Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-29

strike him with great force and favor.
But 20 their unspeakaUie establishment and
chagriE he actually lead in the movement
% lay the bill aside, aud thereby deprived
tue party of the benefit of the iniquitiOus
measure az the approaching Congressional
elections. They iabOred with him long
aud earnestly. They even threatened him.
| They told him in the bluntest fashion that
the pOstpOnemenJ OF the Force bill until
the next session Of Congress at his in
stance, would not olly cost him his place
at the head OF the National Committee, out
his whole influence with his party besides.
He refused TO yield an inch, however, and
/ held on TO the course he had taken and
sent the Force bill over, as be had planned
! 10 do.
WHY QUAY WAS so SERENE.
It now appears that Quay's serenity IN
der tine terrible ordeal OF party criticism
aud Arrangement through which he passed
was. ia a measure, owing 10 his confidence
10 his ability 10 execute the new plan OF
carrying elections which he had had In
mind for more than year. Hemight have
silenCed many of his critics by taking them
/ into his confidence, for they, like himself,
I had only ultimate success in view and could
/ have been won over TO any plan of par
/ " procedure that promised satisfac-
/ tory results. Their object In press
/ ing the Force bill was not in the
/ hope OF rendering elections any more
/ fair, but because they considered il es-
! sential 10 the bringing Of the South to
| the Republican fold Quay, not whit
more INSCRIPTIONS than they, simply had
/ a plan of his own for keeping the party IN
1 pOwer-a far better plan, he thought than
| tugirs-and being afraid 70 get too many
/ people into the secret, Kept MS peace but
/ pushed his plan and submitted 10 the at
tacks Of his party friends in silence. He
could see the main point OF the game was
I 20 keep faith with the manufacturers, pass
the Tariff bill and make sure Of another
corruption fund The other part Of the
I programme could then be carried out some
what Gt leisure, but in ample time to erect
and even definitely shape the result IN the
next National contest
Hardly was Harrison warm in his chair
before Quay began plotting for 1892, though
+ 10 does not appear that ne had HarriSon's
I success again in view. Even man OF
. Quay's resources has his limitations, and
doubtless the great cOrrupter OF the people
in lSSS felt that he could not hope TO
achieve success again by the same meth
DDS and precisely upon the same lines en-
plOved before. IL would be safer 10 move
in a different way his new inlquities 10
/ perform An attempt repeat his old
mauOevres might be followed By exposure
and disaster. 1t must have been with some
thing of delight. therefore, thai he recelv-
ed tue proposition Of the man Lindsey,
who pointed out how easy it would be
to make the doubtful States reliably Re
publican simply by transfer OF 4 few
thousand Republican negroes from the
South, introduced INTO the different lOcali-
ties 20 take places as laborers. According
to the correspondence which follows, Quay
was instantly struck with the suggestion,
arranged 10 see Lindsey at an early day,
put him at once in communication with
Dudley and ClarksOn, and requested the
payment of a sum Of money TO Lindsey 10
aid in the early inauguration OF the move
ment Quay unQuestionably felt that the
much desired secret OF how to con-
tinue his party ia power had
been found, and that sim
ply bv putting wheels on the suffrage, so
10 speak, in several States, he could ROLL
enough impeCuniOus people about the
country 10 make the result in November,
1892. in every way satisfactory 10 the Re
publicau party. As for the situation in the
extreme South, where the Force bill was
intended TO operate, he cared nothing. AL
he desired was TO stock the doubtful
States with Republican cOlOred voters, and
insure National Republican success again,
q.
ing fat from the manufacturers might so
to the winds.
The man Lindsey, who appears as the
originator Of this scheme, was so greatly
encouraged by QuGy's approval and adop-
ton OF il and BY Quay's promises OF pecu-
MARY assistance that he seems TO have
pushedit with great energy. According
10 his own statement, he conferred with
Republican Congressman from three differ
ent States sought TO be influenced poutl-
cally by his methOds-lndlana, Connect-
cut aud West Virgiuia-and in every case
was met with words OF praise and encour-
avement. All of the Congressman consulted
thought his plan for insuring Republican
success an admirable one, and several OF
them went 50 far as TO put him IN commu-
milton with prominent party workers al
their homes, whose assistance 1t was
THOUGHT necessary to obtain. A notable
convention. according 70 the correspond
erce was that of United States Treasurer
Huston, who was not only most tayoraoIy
impressed with Lindsey's project himself,
but promised 70 lay the matter before the
President and have Mr.. Harrison consider
IL in connection with the poSSlOlIIlles III
Indiann next time
For several months Lindsey's plan has
actually been afoot, and his recent cores
pendence with his deputy, whitehead, IN
dictates that arrangements have already
beep made 20 locate large number OF ne
r-roes in West Virginia as soon as the Con
erressional elections should have passed, so
mat they might be taken from Tennessee
without imperiling the election OF the ne
grO, Cheatnam.
TuE DOCUMENTS IN TIE CASE.
Tho correspondents which follows is
q cor,nlete narrative in itself The lncep-
tion OF the scheme, its approval by quay
and other prominent Republican IeauerS'
lis endorsement bv Representatives In Con-
erress whose political fortunes were 10 oe
forwarded ov IT,, are all clearly set Iortn
bv documentary evidence that cannot DC
rebutted or explained away. Inc Iac
SMILES Of q number or letters constitute
highly interesting exhibit
From the correspondence it appears the
d. Med. Lindsey began his work as long
AGO as Nav -, 1859, when, as he says, ne
5{scpssed his scheme with Edward Nc
Pherson. of PENNSYLVANIA, since chosen 10
be Clerk OF the House Of Representatives.,
Mcpherson referred him 70 Senator quay
VINO Immediately Endorsed the colonization
scheme and referred IL, with MS approval
10 his hepchmen, Clarkson and Dudley.
Lindsey was thoroughly familiar with tue
methods that would carry MS pau
through successfully. MS ISSOAu -
colonizer is one 70 be proud OF. w hen
he undertook this special mission ne Was
Secretary OF the Southern Emi ra tSle
ComDsny He was candidate for Con
c-ress ON the Republican ticket from the
First District of North Carolina In 1870,
bur was defeated. In 1852 be got hinseii
into serious trouble and was accused o.
taking 200 department clerks from WASH
inrton 10 North Carolina to serve as oepu-
~ uarshals. This he did under the alrsc +
ton of j. j. Mott, chairman OF the Sta 70