The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-10-22

promised, to furnish me-with enough
to arrange the preliminary work. He
at once inclosed my letter to Gen.
Clarkson, with an Endorsement re-
questing the money to be furnished
me, and on the 18th of August wrote
me, saying: 81 have your, letter of
the 10th, and have forwarded it through
Mr.. Clarkson, with such an indorse-
ment as you suggest"
Gen. Clarkson saw Col. Dudley and
Dudley said he had no funds in hand
belonging TO to the Committee; that
he had furnished S16S of his own
funds for the Committee, and that
would nave to wait awhile. / did not
like this and so wrote Senator Quay,
band in reply to my letter he wrote
me, Aug. 20, saying: SIN reply to
my request that he should give you
y, 900 TO commence your work, Gen.
Dudley informs me that the treasury
of the National Committee is empty;
that he has been compelled to advance
S16S from his private funds to meet
overdrafts. / am perfectly willing to
give my time to the cause, but cannot
afford to pay the expenses of the
Committee.
Ithen thought 1 would let the matter
rest till they could replenish the treas
ury, but on the sth of September / re-
ceived letter from Quay, saying:
viii you have the kindness on receipt
of this to place yourself in communica-
ton with Mr.. William d. Mullin, of
Stephenson, Mullin & Co., Bramwell,
w. Va, where it is probable that 200
families of your North Carolina emf
grants will be received and employed,
etc. Please act promptly, etc. ex-
pect to be in Washington within two
weeks and will then see you.'
Soon after Congress convened 1 saw
him at his committee room. He asked
me how | was getting along with my
work. told him had done all could
do without money. He said: Call up
here to see me in ten DAYS or two weeks
and will arrange matters" 1 said to
him: Senator, shall call in ten days
or two weeks?" He said: 81 am very
busy with my legislative matters. Make
IL two weeks" l did not call at the ex-
piration of two weeks, which was on
December 20, think, expecting that he
would spend his Christmas holidays in
the city and that he would then. have "A
better chance to arrange matters, but
TO my surprise he went to his home at
Beaver, Pa. Soon after his return /
called TO see him, on Tuesday, and he
said to me: THE Senate will probably
adjourn over from Thursday to Monday.
Call here Friday or Saturday and we
will then have time to fix up matters"
l called both days, but did not find him
In. The next heard of him he was off
to Florida and l have had no co nmuni-
cation with him since.
have other letters from him. have
given you these extracts from a few of
them to satisfy you of the interest he
has taken in the work.
You must remember he is the busiest
ms In kaa IL
trip for no other purpose than that he
was completely broken down by work
and had to have rest. To him is due
more credit for our glorious victory in
1883 than any other man in the country
l wish he was to-day in the White
House. Then the colored people would
be protected in the South, the rebel
Democracy would be made to respect
the laws OF the country, and the perse-
cutting, expressing and numbering of
these blameleSs people would cease.
think know my man, so give your
self no trouble or uneasiness about the
matter. 1t will be right when he re-
turns. have also lately seen several
Republican Congressman from three
doubtful States, and they are all in favor
of our work.
Now, my dear friend, read this letter,
which l hope will put you in better
0PAAAeS1 INV 1hChS III VI one
of our great statesmen, let me say,
Burn this letter. Don't tear it up,
but burn it, for, as some of our friends
say, II it were to get out-that Is, II
they could prove that our work had any
political significance attached to tit
would not only ruin our chances of sue
cess in these doubtful States, but the
effort would be such as to do us incalcul-
able damage I'm others. In a word, IL
would cause us to lose every Congress
man in both West Virginia and Con-
necticut this fall
will write you again in a few DAYS.
Let me hear from you, and if anything
of interest should occur, don't fail to
let me know it. Keep quiet and as
dumb as an oyster. Yours very re-
spectfully, ID. Mod. LINDSEY.
444 III street, n. w.
/ will move from here in few DAYS;
can't say just now where. Don't ex-
pect, however, to leave the city. Will