The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1893-10-26
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DICK and
PHILLIPS.
The Denials DisproVen
By Their Own
Writing.
The Scheme and the Proof Fully
Set Forth.
Denial Will Go For Nothing in the
Future.
Will Governor Mckinley Dare to Permit
Major Dick to Manage His Cam
paign After This?
Denial Will Go For Nothing in the
Future.
will Governor Mckinley Dare to Permit
Major Dick to Manage His Cam
paign After This?

On the 14th day of September, 1898,
in his opening speech at Newark, u,
Col. w. A. Taylor, the democratic can
didate for rlieutenant-Governor, startled
not only the soldiers of Ohio, but all
honest fair-minded citizens as well, by
exnosine Il most hideous scheme,
hatched in the rooms of the republican
state executive committee, which was
to serve the double purpose OF deceiv-
ing and swindling the deihocratic sol
diers of the state out of their votes and
at the same time rob every soldier and
every soldiers widow and every de-
pendant orphan out of ten cents each,
which, in the aggregate, would amount
to tens of thousands of dollars.
This expose is best given in Col Tay-
lor's own eloquent words as follows:
"And now let me give you speci-
men of the love of those sleek repub-
lican politicians for the soldier and his
father or mother and his widow and
his orphan. One Charles W. F. Dick,
chairman of the republican state exec
utive committee, has entered into part
nership with one Henry D. Phillips, a
pension attorney, of Washington, DC,
under which Mr.. Dick agrees to put the |
circular of Phillips in the hands of ev.
cry soldier, every deceased soldiers |
widow or father or mother, and every |
deceased soldiers minor child or guard |
ian in the state of Ohio.
'.In this circular are sixteen ques-
tions with blanks left for answers. The
answers will show the military services
of every soldier who responds and
what right to pension the other re-
spondents have, if any, and what right
to pension or an increase of pension
the soldiers may have.
Give two-cent stamps must accom-
pany each answer.
''There are at least 400, 600 men. wom-
en- and children in Ohio to whom these
blanks can and will be sent. Suppose
that one-half of them should fill out
the circular, and it is likely that pnm-
ber will, if they are not warned by
what am now saying and enclose the
stamps, what will the pension agents
harvest be?
"The mere trifle of $50 900. Only seo.-
900 for the privilege of filing up Mr..
Henry D. Phillips circular and return
it at their own expense!
'The opulent pension sharks have in
vented good many schemes for work
ing the soldier and the widow and the
orphan, but this is the worst of all of
| them!
"Just how the partnership fund is to
be divided I don't know, but it is fair
| 10 \, iui1
| will give $1,000 to Politician Dick and
! so, 900 to the opulent pension attorney,
Phillips!
"What beautiful scheme to fry s10,'
600 worth of fat out of the old soldiers
and widows and orphans to run the re.
publican campaign in Ohio, and $4,000
to pay for champaign and terrapin at
Chamberlain's, and Welcher's, and
Wormley's in Washington.
| "And what will the 200, 900 victims
profit by their $50, 900? Nothing. Their
members in Congress will gladly fur
nish them all the information without
demanding the 100000"
What reply did Messrs. Dick and Phil
lips make to these charges?
At first Maj. Dick threatened to have
Col Taylor arrested for criminal libel,
but thought better of it
Then they each wrote letters de-
nouncing Col Taylor as a liar in all
things that he had said. Dick wrote
and declared that he knew nothing of
Phillips, never had heard of him and
never had any communication with
him.
I hot ho
had never heard of Dick, knew nothing
about him, had never communicated
with him, and then they both united in
denouncing Col. Taylor as conscience
less liar, and published their joint pro-
duction in such republican newspapers
as would give it space.
| In the face of the above letter (given
in type below, also) in what light does
Chairman Dick stand as a man of truth?
His denial of Col Taylor's charge was
as unequivocal as words could make it
When he penned that denial he knew
he was uttering falsehood. He stands
before the people of this state as the
representative of the republican or
ganization, and he stands before the
people of this state as convicted liar.
Never in the history of politics in Ohio
has the chairman of the executive COM
,nittee of either party, prostituted his
high Office for the furtherance of
scheme whereby he was to be enriched.
The scheme of Phillips & Dick is not
elevated above petit larceny. Its sole
object was to secure ten cents in post
age stamps from the living soldiers,
and if dead from their widows, their
orphans and their parents. 1t is nefa-
rious to the highest degree, and de-
serves the condemnation, not only of
the soldiers, but of every honest man
in the state Maj. Dick ought to be
driven from the craftsmanship he has
dishonored, and should be execrated by
every honest man in the state. The
following is the Phillips letter in cold,
plain type
CLAW OFFICES Fl, D. PHILLIPS,
| ''TRENToN, N. j., July 81. 1898.
"MY DEAR MAJoR:-As l wrote you
! Yesterday we are agreed
"There are 5 things the W state
ment, ~ the law slip, (3) the letter,
(4) the envelope % the stamp. As
understand you, l am to furnish and
! write the ietter nave Sl'lr tea on tnlS-
Have 40 girls to work and will report
later progress of the work.
81 enclose CD and (2).
~ costs me SLIGO per m. (2) 81 per IN.
f3) letter heads like this 90c. per N, (D
envelopes not printed 81. 13 per m, same
quality as what encloses this letter.
1T is essential that ~ and (2) shall
be same type and quality of paper as
sample. have it heavy young card
board-so that soldier can keep it and
show it around as he undoubtedly wil.
81 have concluded that a plain en-
yelope will answer as well as Il printed
one, but it must te larre enough to
hold the matter we lsha i put into it.
1.-THE NO. OF ALI. WILL DEFEND ON