The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-28
wury RepublIcan politicians fall out

WHEN hcpuuhCai pVutiCiahs ioh Sas
the honest people get good deal OF In
formation that would have been kept, Sc
cret under other circumstances. Witness
the disposition to let out little matters
concerning the shortcomings OF Stanley
Matthews, the bosom friend Of the presi-
dent. The Inter-Ocean's Washington
correspondent says OF the Ohio Senator
"For reformer Matthews nas an un'
usually assailable record. lie Is man
who considers himself capable OF doing
things for the good OF self or country
that most politicians would neither dare
nor wish 20 do. He Is under obligations
to all parties, and his entire acquaintance,
but he thinks the world Is deeply indebt-
ed to him. lie Is one of the men, Tor
there are more like him, who consider
themselves doing an incalculaLle benefit
to a suffering people If they accept from
that people favor Of any sort. They
think the world indebted 70 them to an
extent that tue world Is unable to pay,
and In their Utmost souls believe that the
whole universe should 90 into bankrupt
CIV and be sold at marshal's sale to lqul-
date that obligation so far as possible.
This Is the sort Of man Mathews Is. An
optimist In the narrower sense OF that
term-a believer in the fitness of himself
for all great things that should be had or
done.
When Mathews is nominated for office
he considers that his constituency Is hon.
oring itself, and showing Its good sense;
and when he offered himself rs the fittest
man to take John Sherman's vacant seat
in the senate, he was somewhatsurprlsed
that the whole state Of Ohio did not rise
up, like William Allen, and shot "Maat-
thes foreyer."
When he was nominated for congress
in 1876 to run against that statesman
"Bounding Banding" Mathews made a
canvass OF the district, and spoke 10 APP
plauding multitudes each night lilo
rode In carriage to meet his appoint.
ments, and sent the bill for 1t to the COM
mittee that was managing his campaign.
1t was enough that he should stand as a
candidate tor Office, without doing the
vulgar act OF paying his expenses in the
campaign. When another candidate for
Congress is nominated in that district, he
will be asked before hand if he will pay
his own carriage hire.
But Blaine knows richer thing than
that about Matthews, and the few who
are In the secret are waiting to hear him
tainted with 1t when he makes q speech
on civil service reform: tor Matthews Is
civil service reformer. lie is opposed to
political assessment for campaign pur-
poses, but knowing how much Blaine
knows, as Bob Iugersoll says, ! advise
Mr.. Matthews not to allude to this sub
ject in the senate.
During the sittngs of the Electoral
Commission, ex.Secretary Chandler, the
Chairman of the Republican National
Committee, recognizing Matthews EN-.
lnence as a lawyer. sent tor him to come
and argue, with Mr.. Evarts, the Louisi.
ana ease. In the letter OF invitation Mr..
Matthews was told that the committee
could paw no tee, but would OF course O'
willing, il he preferred, to pay hi
necessary expenses. Matthews came
secured special car, and brought foul
members OF his family with him; went to
the most expensive hotel in Washington
gave dinner parties, hired carriages by
the day, and remained over the naugu
| ration. When he left he told the proprie
| tor OF the hotel to send his bill to Mr.
| Chandler, and the suggestion wa!
complied with. Although Mr.
| Chandler was expecting t
| nav Matthew'S legitimate expenses, h
was somewhat surprised to receive bill
for special car, amounting to over ,
hundred dollars; for carriage hire, amount
ing to $500; tor board for Mr.. Matthew!
and four members OF his family for sew
eral weeks, with extra dinner partie:
amounting TO nearly i've hundred dollar!
and tor seltZer water, amounting to S25
I Mr.. Matthews bill aggregated nearl
nine hundred dollars.
Cash was very scarce in the treasury
the National Republican Committee
The committee was already in debt sew
| eral thousand dollars to MIR. Chandler
but the latt ar, with smile on his face
which indicated what was going on in hi
mind, wrote his personal check for tn,
amount OF Mr.. Matthews bill, and keep
that bill receipted as personal property
| q relic of the corrupt and venial system
of politics which Mr.. Matthews has s.
often denounced.
| Since the unfortunate result OF tn
Ohio election Mr.. Mathews position be
fore society has not been an enviable one
lie is made the scapegoat to bear thu
blame Of the Republican defeat in tina
state, and is universally condemned fol
| his course since he has assumed leader
| ship in politics. So severe are the criti
cisms upon him thatit has been suggested
that Mr.. Blaine will not force fight up
on him. But perhaps Blaine will BIZ
like the old farmer who was troubled
with skunks, and was found by neigh
Dor beating the carcass Of one with biz
club. The neighbor inquired why he 81
exhausted himself, telling him the amin.
al was dead.
"Waal. yaas," replied the farme
wrathfully, "but ] wanter larn the critic
thar's punishment arter DEATH
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