divide the ioateE5 into blocks OF
FIVE, srd put trusted msn with neces-
sary iu1ds in charge Of these men, snd
make him responsible that none get sway
and that Gil vote our ticket"
Treasurer Dudley cannot explain away
those words. BE csnrot pretend that
the necessary funds" here mentioned
have been provided solely for "ge:tirg
gu. the vote" The sged ard infrm vot-
ers have never yet been divid-
ed into "blocks Of FIVE" by
sny party under the sun, and no
coed reason why they should be mar
shsIed IN this way can be adduced. Be-
sides, the IL firm voter wss never known
to try to "get away" The "prutsl can
dol" Of Quay and the boundless cynicism
of Dudley will sysil nothing against the
dsmuiDg reveslmelts of this letter. Il is
bri5er's letter, s corr1ptionist's Rppeal,
penitentisry ofsnse.
There is no longer any need to talk
about proofs OF the authenticity Of the
letter. Treasurer Dudley has himself
supplied the proof. The document wss
published in fac smile in the In
dianspolis Sentinel Ct Wednes tsy
morning. The copy published by the
Times Of that morning was tele-
graphed from Iueianspolie, and in that
version the writer Was made to say that
the "hest business men" would be aston.
iehed "to see how utterly dumecunded
the nsturalized Democratic voters will
be-" On Wednesday afternoon Treasurer
uiiey said TO reporter OF the Evening
Post:
"Uaderetand ne, now; iIs don't ssy l
wrote any such letter, or that sny letter
81 instructions has been writtea from
these headquarters, bat il the words
average Dsmocrfctic hummer hsd ap-
pesreo in place Of those l have under
scored should rot have found fault, for
otherwise THU the letter is q strong
one"
This wss CT WednC siay afternoon. The
IudisnsDolis Sentinel containing the fac
simile did no: STRIVE in tits city until yes
tsrdsy morning. When it did STRIVE II
was al once seen thatthe words "crdinary
DSm ocretic election bnmmel" were in
the original letter in place OF the
words "naturslizsd Democratic
NObClEt VuISA nC4C hbS
OF an error of transcription or transmis
sion. How did Colonel Dudley detect
this error in the version publlshed2 Oaiy
because he remembered with substantial
accuracy the phrsseology he had en-
ployed. His correction OF that important
error was fatal. 1t furnished the
cligchirg proof thst the letter was
his. Il was, after that, useless for
Dim to pronounce the letter q forgery,
aud from the Democratic point Of view
Unnecessary for him to furnish addition
81 evidence that the letter was genuine,
which, however, he continued to do by
his crooked snd evasive statements snd
by his buster aoOut libel suits
L, would be supe tllous farther to
this letter OF the treasurer
of the national Republican committee.
Tue public sees in that letter the proof
OF the criminal mesrs by which the
election Ct Harrison aud Morton
is to be accomplished, il It Is &C"
81 all. AZ TIE psrsols! rep
representative upon the committee OF
MIR. Hsrrscr, Treasurer Dudley brings
upon lis p2yss's candidate some OF the
0dium he has himself incurred, aud
makes it Impossible for honest sud self
men, not blinded by partisan
ship, TO set with the party or support the
candidate.