The New York herald., 1876-09-18
pretext to punsi. .ne vIctlms Of theIr unwiss and

preteSt TO punish sns victims Of thei- unwiss and
wicked policy"
"whai is TO bethe end OF ng"
''Sometines fancy the bloody shirt will turn out
shirt OF Ncssus to the republican party You rcmcm.
ber the fab!er Nessus' shirt was bloody SHIRT ana
proved the death OF Hercules. Turn over the pages
OF your heather mythoogy-not moro heatbonism
than tho record OF this Presidential cnnvass-and
when found stick pin You will discover tncro
several suggestive analogies"
'.In what relation TO this does Governor Hayes
stand Y'
.soh, Hayes!" and tho editorial Congressman who
had spoken with unusual earnestness laughed again.
'why, Hayes is merely brass pin in the ruie of the
bloody Shirt
'How is no as to the Grant ets"
'simpy fresh hen on tho old nest OF rotten and
rotting eggs.r
.Do you know him ~
'wcll I've met HIM. He's poor stick one Of the
Hamilton county set Of snvepg hypocrites grown up
under the instruction OF tho Cincinnati school Of jour
nalism and religion. Old Lyman Beechor begot tho
they are all OF kind; when they not Phlilstines
like Halstead, they are Pnarsees, like Pympton and
Sam Red Ohio viii never rise to her true stature
until she puts her loot on the species There IS good
hope that she will do so this very autumn"
'You don'l include Sayler and Banning in the cate
goryf"
II don't include anybody but the cantng set havo
referred sayier and Banning are as sood men AZ
may be found anywhere. There arc tens OF thousands
OF such men in Ohio"
THE srEAKERsHIP.
'Will Sayler be elected Speaker"
"Ile may be; put then yon know there are Sam Cox
and Ciymer who are candidates. "
''How about yoursc!fYn
Mr. watterson laughed again. "Away down tho
list, pretty nearly foot, should say. There's one oi
my Kentucky colleagues already in tre field, and likely
10 carry of The honors; ] mean Blackburn, OF tho
Ashland district. He actually presided the greater part
OF last session. His claim Is his merits presiding
officer seriously, far myself that Is not TO 10
thought Oils altogether out OF Tho question:"
'You are mol candidate thcny"
"Cundldatet Mo- There but
who got the Spcakershp immediately on entering the
House, and he failure IL is place which, like
the Irshman horse has hut qualities; It is very
hard to CATCH and 1t ~ not worth having alter II -
caught particularly the coming short session. and To
which patronage or power is attached but plenty Of
work and poor show Tor praise For myself
want nothing | mean 10 press measure OF intcrna-
tona copyright and at the alc meeting of the SUPER
intendents OF bind asyums bill relating to their
particular interests was prepared and placed IN my
hands which shall urge upon tho House. In other
respects shall be merely "A iookeron IN vienna "
iii Hayes is elected what do you cxpcctY''
''Four years more OF stealing nkcring with
another bloody shirt campaign at the end OF them"
"What, II Tildeu is elcctedy"
"a break in OF the old rents; general levcl up oi
parties; commercial, financial and political move
mcnt; the government minding its own business;
the sections washing their dirty linen ut
homo; rowing traic revivng prosperity and
good viii temper and better times every where
the elements OF political society gathering about
an admin whose ambition and purpose will bo
tho reform OF the finances, tho civil and
several federal departments
Mr. watterson, glancing at his desk, hastened to
close chat taking time, however, TO get in final
nierrogatory 1t was -
''What about Carl Schurz ?"
The answer was:-"Weep, weep; liko Lycidas ho 10
dead