The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-19
A DOUSE FOR QUAY.
PrOhibiti0nists Accuse the Repub-
lican National Committee
of Receiving Stolen
Property.
PROSECUTION THREAT.
ENED.
Two Employees Of The Voice, the Prohi-
bition Organ, Swear that They
Stole the Mailing List and
Sold it to Quay and
GARRISON.
THE BRIDE WAS ESQ DOLLARS
And the Promise of Government APP
pointments-W. W. Dudley Assist
ed-How the Anti-Rum Party
was Betrayed TO Harri-
sons Agents.

ed-How the Anti-Rum Party
was Betrayed to Harri-
sons Agents.
''High toned ladies and gentlemen
of the party of virtue and sobriety,
of temperance and morality, permit
us to introduce to you the Hon.
Matthew Stanley Quay, Senator from
Pennsylvania, Chairman of the Re
publican National Committee and
receiver of stolen property; the Hon.
James S. Clarkson, Republican die
tator of Iowa, vice chairman of the
Republican National Committee and
receiver of and negotiator for stolen
property; the Hon. w. w. Dudley,
personal representative of President
elect Harrison, treasurer of the Re-
publican National Committee, and
conspirator to abet and reward a
confessed thief
In these words the leaders of the
national prohibition party begin an
elaborate exposure in their organ,
The Voice, of conspiracy through
which the Republican managers sue
ceeded in planting their daggers in
the back of the cold water movement
in order to elect General Harrison.
The sworn confessions upon which
the exposure is based were wrung
from the lips of dishonest employees
of The Voice by the combined efforts
of General Clinton b. Fisk, William
L. Wardwell, the Rev. Albert f..
Funk and Adam w. Wagnalls at the
publishing house of the latter two,
Nos. Is and 20 Astor Place.
When / saw the Rev. DIR. Funk,
the editor of The Voice, yesterday,
he was greatly agitated.
"The story is very simple" he
said. 1.-TWO of our employees in the
mailing department-Chas. A. Dur
fee and James l. Sansom-stole our
mailing list and sold it to Senator
Quay and James S. Clarkson, Chair
man and Vice Chairman of the Re
publican National Committee, for
$3.50 and the promise of government
employment.the two Republican
leaders knowing the list to be stolen
property. This was done with the
connivance of w. W. Dudley, the
treasurer of the committee"
"What do you propose to do about
it?"
"First we will make the country
ring with this story, the infamous
story"
"Will you attempt to prosecute
Senator Quay or Clarkson or Dudley
in the criminal courts?'
That will be decided in few
days by the Executive Committee of
the Prohibition party
DIR. Funk then gave me advance
proof sheets of his paper, containing
many columns of the exposure and
of notes in the handwrit-
ing of Dudley and Clarkson, togeth-
er with copies of affidavits made by
Durfee and SAMSON. The Voice
also tells in detail of how Durfee was
forced to confess, and how, when
SAMSON, who is a deaf mute, was
urged to confess by his brother, this
conversation in writing ensued:
Sansom's brother-"Jim, make a
confession"
Sansom-"Whatl And send Quay
to jail? Not much l must think
of my friends
Sansom's broth-"Jim, think of
your family and let other friends go
to ="
Sansom-"I guess you are right.
l will confess
Here is the story as told in gener-
al terms in the organ of the cold
''Durfee said that he took the
sheets of the mailing list gradually,
a few at time, intending to sell
them to the Republican National
Committee. One object was to make
money and another was to get some
revenge upon the manager, who, he
thought, had not treated him with
proper respect. He first sought to
dispose of them to Mr.. Quay person
ally, but fearing detection he worked
upon the anger of the discharged
deaf mute, enlisting him in the plot.
In Durfee's and Sansom' sworn CON
fessions the details of their negotia-
lions with the Republican National
Committee are fully set forth.
"The two confederates opened
these negotions by writing a letter
to Quay, informing him that they
had scheme for reducing the Pro
hibition vote by $4,000 or $4,000.
Quay jumped at the offer, and sent
Clarkson to ascertain the details.
GARRISON was MT man Tor sueh an
IL was ne VINO sought to
orloe 81. John IN 1854
'cLARKsoN AND QUAY BUY THE STOLEN
LIST"
when Clarkson and Quay learned
of the infamous means that were to
be used for>reducing the Prohibition
vote sby 25. 600 or 20 000' thew did