The daily gazette., 1880-06-18
For the GAZETTE.
To the Thinking People Of
Am erica.

In reading one of the morning papers
a few days ago. read that Thomas It.
Bayard "was comparatively poor
man." 1 read this a m, 18th, In the
Times, of Phila., that Samuel j. Ran
dali, "after twenty odd years of pubic
life, covering the most corrupt period In
American history, tnds hinself a poor
man, with nothing to show for his dill
gence in business except an honorable
position and the plainly furnished little
house in Washington where he lives
during the Congressional session. When
he comes to Philadelphia he has q room
at the Merchants Hotel, away down on
Fourth street, and his summers are
generally passed with his wife and chill
dren in rented house within rev
hours ride of the city"
Now, gentlemen, L ask the so--called
Rel ublican party why this Is; l ask
every voter why It is; ask every tax
payer why it ID. The answer Is given
by the gentlemen themselves, byp their
own utterances.
"I do not consider loses or gains when
mn d,itl as a public servant or Senator
are involved;"-these are the words Of
T t Bayard when he was told he migh'
lose votes in Louisiana for the nomina-
ton of President by his course In the
kellogg case. We thank God for such
man, though he were Republican.
HI did not have Credit Mobiler stock,
nor was he ID with Boss Shepherd, nor
with joyce, Avery & Co., nor in the
wtiskey st-aling, "else he might have
traversed Europe, Asia and Africa, and
been loved by Chinese"
The following Is the reason mr. Ran
dali does not own Two handsome dwell
linps with broad acres around them, and
his thousands in railroad (Pacifc) stocks
| like MIR. Garfield.
When the Central Pacific Railway
| COMPANY had bill before the House,
| looking to the appropriation OF Mare
island for depot purposes. by wanton
sacrifice of the governments title to that
property, life-lonR persona, lriend e o,,S OF
"Look here, Sam, know you are op-
posed to this bill, and there is no use in
asking you to help. us get It through !;
| but its passage will be $4,000 in my
| posket. Now, all ask is that you will
favor me by not fighting it any more
| than is absolutely necessary" Isl say, old
old fellow" ;" was the reply,"I would rath-
er lose my right hand than have you lose
that fee, for / know you need the mon
ev. and have no better friend in the
that bill; it Is steal, and am going to
| fight it to the DEATH" He was as good
as his word, fighting 1t with all his
might, and il was defeated by one vote.
| Wheeler, by the way-at present de fac-
| to Vice President of the United States
was chairman of the COMMITTEES on Pa
cltie Railroads at the time, and the pa
| troH of the bill.
| The question addresses itself to every
| American citizen, whether native or OF
foreign birth-why are these men poor
If these gentlemen had not been in
positiou 10 have been worth millions a.
well as Grant, who was as poor as al
M ost any man among us when toolseek
rs picked him up; or as Credit Mobihel
Garfield, who was poor man only
twenty years ago; or as dHiande Hayes
who was comparatively poor man un
iii he pocketed Sam. Tilden's $500 900
There are about 900 office holdert
feeding at the government msnger
when $4,000 would do the work undei
the rule Of such men as Seymour, Bay
ard, Hendricks, Randall or Tilden, who
reduced the expenses of the State o
New York from SIC, 900 900 to So 1000 ,000
We will leave the reader to finish thu
article at the ballot box next November
when such men as ex-Vice Presiden
Colfax, Babcock and BelkDap will lost
all hope of again stealing the peopiei
| money. W.