The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-08-23

must have arrived in Piltsburg on lh.
5ith day Of August:
"FoET WAYNE, IND.. Aug Is. 1868
"FRIEND CARA: There is one thing J |
forgot TO say in my last letter. Can yot
get passes for me on the railroad. OF
which ! have TO travel according TO pro
gramme? II you can get them for m-
please do so, and send them to Pitts
burg, so ! can find them on my arrival
You might also notify the Pittsburg com
mittee that shall leave ST Louis on the
evening of the 23d. and reach Pittsburg
at 4 10 p. m, August "a
Truly yours.
&C SCHURZ"
just seven days thereafter including
Sunday. Mr. Schurz received $500 from
lhe Republican State Central Committee
for the week 5 services, a. the cash book
Of the Secretary OF that committee, Mr
George w. llammersly. shows IL will
be seen from the letter that Mr.. Schurz
on his arrival at Pittsburgh had provided
/ tor two things First that he should
have no railroad expenses while in Penn
! -ylvHnia. and no hotel bills while in
Pittsburg, placing himself in the hands
| ui the committee / do not know iOr
! certainty. but presume that NJ. Schurz
WAS in the hands of a committee at every
| place he spoke ia Peun-ylyanis. Hence
he could have had no expenses OF any
magnitude. so that the sum oi $500
which he received from the state C-n-
/ trail Committee, was in addition TO his
outlay. aud IN accordance with con
tract previously made. Nor is u true
that all Republican speakers received
compensation from the State Central
! Committee at the same time Mr.. Schuiz
was stumping Pennsylvania.
At least 100 gentlemen were doing
! likewise. and while some of them re-
I ceived compensation sufficient to meet
their outlay. many OF them received no
| comps nsat'on 1T all and no one TO the
extent OF Mr. Schuiz. and certainly no
aspirant to the position Of United States
/ senator, which Mr. Schurz was at that
| time, would have been offered money 10y
/ the State Central Committee unless he
/ had demanded IT, Among others, II may
/ not be invidiOus To mention Hon Jas u.
/ Blaine. Hon Horace Maynard. Hon Oil
vrr z. Morton. Hon. Henry Watson, Gen.
/ Joseph X Ilawlsy, senator } w Pattrr
/ son, Of New Hampshire; Gov. walter
| Hartman. Hon Titan j Cotf+e, Hon.
1 James A Briggs. Gen Cha. H. NanWick.
/ Hon + d Culver, Hon. Geo Boutwell,,
/ Hon A G Curtin. Hon. A. X Mcclure.
Hon James Pollock. Hon jams u.
/ Campbell Ia fact, Il was not customary
/ Tor gentlemen who occupied the position
/ in politics that Mr Schutz aud the abOvr
gentlemen did To accept compensation
/ tor political services.
But Mr. Schutzs remark that nj one
/ time, many years back, he did not ~
I c-ive cOmpensation TO the amount oi hi-
expenses. j. further eontudicted 10y his
/ action in 1860 At that time the R'pub
/ lican party wss not only IN its infancy,
I but bad funds scarcely sufficient To meet
| the expsnsos that were imperative. the
whole campaign for Governor aud Preri-
/ dent having been conducted by the com
/ mittee with lees than $4,000 Yet Mr
I Schurz made a tour in Pennsylvania OF
about one week, i'm whi h all his eXpen-
ses were paid, and he had returned home,
when a sight draft was promptly drawn
on our chairman, the Hon. a. II. Nc
Clure, for $500, with an empty treasury
There was nothing Tor us to do but 10 90
down into our pockets and pay IL Now,
be il known that $500 in 1860 was a very
large sum for any one to receive Tor po-
litical services, but when II comes to b.
an additional sum TO his necessary out
lay, il becomes oppressive. ] think
have written sufficient to satisfy the most
ardent friend of Mr. Schurz, that when
charged him with being one who follow
ed politics as a mercenary, and not as a
patriot, / spoke truly ot him.
Yours respectfully,
TSgned1 WILLIAM KEMBLE.