The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-29

but chose rather to use mild means and therefore
Tesorted TO the professional eXpedent OF demanding
beyond his ability to pay. followed this demand
10y the declaration that the acceptance OF this re-
tsiner woud In no way bind me to procure for him
an appointment nor had II any reference whatever
to the fact that had brother In Congress said
to him n5her sr that Would under 70 err no ion
Naval Academy any person who was not in every
way eligible for that position.
al was never before nor have been since TINS
occurrence approached by any man on this or
similar subject TINS whole affair is the elimination
defraud the Associated Press, aud this personal
attack is in retaliation for the part was compelled
to take in their exposure.
"Respectfully, J. r. SYPHER."
J. Il. S. was WISE certainly, if not vir-
tuous, when he concluded to charge Brooks
a larger fee than he would be able to pay
rather than kick him, as he was at first i'm
PEELED to, but then the scripture telleth us
that "the children Of this world are wiser in
their generation than the children of light,
and as when any effective kicking is to be
done there must always be two parties to it,
Sypher probably concluded that he might
possibly find himself in the position of kickee,
whereas $4,000 would be nice, comfortable
sum of money to have in hand-if he could
get it.
Perhaps Brooks was lying when he told the
story he did, 6W IN vte,o Of the corrobord-
tee e0idence Of j. r. Sypber, zoe do not
6elieoe that he aO0S. The man with the
cadetship for sale-J. H. Sypher, of Loui-
siana-evidently wanted to escape from COM
promising himself legally by bargaining
directly with Brooks; but does he really sup
pose that the intelligent people of this coun-
try are to be deceived by any such trans
parent subterfuge? And although he did not
sell his cadetship for S25OO, or any other sum
that we are aware of, he is just as guilty as if
he did, and he is not a proper man to sit in
Congress to make laws for the nation.
He undertakes to assert that this accusa-
ton was originally brought forward to defeat
his admission to the House at the last session.
His application for seat in the House to
which he had never been elected was O con-
summate piece of impudence, and as he is
evidently on the make, the large sum of
money which Congress was foolish enough to
allow him for his expenses probably soothed
his disappointment; but with that we have
nothing to do at present, and with regard to
the accusation against him we need only say
tlat ii ue lS Bullty tue LlotINes Vi ulS dCCuS0rS
are Of no consequence whatever. Mr.. Brooks,
whose testimony got the Syphers into diff
Guilty, might be heard from with advantage
on the point at issue, and he can probably
give the people of the First Louisiana dis
trict some very exact information about the
moral character of this would-be representa-
tive. The Morning Post, which ventilated
this matter pretty thoroughly when it was
first broached, could also doubtless say come
thing to the purpose.
When the news of Sypher's recent nomina-
ton was received in this city, his agent went
around to the different Republican newspa-
pers asking them to give him good notices
We complied with the request to the best of
our ability, end there is nothing whatever in
our ''puff" that we are disposed to retract
On the contrary, we repeat what we
said then, t'That it is disgrace such O
man as this should be one of the most pro-
minent representatives of the Republican
party in Louisiana, and every honest man in
the country would rather see a decent Rebel
elected to the House of Representatives for
the First Congressional district of Louisiana,
than a loyalist like Sypher, who considers his
loyalty Just so much stock in trade, to be dis
posed of for the benefit of his bank account ="