The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-19

iAoAi AhuidudpOliei lHu., says. Iu6 Dutty
Sentinel publishes this Monday morning
some interesting statements regarding the
active part taken by President Harrison,
Attorney General Miller and other promi-
nent Republicans in the canvass of 1885,
They were made by gentlemen whom the
Sentinel editorially endorses as Republicans
of influence, lawyers of large practice and
ing are extracts from a long resume:
dudley wrote
THE BLoCKs-oF-FIvE LETTER,
it is true, but that he never touched a dol
lar OF the money raised to convey fioaters
to Harrison. He mapped out the campaign
and indicated where the money could be
had. Can President Harrison and Attor-
ney-General Miller say as much? They
would not dare to say upon oath that cor
ruptlon money did not touch their fingers,
Tor there are too many people living in this
state who remember that Law Partner
Miller attended personally to the dis
tribution of the money to the various
counties. Mr.. Miller himself" continued
the SenttnePs informant, "handed all OF the
money to the representative from my
county. was present at the time. In one
instance, l am told, there was a disagree
ment as to the amount certain county
should receive and Mr.. Harrison settled
the matter. | was not chairman of my
county (nor did the chairman have any
thing to do with the financial part of the
campaign. The Harrison people did not
trust him on account of
HIS GRAsPING PRoCLIvITIEs.
The secretary of the commit tee was an ell
der in his church, a man of the Harrison
type on small scale, who held family
prayers and believed that it was his duty
to his God and country to beat the Demo-
cratic party even by buying votes. Under
Arthur's administration Senator Harrison
had him appointed to minor federal office.
He was willing to do anything for Harri-
son. He was the only member of the
county committee entrusted with the Sc
crets of the campaign. l myself and two
other outsiders, together with the secre-
tary, constituted what you will call junta
Dudley addressed all mis- correspondence to
the secretary | saw every letter and tele-
gram that Dudley sent to our county,
WAS there blocks of-five' letter re-
ceived in your countyF was asked.
Yes, the secretary before referred to
received one. When he was subpenaed
before tie grand jury to testify on this
matter he came to me for advice. l came
with him to Indianapolis. Two hours be-
fore he took the witness stand where he
testified under oath that he had never re-
ceived one,
HE BURNED THE LETTER UP
on my advice. l advised him to tell the
truth about the matter, and having no let
Ter in his possession, of course, he could
not swear that the letter he received was
identical with the one in the possession of
the grand jury. However, just before
going to the federal court ne met some one
in the new Denison hotel, who told him if
he testified that he received blocks of
five letter he would never receive an ap-
polntment from Mr.. Harrison. He did not
get as big an Office as ne expected; but he
has been well taken care OF
by the way" went on the informant,
''every man who received 'blocks-of-f1v
letter is in office to-day, from Smiley
Chambers, the present United States dis
trict attorney, down TO Sam Kercheval All
during the campaign of 1858 Benjamin
Harrison counseled regarding the use of
money at election with men who afterward
went out and bought or
sUPERINTENDED THE GETTING OF VOTES.
Moreover, Mr.. Harrison, through his
agents, supplied the men with the money
with which they made the purchase. For
publican committee in Monroe county, and
Joseph G. McPheeters, of the same county,
came to Indianapolis during the campaign
of 1888 and saw &c. eral Harrison and
Kitchener. Hill told them his plans of opera
ton in this county and the amount Of
money he would need to put it through,
buying votes, etc. Harrison and Mlchener
were satisfied, and said Hill should have
the money, and it was given him. Just
k>,1F1 h., sod II
left the room, saying it might be as we'll if
he was not present when the money was
pain.
AFTER election number of men in
Monroe county who had been influenced by
the money obtained by Hill, and some who
had aided him in his management, were IT.
dicted by the federal grand jury. Hill
then came to indianapolis and again met
Harrison and Kitchener, and told them
something be done. They both said they
did not understand that Hill had obtained
money to be used improperly. Hill became
angry and told Harrison and Kitchener it
would not do, that he had fully informed
them his plans, etc. Kitchener then said ::
We will see what can be DONE Thereupon
Hill said to Kitchener: If these prosecu-
lions are pressed defendants and myself
will go to the penitentiary; it can't be
avoided. anu IL go 10 JeHerSOnVlIle you
will go there too, instead of going to
Washington
AT the close of the campaign of 1888
there were O number of men in Indiana
who knew enough of the
THE poINGs OF BENJAMIN HARRISON
in that campaign to have secured his con-
viction had he been indicted for conspiracy,
the object of which was to corrupt and de-
Of Ind OLE :
which the representative in Congress was
waited for, and further aiding, counseling
aud advising thereto"