The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-08
All of n Kind.

All of a Kind.
Manifcstocs from Washington have become
more common than pronunciamentos in
Mexico; and they have about the same sig
nificance and value. Hardly day passes
without bulletin announcing some won
derful reform. Tho Associated Press ia
taxed for this self-gloriflcation, which is
little better than public nuisance.
HAYES, as tho principal fraud, Of course
leads tho way. Then comes Mr.. EvARTs,
who is always busy inventing n vigorous
foreign policy" which is to throw Don
HAMILTON FISH into the shade. Mr..
SCHURz keeps corps Of stenographers
busy recording his achievements. His
competitive examinations, commissions,
orders, Investigations, and the like, are
flashed over the wires and imposed on the
public for news, while he laughs in his sleeve
ut the success OF this free advertising of his
greatness. Mr.. KEY writes letters to anony-
nous of1iceholders with one hand on the
wisdom OF leading better lives, and employs
the other vigorously in building up an Ad-
ministration party in the South. Mr..
THOMPSON, having reformed the Pope,
and shaken the foundations Of the Vati-
and SEcoR RoBEsoN's distractions. Mr..
McCRARY has been so much exercised about
Iowa that he has had little time for rcfor
nation. But since the Republican Con-
vention has expressed itself on HAYES
and his policy, he will probably go
10 work with quickencd zeal, and cut
Off all offending heads. Gen. DEvENs has
turned the screws in the Department OF
Justice, and expects to save $4,000 during
the present fiscal year, II the marshals do
not take advantage Of his confidence
Mr. SHERMAN has detectives at work to
discover all cases where two members Of
any family are holding Offices, with view
70 their decaptation, SO that vacancies may
be provided for his own relations, friends,
and partisans who are already scattered all
over the public service in profitable and
pleasant places. He is just now reforming
at sea, with q revenue cutter at his COM
mand and plenty Of good things on board,
cruising along the coast at the cost Of
Uncle Sam.
In his bulletin, HAYES says: "No as
sessment for political purposes on officers
or subordinates should bc allowed" The
effrontery OF this declaration almost sur
passes belief, for there is abundant and the
most unquestionable testimony that he
personally received large sums Of money
from the National Republican Committee,
and from various private individuals, like
Mr. PIERREPoST, TO he used In the can
vass for Governor and President in Ohio,
both In 1875 and in 1876. A large
part of that money was raised directly
by assessments on ofIiceholders, contrac-
tors, and iobbers, and tens Of thousands
We're contributed by JAY GOULD and the
railroad magnates with whom he Is affiliated
upon conditions that bind the Fraudulent
Administration to their interests. without
the liberal use Of money, IL Is admitted that
HAYES would have been beaten for Governor
In 1875, and defeat then would have ended
his aspirations forever. If the oilicehold-
ers in New York, Pennsylvania, and Wash
ington had not responded TO the call
then made upon them, HAYES would now be
q dead cock in the pit. Postmaster EDMUNDs,
who still runs the machine under the shadow
Of the White House, had black list made Of
every man and woman in the departments
who refused to contribute. and red list of
the loyal contributors who came down with
out Importantly There were few who re-
sisted as removal was the penalty of re-
fusal.
The most active agents Of those forced
levies, and the most notorious Instruments
of secret system Of prescription and
persecution, are to-day the peculiar
favorites of the Administration, and
the teachers and excmplars of reform
under CARL ScHURz! They are all gradu-
ates from the University Of ZACH CHANDLER,
COLUMBUS DELANo, and Postmaster Ed
MUNDs. They absolutely run the Depart
ment Of the Interior by burning incense
under the nostrls of its chief
There are letters in existence from HAYES,
SHEl.MAN, MOVES, DENSIsoN, WIKoFF. and
other managers IN Ohio containing the most
urgent appeals for money to save the State,
and IL Is an open secret that several of the
drafts and checks We're payable TO the order
OF HAYES, and bear his endorsement II is
not improbable some Of them may be pro-
duccd in evidence, TO illustrate the sincerity
Of these "reformers," who employ their
time in deception, and who go about boast
ing that they are not like other men.