The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-09-13
WHOLE NUMBER 697
From the sandusky Register. Sept 4. lss2l
THE DEPTH OF SL0ANES NFAMY.


THE DEPTH OF SL0ANES NFAMY.
Last Saturday, Rush Sloane made
a speech in Monroeville in which be
said
When in Washington last Spring,
I was at the magnificent new club
rooms fitted up at an enormous ex-
pense, in company with Senators,
Congressman and other dignltafiss,
when a dispatch came from the great
bankers in Philadelphia that some
one must see the President or Sscre
tsry Boutwell, and have Senator vii.
son stop speaking of the Northern
Pacific lands in New Hampshire IN
the way he was, as it was injuring
them. The gentlemen present re-
quested ME to see the President or
Boutwell, and tell them. l refused
fatty to see either the President or
Boutwell,, but did see Secretary Del
ano and had Mr.. Wilson notified.
This is not the first time that
Sloane has made similar statements
to this. Some weeks ago he stated
to two OF our business men that while
in Washington during the pendency
of the canvass in New Hamsblre, he
vas riding with Henry D. Cooke,
when Q telegram was handed Mr..
Cooke from Jay Cooke, the telegram
setting forth that Senator Wilson was
injuring the sale OF Northern Paci6c's
in his New Hampshire speeches. and
asking Henry D. to see Grant or
Boutwell, and have Wilson stopped.
Sloane cited the case to show the
corruption of the Administration.
Sloane's story was repeated to q
friend who immediately wrote to
Governor Cooke asking how much
truth there was in Sloane's statement
We have seen Gov. Cookies reply
which sets forth that the telegram in
question made no mention OF Grant
or Boutwell,, but did request that Mr..
Wilson's speech should be correctly
reported. Supposing Sloane 10 be
gentleman of sufficient honor to keep
q secret confded to him as q pro-
fessed friend, the telegram was passed
over to Sloane. Gov. Cooke made
no request that Sloane should see
either Grant or Boutwell, or anybody
else. Sloane happened to be in tho
company of gentleman who sup
posed he would not betray his con-
fidence. The real facts in the case
are these. Henry Wilson in his New
Hampshire speeches was defending
the grant of land to the Northern
Pacific Company, and in the course of
his argument stated that without the
road the land along the proposed line
would never be worth twelve cents
an acre; that while he deprecated the
unnecessary bessowal Of public lands
to railroad companies he could not
object to such q distribution OF the
public lands in part a. to bring the
balance into market. He also show
ed from the record Of the vote that
the grant to the Northern Pacific was
approved by Democratic a. well -
Republican members, many Of the
most ardent advocates Of the grant
being leading Democrats. A Boston
Democratic paper garbled his speech
and made him say in substance that
the lands donated to the Northern
Pacific were valueless, being not
worth twelve and q halt cents an
acre. Jay Cooke & Co., a. the
fiscal agents Of the Company, very
properly objected to snchHrn01f
the Senator'sspeoo
~ SSD2e was q simple rsquest
|11S the Repeblican Executive Com
mittee who had sent Mr.. Wilson to
New Hampshire should zee that ths
matter was set right We have the
authority of Gov. Cooke over his 0Wn
signature that the telegram made NO
of Boutwell, or Gen. Graut
Is this evidence of corruptionf
Are such men as Henry d. and Jay
Cooke to be classed by such . msn
Is Sloane with corruption for asking
hat simple justice at the hands Of
he press reports Of public speechesf
Rush Sloane knows better. He is
lot a consummate fool. And base -
le is, he knows that his mean and con-
emptibfe abuse of private confdencs
antilles him to the scorn OF honorable
men. His pretty story at Monroe
7ille, told in his dramatic style, was
made for the occasion and for the
purpose Of convincing the ignorant
hat he Is immaculate and the admin
stration a corrupt tool in ths hands
of banking house. As usual with
nan of his character he told too much
IN his Monroeville he, for this he
admits, that he became party to the
alleged fraud by calling upon Delano.
n he was so shocked at this evidence
~ of corrcption, why did he become
> party to it by calling upon Delano?
The man is making himself ridiculous,
as well as infamous, and hereafter his
name will be synonymous Of every
thing despised by honorable men,
lack words to express our disgust
II es..-ause ~. for man.