The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-26

The members Of the Fraudulent Admin
istration keep moving like the Wandering
jew. a. IT pursued by the spectre of the
Great Grim" by which they attained office.
They always 90 a. dcadhcads. and usually
in shoals, fearing. as il were, TO bc alone
and foriiying their courage by companion
shin. HAYES and his concern. male and
female. have traversed the country from
Maine to Georgia, not unlike band Of
strolling players, but without a star for an
attraction.
Every sort Of trning prcteNt is seized
upon 10y the members of the Fraudulent
Cabinet n an excuse for leaving Washing
ton. They are seldom at their posts except
on pay day, when they are all either pune
tual in attendance or are represented hy
agents 10 draw the salaries which should
br received by Mr.. TILpEN 5 Cabinet. and
would have been but for u bargain and sale
the terms 81 which are now revealed plainly
by the testimony of Major BURHE. After
exhibiting themselves in company. each
forms Il set Of Ia, own aud starts out indie
pendently ON minor route.
Ancient Mariner THOMPSON appropriatcs
the Talapuosa and packs it with a crowd of
ilunkie- who steam from point TO point
get salutcs AZ the navy yards, with free
dinners from their commanders, and charge
the excursion 10 official business. Honest
joins SHERMAN picks out the best revenue
cutter, fills her with a party Of friends,
and swclls around Newport, New Lon
don, and other bathing places in his
stolen robes of office Counsellor EvARTs.
in the intervals OF professional ser
f..lf. in
and caurics reporter along with him
t. glorify his country life IN three resi-
dcncc~. and To- write up hi. diplomatic
achievements on the Rio Grandc. McCRAEY
and family and suite manage to pass their
time in visiting the forts and IN being re-
ceivcd 10y the officers who command them.
with the honors and hospitality due to a
Legitimate SECRETARY OF War
And now ky has gathered his set to-
gcthcr to roam over the land a. far as Cali
furnia taxing all the Postmasters for en-
trrtainmcnt. and riding free in palace ears
wherever hc may choose to 20. lie gets him
self interviewed, being still under the dclu-
sion that somebody may care Tor his foolish
uttorauco~. and that hc is really "a living
figure i'm politics. Since the return Of Mon
ION's man TYNER from Paris. KEY is ticklvd
with the notion that he may hc run second
on the GRANT ticket, although the Republic
can Convention In i"nn"9sce utterly ignored
him and hi. employer
KY is a mere llgurchcad in the depart
mont. 1YNER run, the machine. and quito
prohtahly for the Ring which he favor-.
Absence abroad. II course took him out Of
the rut- temporarily, and to got back into
them he started KEY as Il candidate for
Nicc-pre-ident with GRANT. The bait took
n he knew il would, and KEY at once plan
ned trip across the continent. leaving his
First Assistant exactly where he wanted 10
bc, with full swing during the excursion Of
his nominal chief and the opportunity TO
rc'a.tahh-h his former relations with the
patriots who know how L. make hay while
the sun shines in the General Post Onlce.
Altoscthor it "a charming collection of
Frauds which makes Washington its occa-
-ionai headquarters lts like was never
-ocn before. and, with the favor Of proNi-
deucc, will never be seen again.