The daily gazette., 1880-07-28

FRAUD-DoN cAMERoN's $4,000 TO
THE IMPECUNIoUs FRAUD.
From the N. Y. Herald.
"The mistake of the Democracy in
1876" resumed General Cameron, was
in hiding the true issue. As a matter
of party policy they should have as
serted Tilden's election and never for
an instant tolerated the ElectoralCom-
mission. Tilden's friends relinquished
their case when they admitted of
dispute. You know how it was in
Jackson's case. He never for a mo-
ment permitted his friends to express
any doubts as to his choice. True, he
didn't get it then, but how was it the
next time? The apparent or real sim
cerity of the man carried such convic-
tion that the next time everybody was
for him. Here was where Tilden stop
ped short of greatness. This is what
put that man Hayes into the White
House. Tilden was badly managed by
his friends. Hayes advisers are, too,
a queer lot. can't see much in them.
Evarts' foreign policyI The feature
of 1t has been to protect Seward, that
| Consul in China, although the most
conclusive proof OF his crookedness is
alleged to exist; now he is trying to
ruin Colonel Mosby because Mosby
finds the Office rotten. l have no doubt
personally of the bad flavor of that
Shanghai, but Evarts has held up one
side of the coop while Seward erawled
out. Hayes surrounded himself with
he men who went over to Greeley.
always pitied Greeley. He was baby
out of the editorial room. A man of
intolerable egotism.
DID IT "Go AS A LoAN?"
81 am glad to see my sons letter.
} His health is quite poorly. He would
have been very foolish TO have taken
the craftsmanship of the National Com
mittee. Had he done so should have
been sorely vexed. His health, which
is of some value to him, will not per-
NIT him to manage campaign. Then,
too, why should he ? It's not only tire
some but an expensive business
Money is wanted at all sorts of times.
and | tell you the chairman of that
committee has,to go down INTO his own
pocket, and his friends very Often
The campaign OF '76 cost my son
pile of money. Nearly every dollar
that Chandler got credit for spending,
personally, came from Donald. Chand-
Ter was close mana very close man.
VI course l presume he gave some
thing. But that is not all, for after
the legitimate campaign expenses were
provided against my son handed Hayes
5000 in cash for his personal fund
Hayes came to him, was absolutely
impecunious, and my son gave it him
out of his own wallet. There wasn't
a dollar in the campaign fund, and
Hayes was whining for pocket money
| know that Hayes got this money. If
l didn't wouldn't mention it.
Eyes, | see Forney has come out for
Hancock. Didn't surprise me. For
ney always was needy fellow, want
ing help-always asking for some
thing. Well, let him swing over to
Hancock he will not get anything
there. Humility is often as bad as
egotism.
"What do | think about the Chi
nese A wonderful people. Imita-
tive, don't you know. A very inter
esting country, too, China. Popula.
tion probably exaggerated. Is that sol
An anti-Chinese clause in both plat
forms ?" and without imparling his
personal views on the anti-Chinese
immigration question General Came
ron left the impression on the writer
: that he believed the issue an unneces-
: sary one. He did not say so, how
q ever, and impressions" are of little
value.
"Reforming the Indian Bureau ?
| ic
$ thing? My advice to everybody is to
il let the Indian business alone-seyere-
6 ly alone. That's one hope l have il
- Hancock should get in. l believe he
u would Ieorganize that system and put
J. it under the War Department, where
d it belongs. But, l repeat, anybody
n who touches it as it is now will ge
= smeared Honest or dishonest, it's al
~ one. Why in the name of common
t. sense should the nation disburse hun
n dreds of thousands of dollars ever,
J. year to lot of greasy loafers just be
, cause they have red skins Z The gov
y ernment don't give itself any peculia
n uneasiness about the tramp that walk
5, the highway, stealing and begging
r. When it supports him, it is as a crimi
nal, only temporarily as a vagrant
Ii Vagrancy is salarie diff it only occur
@ on an Indian reservation. Schoolcraft
o Nicolett? Do you believe either O
Them ever visited Itasca LakeP
don't know ; never have made up m,
mind. follow the rule that it is i'm
i" possible for man to be long associa
is ted with the aborigines and remain
+ hont ST or truthful. These men ma,
W suffer by my too sweeping classification
!, but the doubt remains with me jus
y the same"
l. The last long hill descended brough
l. us to Columbia and General Camero
entered the cars just as they moved Of
for Lancaster.