Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-01-25
THE CRIME UNCOVERED,
Republican Leaders MS Rccieyers Of
Stolen Property nnd Abettors or
Rnl hers.

To appropriately characterize the old
party managers OF the recent Presidential
campaign, 1t is no longer enough to de-
scribe them NJ braZcn plotiers OF schemes
for Wholesale bribery, cowNrhly intimida
tois of ProhibiIonists, sneaking ialsel,ood
venders, unbln-hiug disseminators oi
forged newspaper quotations, contempti-
ble s,raddlers OF great aud solemn issues,
aud eager aud expert manipulators Of oil
appliances to deceive and cheat. The
Voice has convicted them Of species OI
mfany more despicabc than anything
ye, proved or charged. We beg leave to
introduce TO the public the responsible
managers of one Of the great pNrlies-the
once "grand old party Of moral ideos"-as
RECEIVERS OF STOLEN PROPERTY AND
ABEIToRs OF THIEVES. If he leaders oil
the better of the old parties have STOPPED
70 low, the Imagination that would picture
the joings Of the Democrats must not be
squeamisl. Indeed, no Imagination IL
needed. This dirty old party has noto
riously for years been doing business, upon
the basis Of theft. There is nothing that
it will not steal, from Cincinnati or In
diannpolis tally sheet TO the Prohibition
vote OF whole state.
Heightened 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 OF Pennsylvania, Chairman OF the
Republican National Committee, and re-
ceiver OF stolen property the Hon. james
S. Clarkson, Republican dictator OF Iowa
Vice Chairman Of the Republican National
Committee, and receiver OF and negotiation
for stolen property; the Hon. w. w
Dudley, personal representative OF Presi'
dent-elect Harrison, Treasurer Of the
Republican National. Committee, and con
spirator TO abel and reward confessed
thief.
THere follows the fac simile OF the letter.
passing between Quay, Dudley and the
thieves who stole the mailing list, accom-
panied by the affidavits ri the thieves who
confessed the cine, etc.
REPUBLICAN AUTHORITY ON SUCH A CRIME
A Mailing list is one of the most valu-
able properties OF a newspaper. To s,ea
it is n penitentiary offence, and to receive
IL from the thief without making re
s,itu,ion 10 the owner is equally penien
tiary offence, OF the kind for which Mothe
| ManJelbaum was notorious. Within tw,
years the mailing list of a prominen
newspaper, rival Of The New York Tri
bune's, was stolen. The thief took it l.
the business manager OF The Tribune an,
offered 10 sell il TO liim. lie was met wit
the indignant answer: ave do not re
ceive stolen goods" The Tribune's mar
ager promptly notified bis despoiled riva
This was the action Of a man Of honor
business dealings.
The 1OS sheets have been abstracte
few at time, and the loss was nj
ascertained at once. Suspicious bein
aroused, inquiries were made. Nj
Charles A. Durfee, an accountant in I'll
subscription department, was question
ed among others, and he said he ha
missed the sheets. The manager sal
to Durfee:
"We'lI find who took that mailing
list if it costs the firm 100000"
Mr.. Durfee, toying with that usef
article of clerkly furniture which !
calls ''memopad," gave indications
an intelligent perception of the point.
SERIOUS EFFECTS OF THE THEFT.
e Just before the election, The Voict
; business department received gre
numbers of complaints of novel kim
I Scores of our Oldest and best subscribe
I wrote that they were receiving .throue
the mail copies of The Voice with
which Republican campaign documen
were folded. Some of these documen
were Bishop Merrills pamphlet again
political Prohibition, Dufield's ant
Prohibition party argument, the Repul
lican literature of Albert Grifhn's al
Mrs. Fosters bureaus, and regular r,
publican tariff documents. (Of cour
no copies of the Republican liqu'
. document, the st. Louis Tribune Extr
were enclosed.) Most of the complain
said that copies of that detestable X
e publican decoy organ, the New Vol
: Democrat. had been received in til
way. CThe Democrat it will be remer
u bered, was n special campaign pape
e pretending to be Democratic but real
e paid for by the Republican Nation
: Committee and edited by red-h
Republican, George Voorhis of the Ne
York Sunday Dispatch, a Republics
e sheet. 1t printed the most blatant Ere
b Trade articles and loudly praised Il
b Prohibitionists as "valuable allies"
: the Democrats. The purpose was,
I course, to scare weakened Protactit
= Democrats and Republican Prohibition
I lists into supporting Harrison.
1.-THE VOICE" SUSPECTED OF SELLING oU
IL Many staunch Prohibilionists receivir
: such literature in wrappers with TT
= Voice and apparently mailed flom TT
4 Voice office were confounded. Up'
each wrapper was the name and addre'
4 exactly as on wrappers regularly recei
4 cd from our office. Naturally ma,
were led to the belief that The Vol
y had sold its subscription list and was
!. the pay of the Democratic or the r.
g publican party. They sent us lette
II reverberating and blazing with Il
thunder and lightning of virtuous il
dignation and righteous scorn.
This happened right Mt the close
e the campaign, when it was impossible
!, make explanations. Besides, the pr
u prietors of The Voice were then gettil
n on the track of the thicf-they suppos
n then that there was only one thicf-aI
e, did not want to scare the game, TIL,
E, knew that the game was big and ugl
20 for there could be no reasonable dou