The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-01-20

There was in the city recently a young
republican lawyer from one of the strong
democratic counties of southern In
diana who thinks Dudley is a saint when
compared to President Harrison. At
torney-General Miller and Judge Woods.
This young man is well known as
stalwart republican in his own county and
his voice has frequently been heard IN
state conventions. his name is withheld
at his request because he is retained in
case which Will soon be heard in Judge
Woods court.
Profting by the experience of other
LAWYERS, he does not care to put the in
terests OF his clients in jeopardy by invit-
ing the hostility of the court.
"If Judge Woods derived his power
from the people for a stated term instead
of holding on for life by appointment of
the president, so that there might
be a chance to depose him from
his arbitrary throne, many of the
secrets of the last campaign would
have leaked out long ago" said he. "But
murder will out, and when benjamin
Dudley will stand better in the estimation
of the public than the ex-president.
Miller Handled the Money.
Dudley wrote the 'blocks-of-fve' letter, it
istrue, but he never touched dollar of the
money raised TO convert foaters to Harri-
son. He mapped out the campaign and
indicated where the money could be had.
Can President Harrison and Attorney
General Miller say as much? They would
not dare to say upon oath that corruption
money did not touch their fingers, for
there are too many people living in this
state who remember that Law
Partner Miller attended person
ally to the distribution of the
money 10 the various counties. Mr..
Miller himself handed the allotment to
the representative from my county. 1
was present at the time. In one instance,
am told, there was a disagreement az to
the amount certain county should re-
ceive and Mr. Harrison settled the matter.
was not the chairman of my county.
nor did the chairman have anything to
do with the financial part of the cam
paign. The Harrison people did not trust
him because Of his Gresham proclivities.
The secretary Of the committee was an
elder in his church, man of the Harri-
son type on a small scale-who held family
prayers and believed that IT was his duty
10 his God and country to beat the
democratic party even by buying votes.
Under Arthur's administration, Senator
Harrison had him appointed 10 a minor
federal Office. He was willing to do any
thing for Harrison. He was the only
member OF the county committee in
trusted with the secrets Of the campaign.
j myself and two other outsiders, to-
gether with the secretary constituted what
you might call a. junta.' Dudley ad-
dressed all his correspondence to the sec-
retary. l saw every letter and telegram
that Dudley sent to our county.
A Dudley Scheme.
Dudley is q wonderful man. He would
wire as information about some back
townships, showing that he knew more
about our county than We did. learned
afterward that Dudley had special agents
travelling all over the state reporting 10
bin, unknown TO us. Some OF these
agents went from house to house as ped.
dlers, others as stock buyers. IL was q
common occurrence to receive a dispatch
from Dudley telling us that John Smith
OF Blank township. who had always voted
the republican ticket was of and re.