The Morning herald., 1876-06-24
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Tom Scott and Jay Gould Ut Cancin'
maitland 1t Ut. Louis.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.l

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favorite son to scorn. And yet against th'
will, wishes, and solemn intent Of the Con
vention, he was nominated.
| Don Cameron did it.
This is the unwritten history, If you cart
to hear it: Our government is come to be
vast Job run by apitalists-mainly railroad
men. These moneyed monopolists have moi
only been losing of late, but they are threat
ened by Grangers, Communists, bankrupts
| and the people, who, suffering from hard
relief. Like the boy in the open boat that
was floating out to sea, who wanted of hil
companion "praycrs or something else
ID quick" the people arenot particular
as to the relief, SO much as its being i'm
mediate. To turn the flank, to head of
this peril, the moneyed moDopolists wisely
determine upon controlling the two parties
by making nominations for both. They
went to Cincinnati with Blaine.
We were all astonished at the unexpected
strength developed by James G. We shall
be equally astonished at the development of
strength in candidate at st. Louis
know who it will be. But l won't tell.
After he is nominated, or defeated for NOM
ination, l will give yeu the information.
Then you won't want it, for you will see it
all clearly as Ido We marvelled at Blaine s
strength. Bless our innocent souls, Jay
Gould, Tom Scott 81 Co. had been working
it up for two years past. He was the can
didate of that firm, and such candidacy
means something. Do you see the milk in
the 7ribwne's cocanut now! Why that power
in the political arena is greater than all
the religious sects in the country-Brother
Newman included. 1t is greater than both
political parties. It overrides and controls
our Government. 1t fills the Cabinet, Sc
lects Senators and members of the House,
and owns our courts. 1t came within
tWeHty votes of fnominAting James G Blaine.
And it had right to these twenty votes
that is, as good right as purchase can
confer. 1t did not own Don Cameron, and
in lack of that it failed.
You must know that there has been row
in Pennsylvania between Tom Scott and old
Senator Cameron. Tom wearied of old
Simon's vulgar and profuse management,
and undertook to set up for himself. l
learned this important fact in the late con-
test for Speaker of the House. found
Scott opposing Sam Randall, and Simon
tavoring him. asked Judge Black, scott's
attorney, the meaning of this, and that
sagacious old jurist said it meant war.
Scott won in Washington, but be lost in Gin.
cinnati. He run his candidate, Blaine, up
to within twenty votes, and would have had
the nomination could be have controlled
And as have said, he had
good title by purchase of the entire lot.
But the Camerons rave that cunning which
takes the place of brain. They were quite
willing to jeopardize the success of the Re-
publican party throughout the United States
but were not prepared to surrender their
power in Pennsylvania to Tom Scott, and so,
by casting the vote of that State for HAYES
they secured both, for they made the nomi--
nee and unhorBcd Tom at home.
This is not d1stracting from Blaine's per
1ormance. Every move he made added TO
his strength. His very sicknes was such n
advantage that many seriously believe il to
be acting. 1t is trne that when we know
the facts Of the situation they do take some
thing from the dramatic effect. Blaine,
solitary, and, as old Benton put it, alone,
throwing himself into the fight against such
heavy odds as he had before him in that
Democratic House, was one thing Blaine.
moving to the combat, backed up and sus
tanned by the immense moneycd power that
unseen, but not unfelt, covers our entire
land, is quite another affair. He felt back
OF him the real governing element of our
country. He knew that while his voice was
llnglng along the panneled ceiling of the
House III an appeal to the forty four millions
beyond its walls, his hackers had bought
the Convention, and were there sustained by
a mob gathered by railroad money and
hr0Iluht ~ rott 4.
the Union, and they were there with force
that no disclosures could daunt, no shame
discourage, and no combination could en-
danger Nevertheless, he played his part,
as have said before, with such ability such
consumated tact, such fearlessness, that it
won cheers from his bitterest enemies. 1t
was no fault of his that he was not nomin.,
ated.
Let my doubling friend turn to the files OF
the Nep York Tribune for year past, and
he can get precisely the date at which these
moneyed monopolists selected Blaine. And
while Jay Gould buys up Republican Jour
nails, Tom Scott purchases Democratic Jour
| nails.
And now turn to st. Louis. Only par,
OF the play has been performed. We hav,
yet to witness an attempt to capture, an(
perhaps the capture Of, that Convention
| While the more violent of the delegates ar,
left to fight over the financial plank in th
platform, the real platform will be secured
IN the candidate. The Democrats are poo
poor, at least, in comparison to the Re.
publican organization, that is the represen
tative OF property in the few. And vet tn
outside pressure will be quite as great an
the non-delegates as numerous and vocifer
GUS as at Cincinnati. Where did they com
from and how did they comet will be tn
questions easily asked and hard to answer
| Personal.