The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-20
THIRD EDITION.
The ..liuslI,abelir Letter.


Tho city was probably never more
stirred up over a subject OF political
bearing than Ii has been since the RE-
FuBIIcAN came out last evening con-
tnag Governor Reynolds injudicious
Latter to john #. Dickey, In reference
10 the par don of the unfortunate
young man, William Calhoun, now
confined In New Castle jail.
There is only one sentiment in re
gard to the letter, and that Is that both
Governor Reynolds and his New Cas-.
tie lieutenant John 4. Dickey lost
their heads. the first in writing It at
all and the latter in letting 1t pass in
to the hands OF an unfriendly person.
A prominent Democrat being asked
this morning what he thought of 1t,
said; why. | think that commls-
sion OF lunatlco inQuirendo should
sit upon Boz Reynolds to see II he
were not more of fit subject foran
Insane asylum than the Governors
chair
How about Dickeyg"
Oh, we'll as for Dlckey, nobody Is
surprised about.him. Reynolds appoint
! cd linn to do just such work.
My 9odpi said another. to think that
Bob Reynolds would write letter
like thuti Why 1t Is nothing more nor
less than oifer to pardon sconvicts III
exchange for votes for the Democratic
ticket"
Il have heard OF good many low
things in politics, said well-known
citizen this morning. but this goes
clear down to the bottom. A pretty
pair. Reynolds and Dickey, barterlng
In the exchange of convict pardons
for votes to elect Dickey receiver of
taxes
Have you really got the original
that Governor Reynolds wrote TO
Dickeyf" asked gentleman of the
representative Of the REPUBLICAN this
morning,
''Ipdeed have" was tho reply, shat
is, put 1t away in place of safe keep
ing. where can get 1t any time. You
wouldn't catch me carrying such q
document around in my pockets.
1T Is already photographed, will be
Autographed in a day or two anu then
1t will appear In tho REpu iLICAN YER
batim ct literaLum. including State
house picture and State coat OF arms.
The farmer In the latter standing by
tie pillow. looks as II he hung his head
and was little ashamed OF the ig-
noble purpose for which no was used"
This knocks Dickey out" said n
ID moernt this morning, who was
Known not to be very farolably liz
clined to tho boss. 'aGorernor Rey-
nolds might have known that Diekey
would lead him Into trouble Hhen lie
appointed him. But then it serves
him about right
Various estimates of the amount of
harm the exposure will DO to Dlckay
IN his canvas Tor votes TO be elected
Receiver of Taxes have been made,
Some say II will knock him out 800
votes, others place the number as high
as 1000, and there are those who say
he should withdraw from the ticket.
William Calhoun, tile young man
whose pardon Governor Reynolds pro-
posed to barter for votes for John T.
Dickey, is about % years old. He was
9onvicted in the November term, lssS,
+ OF felonious assault upon an old
German woman named Catherine GIz,
and WAS sentenced TO be hanged. There
was so much doubt about his guilt
TINT Ex-Governor Biggs was easily in
duorG to commute his sentence to i'm
prisonment for fifteen years.l
Farther Investigation showing that
Calhoun's offence did not warrant
even that punishment. geiTortJ have
been made to have him pardoned III
he has been III Jail nearly four years.
The man referred to in Governor
Reynolds letter MS having been par.
uuleu Ill HtCDTldiIte Win lub unutE'
standing between himself and DiekeS
at Chicago, was Patrick Dugnn, age
20 years, residence d street, Soutl
Wilmington, who ON June IL wa,
sentenced by Judge Ball in the City
Court to one months imprisuIlmeu
far assault and battery ON his wife. Ht
had not Teen in jail more than half hi
term before he was pardoaed.
The petition FOR tile pardon of Cal
houn was Signed by over 5000 persons
besiJes "A large number of person
wrote letters 10 tho Governor In hi
behalf. That lie should have baei
par, oned there is no DOUBT, and tia
he wutlld have been pardoned Their
seems to be no doubt had John I
Dick Il not been alr,,id that his pardo
wou Sentlrhim in hts canvass 70
woes TO be elected Receiver ot Taxes