The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31
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fact Of a good organiza ZION VIII dcIer
lawless bodies from attempting to lie"
fraud the people at Lhc polls.
Additional conversation, March y, 1878.
Sccretary-Mr. President, have you
determined how you will "eim bursc MI
Cook for the money furnished i2sS Oc-
tobcr?
Prcsidcnt-Yes, I have. The bishop
has suggested Rev. j. Hale Barney 10
act as secretary in the matter. APP
point him Immediately. and as our
mails are so large aud go to clerks to
be arranged and brefed before w" see
them, YOU will have all letters on The
subject addressed TO him. Call upon
our friends, and allow no one to contrib
ute over $40, and, to prevent publicity
and trouble, direct the remittance to
be made by single so rte Regis
tered letters, drafts or express would
necessarily tend to publicity, Mr.. SEC
rotary, you will make an alphabetical
list of every contributor, 10 winch we
can hereafter refer.
Confidential Circular No. 10.
Executive Mansion, Washington,
April 5, 1878.
"Thc annexed conversations arc sub
mittcd to the friends of the president
in confidence. Our friends can address
Rev. j. Hale Barney, WHO is Temporarily
secretary in that behalf Any enc hav-
ing conscientious convictions against
contributing need only silently decline.
The president has acted IN good faith
and confidently relies upon an active
and cheerful assistance Suppose roth
ing had been done and the state of af-
fairs existing In Louisiana had more ox-
tcnsively prevailed, what would have
been the resut9 Read carefully the
president S views and act IS your judg-
mcnt dictates. remembering this sub.
Ject is confidential and known only to
three persons besides the president and
that whatever is sent should he III cur
rency in the inclosed envelope. Very
respectfully, o h, BABCOCK,
".Sccretary.
With the above circular was also in.
closed the following letter for return
after being filed out:
"Rcv. j. Hale Barney, cx-Secrctary,
etc, Washington. d. C.
"Sir-Please find inclosed so in cur
rency which you can apply in any way
YOU think necessary for the good Of the
cause Yours truly
With this letter was an envelope ad-
dressed as follows:
"Rev. j. Hale Barney, Executive See
rotary, etc, 2l26 Sixth street, n. w,
Washington. d. CO
1t is scarcely necessary to say that
the foregoing circulars had been con
cocted for the purpose of obtaining con
tributlons from the appointees of the
president. The Rev. j Hale Barney was
discovered in the person of one Colonel
Pardel, who had recklcssly assumed the
role of a clerical gentleman for the pur-
pose of making money. The circulars
turned over to me were a source of great
annoyance 10 the president, General
Bahcocll and Senator Morton. Although
the scheme was a foolish one, it was one
of the boldest swlndlcs of n pecuniary
and political character that ever came
up In Washington. 1t involved no less
than three kinds of crime-uslng the
mails for fraudulent purposes, forgery
and obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. The president was quite indig.
nant. 1t was not alone a reflection upon
him personally, but upon his administra-
ton
Many of the postmasters in the south
and west receiving these circulars remit
ted the amount called for at once. 9th
ers were surprised and doubtful as to
their genuineness and forwarded them
to the president with a letter Of in.
quiry. Taken altogether it was most
remarkable affair planned and carried
out in q reckless manner. The report
of the detectives sent 10 capture the
schemer furnishes chapter of racy
reading.
1t was discovered that a lady who
rented furnished rooms at No. A2C