The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-06
THE CAMPAIGN.

| From Yesterdays New York Papers.l
MI. Hendricks has always beer
famous tor his fence-sitting powers, and
he is receiving due credit tor that ac
complishment now in Indiana. General
Harrison remarked the other day that il
used to be said in Washington that the
only time committe of five was known
| to be equally divided was when Mr.,
| Hendricks was q member OF it. MIR,
Morton illustrates the same peculiarly
further by saying in his last speech OF
| Mr.. Hendricks claim of friendship
with President Lincoln: "This part
| of Mr.. Hendricks speech reminds me Of
a conversation l had with Mir. Lincoln
in which ne asked me what was the
course Of Mr.. Hendricks in Indiana, and
whether he was there regarded as a par
tsau. l answered him that Mr.. Heu-
drioks was an unrelenting Democratic
partisan; that we had none more bitter
in the Democratic party. He said:
Well, thaps funny, for he always talks
to me more like Republican than a
Democrat, and led me to believe that he
WAS very mild and moderate politician!
When Mr.. Hendricks was with MI. Lin.
coin L suppose he was on the fence, as
usual-he was sitting on the fence di-
viding the two parties, with leaning on
the Republican side. Mr.. Lincoln could
not guess from his language on any &C.
casiOn that Mr.. Hendricks mad ever de.
scribed him as the 'smutty old tyranp
who ought TO be hurled from political
existence 1t is now a part OF the role
Of every Democratic speaker to pretend
great respect for the memory and char.
acLer of Mr. Lincoln. While be lived
, hp, RI il.,H hf
'the vulgar old rail-splltter,' the 'baboon,'
and the smutty old tyrant who ought TO
be hurled from political existence ~
Tribune.
Nothing that the World can do need
surprise anybody, but we regret to no.
tice that the Sun has quilted the high
moral attitude which it has been trying
to maintain during this campaign for
the purpose of circulating very silly
falsehood about Governor Hayes. The
falsehood needs no refutation, as it car.
ries its own answer with it. The
fac sinile of Governor Hayes letter
to the Secretary OF the Ameri.
can Alliance, printed simultaneously
in the sun and World, and apparently
sold by said Secretary to the Tilden
Bureau, is made the bGsis of two asser.
tions: 1. That Gov. Hayes accepted the
Presidential nomination, said TO have
been rendered him at PHILADELPHIA in
behalf Of the American Alliance. 2.
That on July 9, four days alter the nom-
ination is said TO have been rendered
and accepted, a special committee OF
the American Alliance waited on
Governor Hayes at Columbus
TO present him with the consti-
tuition OF the order, the oath, and a GER
titicate of honorary membership, and
that these were formally accepted in his
letter Of July 10. The document, as
printed, bears out neither of these asser-
tions. 1t is merely courteous ac-
OF certain resolutions
recommending those in sympathy with
the Alliance to support his nomination.
These resolutions were received, not
from committee, bus in q letter dated
July 7.-[Iimes.
The Newark Advertiser, a red-hot Re. |
publican organ, publishes a telegram
from certain MIR. Wikoff, of the Repub-
ican State Executive Committee of
Ohio, denying that Governor Hayes ever
authorized his Private Secretary. MIR. |
Lee, to write the letter to the American
Alliance q fac-simile OF which was pub. 4
ished in the World OF Yesterday. The
iispatoh WIkoff seems to have
sent in answer to one from q New
Jersey politician, and his language
s.: "GOyernOr Hayes never
authorized such a letter." This is sim.