The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-08-07

They were thundexstruck when they learned of
his good luck" Hornadsy went down to
Washington and fought his own battle. He
STAYED there from the 4th of March until he re-
ceived his appointment. only few days ago.
The secret OF his appointment is believed by
many of his Davhess county neighbOrs to lie
in his possession of one of the original Dudley
"blOcks OF fvep letters. 1t was rumored at
Washington lind Just before the recent cleo
ton that he had received one of these letters d-
rect from William Wade Dudley himself. If So
he was doubtless, shrewd enough to kee @ il, and
a popular theory is that, with this letter, he
forced his appointment from the administration
at Washington as the price OF his silence
HoTnaday would be capable. from all accounts,
of giving Dudley and the whole gang away, II
IL seemed TO his interest to do so.
This theory receives q good deal OF support
from the fact that no Indiana republican who
received a Dudley letter. and was smart"
enough to keep it, and who has put in an APP
pearance at Washington demanding an office,
has failed TO get recognition" When the true
inwardness of the De La Hunt matter at Can
melton becomes known, il will be made TO an
pear $50 il is said on good authority that Zim-
norman was preferred to the widow because he
had one of the Dudley letters and she didn't
Matt Hurley's selection for the third auditor
ship is also claimed by certain New Albany
republicans to have been largely influenced by
the fact that he was the recipient OF Dudley's
celebrated epistle and that he kept IL IN the
envelope in which tx was sent him until the
time arrived to make it useful to himself.
These letters were not sent, as at first stated,
exclusively TO chairnIen OF republican county
committees. A number of chairmen received
them; but good mnny did not They we're
sent to Dudley's TRUSTED men" in the different
counties, whether they happened to be chair
men of the local committee OF connected with
il or not The "truSed men" were those whom
Dudley had used IN former campaigns and
whom he felt that he could depend upon to
I'm ha m i'm blNpkc
FIVE and see that none get away and that all
vote our ticket" As a matter OF fact a ma Or-
ity of the letters were sent to men who " ere
not officially connected with the campaign or
CARNATIONS litter TEE SENTINEL's expose
the county chairmen and a number OF other
republican workers were summoned to
Indianapolis in hot haste An inter
esting session" held at the
New-Denson. All who admitted 10 receiving
the Dudley letters were required 70 give them
up. and the letters so surrendered were prompt
ly destroyed. few Of the Dudley brethren
who had mo flies on them, but had these let
tiers in their possession disclamed all knowl-
edge of them. These are now getting fat offices
when they demand them.
HOrnaGay has done q great deal OF crooked
political work. In ''Of years" be has occa-
sionally been known to rsctiee deviltry foI
the democrats "fOr consideration" In 1885,
he made overtureS to the democratic state COM
mittee, which were not entertained. In the
last campaign he was very active in behalf oil
! Harrison. few days before the election be
made his appearance in Daviess county well
supplied with cash and made a number OF large
bets on the result in Indiana and the country
at large. Most of the Washington democrat:
with super1uOus cash and no conscientious
scruples about betting contributed very liber
! ally to Hornaday's eXchequer. He put in
some very fine work in Davess county during
the last week of the campaign and on election
| day.
HOrnaday, in years gone by, was known in
| Davies county as a very pious man. lie is
said to have been powerful in prayer" and
effective in exhOrtaton.
In file No. % at the county recorders Office
can be seen the copy of chattel mortgage fol
$500 on the household effects contained in the
Long Branch" brOthel given to Mary f. Kel
lar by Mamie Bates with the name of Eli Horn
aday additional security for the Bates
woman. The transaction took place in 1883.