Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-11


allied on him, either at Columbus,
Philadelphia, or any other place. for
my purpose. We simply notified
lin by letter that we Endorsed his
in answer to which we
received the letter from his secretary.
That letter was taken from my Office.
and was as much surprised as any
one can be to see it in print. am at |
n loss to see why those papers should
find and fault with the proceedings. |
as we Endorsed Mr.. Tilden for Gov
ernor two years ago, and he found no
fault with it, but on the contrary, he
was very grateful for the assistance.
Only he requested that it might be
kept secret as, if it should become
public, he feared he might lose the
foreign vote. Respectfully yours.
LEMUEL S. TYLER,
Secretary American Alliance.
So it seems the same association,
two years ago, notified Tilden that
they endorsed his nomination for
Governor Of New York, for all of
which he thanked them, but the wiley
trimmer said, don't tell the people
you are my friends, for it might hurt
me with foreign born voters. This
time, however, he did not receive
any flattering note from them, for it
seems, like the great body of the
nation, they could not swallow the
income swindler, and so he sends
some cmissary to nose around and
steal a note written merely as mat
ter of form by Governor Hayes pri-
vate secretary, thanking the society
for their kind wishes, just as that
secretary has written thousands OF
such notes in the past few months, to
various and sundry parties, who have
taken occasion TO write Governor
Hayes that they supported him. Sec.
rotary Lcmucl S. Tyler, justly indig-
nant at such rascality, does not hest.
tate to expose Tildcn, and show how
glad he was to receive their endorse.
ment, but too cowardly to have the
world know that he had the courage
to thank them for their good wishes
Arraigned at the bar Of public opin.
ion, and fairly tried and. convicted Of
the most dishonest and dishonorable
conduct, as Samuel J. Tilden has
been, and now only awaiting the 18th
of November for sentence to be pro.
nounced upon him, the condemned
criminal seeks the only recourse left
him, to set afloat all the falschoods
possible, as to the public and private
life of Governor Hayes. Such false.
hoods, like the persistent lies about
the Colorado election, only serve to
the more completely defeat the
authors and bring them into disgrace
OF this whole matter, the New
York Herald, an Independent demo
cratic paper, most justly says:
! A fac-simile of letter written by
Gov. Hayes private secretary was
paraded yesterday in the two leading
Tilden papers in this city. A plate
for printing the facsimile was also
offered to the Herald by the Tilden
shop in Liberty street, but we de.
clined to use it. 1t does not quite do
to assume that the readers of a news.
paper are idiots, who think that the
exact reproduction of piece OF
handwriting gives a significance tc
its subject matter which it would
have in printers type. Whatinteres1
can any two legged creature have in
the handwriting of SO obscure per-
son as the confidential clerk of Q
State Governor? The attempts tc
] make the contents of this clerks let.
, ter important is beneath contempt
The so-called American Alliance, OF
whose bylaws and purposes Gov
, Hayes probably knew nothing, passed
a resolution indorsing his nomination
, for the Presidency. Like all Presi.
dental candidates who are in daily
receipt of mass of complimentary
, illusions, which it would be a waste
of time to read, he turns over sucl
: correspondence to the secretary, who
opens his letters, with instructions tt
. make civil replies. Gov. Hayes clerl
! seems to have been discrete enough
for he merely acknowledged the com
8 pliment. Gov. Hayes desires me to &C.
knowledge the receipt of your valued
. favor of July Z, enclosing resolutions
of the American Alliance, and to say
in reply that he is deeply gratificd a
this expression of confidence" 1t il
not probable that this note of mere
. formal courtesy was submitted to thu
inspection of Gov. Hayes; but, even
even if it was, there is nothing in il
which it was worth while for him t.
tell his secretary to alter. 1t was 9
, mere acknowledgment couched il
, courteous terms. Gov. Hayes had
F never seen, and did not care to SEE
the trumpery constitution Of an OBJ
scure set Of mon who had seen fit Il
indorse his nomination, and did no
stop to waste thought on so trivial {
matter, He thought it due to hi
character as gentleman and his po
sition as a candidate that his clcrl
, should acknowledge the receipt q
respectful communications, but III
ulu IlOt lccl tilat IL was lHCumUcIll Ol
him to make minute investigations
into the organization of every insig
niticant body Of men who profcsscd
their intention of supporting him
But Mr.. Tilden's shop in Liberty
street, having got possession of this
paltry note, made En- investigation
and found out that the American AL.
lance is set of Know-Nothings
The Liberty street shop thereupon
conceived the brilliant idea Of making
Mr.. Hayes responsible for the princi
pies OF that obscure organization and
OF twisting the note of his clerk into
an acceptance of those principles. We
are sorry that any respectable news
paper should have lent itself to so de.
spicable a trick.