Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-13
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q yaoeph BusfNce President.
TherA are few discriminating OBJ
1ofvers Of events who have failed
= notice the flne vein OF political
Glutiment that pervades the fraud
olent President. Since Sheridan
wfoto the "School for Scandal" no
G0eh Oh aracter has delighted either
The Ioysr or the drama or the man
1uoorostsd in his kind. On the as
dunptlcn that the proper study Of
mankind 10 man, Hayes 10 interest
Ing. In his letter Of acceptance of
The Cincinnati nomination, as in
IN his utterAnces since, we were
led 10 expect high gauge of pelit-
% 4 purity. Old Thurlow Weed,
the Warwick OF the Republican
PARTY. some mont hs ago, alluding
d Hayes sweet "petatoss,
prisms and prunss' style of ont.
elyfngs, said, in the bitterness Of
IL Republican heart, that he and
pthers had been at great pains
~ elect, and falling to elect,
y inaugurate Hayes As Pres
ldsnt, to flnd that they had made =
erlevous mistake. 1--WE should
have tried to elect Mr.. Hayes su-
perintsndent Of . Sunday School,"
aid old Thurlow, "instsad Of Pres
Idsnt Of the United States"
Now we are entirely Of opinion
that = sincers and honest Superin-
tondsnt Of = Sunday School is An
excollent institution. If he means
what he says-if he sincerely Ia
borD for the advancement In moral
!. ~ Of the young people who are
intfusted to his charge-the Super
intondent of Sunday School de.
serves all homer and praise. But
the hypocrits, pure and simple,
whether the field of his operations
be the ethics of politics or religion,
Il il detestable individual. He has
been drawn in such characters ~
Jossph Surface, and he has been
oxemplifisd In real life by such
politicians a. Rutherford B. Hayes.
What tremendous splutter was
made at out civil service reform by
this Presidential "whited sepul.
cher?n A new era was TO be in-
suguratsd. Office-holdsrs were not
/ 20 be permitted to msddls in poll
ties 1t all. A millennium was
about to dawn OH the people of the
United Stntes. They had q godly
President, elected by fraud, and
they were never again to be af-
nlctsd by the sight Of department
clerks harried for their contribu.
tions to current campaigns. Polit-
ical assessments were naughty
tiipgs. Collector Simmons, of
Boston, and Arthur, Of New York,
were to be removed because they,
With manly independence, contin-
usd at the he ada Of the Republican
State Central Committees OF their
respective States. Our President
was a. virtuous man as Joseph
Surface in the play, and yet hardly
. ycar has elapsed and the New
York Evening Enpress tells the
story es follows:
1tMas not very agreeable sur
prise that the members of the
party Of moral ideas who happen
70 be Federal office, holders received
Yesterday. Each Custom House
and Postcfiice official, upon com
Ing to his dssk, found a neat little
ialter. There was nothing peculiar
about that; the envelope WAS of a
pure. unofIicial white, and outside
of tho postmark, "Washington,"
there WAS nothing to arouse suspi.
eion. But inside of the white en-
yeIope was one of forbidding graz.
This contained the following Sc
tIuetive missive, which, though not
pfoducing the same kind Of feeling
as = bjtlet-d0ur, yet brought on
cousldersble emotion:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE
REPUBLICAN CoNGR EsLIoNAL CON-,
1912 II street. Northwest,
WAsHINGToN, ID. O. 1873.
Eugene Hale, Chm. Hon. Horace A. Page,
g. q. 0orham, Sec. Hon. Chas. Foster,
Executive COM. hon. j. NJ Campbell,
Hon. Wm y. Allison. Hon. JayA.HubbelI.
Hon, b. X. Bruce, Hon. +. Hiscock.
WAsHtx GroN, May ~. 1878.
SIR: This committee. charged with la
koring for the SUCCESS OF the Republican
es..: In the conias .smHpa,:n =, Hnh: for IL the
With confidence upon you, as Republic
can, for such contribution in money as
you may feel willing 10 MAKE, hoping
oommittse deem 1t proper, in thus ap-
poaling TO the Republicans generally. To
infbrm those who happen to be in Fed
eral employ that there will be no obJec-
Thsimporlance oft pending struggle
cannot easily be exaggerated. That The
sssa1 Z @ 70 DC Democrsnc s, adfer the ith
In visw OF this, the election OF Demo.
S crAtio House OF Representatives would
pfecipttate upon the country dangerous
agltalions, which would inevitably add
10 the present distresses. Foremost
among their schemes, the opposition al
ready announce their intention to at
& ten pt the evolutionary expulsion Of the
President from his ONCE.
n BY the presentation of three candi-
dates for the Presidency In 1880 the peo-
pie should fail To choose, the House
must elect-each State delegation cast.
ting one vote.
FROM what Is now known. and with
The growing dssensions in the camp of
the enemy, the com niittss have good
reason to enter upon their work with
courage.
Please make prompt and favorable re-
Gponse to this letter, and remit At once
) ~ draft or postal money order to Sidney
i. Austin. ESQ. Treasurer, &c., German
4merlcAn National Bank, WAshingtOn,