Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-09-04

The members Of the Fraudulent Admin
istration keep moving like the Wandering
Jew, Is II pursued by the spectre OF the
Great Crime by which they attained ofnce.
They always go as deadheads. and usually
An shoals, fearing, as IL were, 10 be alone,
md terrifying their courage by companion
ship. Hayes and his concern, male and
fsmale, have travefsed the country from
Maine TO Georgia, not unlike . band Of
atrolling players, but without d star for an
attraction
Every sort of triAing prctext is seized
upon by the members Of the Fraudulent
Cabinet y an excuse for leaving Washing
ton. They are seldom at their posts. ex-
cspt on pay day, when thy are all either
p~unctual in attendance or are represented
by agents to draw the salaries which SHOULD
b received bv Mr.. Tilden's Cabinet, and
would have been but for . bargain and
sale, the terms Of. which are now revealed
plainly BY the testimony Of Major Burke.
After exhibiting themselves in company,
each forms . set Of his W and starts out
independently on a minor route.
Ancient Mariner Thompson appropriates
ths 1aliapoosa and packs it with a crowd Of
Aunkies, who steam from point to point,
ees salutes at the navy yards. with free
dinners from their commanders, and charge
the excursion to official business. Honest
John Sherman picks out tho best revenue
cutter, fills her with a party Of friends, and
swells around Newport, Now London, and
other bSthisg places I'm his stolen robes of
cnace. Counsellor Evatts. in the intervals
Of professional service, seeks rural felicity
in Vermont, and carries q reporter along
with him to glorify his country life in
"three residences" I'D to write up his
diplomatic achievcmentson the Rio Grande.
McCrsry and family and suite manage to
pass their time in visiting the forts and in
being received by the officers who COM
mand them with the honors and hospitality
due to : legitimate Secretary Of War.
And nov Key has gathered his set to-
gether to roam over the land as far as Cali
fornia, taxing Ill the Postmasters for en-
tcrtainment. and riding FREQ in palace cars
wherever he may choose to so. He gets
himself interviewed, being still under tho
delusion that somebody may care for his
foolish utterances, and that he is really q
living figure in politics. Since the return
Of Morton's man Tyner from Paris, hey is
tickIed with the notion that he may be run
second on the Grant ticket, although the
Republican Convention in Tennessee ut
tsrly ignored him and his employer.
Key is q mere fgurehead in the depart
fnent. Tyner uni the machine, and quite
probably for the Ring which he favors.
Absence abroad, of course, took him ont of
the ruts temporarily. and to get back into
them he started Key as . candidate for
vice-President with Grant. The bait took.
q he knew it would, and Key at once
planned . trip across the continent, leav-
ing his First Assistant exactly whore he
wanted to be, with full swing during the
excursion Of his nominal chief, and the
opportunity to re-establish his former rela-
lions with the patriots who know how to
make hay while the sun shines in the Gen.
eral Postofice. Altogether, it is q charm
ing collection Of Frauds which makes
Washington its occasional headquarters.
Its like was never seen before, and, with
fha fsvor ~ prnvidenca. will never he seen