Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-29
FRYING THE FAT.
H0W PRESIDENT HARRISON, WHO IS NAN
AGING HIS OWN
CAMPAIGN, Proposes to Secure the Presidency-Ihe
Same Ola Plans Being FollOwsd-Wherin
The Methods Of This Year Correspond TO
Those Of 1890 and 1888

NEW York, September 27.-The Re-
pubhcans have completed their plans
TO buy the coming election. They
bought that Of 1850, they bought that Of
1855. and they hope TO buy this Of 1892.
Much Of the money has been collected
aud the brides will soon be ready. Al.
ready the bribers have been gathered
and await only the word TO 90 forth.
Ten days ago Chairman Hackett, OF
the Republican State Executive Com
mittee, sent all over the State for the
names of corruptible Democrats. he
has now list OF Democrats who, In
his own words, "can be induced 70 vote
the Republican ticket this fall"
With this list, with the money that Is
being raised ia Pennsylvania aud with
Dave Martin 20 direct operations, the
Republicans believe they will carry
New York.
And Benjamin Harrison Is managing
his own campaign!
The good ordinary Republican citizen,
the man who votes 'COnsCientiOusly and
has faith and trust 10 the integrity OF
his leaders, will be angry when be
reads the above paragrsphs-he will be
hot and indignaut-he will call the
statements ubelS. The good Repu6li-
can will feel thus only because be has
a short memory. He has forgotten
that the mau for whom ne voted for
Vice-President in 1850. Chester A. Ar
tbur,af5erwards President of the United
States. said of February IL, 1881, az a
famous banquet at belmont cos:
don't think we had better 90 into the
minute secrets of the campaign, so far as
know. because I see the reporters present.
Indiana was really, / suppose, a
Democratic State. 10 had always oeeu put
down iu the book as q State that might be
carried oy close and careful and perfect or
ganiZatiOn and a great deal Of-(n the
momentary pause of the speaker was filled
in by a CRY of soap LRUghter) l see the
reporters here and therefore will simply
say that everybody showed "a great deal Of
interest in the occasion aud distributed
tracts and political documents all through
the country. Laughter. If it were not FOR
the reporters, / would TELL you the truth,
because j know you are intimate triendS
and devoted adherents Of the Republican
party Speaking seriously, gen
tlemen, that Maine reverse did create a
great impression and awakened public
feeling. and instead OF being a damper 70
our hopes it proved a great aid as matters
developed and tle gentlemen tH NclC York
tgh0 stood dl me bach 0f The National Commit
Tee responded So litrGlly that Nv. Dorsey,
lCith his muichlsss sk1l, cool head and ron
derfll c0urugs lcIS able o. sGCs, not merely
Indimla and through 20 The state Of N6,U
York, bat The Nation.
A nati0u saved by Soap"
That "Mr. Dorsey" was stephen w.
Dorsey, subsequently tried IN Washing
ton for swlndling the Government aud
whitewashed. Here is his own state
ment about his matchleSS skill, pub
lished in the Chicago Herald, never de-
MED:
A finance committee was formed, con-
sisJing of the very best citizens OF New
YORK and Boston, with power TO raise all
the money they could aud disourse the
same under the direction OF their Chair
man, the Hon. Levi =. Morton.
RepOrter-Was the expenditure made
mostly In the campaign ia Indiana and
Ohioi
Ex-senator Dorsey - Very largely.
About $500 900 was used there. Among the
important end probably most CfCctiUC lr0rs
iCaS that done iIl NclC York and Kings. These.
of course, include the TWO great cities OF
New York and Brooklyn. We cut the
ties 1000 and by that means got the State
by 10000 majority. They tGlk Of jHe lC0rt
in Indidn0. 10 iCdc not patch % that in
NeiC York. jrhCre our chief Implements lCsrS
hot ,cOrk. sharp trades and quiet bGrgIinS and
4 GOLDEN STREAM from StcpheHs0H's
bank.
Read that, good Republican citizenl
Half million 10 Indiana. A golden
stream 60 New York and Kings.
So much for the bought election OF
1850!
Now for the bought election Of 1ssS.
Matthew 5. Quay has matches
skill" In bribery and political villainy.
Ae was managing the campaign for
Benjamin Harrison.
Harrison himself was ia the $500, 600
Ihdiana campaign, aud they think he
is a pretty sharp politician out in Iu-
diana.
Ii was evident early that 1855 was to
be a money fight. Levi L. Morton,
who raised the money in 1850 lsee Dor
sey interview above) was candidate for
Vice President. He raised another mil
lion in New York aud Boston.
One million was not enough. The
rich manufacturers had been threaten
"a by James 2. Foster, President OF
the Republican League, that the Fat
would be fried out OF them. 1t was
time 20 fry. Matthew 5. Quay sent for
John Wanamaker. Let John tell the
tale.
When Quay sent for me was surprised.
] had no more idea OF what be wanted with
me than you might have If he telegraphed
for you. But / knew he was not the kind
Of q man 70 send for me unless he had i'm
portrait bushes with me so i went Then
he told me that the National Republican
Committee needed money and his scheme
for my raising iL j at first declined 20
have anything 70 do with IT, He
urged the matter, told me why hs fclt sure
Of carrying the election if DC hIQ tbC money.
Even then I hesitated, and asked three
weeks for consideration. He agreed,
aud I talked with our leading manu-
facturers-men whose names are the best
in the land-such men as Washourne and
Amos Lawreuce'S grandson and dozen
others / could name men who would never
have given q dollar for dishonest useS, even
IL had been willing 90 ask it-and az the
end Of the three weeks I told Quay would
undertake 20 raise the money IL be would
allow us to establish a Manufacturers BIZ
reqlt and have q voice in the disposition or
the money. don't mean that lre insisted on
Enoirfrg irhat iras done Nth eUery dollar lf
h danf toalt % knOlC When | sell a
sniff Of clothes don't insist upon being told
inst where these clothes are going. My re-
sp0nsibility ceases when i furnish good
article az g fair price. WHAT 1 dld insist
mon was that should be aoie 70 satisfy
lie men who trusted me with their money
that it was used for &c purposes Tor which
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