The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-18


Hayes or Tildrn. Later on ! brcnmc
aware That The rcnl f.ar ON thc part of the
Hayes mon was That would be- opposed to
~ Should be-. From the momcn, That the Conn
mission i"gnn ~. work / hnd an uucnsy feel
inE That something evil wis aiout was sure.
ihougl could not get hold ui anything tanti.
BILE. John sherman. Wutirrsun. Foster. and
other Western m,rt hat thrir hrad, together
ana Wrtr plotting something. EDsW There
was u" Effort that | know 0i inet nae within
W., ,,. .i ,il'r ~ un.";, AwWui lrmni tHmr 10
mcrt ne. ! snid. Very well. the urNt tiinr We
20 to the House viii hr happy io mot him
W." were introduced 10 day or two after. aud
hai low rummouulurr words together. Tn"
sam" irirnl. Iii tnl you VIII ii WIS. rN senator
stewart vi N"valu- urged IN" severed times
hli'r"nll To- ~ uul call ON ma. ana saiu W At
trrsuu desired to have me dino with him. do
/ ,llu"'l. and a last said Look l"t". stewart
| don't know what your object Vs. hui tell yuu
! plainly that hnvr no time now Tor dining with
| AZ well understand H. St"wnri srrmcd to hc
! offended, mud went away apparently IN nm ~
! temper That WIS as nrnr ~ "nmc ~ amy II
| the hareain- makers; hat ! think everybody
! AMI that the wires hiwe"n Washington and
! Columbus kept the onto man thoroughly i'll
| formed US To all that was doing ~ his behalf.
THE Truth WILL Sink HAYES TO INrANtY.
Putting this and that together. was pretty
| welt convinced that there whs ruitrnnrS- IN
! Louisiana. and that an effort WIS making to
| stiilc all inquiry. know nothin - could not
| speak. and when tho commission determined
! not 10 20 behind the returns moro WIS no thpi'e
| left but To- endorse the regular rriurls ~ pre-
| srntrd. | was MOTTO spcuk cHudidiy-Sorry.
| however that on engagement MOD, long b"inr,
and that could not lev DELAYED. prevented
| my presence at the vot" on Louisiana, | had
| made my arrangements to- be- there. Int. rs you
| will remember. the vote WIZ postponed for u
! day-from Saturday to Monday. This postpone
| meut threw me out Of my calr ulations. and WIS
| absent. am frank To- sny that ! thought then
| there was something not exactly straight about
! that louisiana business. hut now believe that
! when the whole truth is known II will sink this
/ Adm NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and alto the low
est depths OF infamy'
VINO owns THE FRAUDULENT ADMINISTRATION.
You think. then. Senator. that the President
Is wholly in the hands of the southern Demo-
crafts Z"
am sure Of It. \ Republican told mo that
| not long ago hc had Occasion 10 visit the white
nb3nlse "a ana ne found We itrs,dgn' polite, nn
| tor Gordon walked in without ceremony. and
| the Presidents countrnnnce nj once lighted up.
| ana he rose from his scat graspcd the senator's
| hand warmly. ana throwing an arm Affection
| ately over his shoulder drew him to- the win
| tial whispers. aud then Gordon walked out us
! ne came tn-with the air OF ono who was per-
iectly at home. TIL, other guest took his leave
| at once in grcut disgust. Hill. Lamar. and
| other Southcrncrs are reported TO Ice On the
| same terms Of familiarity there while the cold
shoulder is given to the oldest and best OF our
| Republican LEADERS, II looks very much like
| ownership on the part Of these gentleman. and
| any of their claims. Hayes cannot ect out II
| their power II lac would. and am by no means
sure that h. desires it. He has an inordinatc
| conccu Of his own powers. and in spite oi the
| Tact thnt he can command no votes al IN" South
! seems possessed Of the drusun thut he is able
| to create party OF his own there.
STANLEY MATTHEW'S MORE FooL THAN KNAvE.
What about the Republican Senators who
| vote with the Administration ~
=, They are soon countrdup. There's stanley
| Matthews aud Chris!ancy NJ the West. Honr.
Dawes and Burnside ut the East. and Conovrr
| and Patterson, probably. nj the South. Some II
these are only family with tho Administration
"a ~ Al fDrs all
| that he has gained, or. rather saved out ui me
wreck. Tor h" had all the 'Rrpublican part II
| the senate " tn him when he began olrrnt ious.
| Stanley Matthews belongs to the President. Of
! course. not only by relationship but hrnluSc
hoG S:h h Eod men Sf in The sdna aacn,
he told Garfield to step aside Hnd make room
Tor tn. Administration hroth"r-in-lnw. nndtlr
OHIO Lcg's laturc oh"dcntlY did the President :
| behest. or course this was all right in the cnse
OF Hayes hut If Grant had tried to dictate To- n
state Legislature atterthis fashion what lively
commotion there would have hrrn.
Matthews Is not q bad fellow aud feel
nomination Of an Ohio man Tor ' forcsn con-
sulship was sent IN to our committee. and |
made inquiry about the incumbent and found
| that he was in every way an acceptable man,
and so reported 10 the committee Ancrwnrd
STANLEY Matthews came To me in the S"nnte
| that mnn-hes q good muu and ought t. havo
! tn" place. But said |, Tho incumbent j. u
good man, too and under til" rules 81 civil
service r.form do not think 4 right 20 remove
MN. Matthews then said: You must ,o II.
| Inc new man i a friend OF mlur. and |
promised him the place in return for. working
asked for ii for him. Vol. Mr Maii i Vs.
said, ! have got To give III" commit'nc some
! r"nson for making n change. Shall | toll
them that the nonino" was appointed hy the
Presiden, nj your request and NJ q reward for
| uews; | have no objection Whatever As
soon ~ he was gone turned To senator Ham,
| lin. who sat next Ia me. and asked him what !
should do. and If should make h, request
! known 10 the committee, Hnmlin said, Nrs,
~ J. i'm J. aim sH.aN NtHa
such fool MS that or course. I would not do
ANYTHING Of the kind since It would Put him in
a very bad hight before the SENATE. but could
not help wondering nt what seemed ~ me the
marvellous innocence Of the man.
You can judge for yourself how far the wit
| and experience Of such n man so toward
STRENGTHENING the Administration. | :hink
there Is nothing he has done thnt has added
any credit 10 Hayes. and yet that man went
through fir" and water POLITICALLY sprakingl to
really able a man as Garfield Wei il shows
| how good Judge of human nature aud acquired
abilities our very amiabic President j.. for
STANLEY Matthews, j. the ono specially chosen
| representative of Mr. Hayes in IN" Senate %; the
| United States-nnd the specimen H. unique.
THE SIX REMAINING HAYES SENATORS.
Then. there's Christianry lie was elected
ms compromise cand idhie;, YOU know, and
| dent. lie has never been radical IN his eonyi'-
tons, nor much OF Il politician IN .Nperionc",
and he readily eravitntod townrd Mr. Hnyrs :
| talk about reform and con'iliaiion. Besides lac
/ has the Dispensing Of patronas" i'm Michigan.
ami that has "A tendency 10 k"rp him atiucU"d
! To the Administration. For himself thor. nr,'
| other favors yet 10 come. | have heard that the
! dent offered aim circuit Judgr,h -. Whl.h
| he declined, as he has n Young wife who Is not
at all disposed 10 leave Washington. II is UNI
ders,ood that ho is willingto wait until Judge
| Swavnc resigns or dies, and That in eithor
| event, the President has promised t. maze him
an Associate Justice OF the SUR mo Court This
| Will take him ont Of the Senate hut III" Py'@i-
| dent latters himself that by that time he viii
| have no need of any Republican votes. Chris
| tnncy has vacilatrd at times. hut ON the whole
! II is safe to count him in with the Adminstru-
| ton. He will vote with IT on nearly every ques-
| tpn-appointmcnts md all.
| After n great denl Of hesitation. Senators
! Dawes and Honr appear 10 have cast in their
| lots with the Administration, though the s'nii-
mcnt OF their State is decidedly against the COM
| hinHtiOn. You remember that when the State
| Convention Of Massachusetts WIS hrld nj NOr-
! ccster last fall senator Hour refused t. preside
| hccausc It was understood that rrsol ions en-
! dOrsng the Administration were - he passed.
About that time the President made his trip 90
! Boston. and while there lac sent for Mr.. HuYr,
! and requested him To preside MS personal
favor 10 himself. OF course. ! do not know g. n
/ certainty VIVA, arguments were used. hut II WIS
/ rumOrcd that Collector Simmons WAS 20 Ice gun
lptined and that the -pOis Of ofllce in tho state
| were 30 b." divided by the two senators. Mind.
| this is only rumOr: but the coincldcuc"s that
! have olluwcd the adhesion Of these gentlemen