The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-04
SHERMAN SQUEALS
BUT THE RECORD IS AGAINST HIM.

AAOOhOh lOA VINO VIII
Boost the BOOm-Wlnd for the Boys Who Wore
the Blue, Soft Places for Those Who Wore the
Gray-The Treasury Department fast BecOm-
ing Soldiers Home for Ex- -ReBels- Some
OF the Men Who are CHARTERED There
The Shameful Treatment Of Major
Dickinson, a Gallant Union Soldier
The SeCretary's Plea of Guilty on
All the Counts OF the EnqulreI's
Indictment Concerning His
Transactions With His Pet
National Bank.
Especial to the Enquirer
Washington, D. c., August 2S.-When 1t was
charged in this correspondence that Secretary
Sherman was endeavoring to capture the votes of
the Southern delegation in the interest Of his
Presidential nomination, and a roster was printed
Of the rebels TO whom he had given places In the
Treasury Department, II very naturally threw his
fren IDS into the deepest CONSERVATION. Literary
Bureau was at once Termed In the Treasury De.
partment to break the force Of the Enquirer's
charges. 1t consisted Of Assistant Secretary Haw-
ley and Appointment Clerk Lamphere. The lat.
ter was directed to get up a rejoinder Of some
kind, and not to pay very strict attention 10 facts
Accordingly,a weak denial was mailed to news.
paper In Cincinnati published six times week,
but one so truly good that II is matter of much
surprise here that he should have been deceived
into making defense Of or becoming the apollo.
gist for disloyalty, inasmuch as his loyalty had
never before been questioned. To the lame de.
fense set up by this Literary Bureau the Enquirer
replies as follows:
The statement with reference to the appoint.
ment under Sherman Of the ex-Confederate Brig
adler brother in.law Of Senator Gordon, Allan
Wood, to first.cass clerkship in the Treasury, 1t
was stated that Major Dickinson, formerly of the
Eighth Illinois Cavalry, was removed to make
place for Wood-that he who wore the blue had
to surrender TO the gray. This the Literary Bu.
Ieau denies Ia sickly way, by implication. Be-
ing sensitive on the accuracy Of my dispatches,
even In an irrelevant matter of this kind, have
examined the records, and find the treatment
of Major Dickinson by Secretary Sherman to be,
If possible greater outrage upon the Union SOL
diers than the appointment Of exrebels The
records Of the Treasury show that Major Dicktn-
son lOds discharged from The First Comptroller office
by Secretary Sherman and GOrdONS brOthhr-in.laW
uppOTftSU upON ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS " lINlTtCS
Foster and others.
Major Dickinson, beside his services In the
army, has a paralysed daughter on whom he has
expended every cent Of his savings in his efforts
to cure her. The hardship of his removal, and
the double afllction of having been Union sol.
dier and having an invalid child, so wrought
upon the sympathies Of his comrades that they
united in such pressure that Sherman was com.
PEELED to re.appoint Dickinson, and he assigned
him To the Office OF the Register Of the Treasury
But this concession to the Union soldiers, 1t ap
pears, was only to allay clamor, and the Major
was not forgiven for his use Of the soldier inhu
ence to effect his reappointment
The very next Confederate Brigadler to apply
for office was the brother of Senator Wahers of Vir.
Oi1td and Dickinson lOds again removed and WiherS
Ods appointed ~ his place by Secretary Sherman on
| the recommendation OF General W, 4, Sherman,
| who was class mate with Withers at West Point,
and knew how good a Confederate he was.
| few days ago, when the damaging exposures In
these dispatches OF the preference shown the Con.
| fedeTates in appointments by this Administration
were made public Dickinson was again appoint
ed to a temporary place by Mr.. Sherman; but the
moment the universal protest of the Union sol.
dier element ceases, predict some reason will be
trumped up for the removal OF MAJ Dickinson
| and his comrades
The denial that the Confederate Colonel Moore
| is now In the Department in any oapS city Is an-
other mistake" This rebel remained In Sher-
mans 01ice anM he tUaS appointed TO higher and
more lucrative office in the Post office Department
unoer his Confederate comrade, General Key,
| where he is now drawing handsome salary.
The statement that Nellgah, the Union soldier,
| was removed, and Massey the rebel, appOi ted
his successor during the Grant Administration,
simply confirms previous assertions The charge
that Massey was rebel guerrilla, and had been
indicted on q charge Of stealing mules, was made
| to Secretary Sherman In person by the ex Con.
| federate Surgeon Henry, anu who has Just been
appointed a Surgeon in the Indian Service by
| President Hayes
The Yerger family are StU In one Of the Depart
nleNts this morning, and the agitation of the sub
ject does not seem TO have Influenced the Admin.
istration to any action. 1t is not matter Of won
der here that the friends Of the murdered Colonel
| Crane in Dayton are indignant
| NJ. B. Ball, just appointed Collector OF Customs
at Alexandria, by Secretary Sherman, was an orr
| ginRl rebel and was captured al the beginning OF
the war by EllswOrths troops, when the latter was
assassinated on entering the sacred soil OF Virgil
mia in ls6l. Ball gained his freedom and served
| through the war TO destroy the Union.
| The Treasury Literary Bureau denies thatJ. W
Chapman, a MOsby guerrilla is In the Treasury
| Department. Here, again, the Bureau makes q
missioner Of Internal Revenue Rogers with whom
| the following c0llOqny took place:
The EDquirer-It has been denied In the public
| prints that J. W. Chapman who was In MOsby's
| command, Is in the employ Of the Treasury De
psrtment under Secretary Sherman, Now, as
| matter OF fact, Mr.. Rogers, is not Chapman Spe
| cial Revenue Agent7
| Mr. Rogers-He Is but he is a capable officer.
The Enquirer-Imake no point on his { fficieucy
All want to know is whether or no he is a Reve
nue. Agent2
Mr., Rogers Yes, Sir, he Is.
SECRETARY sHERMAN's PLEA OF GUILTY
To the indictment Of the Enquirer in connection
with his transactions with the First National Banl
Of New York was, after all the only manly course
which was left him, His attempt, though, t
plead In justification Of his act that a differen
course would have made a stringency In thu
money market, leads to very serious inquiry
What right has Secretary of the Treasury to lent
the money of the people to avert such calamity
Again, Secretary Sherman must admit that, afte
the confession he made 10 the Cincinnati mer
chants yesterday, that he deceived the peopl,
whom he addressed when he attempted to leavC
them under the conviction that he had closed re
funding operations. 1t would have come with |
| much better grace, and would have smackeC
| more OF genuine honesty, II Secretary Sherman
had made his confession when he addressed thu
l pcUplo vi LIS PlS0 VI BulAbyt GulbEou yes
terday carries with 1t necessarily the plea of gull
ty to the charge that he deliberately deceived the
Maine voters, and led them to believe that he haC
refunded the SIX per cent. loan, which, in fact, ht
had not.
The opinion is almost universal here that bu
for the persistent course Of the Enquirer In press
ing Secretary Sherman 10 explain mis- operations
with the. Syndicate the people Of this country
would never have known how the Great Amer
lean Finaneier, induged New York bank with
capital Of $500 coo BY practically loaning 1t with
out security forty millions OF the peoples money
and for what, toTsooth7 {" To prevent stringenoy
In the money market |" Says Mr.. Sherman In hi
confession butif he had been thoroughly homes
he would also have added. " 10 keep up the pre-
MUM on the four per cent. popular loan, so call
ed, until after the Ohio election"
There is only one point In Mr.. shermans con
iesslOn which ia not strictly correct. He leayel
the impression that he has becurity from the
banks for the faithful performance Of their con
tract. The truth is, the only security he has h
$4,000 600 OF the four per cent bonds living In the
Treasury, and for which the First National Banl
has subscribed d, with The coupons cut OF. The Bsnl
has already got the interest whether n kps m,