Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1892 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]
SECBETS OF 1888! Disclosed by Men “on the Inside”—How the Great Boodl# Campaign W as “Ru. * - Benjamin Harrison as Manager-in Chief—Dudley's Great rVork--A Trick He Played on Guileless Business Men —His “Fifteen Hundred Demooratio Repeaters” Fake—He Handled No Money, but He Did the Business—Where “Soap” Come From—Some Memorable Conferences at the Hotel Denison—An Occasion When Mr. Harrison Left the Room—What Happened Immediately After the Election. Why Judge Woods Gave His First Charge to the Grand J ry and Why He Reversed It—What Matt Hill of Monroe County Told the President-Elect and Ex-Attor nby-General Miohener—The Presbyterian Elder Who Burned Dudley’s Letter Two Hours Before Swearing to the Grand Jury That He Had Never Received It—A Good Many Tnings Whioh Explain a Good Many Other Things, Among Them the Recent Appointnent of William A. Woods as[a Circuit Judge of the United States—What Would Have Happened if Woods Ha Done His Duty and Adhered to His First Charge.
[lndianapolis Sentinel, Jan. 18. ’92.] There was in the city ye sterday a young republican lawyerfrom on< of the strong democratic counties of southern Indiai a who thinks Dudley is a saint when compared to Presidedt Harrison, AttorneyGeneral Miller and Judge Woods. This young man is well known as a stalwart republican in his own conntv and his voice has frequently been heard in state conventions. His name is withheld at his requ-st beoanse he ib retained in a case which will soon be hoard in Judge foods’ court. Profiting by the experience of other lawyers, he does not care to put the ir. tere-ts'of his clients in jeopardy by ir.yiting the hostility of the court. "If Judge V oods derived hj 8 power from the people foi a stated t instead of holding on for life by appointment of the president, ao that ‘Jhere might be a chance to depos* from his arbitrary throne, manjr of the secrets 01 the last oiiaipaign wo dhave leaked out long a o," said he. "But,‘murder will out,’ and when Benjamin Harrison retires from the white house Dudley will stand better in the estimation. of tb« pubiio than the ex-presi-dent.
