Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1883 — HOW INDIANA WAS CARRIED. [ARTICLE]

HOW INDIANA WAS CARRIED.

Rot the Work of Abt Om Moo. M of AH the RipubUeu Voters. [Washington Cor. Chicago Herald.] Before leaving Washington the Herald sorreapondent had a talk with Mr: John C. New in regard to the campaign in Indiana. “I have no desire to apeak up6n this subject,” said Mr. New. “The cam* paign of 1880 is over and the victory won. It is of a great deal more importance to the party that we should devise ways and means of carrying the election of 1884 than to discuss the campaign of 'IBBO. The statement of Dorsey, so far as he: speaks'of the campaign in 1880, is fairly correct. I have oo objection to it. Dorsey did very efficient work in the State in 1880. He came there at the request of the State Central Committee and myself as Chairman of the committee. The idea prevailed that Indiana was a sinkhole for money for political purposes, add I had a desire that somebody representing the National Committee beside myself should be on the ground to see where the money went. Dorsey, who was Secretary of the committee, a good organizer, and a man of ability, came there. But the credit of carrying Indiana belongs to no one man, nor ten men, nor any hunched men. It was the work of the Republicans of the State. The State Central Committee, every county committee, every township committee, every prominent Republican, and the Republican voters of the State were all alive to the importance of carrying Indiana, and they worked with unflagging zeal and energy.” “How about the vast expenditure of money by the Republicans?” “It is quite true that a large sum of money was spent in the campaign in Indiana. There have been no elections in that State for years in which large sums of money were hot expanded on both sides. In 1876 the Democrats spent $lO where the Republicans spent sl. I presume in 1880 the Republicans had a little more money, and it was used judiciously in the thorough organization of the party. The Republicans did’ not need to be bonght, because, as I have said, every Republican in the State was in earnest, actively at work, and heartily in accord with the candidates and the platform. ~ The Democrats will hardly claim that good, honest Democratic voters could be bought for $2 a head. To the best of my knowledge and belief, there were no importations to the State on the part of the Republicans, nor do I know of a single dollar having been corruptly used. Money was distributed to various county committees and Township organizations to defray the legitimate necessary expenses of the campaign, such as providing speakers and in aiding and assisting in bringing out a full vote.” “Then,” said the Herald correspondent, “there was no shower of $2 bills?” “No, sir; that story is a myth. As I hove stated, the credit of carrying Indiana belongs to the Republicans of the State as well as to those who were only voters. As to those who occupied lor the time being positions upon committees, where all did so well it would be invidious to claim credit or make distinctions.” “Do you know anything of the part Gen. Brady took in the campaign?” “Gen. Brady came to Indiana a few days before the October electidn. He made a contribution of, I believe, SSOO to the State Central Committee. If he gave anything beyond that sum it was at his own home, in Delaware county. I have no knowledge, however, of his doing anything beyond that. Gen. Brady was formerly Chairman of the State Central Committee, and an efficient worker, before he went to Washington.”