Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1887 — ROBINSON DIVULGES. [ARTICLE]

ROBINSON DIVULGES.

Read statement commencing on next column It was probably well for him tha he dv' not m ke known the probable time when he would change his vote. — Some stalwart crank Guiteau might have been pitted against him.

Adjutant General Drum, whose re lommen ation for tbe return of captured flags has caused a commotion and aroused the virtuous indignation of the republican leaders, is a native of Somerset county, Pa., a life-long Republican, and was appointed Adjutant General by Mr. Garfield. If our memory serves us correctly he served with distinction in the war with Mexico as well as in the war for the Union.

The republican press is in great tribulation over th unfortunate position in which their General Carnahan is placed by the republican grand jury of the Fed ral court. Every week they proclaim with vehement indignation that their brother, if guilty at all, is guilty only of an “unintentional, technical violation of law.” It migh possibly be as well for them to leave the matter in the hands of the court and jury to determine.

It seems that President Cleveland gave car to the representa' ions of Adjutant General Drum, that the captured flags— Ution and rebel—were promiscuously piled away in the department, and Dj provision made by Congress for their preservation. General Drum suggested that the flags be returned to the respective States—north and south —to which they belonged.— Without giving the proposition due consideration the President acquiesced, but made no order to carry it out. We have some excessively ‘loil’ individuals in every community all over this broad land, and to such tbe prop sed return of the flags acted as a fire-brand. Their loyalty, which, as a rule consists of blatant boastings and fierce denunciations, before the war led them to denounce any further union with slaveholders; to declare the flag “a flaunting lie”, the Constitution “a covenant with death”, and the Union ‘in league with hell;” to express a cheerful consent “under certain contingencies to let the Union slide,” etc. Gen oral Commander|of the G. A. R., Fairchild, at a Grand Army meeting in New York, gave vent to his loyalty in| the following: “May God palsy the hand that wrote the order! May God palsy the brain that conceived it, and may God palsy the tongue that dictated it!” W orm lozenges might afford relief to the valiant general.

Indianapolis News: Chairman Huston, of the republican state central committee, is in the city today. “You have heard of the president’s flag orier?” “Yes. In my opinion it will be worth five thousand votes to us in Indiana.” With these verv “loyal” (?) gentlemen “the wish is father to he thought.” In the abeve expression the ex-soltiier c n readily discover the estimation in which he is held by these creatures. Their sole prayer is that something may be dore o drive votersjinto t\e publ.Cvia ranks.

The Member From Clay Reveals , the Dirty Conspiracy to ReElect Harrison—H* Tells for the First Time Why He Abandoned Allen and Voted for Tur pie. Piomineat LocalGreenbackers Accused of Receiving Directions From the Republicans— How Glover, Cates and Mackey Were Employed by Chairman Huston to Gain lime in Harrison’s Behalf. Indianapolis Sentinel: The Indianapolis Journal yesterday, in its report of the first day’s proceedings of the State Assembly, Knight’s or Labor, printed the following paragraph: “Master 'Workman JohnT. iaylor presided, and Thomas Gruelle, editor of the Labor Signal, acted as secretary. Considerable time was spent in e. amining the credentials of the delegates, but they were all admitted. F. J. Robinson, of Clay County, and of legislative fame, aoplied for admission as a guest. There was a long debate about allowing him to participate in the proceedings, in view of his treachery to the party in the senatorial contest last winter, but he was finally admitted over the protest of nearly all the|delegates from this city. He received very t 00l treatment from the majority of the delegates. ‘Whatever you do don’t men Jon that he was present,’ siad one of the prominent members last even’ng, ‘for we do not want the people to know that we let him in.’ ” There was absolutely no truth in this, it w. s such an uncalled-for falsehood that at yesterday morning’s session of the assembly a resolution was passed severely denouncing the Journal for its libel and charging that the Journal had been actuated by pol tical motives n the matter. A clause of the resolution provided that it should be printed in the Evening News yesterda , in order that the assembly’s exoneration of Mr. Robinson shoul be placed before the public as soon as possible. Before tne resolution was passed it was moved that the word “press” should be substituted for “Journal,” but it was voted down. It was subsequently moved that the “Sentinel” be added, but a delegate submitted a copy of the Sentinel 1> show that its report was free of offense. The resolution was, therefore, adopted as submitted. Mr. T. M. Gruelle, the secretary, states he gave it to the News to print, but that paper instead”of giving it in full garbled it, om.tting all reference to the Journal. Mr. Gruelle l of course was pressed for an ex planation last night by the dele gates, but he could only state that he had given the resolution to the News. He was then asked for another copy, in ord* r that the resolution could be printed in the morning papers, but his surprising answer was that he had given the News the original resolution, and, the News office being closed, he could not get at it. Therefore, between Mr. Gruelle on the one hand and the News on the other, Mr Robinson has thus far been deprived of that public exoneration which the State Assembly has endeavored to give him, and the Journal libel is allowed to speed over the State vithout the distinct denial of the assembly to correct it. A Sentinel reporter saw Mr. Robinson last night and asked him what he had to say of the outrageous treatment to which he had been subjected. “The cause of the Journal’s animosity ” said Mr. Robinson, “is the vote I cast for David Turpie for United States Senator in the Legislature last winter, thereby defeating Benjamin Harrison for re-election. To begin at the beginning, when it was discovered after the November election that the Repu» lican party had failed by two to elect a sufficient number of Senators and Representatives to injure General Harrison’s re-elec-tion, a deep conspiracy was laid.— The Republican State Central Committee con eluded th at, in the event. f the failure of the plan by which enough Democrats were to be unseated to give th* 3 Republicans a majority, the thing to do I was to delay the election as long ns | possible, in odor that it ( might. have time t> ;.ork s.ut any nefari-

ous plot that might have to be con- 1 cocted. As a first step, there was ' organized an ostensible Greenback ' headquarters in Indianapolis, at which Messrs. Brovse, Meddert and Douglas were always to be found. This was done, I presume, becau e I had refused to go into a Democratic caucus and had expressed myself as in favor of a Greenbacker. Representatives Glover, Cates and Macxey, acting under the direction of Republican State Central Committee, as I have every reason to believe, came to me and agreed to vote for Captain Allen, of Terre Haute, for Senator. I at first supposed they were entirely in earnest. I now believe they were continual y in direct communication with the Republican State Central Committee. I made a compact with Mackey that Meagher of Terre Haute, a Democrat and Knight of Labor, sho’d not be thrown out. This compact Mackey broke, and I then began to suspect that all was not fair. As the session wore or, word was brought to me that the Republicans would ultimately leave General Harrison and come over in a body to Allen, as soon as two ‘preacher cranks,’ as they were called, could be induced to vote for him. On the Sunday prior to the election of Turpie a conference was held in the private room of Mr. Huston, at the New Denison Hote , at which several Knights of Labor and Greenbackers were present. Mr. Huston was there reminded by Mr. Mort Rankin, of Terre Haute, that the Republicans had been enabled to elect several Congressmen by the assistance of the elements he represented. Mr. Huston then remarked, in response to an inquiry as to the likelihood

that the Republicans would come over to Allen, that he would consult with them and see what they would do, but urged the committee which had called upon him to hold me to Allen until the following Friday. This conversation wa* reported to me, but th 3 impression was made upon my mL cl that Huston had made the promise without any reservation s. I subsequently learued the truth that Huston had not been quite so explicit. But at the moment I promised nothing, yet learned afterward it was reported to Huston that I would hold out. By this time I had discovered the gime that was going on. Glover had confirmed my suspicions by breaking the quorum at the t : me when the Republicans got mixed over their pairs and weie afraid to risk a vote. Without giving anybody warning, instead of waiting until Friday, 1 cist my vote for Turpie on Wednesday, and thereby upset all the plans of the conspirators, and to the great disappointment of the Republican State Central Committee and Messrs. Brouse, Meddert Douglas, et al. I had long before dropped to the fact that every proposition that came to me from Glover, Cates ; nd Mackey contemplated a change from Allen to a Republican. No + once was a Democrat suggested save by me, and when I did so they refused to accede. I now believe the policy of the Republican Central Committee was to keep me >oting for Allen until either some Democrats mis ed a roll-call, or two or three Democrats could binduced to vote for Harrison or some other Republican and that in this scheme the Republican State Central Committee received the support of Messrs. Brouse, Meddert and Douglas, who, as I am convinced, obtained the funds for keeping up headquarters from Republican sources. It is because I discovered the character of the conspiracy, and immediately on so doing threw my vote to Turpie, that the Journal now endeavors tu cast opprobrium upon me. Mackey was continually consulting Hus-

on, and on one occasion I was threaten d witii personal violence by one of the persons whos names I have mentioned. Vv hen I saw that men who to the public appeared as working for Captain Alien had sold out and were simply scheming in the Republican interest, I at once saw my danger and refused lonizer to be made a tool to serve t :eir villainous ends. I know that some of the very men whom I have mentioned had in the PeelleB\ num campaign received a promise of $1,200 if they would control the Greenback vote in the interest of Feelie, and of this amount S3OO was actually paid. 1 declined, therefore, on the discovery of these things, to travel any further i the same boat * Illi them. To show that, c mlr.'ir: to the Journal s statement , - am uvt in chsfu or

with the Knights of Labor at my home, I can point to the fact that I was one of the marshal® on the occasion of a parade of the Knigh s ; n my town a few days ago, and have bee- inured to address an assembly* at Knightstown. It was also a fact that, ouring the legislative session, Glover suddenly went down in my district. As a result of his visit I received numerous telegrams and letters from Repu licans, urging me tosti.kto Allen. There were many episodes Oi that character -hich revealed tn me the character of the Republic" can plot.”

A Bearded Sheepman.—A sheep raiser of Runnels count,-, Texas, has a beard five feet and four inches long and twenty-one inches vide in its broadest part. It is of a lich chestnut color, and its owner is very proud of it. —Philadelphia Post

The above was clipped from the Post some time ago and we sup* posed it mean v our friend Tillory's b ard, bn* last Saturday the owner, Mr. Keith, of > his county, was in town, and a Leader man took a look at the enormous beard. Mr. Keith is six feet tall and his beard will touch the floor when standing erect. He says that he gets a good deal of free advertising on account of his beard. It is the longest the writer ever saw, and is quite a curiosity to most i eoply. —Ballinger (Texas') Leader.

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