The advocate., 1891-08-19

III You remain IalLnIul 70 tne parry anu uSo
your influence In the future, as you have done In
the past, we viii promise reward both in cash
and preferment. Trusting you will respond
promptly, we remain yours respectfully,
THE COMMITTEE.
Two days afterward another letter
was received, which is written in
such way as TO indicate that Mr..
Ward had answered the former one,
accepting the proposition OF the
Democratic committee. Both letters
are written with typewriter, that
there may be no hand writing to
identify, and both are without sigma
ture.
The following is the second letter:
KANSAS CITY, July 10, 81.
George C. Ward, Esq:
Your note OF 9th inst. Is at hand and contents
noted You seem to think the committee ought
to pay you as much as we were to pay both
yourself and WorthingtOn, because, you claim,
now that he has gone, your work will be much
harder.
The committee have fully considered your
proposition and will say, we are willing to give
twentyGv hundred dollars (s2,5OOOO) II you
work faithfully for our party, but the "salOon
men" think you should not ask so much; how
ever, If the Democratic party is successful, there
will be enough money in our campaign slush
fund, to meet your demands. But, we must have
your lCritten promise to do faithful work for oar
party.
We estimate your services asinValuaDle among
the Alliance men and labor unions" and we
urge you to active work in the industrial council
OF Kansas City; unless you do some very fine
work, 1t will be useless to try to keep the ALL
ANCE men and labor vote out of the THIRD (3)
party.
We shall pay we'll for valuable services, from
this time on until after election in 1892. Favor
us with your written acceptance Immediately.
BY order of THE COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Ward at once presented these
letters to the Democratic central COM
mittee and the following is their state
ment:
KANSAS CITY, Mo July Is, 1891.
Geo. G.. Ward, Esq, city.
SIR-The letters received by you purpOrtine
to come from some organized committee OF the
Democratic party indicates that you are the VIC
tim Of weak plot worked up by some OF your
cO-WOrkers In labor councils of the city, to In
iluenCe your standing therein.
They are not worthy of consideration, bearing
upon face evidence of their weakly cOntrivet
fraudulent character, and the purpose for which
they were intended.
or course no member OF any committee OF thu
Democrat party had aught to do Herewith.
might remark the offer Of $2,5OO therein
would be conclusive evidence thereof, as Sucl
amount would for any such purposes bankrup
our organization. The writer from his generous
use Of figures evidently must have had cOnnec
ton with committee services OF our adminiStra
tiOn party In It's mode Of campaign tactics II
local affairs. II you locate the culprit maxi
public his pedigree. Very respectfully,
| JNO. SULLIVAN,
Secretary Congressional and City Democratic
Committees.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July II, 1891.
Geo. G. Ward. Esq, City.
DEAR SIR:-I have examined the letter
handed me by you dated July7, 81 and July 10
'9l, purpOrting to be signed by 1.-The committee
and addressed to you. These letters are fOrgerie
and II the writer can be aScertained he will b
prosecuted. They have been written by som
scOundrel for q purpose. The Democratic Ger
trail committee neither collectively nor lndlyldu
ally wrote them nor authorized them to b
written, nor was any member OF the commitle
cOgnlzant OF the fact that they were written o
going to be written until you handed them t
me. Our committee has not had a meeting sine