New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-25

the scandal without the least intimatOn that it
was scandal
In my TRIBUNE letter Of Aug. SAID
In the public papers have seen tine statement llela,ed
from the Republican state Committee OF PennsyVana
81 500 foe making single political sgeen i hri
stated as fact current that no one thOuEhl ol cu
ing H. tHat NJ senrz tiiy for his Political
SPECIFIC; 40 that the $1,000 be received in Pensylya,
ma was not exceptional was bus small part OF inc
gToss receipts for ali his years Of stun '-spcakins
Iattribute no disbonor TO Mr.. scaurz | do net say
that he had perfect right 20 demand any sum VIII
ever SPEECHES; but II Mr. william II. ~ NJ NM t
his speecn Mr. Schurz Is certainly estcppcd from ch3f
actcrziug Federal once-hoiders no richer 5nan %
political mercenaries, because they WoFk lor money
and not for lows alone.
A dav or two afterward The Washington star pub
Esbed can interview with Mr.. Schurz in the matter
of the latest statement of Gail Hamilton that W II.
Kemble Of Pennsylvania had paid him Sl,5oo--'
Stop | made no such statement Twinkle truth
fnllv little star said that I had seen the state
ment made in the public papers, iterated ana
reiterated "Schurz replied that the kembIe
story was utterly false and ridiculous ana
that inasmuch as Gail Eamiton's statements
have repeatedly been shown to be utterly
wild and entitled 70 no credit, he now beforehand
declines fo be interviewed again concerning thelh
Not unite so fast Mr.. Secretary IL may be very
prudent resolve not 20 DC farther Interviewer COZ
cerpipe my statements, but not single statement
of nine has been shown TO BE- wild, OF has been by
one hoiy,s breadth discredited. I said that The
Vo,ble story had been iterated and reiterated ID
4be pubUc papers VIII Mr.. SclurZ deny that the
Kemb'e story appeared in THE N%w-N DIRK iHlBONh
of june o. in The PHILADELPHIA Tines previous 10
Iune d in Forncy's >,tpdgy Chronicle Of Wash
ington, and in many other papcrs-diherng some
what in the disposition of details; sometimes 5000
for = single gpcech. sometimes FOR a speech thrice
delivered. sometimes ~ 800 for three weeks ser
vice. hat always the same in substaucc-aud thai
IT. first auuparance was weeks before ! commented
mon it9 Did Mr.. Schurz p8biish any denial before
commented upon it, I saw 80 such denial.
The York Frcaiag Post Of August 7. betrays
the same mental fabbiuesS. along with heal nv ANA
bopcfnI disgust for miserable personalities ana
an altogether unhealthy, fran'icaiiy morbid lu-
p'orinc. that Mr.. Blaine should save h'mS'i rom
sbipwreck In Maine by coming ont and dlSoWhlhe
INV Iettrrsla desire that has hardly been cGuailed
in Intensity and dircctne's sincsthe mother o. the
voppg man of the name Of Guppy was taken down
stairs very much against bcrwil, her voice rising
stair HIGHER every time her figure got a stair lower
Insisting above all things that everybody should
"oetoutw lana writing on the day after the Maine
Convention. and ne Post must by this time be re-
assured with the tdings that NT. Blaine has sim
spar TO cling 10!
Says 7ie loy:
II has been assorted again and again in the . gttS ,
ina,u hss been IL. schn Is h9't 20 demand ..h"
receive payment "a money Tor political speeches.
Never.
Mr. schurz ays Of the only 4 ghT g t cha;
Mr. W 81 K.iunle paid Nj. 'Auz 9l,'oo or d''eti"s
q speech three times IN That state.
There is no such charge IN the Letter. The Iost in
implying that there wassuch chargc,eitier d'esnot
know or does not hced the difference between truth
ard f.lsehood aad when The iOd brings It's whole
force to bear on the argument that if the charge
which did pot mlke-wcre true, they imply hotllds
dishonest or dishonoIable IN Ar. Sc.mrz, n Only
labors painfully up the point where stood at the
beeinuiug and strives by false issue TO lead Jhe
attopton Of ITS readers from the real point, which
was not that Nj Schuz worEea for money
but If Mr.. Schurz worked fos money lac should
not call names to other people because tne'
,vo-i f,rnlopev: and # one end Of RfOrn was FOR
bidding 20 ask officers for their money, the other euJ
a. Reform could not be putting jaeir money mic
yo,sr own pr,kct.
beav no responsibility for newspaper statements
in my lettcI based NY conclusion on an IT, Nor ann
/ responsible for louc-continucd and widespread
minors regarding Mr. Schur', habit OF charging tor
camoa.gu ,pcfches. My responsibility ceases whom
Ip,,yc that the statements were made and that the
Inmor existed That the rumor existed is proved hv
mNsW-YorK Tw8U>I's editorial belief August
"tlnt the exact fac, about The matter is, t!'ft
tiiorto So Gen. Sclurz frequently, if not tG5i'a-
. oIiL REQUIRED and received pay when lac rendered
continuous service q stump-sueaker throughout
important cauvassos'
"Prior 80 1872 embraces the period when MI.
Schurz was acting with the Republicans, and covers
the entire slime 20 which the kenble statement rt-
fers. The iutcrycwers may now legitmate'y turn
their attention TO the broad shoulders and mascalar
arm, Of rHE NEw-loEK TgBCNE. and If they want
stil further recreation for the dogday-, they might
interview the cairmen and iaries OF the several
National Republican Committees prior to ISL"
and also the financial agents of the several kepuDil-
can state Committees Of the Middle and Western
States "prior TO lS72.7 Whai DR. Schurz did ID the
way of charging the Democrats for his speeches IN
1872 have no means Of knowing; nor have ! ever
heard what hc has dolc in that regard since he re-
Joined the Republicans and was converted by or into
Cabinet asitIoD.
Since writing this Nh William II. Kemb!e has
unfinished Il letter clearing the sky Of ali the con-
i,cturcs misunderstanding aud fragmcntall reports
which made it rather dillicait 30 get at tho exact
truth cxcept tina. there was considerable money
sning and that the set OF the current was steadily
toward Nr. Scnirzs pocket. llr. Kemble says def
nitely:
Mr. sciurz received $500 from the Committee ioi
the weeks -eryccs 10 ne c.-h-1"'h or lS 'tIV' ~ %
az, 9'i,1 "a T tna, he should have no rliif0ld ex.
pcuses while Pcnusy wanna. ana 40 h0ir4 DIS "hLe IN
Tttsbms.
Mr. Kcmble gives the names of many of Mr..
Schurz's political comrades who were engaged IN
the same work at the same time, and neither asked
nor received compensation. He also adds that IN
1850 Slr. Schurz made a tour in Pennsylvania Of
about one week IN which al his expenses were
paid. and 800 IN money.