The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-15


est in the proceedings. When the subsidy
question becomes the important issue in
national politics, his associates will find that
nobody's elbows are sharper and nobodys
elbow thrusts more vigorously administered
than Tom ScoTr..s.
The first signs Of intestinal strife among
the managers Of Mr.. HAYES appear in the
relations OF Mr. EvARTs and STANLEY MAT
THEws. Five minutes talk about EvARrs
with any of MATrHEws's political friends,
or five minutes talk about STANLEY MAT
THEws with any If the admirers OF the New
York lawyer, will bc enough TO convince the
inquirer that jealousy and rivalry exist be-
tween the two statesmen
EvARrs's friends say that the political
methods Of the Ohio Senator are not cred
table to himself or to tho Admin
istration They say that STANLEY MAT
THEws is n busybody with a fondness for
intrigue that heightened patriots can only
frown upon. They say that the bargains
which he has effected at Washington and in
the South are not only rcprchcnsibe in
themselves. but are bad bargains for the
party. In the case OF the Louisiana Com
mission, for example, after the Administra-
IIAwLEY and the others in Mr.. EvARrss
clear and comprehensive letter OF instruc-
tlons, STANLEY MATTHEWS intcrfcrcd, took
the management Of the compromise into his
own hands, and made n botch which has
already produced trouble, and is likely to
produce more.
On their part. STANLEY MATTHEws's
friends express their opinion OF Mr.. EvARrs
with even greater freedom. They say that
the Secretary of State * ornamental rather
than useful While MATTHEWS has no other
ambition than to render illustrous the Adj
miustraton OF his friend HAYES, EvARrs is
infatuated with the dclusion. hardly less
than craze. that he, personally, is pow
crful element in politics and exactly the man
to lead the Republican party in the next
Presidential campaign. lie - fussy, con-
ccitcd, and impracticahle. They do not
even admit that his scrVicc5 in securing the
| Inauguration of HAYES were really valu-
allo, much less Indispensable. The Ohio
| faction assert that the entire case before the
JoE BRADLEY tribunal was blocked out 10y
| SrANLrY MATTHEWS, that EvARTss argu-
mcut had no weight, except in its unqucs-
/ toned hcavincss as specimen OF oratory
in fact, that HAYES Is no moro indebted to
| EvAErs for the office which he holds than to
/ Private DALXrLL or the statue OF COLUN-
| BUs on the east steps Of the Capitol.
1t is "A matter of fact that the partisans OF
/ EyARrs and STANLEY MATTHEWS talk in this
! fashion. What the personal relations Of the
/ two Statesmen are, We have no desire a.
know ENAErs has been in summer retire
mcnt among the vcrdant hills and green
/ turnip-tops OF Vermont, impurting much
agricultural aud diplomatic Information e.
our eminent townsman, the Hon. J.. W
/ SroUGHroN, who is said to bc in trainns Tor
the English mission; STANLEY MATTHEWS
In Cincinnati, denying to the reporter OF
a Democratic newspaper that he ever made
a political bargain with anybody about any.
thing az any time. JoHN SHERMAN is enjoy.
ing summer cruise along the New England
coast at the expense of the Government
whose purse he holds and whose rcvcnu,
/ cutter he has managed 10 run ashore, knock
ius hole in her bottom, and having a
time time generally; and TOW Scorr il
minding HE own business in Philadelphia
/ For the first time since the fourth Of March
/ Mr.. HAYES has been left without man.
ager. and. consequently, there is very little
going on in Washington.