The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-02

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six million dollars. The auctioneer dive
upon this amount for about one minut
vainly endeavoring to get an advance, ar
at last said, IF you are all done and g
no further bid the load is finally knocke
down at six million dollars" The auction
neer then demanded the names Of the pu
chasers, which were announced by Go,
Morgan TO be J. Lawber Welch, David 4
Wells and himself, as trustees. Ii was sui
seguently stated privately that they repre-
scented the English direction for the recor
struction scheme, and that it was acomplet
victory for the receiver.
INTERVIEWED.
Secretary Thompson Interviewed re
Eardinx the s'r-sidens's Civil Service
fsestraining OFder-An once Holder
can Contribute Money for Political
Purposes 20 He wants to.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 2i-The IndIanapo-
lis "News" publishes an interview with
Secretary Thompson, who is in the city. in
relation to a dispatch from Washington,
published in the 81. Louis "Globe-Demo-
crst" yesterday, in which it is stated that
in a conversation between Mr.. Campbell.
OF Pennsylvania, and the President, the lat
ter said that there could be no reasonable
objection to officers in the civil service con-
tributing a reasonable amount of their in
come 10 campaign purposes; that he would
be pleased to have them do so and that the
President himself expected 10 contribute his
but Secretary Thompson de-
clined to say anything that would appear
like the statement OF the President in the
1News," but thought the dispatch above al
Jude to gave fair Interpretation of
THE oFFIcE-HoLDER's ORDER.
His explanations are the same "a those
given in Attorney General Deven's letter of
last October-that if man choose 10 con.
tribute his money he can, and il he chooses
not to he can, and the President would
sustain any man on such refusal. What
ever is done, clandestine'y, cannot be con-
trolled, nor is the President supposed to be
abl. TO follow all
VIOLATIONS OF THE RULE
to the lowest clerk in any part of the coun-
try, but ii any case of attempted compul-
sion in the matter of contributions were
brought to the Presidents notice, he would
sustain the office-holder with all the force
Of his power. With regard to his own pro-
posed resignation, the Secretary said he
knew nothing about it. He had got the
Navy Department in shape to suit him,
and proposed TO keep it so. When ques-
Toned "a to the attempts of the Democrats
to raise the question of the Presidents title,
Thompson said "Oh, l think
here is no question there to raise think
The Democrats want to get some official ex-
preston on record, so as TO use it for cam
oaign purposes. | see nothing more that
hey can accomplish than that. The talk
If fraud in no way touches the Presidents
tile"
THE QUESTION
or the court to decide would be: Was there
III ELECTORAL commission; was it construct
d according to law; did it perform its du-
les. There is no dispute on these points,
md unless the charge of fraud could be
brought against the electoral commission
tself, there would be nothing in any way
ouching the title. Whatever fraud there
night be back Of the jurisdiction Of the
commission it in no wise touches
heir work. The Democrats only hope to
make campaign capital, and i thind moth
ng will be done on the subject by Congress.
The Vote Of Florida.
NEW YORK, April 25.-The following is
text OF the statement of Judge McI.in re-
arding the canvass of the vote in Florida |
Or President, as published here in long
pecial from Washington: AS member !
1 the late State Board of Canvassers of |
he State OF Florida, feel impelled by
ense Of duty TO myself and in justice to |
theirs, to make the following statement
It the time the canvass was made, | was |
OF, at any time, conscious of doing 9TH |
rwise than right and proper. l called |
pom the canvass with the conviction that |
was my privilege and duty, in political |
ense, to give the
BENEFIT OF EVERY IOUBT
a favor of the Republican party. / felt |
hat when question could be decided |
ither way, without doing violence to the |
ublic sense Of justice, it was fairly allowa-
lie in politics that it should always lean to |
~ own party and give my decision in its !
,vor, even at the hazard of straining at a |
oint. At no time did feel that occu-
led the position of Judge, charged with |
he du y of weighing and balancing all the |
violence presented. Looking back, now. to |
nat time, feel that there was
CONDENSATION OF INFLUENCES,
nat must have operated most powerfully |
4 binding my judgment and swaying nv
ction. i had been, for many years, and |
as at the time Of the canvass, a very ac-
i've partisan, and sincerely thought that |
ur State and the Nation would suffer IT.
spairable injury If the Democratic party |
ere to obtain the Presidency, and the |
olicy OF hatred to the negro and those
no had not been friends OF negroes, should |
btain control at Washington. was COM
ION and unanimous talk, also, that the very |
Of the men who, in the South, had |
UPHELD THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
expended upon the election of Mr.. HAYES.
nd that Mr.. Hayes would sustain them I
lroughout the South, while Mr.. T,lden |
ould not. | was shown numerous tele-
rams addressed to Governor Stearns and
hers from trusted leaders OF the Republi-
IN party in the North, insisting that the
aviation OF the country depended upon
lie vote OF Florida being cast for Mr..
.ayes. These kilograms came from those
whom | had been accustomed to defer.
he Chairman of the National Committee,
nd the man who was the nearest personal
lend of Mr.. Hayes, had conducted the
nvass. These kilograms also gave assur-
Ice OF the forthcoming OF
MONEY AND TROOPS,
necessary, in securing a victory for Mr..
ayes. Following these kilograms, trusted
orthern Republicans, party leaders and
.rsonal friends of Mr.. Hayes, arrived in
lorida as rapidly as the railroads could
ing them. l was surrounded by these
en-, who were ardent Republicans, and es-
'cially by the friends Of Governor Hayes.
ne gentleman, particularly, Gov. Noyes,
Ohio, was understood to represent and
eak with the authority OF a warm person.
friend, commissioned with the
POWER TO ACT
his behalf These men referr,d to the
neral destruction Of the country should
r. Tilden be elected. The intense anxiety
the Republican party OF the North and
cir full sympathy with US, cannot say
w far my action may have been infiu-
ced by TIE intense excitement that pre-
lied around me, or how far my partisan
Al may have led me into error; neither
n | say how far my course was Influenced
the promise made by Gov. Moves that If
r. Hayes became President should be
warded. Certainly these influences must
We had
RoNG CONTROL OVER NY JUDGMENT AND
ACTION.
my action at this distance Of
ne, with all calmness. with nv ardor
,led and my parta:,n zeal chilled by the