The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-25

n never kept.
Soon after Mr.. Harrison had design,
ted william Dudley as bis personal rel
resentsttvo on the national COMMITTEES
eystemsiic poll Of the "floaters" OF II
diana wss made under the direction 7
Mr. Dudley. The ''doaters" having thu
been located, Dudley sent bic famou
blocks-of.iive letter 10 picked me
!. throughout the state on Oct. 30.
. THE SHAMEFUL LETTER.
Following is copy OF the letter:
HEADQvARTERs REPUBLICAN !
NATIONAL CoMNIrTEE. 81 FIrrB-Avr..
NEW YoRK, Oct. a. y
Dear 6ir-I hope you have kept copie
o. the lists sent me. uch Information
is very valuable and should b used u
great advantage II has enabled me 4
demonstsate 70 friends that with prope
assistance Indiana Il surely repu blicar
for governor and president, and has re-
suited - ] hoped Il would, In securing
for Indiana the cid necessary. YouI
committee will certainly receive from
Chairman Huston the assistance uecee.
sary 10 hold our hoaters and doubtful
voters, and gain enough OF tho Other
kind to give Harrison and Morton l9. :
600 plurality. New York is now safe
beyond peradventure for the republican, \
presidential ticket; Connecticut like
wise. In short every northerp state. *.
cept possibly New jersey, though Ne
still hope to carry that state. Harr isou' q
majority in the electoral college sbould
not be less than 100. Make our friends
10 each precinct wake up to the fact that
only Doodle and fraudulent votes and
false counting Of returns can beat us 10
the state. Write each Of our precinct
correspondents: (l) To ind ont who
has democratic Doodle and steer the
democratic workers 10 work them and
make them pay big prices for their own
men. (2) Scan the election oficers
closely, and make sure to have no man
on the board whose integrity IL even IN
Question bile, and insist on republicans
watching every movement Of the eIec-
tion officers. (3) See that our workers
know every republican voter entitled 20
Il vote. and let no one else even Offer to
vote. a. Divide the foaters into
lblocks-of-fve, and put . trusted man
with necessary funds 10 charge OF these
1--WE, and make him responsible that
none get away. and that sll vote our
ticket. (5) Make : personal appeal to
! your business men 10 pledge themselves
/ 10 devote the entire day. Nov. 8. to work
lat the polls. ]. e.. 10 be present at the
polls with iickets. They will Be acton
ished 70 Geo how utterly dumbiou nded
the ordinary democratic election bum
mer will be. and how quickly be will
,disappesr. Tne result will fully justify
the sacrifice Of time and comfort, and
will be . source OF satisfaction sfterwsrc
10 those Who help 10 this way. Lay
great stress on this last matter. II will
pay.
There will be no doubt OF your re-
ceiving the Decessary assistance through
the national. state and county commit
tees only nee that Il 10 husbanded and
made 70 produce results. rely on Won
TO advise your precinct correspondents
and urge them 70 unremittinR snd con.
stant efforts from now till the polls close
and the result IL announced oflciaIIv.i 4
We will fight for fair election here if
necessary. The rebe! crew can; stesl
this election from NJ. q they did IN 1854.
without some one getting hurt Let ev-
cry republican do his whole duty and
the country will psas into republican
hands, never 10 leave Il. trusf. Thank
Ing you again for your efforts 10 aasiat
me In ~ work. remain yours sin-
cerely, WILLIAM w. DuDLKY.
Please wire me result 10 principal pre-
rincts and county.
When the federal grand Jury met Nov.
"a 1000 Io1~> Wo<ds l>ls~~-~a -a~s 4 II
nov known as "Woods' first CHARGE
which would have resulted IN the indict-
nent Of Dudley. II political pressure had
lot been brought 70 bear upon Judge
Woods 10 reverse bic instructions to the
Irand jury In subsequent charge. Il
THE FIRST CHARGE. |,
In bic original charge Judge Woods !
quoted sec. 5.5I1 Of the revised statutesl !
which de6nes csimes against elections.
Proceeding 10 comment on the same :
% employed the following language, !
vhich u given word FOR word: \
''Some Of the offences spoken OF here. =
on will see, may be committed By On b
noficial person, and some OF them BY o
n officer of On election. And now In h
eterence 10 particular part OF the Of Il
snses named. wish to cay that consid. j
rshle question hss been made since the a
lection through which we have Just Il
assed. as TO whether s0 attempt to bribe =
Duatitutes On odeuse under this Law. IN
sstruct you that II does not under this
'atute. The latter clause OF the section b
'akes any one guilty who counsels 4
ribery. lli
I will now now instruct you folly up.l :,
D the word "sttempt," @ II Il used IN y
lie clause 10 order that you may under.
and lie force In relation TO the specifi-
ltions made regarding 'counseling" 70 i
ribc and actual bribesv. The section y
pee not make II an ofYense 70 IN any y
amer council. aid or assist Ia the n
'ibeiy Of voter or IN committing any u
her offence named 10 the section; but !.
unsuccessful attempt TO bribe voter y
,ss not constitute any ofeuae under .
% section IN other words this statute =
zee not condemn o crime. 10 matter -
~ clearly Il NAV b proven, sn q. w
mDt to bribo 3 voter. provided II can ~