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

during the week i'm ediately preced ding
and on the day of election. 1t is also well
known that Mr.. Harrison, in the Denison
hotel, counseled and advised with large
numbers of republican politicians from all
over the state regarding the use oil money
at the election, and that he told them in
so many words that it would be necessary
TO do this to save the electoral vote of In
diana. Workers were brought together
by the hundred to hear these statements
from the lips OF the republican
candidate. Spies, Parsons ct al. the
anarchists hanged at Chicago, suffered
because, in public speech, they had adj
vised a resort to force as a means of bet
tering the condition of the working people
and redressing their wrongs. They had
nothing directly to do with the throwing
OF bombs in the Haymarket. All during
the campaign OF 1888 Benjamin Harrison
counseled regarding the use of money at
the election with men who afterward went
out and bought, or superintended the get
ting Of, votes. Moreover, Mr.. Harrison,
through his agents, supplied men with
the money with which they made the
purchases. For instance:
Matt Hill chairman of the republican
committee in Monroe county, and Joseph
q, McPheeters of the same county came
1883 and saw Gen. Harrison and Mich
ener. Hill told them his plans of oper-
alton in his county and the amount of
money he would need to put it through,
buyiag votes, etc. Harrison and Mich
ener were satisfied. and said Hill should
have the money and it was gwen him.
Just before he received il, however,
Harrison left the room, saying it might be
as well If he was net present when the
money was paid.
HnI and Harrison
"After election number of men in Mon
roe county, who had been influenced by
the money obtained by Hill and some who
had aided him in his management, were
indicted by the federal grand jury. Hill
then came to Indianapolis and again met
Harrison and Michener told them what
had occurred, and demanded that some-
thing be done. They both said they did
not understand that Hill had obtained the
money TO be used improperly. Hill be
came angry; tod Harrison and Michener
that would not do; that he had fully in
formed them of his plans, etc. Michener'
then said: We will see what can be
done
"Thereupon Hill said to Michener: IF
these prosecutions are pressed the defend
ants and myself will go to the peniten-
tiary; it can't be avoided, and ii go to
Jacksonville you will go there too in
stead of going to Washington
"The visit of Law Partner Miller and
Russell Harrison to Chicago in quest of
funds few days before the presidential
election need not be recalled here. At
the close of the campaign OF 1883 there
Wara a r11r1 har Of man in Indiana WbO
knew enough of the doings of Benjamin
Harrison in that campaign to have secured
| his conviction, had he been indicted for
conspiracy, the object of which was to
corrupt and debauch the voters of Indi-
ana, at an election of which a representa-
tive in congress was voted for, and further
aiding, counseling and advising thereto.
If Dudley Had been Indicted.
Samuel Z. Perkins, Simeon Coy, Henry
| Spaan, John III. Counselman, Charles n.
| Metcan w. A. F. Bernhamer and John
L. Reardon were jointly indicted for con-
spring to accomplish a certain object,
their purpose not being, however, to affect
| the congressional election. Dudley's in
dictment under the firstc barge of Judge
| Woods was certain. A certain republican
| member OF the grand jury stated before the
| Christmas HOLIDAYS that an indictment
| would positively be returned against Dud-
| ley. If Dudley had been indicted. facts
would have been elected that would have
| compelled the indictment of Benjamin
Harrison, and the proof could have been
brought much closer to him than TO Dud-
| ley, independently of the evidence that
the explosion of Dudley's dynamite
would have furnished. The outlook to
Benjamin Harrison Immediately following
his election was really most distressing.
| That he comprehended the situation and
| realized that Dudley's dynamite was d-
rected at him, brief glance at few facts
in the history of the federal courts OF In
diana will show conclusively:
First, Benjamin Harrison is lawyer,
| and it Is conceded on all sides that he is a
very able one. He is familiar with the
| practice of the federal courts and espe-
cially with the criminal practice. He
was counsel for the government in the
| Jennings county case when certain men
were indicted for conspiracy to corruptly
| influence the election of q member of con-
| gress. These men were, of course, demo-
Gratis. Judge Gresham presided in the
| trial of these cases and was savagely eriti-
| cised by Mr.. Harrison because he dis
charged the jury that had been packed by
4 republican OepuIE y. >. mar
shall, and ordered new venire to be COM
| posed of half democrats and half repub-
licans. These trials resulted in the con-
viction of one democrat.
| The Cases of $50.
Coming down TO the election frauds in
Marion county in 1886, the grand jury
having failed to indict, proceedings were
begun before U. S. Commissioner
Van Buren,. The defendant, Perkins,
raised the question of jurisdiction by
means OF petition for habeas corpus.
Judge Gresham held, on the facts as
stated, that there was no offense against
the United States, it being clear and
manifest that the only purpose of the
crime alleged was to affect the election OF
q criminal judge in Marion county. For
this decision Judge Gresham was roundly
| denounced. w. II. II. Miller was
counsel for the government in
this proceeding. The effort to Sc
cure the indictment of Perkins, Gov
ct al. for conspiracy was continued in the
hope that Judge Gresham's decision
might be got around in some way. 1t will
be remembered that Miller was particu-
larly active in this enterprise. The result