The daily gazette., 1878-07-09
From w ashington.
How secre ary Sherman Was Misun-
ders,ooG.
ZACH CHANDLER AGAININ THE ARENA
OF POLITICAL STRIFE.

OF POLITICAL STRIFE.
WASHINGTON, July :, ISIS.
As To anticipating the date; of the re-
sumption Of specie payments. Secretary
Sherman said, when asked about it bv
the HERALD correspondent, that he had
been misunderstood of such an inference
as tohis intentions had been drawn from
his remarks at Wyoming. In the con-
velsation from which his remarks were
quoted he had simply said, in answer
to a aquestion put to him point blank,
that we might expect resumption by the
Isl OF November, ifnot sooner He was
/ asked further And how much sooner.
Mr.. Sherman -
"oh, possibly by the 1st of September"
he answered. Whereupon his allestioner
continued -
! "Would you say as early as the 1st of
August -
well" replied the Secretary. 81
wouldn't like TO say that, but We shall
reach specie payments very soon.''
his Is all there is of his reported de
termination to resume before the lst Of
january. To make assurance doublv
sure the Secretary was asked:-
linen there is no truth in the state
ment that you intended to announce
specie payments before next December.
So as to forestall any action Congress
might take at lis next session."
None Whatever
And you do not intend to resume be-
fore January 1?7
u will not redeem the greenbacks
with gold before the day appointed but
the country will be at specie payments
long before that time. Indeed. | could
show you by figures from the Treasury
that l could resume Tomorrow; but
shall do nothing in the way of resuminp
specie payments except to encourage re-
sumption by every regular and natural
MEANS
MIR. Sherman adyerted to the press re-
ports OF his speech at Wilkesbarre. He
had gone among and talked with the mi
ners, and Notwithstanding that the place
was the scene of some Of the most yiole,
u DEEDS OF therloters last summer, he foun,
Z the men good natured, but complainjp,
y OF course, of the hard times. Heuc,
y when he was asked why he didn't pas
Il Wrlght's bill, he told them that ever
: man who wanted $500 ought to work fo
q it-lhat was the way to get it. Ther
II was no dissatisfaction, nor any sue
g Communistic remarks.
The Roorback that the ATTORNEY Ger
r eral was about to render an opinion thg
government employees We're entitled I
ten hours pay for eight hours worl
: The utter absurdity of this story
shown from the fact that the sever
r government departments in their dea
s. ings with their employees are goyerne
by the decision of the Supreme Con
ce that ten hours pay can be exacted f,
u eight hours work only when a contra
a., 90 TO that effect Is made--a decision viii,
r. even an A'torneyGeneral would hard
he presumptuous enough to set aside.
y THE AMBITION OF MIR. ZACH CHANbLE
III MI Zach Chandler, accompanied
al Mr.. Charles I. Gorhsm, who was ASS
a. tant Secretary of the Interior under NJ
>" Chandler, arrived here this morning +
the purpose, it is understood, of tlirecti,
the lnf1uenc- of the Congressional r.
publean Committee toward the intere,
of Mr.. Chandler in the State of Mich
\ an. Of the support of the Congressiou
Committee it is said that Mr.. Chandl
ate has the most positive assurances s
led son-in-law, Mr.. Eugene Hale, is an aeti
at member OF that committee, and is dol
all he can to promote the plans Of
n iChandler.
z, Those who are acquainted with :
political tactics of the ex-Senator !
ul; that the popularity of eX-Presideut q
will serve his purpose better IN the Sc,
: torial race than any other thai
-s Chandler could adopt AS to anv
Dad tempt on his part to Conciliate Presid,
Hayes his friends say that the oppositi
of the President is more to be dej
a. than his friendship.