The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-11

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When Father TAFT was translated from
his calm retreat in Ohio 10 take the place
OF BELKNAP in the War Department. every
body exclaimed that II would seem very
nice as well IL very strange to have "A re-
sprctahl' rlu M the Cabinet
Al iua. umr II was generally believed
rn- fa Tor was respectable. The
lDcsl 90. Na-erihed him rs an nmiable,
ir p IS "a -eutlemau, whom HAYES
h.i ,n.i..d out of the nomination for
- ltcruur, bv inducing him 20 shut his
eyes, open his mouth, aud wait for the
sugar plum which MIR. HAYES was going to
bring him. Although 1t il we'll known
that Mr. HAYES never brought the plum.
Father TAFT dozed along in sweet conf
dence that IL would come in due time; and
the Republican party of OHIO pointed to
him rs "A living monument of imperturba-
Bile virtue.
And so things drfted along. Father
TAFT patient and conlid ne, his soft eyes
closed in sumber, aud his large mouth
wide open. until one bright autumnal
morning, when the whole state wa, sud-
denly alarmed by the terrific outcries aud
rAth-r""fXsr es iutllsS. hfr@less sleeper.
dream. IN which he saw the scaI--st woman
with crimson trail all the way from an
Gent B ibylon to Bull Creek. OHIO, COM
ing at the head OF vast train of mon
STEERS, to subvert our free institutions. to
burn our Bibles and compel Us to worship
the Pope. Father TAFT awoke under
the insp ration OF supreme terror and
repeated his horrible dream from one
end OF the State 10 the other.
II came just NJ the pinch OF the cam
paisn, when ii was generally believed that
Mr.. HAYES was h'~',-. -..-- ."o''sands Of
votes on the old issue; but Father TAFT
was intensely respectable, and nobody
over accused him of inventng the visions
Bur it id much to save the Republican
party from rout and when the venerable
seer reapsed into his customary state OF
repose, tho President was requested 10
take him up and deposit him softly IN the
War Department, with sly assurance
that he would never awake until wanted.
But hero it was found that his intervals
of wakcfuluesa were too far apart for the
immediate purposes OF the party in that
branch of Mr.. GRANTS service. The
crank Of the outrage mill required
to be necessarily turned, aud the numer-
Gus ballot boxes 10 be protected by SHERG-
DAN, and MERRILL, and HESTER, aud
WHITLEY demanded minute aud constant
supervision. Besides that when SAMRAN-
DALI went noNpg through the War De-
partment with fell intent to reduce the
expenditures Father TAFT eutore no pro-
test. and was solcmnly adjudgcd by GRANr
ana BABCoCK to have been asleep nj the
wrong time Thrreupon, NJ the suggestion
OF SIMON CAMERON. ZAcH CHANDLER, ana
Bon MAcKEy, he was gently rotltei into
the Attorney Genoral's office, where, amid
the musty tones ana woim-eaten records,
he has had at least two dreams as terrible
rs that OF the scarlet woman.
Ia one ~ these dreams, he saw an evil
minded Secretary OF the Treasury engaged
in gigantic conspiracy 10 collect the rev.
enue Of the United State4 to the last far
thing and actually using the machinery OF
his own Dcpartm mt OF Justice ia the pur-
suit of whIskey thieves to the very portals
of the White House. In the other he saw
the ballot boxes throughout the Southern
States Of the Union surrounded by
miscellaneous crowds of whites and
blacks, the former putting in anti
GRANT ballots without tho slight
est obstruction, and great Iaasses OF
well-mcauing negroes ioyfully follow
ing their example, while the poor carpet
baggers wruug their hands in despair, aud
United states Marshals stood heplessly by,
unable TO prevent the catlstrlphe
Then Father TAFT arose and wrote, That
ne 20 the whiskey prosecutions OF tho
wicked Secretary, the machine should be-
instantly reversed. II was true things had
occurred during his sumber which no
might not haveapprovel If awake, but 500
NIX That thing were ~ thoy were, all the
witnesses for the Government should be
Hrrnuuualy prosecuted, under tho di-
rection Of Mr.. EMolW STORfts and Con.
BAhCoCk, ana pardon should be imm.di-
ately prepared for those mfortu lat.lv
convicted during the late excitement"
and carefully laid away until after the
cleo ion. As 10 the elections In the south.
they should be free absolutely free, To
everybody, white or black, desiring to
vote the Republican ticket and the United
states Mashals should be furnished a suf-
fcient military force, under the discreet
management OF j. DONALD CAMERON and
other experts, to preserve the ballot boxes