The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-12-22

In ee vi us WHO ucoi AseN C1iiu Nv
quen,ly learn to expect so much from
him that we probably often do him in-
Justice by contrasting him with himself,
and are not fully satisfied with that which
from another we wou'd heartily applaud
The lecture was delivered in that full.
free AMI clear style characteristic Of ali
Rev. SMITHS discourscs, and was rcplcte
with information. and in'erspersed with
occasional lashes Of humor.
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EyWe alluded last week to rumor
current In Cincinnati and Washington.
coupling together the names of our Con
gresham elect, Mr.. Van Worries, and
JAMES SASrs, The noted lobbyist, in a
manner that 1t seemed would be the bet
ter for an explanation. Since then there
have been come further Developments.
but whether they are Of such character
as to render any additional explanation
supelfuous, our readers may judge after
seeing them.
An officer OF the Treasury made the
following report To- his Depart imnntn
suUrrrII1e since:
/ Prom the Gasette's Washington Special
have the honor to report that one
James Sands. rcputed to be- connected
! with the Cincinnati Times, has upon va
rious occasions during this year, 1874,
approached several OF the Internal Rev
rnue gaugers and storekeepers Of the
First District Of Ohio with corrupt prop
ositions and insinuations, such as the
| following;
"Why do you not form a combination
and make some money: The Republi.
| can party is going to be defeated in the
next National contest, and you are fools
| il you don't take advantage OF your op
portunity."
During the late political contest in
Ohio, this same gentleman Sands upon
more than one occasion, was 80 bold as
to approach revenue officers with cur
rupt propositions, under the pretext that
money must be raised for political pur
poses. To demonstrate the disinterested
| manner in which this man applies money
raised for political purposes placed in his
hands, cite the following facts:
| received information that $500 had
been raised by contribution in Cincin
| nati to aid Mr.. Van Worries, Repub,i
can member elect in the fifteenth Con
gressional District Of Ohio, in the pros
ecu,ion OF his campaign. This money
was given to Mr.. Sands to be forwarded
to Mr.. Van Vorhes. Not being sure
that said money had reached its destina-
ton, 1 wrote to Collector Joseph S. Kes-
singer, Mr.. Van Vorhes' next friend, to
ascertain the facts, and received the fol-
lowing reply. which explains itself:
"U. i. lNrsRxAL REyENuE CoLLEcr-)
cRs OFrIcE, l5ru DIsrRicr, OHIo,
ATHENS, November IL, 1874
"DKAR SrR: In answer to your letter
Of the 10th inst.. I will say that not one
cent was received from Cincinnati .or
elsewhere outside Of Athens c ,unty to
assist Mr.. Van Vorhes. So there is Ger.
tainly something very rotten il anybody
claims to have sent money to him or any
ioue else here to assist him. II any mon
ey was raised to assist Dir. Van Worries
it will be thankfully received, as it is MOI
too la;e to do good. You can use sucf
Of this letter as you plesse. Yours, etc.
j. S. KEssINGER."
In connection with tie matters detail
ed in the above report,the readers OF the
Gazette will recall the fact tha. Dir
James Sands visited Washington during
the last campaign. and tried to obtain
money from the National Committee, a
he stated, for use in Mr.. Van Vorhes
idistrics.
Immediately aiter the appearance o
the foregoing in the Cincinnati Gazette
the following appeared as part Of an ed
Iitorisl in the Commercial:
"As to the 5000 that James Sands re
ceived here, to be used to help to cleo
Van Yorhes, Mr.. Hogue states that ther
is no doubt or contro Eersy; that Ale1
jSands stated to Van Vorhes and Kes
singer that Jim received the money, pu
it in the safe and forgot all about it."
notwithstanding the fact that it is MI
SAsps and not Mr.. VAN VoRHEs who j
on trial by the Cincinnati papers, ther
are several points of information deve
oped incidentally, in which the constitr
ents Of Mr. VAs Worries may take som
interest. lar
!, In the first place the character Q
i SAEDs is placed in broad daylight. 1
the next place it is quite certain that b
, went to Washington to obtain none
{ with which to promote the election s
Mr.. VAN Worries Why SANDS, or Pc
sons in Washington or Cincinnati, ,shoul
feel two hundred dollars worth OF inte
!, est in VAN VoRHEs' success, We are le
: TO conjecture. 5ysr-r.s =, !.
e But the most peculiar feature in I'll
whole affair is the letter Of Mr.. KEssINe
+ EK. This is the same Mr.. KEssINGE
8 who Is Federal office. holder and II
reputed head Of the notorious Ather
ring His letter, brief as it is, show
quite plainly that Mr.. VAN YoRHEs' Il
u terests are entirely in his keeping. +
states as unqualifedly as though he wei
d the sole guardian Of our Tor his) Co
0 gressman, that ''not one cent was recei
/ ed from outside Of Athens County to a
l. sist Mr.. VAN Worries" Now how shou
he know all this9 Is it agreed all arour
II that every dollar Of electioreerins MOI
;. ey must pass through. or rather into, b
= handsp If not. how can he speak
tnositively q