Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-28
J. p. FITZGERALD.
Farmvllle, Va. October %. $50

Farmvlle. Va, October p, 1896.
Mr.. A. p. Guigon. Attorney at Law Rich
mond, Va:
Dear Sir.-Forgive me for my seeming
neglect. I have not forgotten that owe
YOU a letter Not being on such intimate
terms as you appear TO be with the lead
ers and the Richmond organ OF the Re
publican party. / had not learned until
YOU sent me the clippings from the Rlch-
mond Times upon what the fears OF the
Sound Money League were based. You
seem very firmly 10 believe that what has
been will be again; that in matters con-
corning frauds I'm elections there IS not
and cannot be room for repentance and
reformation, and that to be suspected
and accused is proof positive Of guilt.
Well. il may be so; but, possibly because
l do possess "a heart that is gene
rally charitably disposed" I think other
wise. and believe that the most harden
ed sinner (even against the election laws,
both State and FederaD may reform.
Saul. the prosecutor. became Paul, the
apostle and IL / were 10 believe al that
/ have heard, or even what the records
show, / would be compelled 70 conclude
that the Republican party has called
into the college of it's apostles some who,
in former years. at least, held the gar
ments Of those who stoned 1t and were
consenting TO It's death.
The clippings which you so kindly sent
me. if the accusations therein made be
true, disclose such widespread organiza-
ton for wrong that / could but think
that such organization must have had
its origin, not in the rural districts of
Lunenburg Nottoway. and Henrico but
where organization for good or for evil
is so easily effected-viz.. in some city
and so l began TO see II / could discover,
merely TO crafty my curiosity. whence
such organizations came and whence the
country dodgers learned such tricks.
/ remembered that we. in these recent
years, have learned that many good
things" Sound-Money League. for in
stance. originate not with us. but are
brought TO us from populous centres. and
1 very naturally began to inquire II some
"evil things" might not also reach us In
the same way, and from similar sources.
To my establishment I found that the
counsel of the Sound Money League
Of Richmond, who has shown such
wonderful aptitude in collecting
details of frauds i'm election. and sparks
OF fire ready 10 burst into flame, did not
begin far enough back in his researches
and that the woods Of Lunenburg is not
the place where the fire had its origin.
even If il spread that far in 1894 but
Il.
city of Richmond, under his very nose"
was the place, and the records OF the
Circuit Court of the United States for
the Eastern District of Virginia are those
which disclose when and where this fire
and fame which then consumed the
hopes and now again he fears threaten
10 blast the prospects OF the Republican
marty of Virginia. originated. or at least.
first claimed the attention OF grand
Jury. have also discovered what II
seems. strange as 1t may appear, you
have not discovered. that II may have
been from the records OF that court that
the counsel who defended the Smlther
Judges took the cue to make determined
and persistent technical fight" for | find
that those indictments went off, not on a
plea Of not guilty. but on a motion TO
ouash. And so l cannot repress the sus-
plcion, though am too charitable to be-
lieve, that other things than sound
money leagues. and which. at the same
time, were thought TO. be as good for our
people. as they are now asserted to be-
were imported amongst US. have made