South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-10-24

s16s from his private funds to meet
overdraft- In this condition of affairs i
am not able TO help YOU am perfectly
willing TO give my time TO the cause,
but cannot afford to pay the expenses
of the Committee. Yours truly,
NJ. 5. QUAY.
Senator Quay was not the only Re-
publican of National reputation who
had Endorsed Lindsey's scheme in
black and white. United States Treas
urer Huston had given il his formal
approval before the plan had been
preached to Senator Quay. Huston's
letter will be read with peculiar inter-
est by the President and ATTORNEY
General Miller. Mr.. Huston says:
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 9, 1889.
Hon. Ned. Lindsey,
DEAR SIR: / am in receipt Of your
note dated May 5. / regret that Mr..
Miller could not have given you the
time that would have allowed of full
explanation being made of your pro-
ject. feel sure that he, like myself,
would have been satisfied that the
proposed work would have enabled ms
To save Indiana. / myself am heartily
in favor of IL, and at the first opportu-
nifty will speak to the President about
IL, or will, If opportunity would offer,
talk to Mr.. Miller, though / don't be-
lieve he could be made to feel the
same interest in it that do. He has
never taken much interest IMPRACTICAL
politics. OF course | could not ask
you To remain here in the city until
could learn what we could do with re-
gard to Indiana. Don't know, i'm fact.
when L will be able to talk with the
President about the matter. III YOU
will send me your address when you
leave here, as soon as / have talked
with the President / will commune
cate with you. Truly yours,
j. n. HUSTON
THEY COULD FRY SOME FAT.
Though Gen. Dudley had informed
Senator Quay that there We're no funds
upon which Lindsey might draw inn
mediately for the purpose of carrying
out his colonization scheme, the
shrewd manager of the Republican
National Committee concluded that
but little money would be required
that could not be obtained from the
manufacturers and others who needed
laborers. He was heartily i'm favor of
the scheme to which he had given his
Endorsement, and under date of Sept.
4, 1880, he addressed the following let
ter to Lindsey:
UNITED STATES SENATE.
BEAVER, Pa, 8, 4, 1889.
(Dictated.)
ID. Mod. Lindsey, 'esq.. No. 444 II. ST.
~. W., WASHINGTON, ID. c.
My DEAR SIR: Will you have the
kindness on receipt of this to place
yourself in communication with Mr..
William ID. Mullin, of Stephenson.
Mullin q Co.." at Bramwell, Mercer
Co., VIVA, where it is probable that
200 families of your North Carolina
emigrants can be received and en-
ployed. They will want people who
will bring their families with them
and be stationary, having already
had much trouble with their Virgil
MAN employees, who have their fami-
lies ia the eastern part of that State
and are continually leaving their work
to revisit them. Please act promptly.
expect to be in Washington within
the next two weeks, and will then see
you. Yours truly,
NJ, S. QUAY.
Upon investigation Lindsey satisfied
himself that parties desiring to secure
employees could be made to pay the
expense of their removal, and he there
fore ceased to give himself trouble as
TO where the large sums of money that
he had at first believed necessary, were
To come from. Armed with the hearty
Endorsements of Republican leaders OF
National reputation, Lindsey began to
look the field nNpy xpith a x-iax.y -, ID
ing out systematic plan of campaign.
be first turned his attention to West
Virginia, though he did not neglect
either Connecticut or Indiana. AS to
his progress in his preliminary work,
Lindsey addressed the following letter
TO his deputy, Whitehead, under date
of March 81, 1890:
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 81, 1890.
j. Il. Whitehead, esq,
I'm my last letter to you, dated the
Goth inst, / gave you detailed account
OF the status OF our work which, hope.
had the effect of putting you in more
sanguine mood.
l have now seen and talked with
every Republican Congressman from
West Virginia and Connecticut and
one from Indiana, and they are all
much interested in our work.
Mr.. Atkinson, from the First District
of West Virginia, thinks 1t is the very
thing TO save the State i'm 1892. He has
furnished with the names and addresses
of several prominent Republicans in his
State, TO whom i have written, and says
he will write to others. James 5. Nc
Lean, of Winfield, Zone of those to
whom / wrote at Mr.. Athinson's sug-
gestion), writes me that he is in hearty
sympathy with the work i'm which i
am engaged, and If he can see any way
he will cooperate with me. ] have also
written to Mr.. John Cooper and j. w.
Hewitt, of Bramwell and Mr.. w. =.
Edwards, OF Charleston. All these gen,
tiemen, Mr.: Atkinson tells me. are true
and tried Republicans, and that could
write them unreservedFy.
Mr.. c. Il. Smith, from the Fourth
District Of West Virginia, says he will
make inquiries among his friends I'm the
interest OF the work He don't think
that many can be placed in his district
Mr.. j. III. McGinnis (contestant)
from the Third District OF West Vir.