New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-16
THIS LETTER UAS NEVER ANSWERED.
WHAT MR.. MILHoLLAND WROTE IN REGARD TO
HIS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION IN THE
XITH DISTRICT

statement has been made charging that John
r. Miholland had subscribed 500 to the Repub-
hcan campaign of the Xlth Assembly District
las; fall. but had failed to make good his con-
uibuion. In reply. Mr. Mllho.and has made public
the following letter on the subject, written soon
after the election to which he received answer
from the person addressed
mo G5 Madison-ave.,' NewYork. Nov. %, 1892.
MIR George h. Morris No. 81 Wall-st.:
'My Dear Sir: do not suppose that you really
intended to be nsolent or insulting in your let
ter Of the 18Th inst Ny suppositiOn may be err
roneous for it is based Simply the fact that your
conduct in dealing with people heretofore far as
| have observed. has always been unobiection-
able You may be forti;or in re- of tina, cannot
speak, but certainly can testify that have found
YOU suavter in modo. Hence I quite unpre-
pared to received such remarkable note from you
and. had not recalled your courteous ways in the
past, should have obeyed my first impulse and
have answered your letter as ! prompted to
do by the feeling which it aroused. Rejecting
however. that you wrote you did because you did
know any better. l will reply to you calmly
dispassionae.y. and with the utmost good nature.
You say that you feel justified in assuming that
l incurred no such expense 500 in the late cam
paign in this Assembly District. The ground for
this assumption on your part. l gather from
your letter is that did not give you the money to
spend, nor have l yet shown you how spent 1t.
might ask who are you that should render an ac-
count Of my campaign work but recall the fact
that agreed do so. and since You raise the ques
tion l Will take great pleasure in going over the
accounts with you. Not only that, bat l Will make
it an object for you to examine them.
You are trying to raise money for the District
Association Very well, | will make this means
for You to add snug little sum to your exchequer.
"A dim and iwinkling suspicion of a is quoted
in your letter as SAVING that he would give s25 in
addition to the sum he had already given II he
could be assured that had really contributed 500
at and say that II he Will extend that offer
so as to make it apply to every hundred that
friends toward the election Of Air.. Shefiied viii
submit my statement of campaign contributions
sistng Of Colonel Bliss and Mr. Hedges, and agree
TO abide by their findings. That Is to say: II they
Outside de- the district say 500 then Mr. Peabody
shall pay to the associa or less or greater
is that Mr.. Peabody shall make his acceptance Of
the proposition in writing duly witnessed MY
knowledge OF his character makes this precauuon
IF he Will accept this proposition, will take
equal pleasure in showing you my figures soon
as l get my handbook balanced You call at
The Tribune office any afternoon your way up
to me at any reasonable hour. and l Will show you
what / spent for Mr.. Sheffield. but after that If
you still think l should contribute to the organza-
1t is amazing presumption on your part to write
me such letter, when you know perfectly well, If
you know anything about ,he campaign at all, that
all the really effective practical work among the
colored men was done by myself ana at my own
expense. and. furthermore that paid every dCl,
lar for the meetings and parades that were held
the Moorhead movement would have collapsed had
It not been FOR myself and one or two friends The
landslide % course, made the Moorhead movement
Of less Importance than II really was hut had me
from Scannell would have settled the election.
IF you have any doubts as 10 It's value you had
better consult with Colonel Bliss us conviction was
his faith by his works. though his contributon
not half as much as was Was. given sil by per-
JOHN f. NuLHOL1.AND."