The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-01
Total subscriptions forwarded

j stated in my first article on the great
Colorado Doodle fund that the miners were
being assessed voluntary contributions, Z"
it is alleged, various sums to swell the
contributions. The item of S2655o, which IS
referred TO above, was deducted from the
October pay rolls. The pay day usually is
in the middle of the month. This was vir-
tually forced contribution. My agent
visited Leadvile and Aspen county. He
was at Georgetown and Idaho Springs He
was informed by a large number of miners
that it was nothing but coercion on the
part of mine superintendent that caused
the money To be taken from their October
pay. The general story was that the
superintendent. or shift bosses, asked indi-
vidual miners to subscribe. There was no
direct threat made. but every man under
stood what the penalty would be in case
of refusal. The amounts from each man
ranged OH the average from 81 to S.; some
gave more. The subscriptions from the So
called free-silver clubs were collected from
organizations that exist in all the towns
ard cities of Colorado. Chairman and
Treasurer Moffat, of the silver committee,
has promised Chairman Jones at Chicago
another remittance by Monday. This was
i'm response to a letter sent by Jones beg
ty. Illinois. Nov /, and 3. My agent per-
sonally read one of these letters signed by
Jones. He telegraphs to-day that the So
liciting committee was very active last
night and this morning. This correspond
cnt will pei sonally vouch for the absolute
accuracy OF the above statement.
From Butte. Mont, my agent. employed
to obtain lists of additional subscriptions
O.
Hitchcock, publisher of the Omaha World
Herald. the newspaper in which Bryan
owns a share, purchased by morey fur
nisbed him by the Bin etallic League, came
secretly to that city last week. He jour-
neyed over the Burlington road to Billings
and thence by the Northern Pacific to
Butte. In company with the editor of a
large silver paper he held conference with
Marcus DAILY of the Anaconda mne
Hitchcock represented that Nebraska was
imperiled and that unless Lincoln and
Omaha were attacked by large sums OF
money they would go for Mckinley. Daily
was in bad humor and talked about The
large amounts of money he had already
given as previously stated by the World.
He finally agreed to give s., 500 on condition
that So 500 more were raised from other
sources in Butte. The amount was speed
ily collected and Hitchcock went to Po-
catello and Ogden. 1t was believed that
he visited Salt Lake and Denver on his re-
turn journey to Omaha, but my agent
could only make general statement On
this point. From Omaha 1 learned that
Hitchcock arrived and had given out to
inner Bryan circles that he had a large
amount of money to use in Lincoln and
Omaha election day.
The above is an accurate statement. 1t
will thus be seen that the total of the
great Doodle fund, unearthed by the Word.
amounts to about 81 .aOo.c coo. follows: Col
orado. SOS, $3.50; Montana, up to Oct. IA,
as published in the World. $ess. 900. Since
that time there have been taken from the
wages of miners in the Anaconda mine,
and other mines. on the monthly pay roll,
Oct. 10 and collected from other sources,
about $4,000. This d. not include the
amount especially given TO Hitchcock tor
use I'm Nebraska Utah subscriptions from
mine owners. merchants and others inter-
estsd In silver. and collected from ray Of