Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-10-21

ioOuGn 10 Gne RepuOl1can fold. quay,
not whit more scrupulous than they,
simply had plan of his own for keep
ing the party in power-a far better
plan, he thought, than theirs-and
being afraid to let too MANY people
into the secret, kept his peace but
pushed his plan and submitted to the
attacks of his party friends in silence.
He could see that the main point of
the game was to keep faith with the
manufacturers, pass the Tariff bill and
make sure of another corruption fund.
The other part of the programme
could then be carried out somewhat
at leisure, but in ample time to effect
and even definitely shape the result in
the next National contest.
Hardly was Harrison warm in his
chair before Quay began plotting for
1892, though it does not appear that he
had Harrison's success again in view.
Even man of Quay's resources has
his limitations, and doubtless the great
corruption of the people in 1888 felt
that he could not hope to achieve sue
cess again by the same methods and
precisely upon the same lines en-
ployed before. 1t would be safer to
move in different way ''his new in
EQUITIES to PERFORM An attempt to
repeat his old manoeuvres might be
followed by exposure and disaster. 1t
must have been with something of de-
light, therefore, that he received the
proposition of the man Lindsey, who
pointed out how easy it would be to
make the doubtful States reliably Re-
publican simply by a transfer of few
thousand Republican negroes from the
South, introduced into the different
localities to take places as laborers.
a tn tIAa Il
which follows, Quay was instantly
struck with the suggestion, arranged
to see Lindsey at an early day, put
him at once in communication with
Dudley and GARRISON, and requested
the payment of sum of money to
Lindsey, to aid in the early Inaugural
ton of the movement. Quay unques-
tionably felt that the much desired
secret of how to continue his party in
power had been found, and that sim
ply by putting wheels on the suffrage,
so to speak, in several States, he could
roll enough impecunious people about
the country to make the result in No
vember, 1892, in every way satisfactory
to the Republican party. AS for the
situation in the extreme South, where
the Force bill was intended to operate
he cared nothing. All he desired
was to stock the doubtful States with
Republican, colored voters, and insure
National Republican success again,
and Force bills and all other bills not
yielding fnt from the manufacturers
might go to the winds.
The man Lindsey, who appears as the
originator of this scheme, was so great
ly encouraged by Quay's approval and
adoption-0f it and by Quay's promises
of pecuniary assistance that he seems
TO
According to his own statement, he con-
ferred with Republican Congressman
from three different States sought to be
influenced politically by his methods
Indiana, Connecticut and West Virginia
and in every case was met with words
OF praise and encouragement. All of
the congressman consulted thought his
plan for insuring Republican success
an admirable one, and several of
them went so far as to put him in
communication with prominent party
workers at their homes, whose assist
ance it was thought necessary to obtain.
A notable conversion, according to the
correspondence, was that of United
States Treasurer Huston, who was not
only most favorably impressed with
Lindsey's project himself, but promised
to lay the matter before the President
and have Mr.. Harrison consider it in
connection with the possibilities in In
diana next time.
For several months Lindsey's plan
has actually been afoot, and his recent
correspondence with his deputy, White
head, indicates that arrangements have
already been made to locate Il large
number of negroes in West Virginia as
soon as the Congressional elections
should have passed, so that they might
be taken from Tennessee without i'm
periling the election of the negro,
Cheatham.
THE DOCUMENTS IN THE CASE.
The correspondence which follows is
Il complete narrative in itself. The in
ception of she scheme, its approval by
Quay and other prominent Republican
leaders, its Endorsement by Representa-
lives in Congress whose political for
tunes were to be forwarded by it, are
all clearly set forth by documentary
evidence that cannot be rebutted or
explained away. The fac SMILES of
number of the letters constitute high
ly interesting exhibit.
From the correspondence it appears
the D. Med. Lindsey began his work as
long ago as May 90, 1889, when, as he
says, he discussed his scheme with Ed
ward McPhelsnn, of Pennsylvania, since
chosen to be Qlq1k of the House eff Rep
resentatives. Mcpherson referred him
to Senator Quay, who Immediately in
dorsed the colonization scheme, and re-
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