The Morning herald., 1875-12-02
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rom Ut ~. L ASe0"'eo'
If Minister Sc!.eack is the hoaorabi'
d hic.. minded gentlem IN his countr.,
men surprised him to be, he is one Of tie
most unfortunate of mor,sis. Upon tn,
reels Of the Emma Mine dissr:ce follow.
mother scandal, worse in. some respcc's
Ian that i.rlorable aflair-a sc-ndal ct
s.lch character that it seems to make
.lr. Schenck's retirement to private life
nee, s,ity of the mo urgent kind. Doc
II ucnts Lave recently sten published
w'l;ch show tina, n July, 1871, Mr.. Nor
ma, W:.ir', who was at that time a part
cr Of Ger. Srl,en, ks in the business Of
manufacturing ordnance, and held power
If attorney from him, entered into writ
::2n agreement with Juan A. Machaao to
"use his best endeavors to procure the SCI.
element and payment" of claim Of
$4,000 which Machado was urging
gainst the British Government. What
sort of ':endeavors' Ward was expected
70 use may be inferred from the stipulation
If the contract that if he succeeded lin Sc.
curing such settlement during tie tim'
Gen. Sclenck should he the Minister
of the United States to Great
pritain,' Wia,d's compensation
should be one,third of the award, less GER
ain legal expenses; bnt if the settlement
should not depend upon the negotiation
"of Gen. schenck," or should not be con-
cluded uring his ministry, then Wizard
on,d get not in. In plain English,
Wizard, trading upon the basis OF his part.
aership ard i, timacy with the Americn
Minister, proposed to sell the diplomatic
services Of that high official, taking for his
,,ay one-!hird Of all that Schenck could
sct out of the British Government. CT
course it was nowhere said that Wizard
and Schenck were to divide the profits.
On that subject Mr.. Machado doubles:
drew his own conclusions.
Having made this di graceful contract,
what was Mr.. WARDS next procce! !! n :?
Why, he sen, a copy Of it to Mr.. Schenck,
with the necessary papers for the prosecu.
ion Of the claim. Did Mr.. Schenek pre-
est Indignantly at such an aAront to his
honor? Did he refuse to be party to the
bargain? Not at all. lie wrote back :
II will see what can I've done. ! have the
greatest confidence in you, but | an sor-
r.. my name was put in. Neither Mach
ado nor his at orneys should have had a
writing with my name mentioned.'
And he concludes: "Tais letter is for
yourself, and to be burned when read.
"I shall Lurn what you have sent except
"the brief Of Machado's American law.
"yers." We print the contract and the
letter in full, and lcavy Our readers to
Judge for themselves whether there was an
understanding bet~cen Schenck and
Wizard, and what its nature was. 1t must
be clear, however, that courtesy to the
British Government requires our Admin
istration to recall M. Sehenck without fur
ther delay, unless he can satisfy the world
that the documents now published are for
gcries.
THE sPEAKERsHIr.
n. y. Herald.
The animated contest which engrosses
attention at Washington looks from hour
to hour more favorable to the success OF
Mr.. Randall. The withdrawal of Mr..
Wood is good symptom,even if lie should
stand neutral between the remaining can
didates. 1t has long been well known. both