Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-29
ANOTHER SCANDAL.
How Oar Vice President Was Nem-


How Our Vice President Was Nem-
mated.
From the village of North Adams, Mass
achusetts, comes little story about the last
National Republican Convention, which is
calculated to please the children who are
studying history. North Adams is quiet
village in the north western part tf Msssa-
Chusetts, which is possessed of several ad-
Vantages. IL is near Williams College, and
enjoys the presence and the noise of its stu
dents on Wednesday aud Saturday after
moons. 1t has a Sampson who
employs Heather Chinee laoor in his
shoe factory. It is close to The
western end of the great bore of Massa-
chasetts, the Hoosac Tunnel. It has, also,
which is just now of more importance than
all of its other possessions, = Tinker. It
possesses, we ought to mention, Trans
cript, else we should not have appreciated
Tinker. This Tinker lately was, snd, We
believe, still is, a Collector of Internal Rev
enue in the service of the United States.
Tinker attended tie last National Republl-
can Convention at Philadelphia. The
Transcript says he has fondness for con.
ventions. Tinker was not delegate, but
was a friend of one Sylvander johnson,
WuO W as u OEicAdtCs 1luhCk 6uo OuDlloCA
or johnson aud Tinker were specially anx-
ious for the nomination of Henry Wilson as
candidate for the Presidency. They
were anxious that his place in the Senate be
vacant, that they might help fill IL with
Dawes, "a resident of their county. 1t was said
at the time of the meeting Of that Con-
yention that thera were DO ofice-holders
there, but Tinker was surely there. T. &
j. or j. & I. probably discovered that
Colfsx had majority against Wilson, and
would be nominated unless something
extraordinary was done to defeat him.
They did something, but was it extra
| ordinary? Tinker found a Southern
delegation pledged to Colfsx, bat for sale.
He collected the Necessary funds, and
''i0ith his OlVn hands paid over the cash" to
the leader Of the delegation. The Adams
Transcript gives the story with great
expGcitness. l. appears that Tinker
boasted of his exploit on bis return to bis
| peaceful North Adams. Iu the course of
human events Tinker and the editor of
the Transcript qusrreled, aud that is how
we get the story. This Tinker is United
States Collector, a member of the State
Republican Committee, leader of the
party in his section, and candidate for
| United States Assessor under the new
law, and this is all we have to say about
| Tinker.
OF course Henry Wilson knew nothing
about the bribery to " hich his nomination
is alleged to be due. He was in Washing
ton, and the Convention was in Philadel-
phia. It would be interesting to know who
contributed that money which Tinker,
with his own hands, paid over to the leader
of that Southern delegation. We repeat
that Wilson, the man who is W ling to go
| into bis closet, aud OH his knees face the
Almight with a list of his investments in
his right hand, did not place that money
where it would do the most good Mr..
Wilson, it is understood, wishes TO excu[
pate his la:e wife from any completely in
The matter. The Adams Transcript is a
respectable Republican journal, and this is
the way in which it says its party nomi-
mates Vice Presidents.