Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-09
MI. KembIe vs.. Secretary sehurn.

HE SAYS Mr.. sCHURZ WAS PAID FOR HIS
CAMPAIGN SPEECHES IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Mr.. VIM. III. Kemble, OF Pennsylvania, Is
out in letter denying the accuracy OF the
staten published in The STAR few
days since,D of Secretary Schurz in relation
10 the charge made by Gail Hamilton" that
he tktmble bad paid Gen. SchurZ $3.50 for
delivering the same political speech three
times In PenEsylvania in 1~6S. Mr.. kemble
says, after quoting the paragraph which
orig inally appeared in The STAN: This
Cenlai T luced simply says Mr.. Schurz n yer
received any thing from Pennsylvania poll
clans beyond his actual expenses, which he
claims was customary. Now whilst [, who
am not particularly ensmored with civil
service reform, am willing to cOncede that
Mr.. SchuTz bad a perfect right TO receive
rom The republican state committee the tull
measure of his expenditures. and as "A bust
ness man am willing TO go further aud II
nit that Mr.. SchurZ had a right to sell nj :,
articles for the highest market price. yet his
q. MIA is not in accOrca &c with the facts
The state central committee OF t~tS engag a
Mr. Schurz TO speak in Pennsylvania for IN &.
sum OF 500 per week, aud according 10 a let
Ter oil MI Schurz 10 the state central com
miitee he must have arrived in PittSburs m
the oath day Of August.
The letter OF Mr. Schurz is dated Fort
wayne, IND, August T., ISIS aud Is a l.
DRESSED 10 Friend Geary." 10 il Mr. ScnurE
requests ms friend TO get passes for him on
The railroads he Will have To travel accord
ng 10 The programme, and send them To
Pittsburg, so he can fird them there on ms
arrival. In The same letter Mr.. SChurZ said
be would arrive in Pitisburg on the 24lh of
August Nr. kembIe then continues: just
seven days thereafter, incluIing Sund tys,
Mr.. SChuIZ received 500 from the repIbli-
can state central committee for the weeks
services. as the cash book OF the secretary OF
that committee (Mr. Geo w. HammersIyD
shows. IL will be seen from this letter that
Mr.. SchurZ, on his arrival al PIt'sburg. al
provided Tor two things-hrst, that he should
nave no railroad expenses while In Pennsyl-
vania, and no hotel bills while i'm Pit ,sburg.
thus placing himself in the hands OF the
committee. 90 lot know for "A certainty,
but presume that Mr.. Schurz was in the
hands of q committee al every place where
he spoke in Pennsylvania; hence he could
have had 10 expenses of any magnitude, so
that he sum of $500 which ne received from
the state central committee was in addition
10 his outlay and iii accordance with a con-
tract previously made. Nor is 1t true that
all republican SPEAKERS received compen-
satlOn from the state central COMMITTEES.
"At the same time that Mr. SchurZ was
stumping Pennsylvania at least one hundred
gentlemen W. re doing likewise, and while
some OF them received compensation suff-
cient TO meet their outlay, many of them re-
ce1Ved TO compensation at all, and no one to
the extent Of Mr.. SchuIZ; and certainly no
asplrant TO the position OF United States
Senator, which Mr.. SchurZ was at that time.
would have been offered money by the state
central committee unless he had demanded
IL" The names OF Senator'S Blaine and Nor
toD, Governor Curtin, and a score OF other
prom nent men are here mentioned. In
TACT" says Mr.. Kemble, lit was not custom
airy for gentlemen who occupied the position
In politics that Mr.. SchurZ and the aoove
gentlemen did, TO accept compensation for
political services; but Mr.. Schurz' remark
mat at one time, many years back, he did
receive compensation TO the amount of his
expenses, is further contradcted by his ction
In le60, at the time that the republican party
was not only in lis infancy, but had sc ircely
funds enough TO meet the eXpe sditures THAI
We're imperative, the whole campaign for
Governor and President having been COLI
Quoted by the committee with less than
$1,000, yet Mr.. SchurZ made a tour in Penn
sylvanla OF about one week, in which all his
expenses were paid. and be returned home,
when sight draft was drawn promptly on
our chairman, the Hon. a. X Mcclure, for
s6C0 With an empty treasury there was
no hing for us 10 do but 10 go down into our
pockets and pay 1t. Now be il known taat
200 IN let0 was a very large sum for any
nan 10 realize for political services, but
when II comes to be an additional sum TO his
necessary outlay, Ii becomes oppre Jsive "
Mr.. kembie concludes: 81 think have ,ryr
Ten Sufficient to satisfy the most ardent friend
of Mr.. SchUrz that when charged him with
beng one who follows politics as a merce.
airy, and not es patriot, spoke truly o!
him.c