Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
A VOICE is HEARD,
AND 1T PUBLISHES A DEAD GIVE
AWAY ON REPUBLICANS.
How Prohib Subscribers Were Sur
feited with Loads of Protection Lit
erature The Theft OF q Mailing

er. IL dev0teS TWO pages u deScr1Ding
how its mailing list of subscribers was
stolen and sold to the Republican Ma
tional Committee and the confession of
the men who made the dicker with
Dudley, Clarkson and Quay. The Voice
says it received complaints from scores
of subscribers that they were receiving
through the mail copies OF the Voice
within which the Republican cam
paign documents were folded. Among
these documents were Bishop Morrill's
pamphlet against political prohibition.
DIR. Duffield's anti-Pr0hibitiOn party
argument, literature from Mrs. Ellen
Fosters Bureau of the National Repub-
lican League and plain protection lit
erature. In the same way were sent
copies of the New York Democrat, a
sort of Oklahoma States, which, pre-
tending to be Democratic organ,
avowed for Republican campaign pur-
poses the most atrocious cordiaIity to-
ward the Prohibition party. In the
closing days of the campaign the pro-
prietors of the Voice discovered that los
sheets containing the mailing list of
their subscribers had been stolen from
their office.
About this time q deaf mute clerk in
the mailing department, Jas. I. San
som, was discharged after two weeks
notice. His discharge took effect after
the theft of the list had been discovered.
The complainant against him was
Chas. A. Durfee, who was in charge of
the mailing department. SAMSON had
been frequently seen in the Republican
National headquarters, and Matt Quay
had used him to organize the Deaf
Mute Republican bureau, of which he
became chairman.
So Sansom was suspected of having
made the market for list of Prohibit
tionists. SAMSON returned to his home
in Webster, Pa, to see his mother, who
is dying of consumption.
Meanwhile the managers of the Voice
had been hunting up Durfee's recent
history and had heard some things.
On Dec. q Durfee was questioned by
DIR. Funk about the missing mail list
He denied that he knew anything
about it or that he visited J. s. Clark
son at the Republican National head
quarters. He had seen Clarkson at the
Everett house, he acknowledged, but 1t
was on private business.
"Will you let me see that letter in
your pocket from Col. w. w. Dudley?'
said DIR. Funk.
Durfee's face grew scarlet.
1T relates to a personal business
matter" he stammered. "But certain
ly you may see it, if you desire to-"
Durfee pulled this letter from his
pocket:
"My Dear Sir: Your favor just re-
ceived. In reply would say that as
soon as am ready shall be glad to
have your services in the matter that
CIarkson and I were talking to you
about. 1t will necessitate your coming
here, and [ can arrange, l think, for
you to have room to sleep in, in head
quarters building. We will settle
about details when am ready for you
to come. Yours truly,
w. w. DUDLEY"
Questioned further, Durfee denied
that he had ever said that ''he and
Quay would smash the Prohibition
party" but when DR.. Funk said, .'what
do you suppose a certain gentleman
meant when he put his hand on your
shoulder and said: 'Durfee. you've un-
dertaken a very big contract"" Dur
fee lowered his eyes.
"Come, Durfee," put in Gen. Clinton
B. Fisk, who was. there, ''you see we
know q good deal about this. Tell us
why you gave our mailing list to Clark
son.n t.
Durfee attempted to defend himself,
but ended in confessing that he took
the mailing sheets in patches. He got
Deaf Mute SAMSON discharged, and then
used Sansom's wrath against his en-
ployers to get him into the plot. Ne
gotiations were opened by SAMSON,
who wrote to Matt Quay at the Everett
house in September, informing him
that they could reduce the Prohibition
vote $4,000 or $4,000 votes. This was
the response. The Voice prints all
these letters in fac simile:
"REPgB1IoAN NATIONAL CoHM1rTEE,
1401 MAssACHUsETTS-Av.,N N. W.,
Washington, D. @.
&c. A. Durfee, New York:
"My Dear Sir-Can you meet me at the
Everett House, Union Square, Saturday noon
or evening next? Kindly let me know by
note addressed to the Everett House.
j. s. OLARKsoN."
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