The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-07

OF the new party in sight. He lost his in
Huence the moment he went into Hayes
cabinet.
Thompson? Oh, he's so awful good. He's
good old soul and of strict honor and in
tegrity. He's busy hunting up the rascals
of Robeson's administration and talking
about them. Isn't it strange tibet a man of
mis- asserted strict ideas of honesty should
keep government ship, make yacht of it,
invite his family and friends to use her six
or eight weeks? Queerl Dick Thompson has
been actively engaged in politics since 1884
He's one of the new men Hayes promised to
bring into politics in his letter to Charlie
Foster. I'll venture this, that when Hayes
term is up the navy department will be
found in worse condition than any other ex-
cept Shcurz's. IT ever you swap horses
with r G ard get somebody to go along with
you. Two men at least can be kept busy
watching him on trade. Did you ever no
tice that Chinese mandarin years ago in a
tea store in Canal street? 1t bobbed its head
tc everybody; it tried to please everybody.
That's Hayes and his cabinet; and so they
will go to the end. Don't you remember
how the democrats used to abuse Grant for
going away from Washington? I'll bet Hayes
will have been away more at the end of his
first two years than Grant was during his
eight years. Do / think Grant will be nomi-
mated again by the republicans? Yes do.
When he comes back to America and is re-
ceived by the people, maybe you will learn
what reception means. / was told by one
OF our leading men that arrangements were
being considered for having 200, eco old sol
diers in line-and they will all carry ban
ners, Grant for president
THOSE DESIGNING sHERMAEs.
"John Sherman amt bad sort of man.
Every dollar he's got he made while in Of
flee. Let me see, he went into congress in
1854, aud has never been out of place
since. L do believe he Is an honest man:
yes, sir, do in pecuniary matters; and 1
believe he wrote the Weber letter. There
was nothing in it out of order, and it was
due those fellows down south who stood by
the party. He's a good business man. l
believe he made his money by simply being
a good investor and trader. There amt five
ounces of cordially in his entire carcass, and
/ have doubts about one ounce of gratitude.
If you ever trade horses with him keep both
eyes wide open. Did you notice that SIS, 900
he borrowed through his assistant to grease
the Louisiana commission with? Yes. he
got it of the First National bank of New
York, of Baker, the cashier. Well, one of
the Jay Cooke crowd Is at the head of that
band Do you know that they are making
wagon load of money daily out of the treas
ury department in the sale of bonds? An
investigation of the way government money
is left ON deposit in that bank for months
at time will explain how. Next winter
you Will see how. | don't think he works
hayes for anything. He is supreme in
his own department, permits no in
reference. Yes sir, heimade the changes in
our custom house telegraphed to-day. Mr.
Evarts undoubtedly punched Hayes up to
insisting, but Sherman did the job. He amt
afraid of anybody or thing, and he's an able
man-with the exception of McCrary, the
ablest man in the cabinet. Besides he and
Hayes have several spies in the custom house
who post them. Yes, McCrary is old soggy.
His word is worth its weight In gold-and
he's got brains. He's out in Iowa now. He
won't stay long in the cabinet. You see
Iowa republicans are dead against Hayes.
McCrary has a future, and big one. He
must get away from Hayes or 1t will ruin
him. One thing queer he did. He caused
Il suppose 'Cumpsey' Sherman was at the
bottom of it, the list of battles OF the rebel
lion in which regiments had been honorably
engaged to be stricken from the army regis
ter. This he mustexplain fully or the Iowans
will sit down on HIM
you say you think General Sherman will
be up for president next time? Indeed,
bosh Sherman, w. T., the general of the
army, unless all signs fail and the ground
hog amt fooled me and DaybolPs arith-
metic amt gone queer with the wealth
er, after this congress will be ex general
of the army. 1t will be sort of hard on the
old man, but he will have to stand the racket.
He's got to go. His complaint is too much
brains and mouth for this small country,
where there are already more Shermans in
the field than there is field for Shermans.
You see 'Cumpsey' Sherman believes he is a
great statesman as well as he undoubtedly
was great general. You recall in 1865, at the
time of his capturing Johnston's army, the
political treaty he entered into with him,
which was rejected with howl of indignation
the land over. Well, old Tom Ewing, then in
his dotage, his father-in-lsw, who had been a
giant intellectually, talked Sherman into
that thing. You see Sherman, an old gradu-
ate when the army was most all democratic,
and afterwards teacher in southern school,
where politics was of the first importance
and a mans best recommendation, has
always been imbued with the vilest states
rights doctrines. In 1876 he got scared The
country was fast becoming democratic and
the presidential strife went far toward con-
firmiug this. Cumpsey saw that democrats
didn't like soldiers, and especially the ones
that put down that little democratic diver
tisement called the rebellion, and with
further alarm he discovered that the
negro vote south had failed to connect and
that the southern rebels, in the majority in
the democratic party, were going to run the
machine in the future. This discovery
doubled him up like good square collie. 1t
hit him all ag0g He rallied and went for
his strategy Brother John, high in favor
with Hayes, was the man. Hayes was taken
in hand by these hungry brothersa initial
ed. Cumpsey. soon as Hayes reached
Washington John having primed him in
Ohio the month before) became his body
guard. He impressed him with the beauty
of reconciliation, and that the soldiers must
not in the future be used as police in the
southern states, and that the army should be
Withdrawn from the state houses at New Or
leans and Columbia, and he convinced him
of these things. The condition in which
Hayes, has placed the southern rebel states, as
far as their control and future is concerned,
is just the same as they would have been if
the Standardization political bargain had
been carried out In '65-that is, that the
rebels were to have control of them. Cump-
sey then talked Hayes into big rebel in the
cabinet, and dispatched a messenger to Gen.
eral Joseph (. Johnston. at Richmond, ask
ing him to be secretary of war. Cump-
sey argued this way: If l can get
Johnston at the head of the army he
can hold my head on my shoulders
with bis rebel friends. Besides he can tell