The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-31

subject. One of the most valuable
traits ofapolitfeian'si is TO know when
the impossible eonironts him.
I, fs TILDEE AND HIS LETTER.
San able letter, indeed. It did Mr..
!; Tilden great credit. I read It careful.
ly several times. No; haven't read
the Cincinnati platform. They.are ali
alike. read a Democratic platform
several years ago and don't think it
Will be necessary to do it again.
There's good deal Of talent wasted in
resolutions No; really don't want
TO hear 1t. Please don't read it to ME.
heavens! what a sacrifice it is to ones
teelingsto 10 go into public life nova
days. That's tho only objection have
over observed to tho press. Criticism
Is all right, but Pm afraid tho energy
ana enterprise Of editors carry them
100 tar some times. Do YOU know, It
IS absolutely unsafe for mo to talk to
you. No matter how careful NAV
be, no matter how accurately you may
record my every word, look, gesture
or information ofvoice, what ! tell you
VII! DC distorted by captious critics
and malicious enemies until every sen-
tcnco will bear different meaning
from that which my language implies.
| Yes, 1t Is true that politicians are very
often the traduccrs of each other; It
mas always been part Of the business.
But, as rule. the same audience that
has listened to the accusation will af-
ford opportunity for q defence. Wht,
can fight the newspapers? However,
TINS is not, by any means, sore point
TO me. l have no cause to complain
and do not speak with any bitterness.
only, to rccur to your question about
politicians while ago, think they
are very much like other mcn- no BET
tor, perhaps, but certainly no worse.
individuality, after all, is what marks
, mon; trade or profession never.
The mistake of tho Democracy in
1876" resumed General Cameron,
HIDING THE TRUE ISSUE.
as a matter of party policy they should
nave asserted Tilden's election and
never for an instant tolerated the Elec-
toral Commission. Tilden's friends
rcilnquishcdtheir ease when they admit
ted ofa dispute. You know how 1t
was in Jackson's case. He never for
moment permitted his friends to ex-
press any doubts as to his choice.
True, he did not get it then, tut how
about next fine? The apparent or
real sincerity ofthc man carried such
conviction that the next time every
body was for him. Here was where
Iilden stopped short Of greatness.
This is what put that man Hayes into
the White House. Tildcn was badly
managed by his friends. Hayes advis-
ers are, too, a queer lot. I can't see
much in them. Evarts' foreign policy?
The feature of it has been to protect
Seward, that Consul in China, al
though tho most conclusive proof of
his crookedncss is alleged to exist
now he is trying to ruin Colonel Mos
by because Mosby finds the office rot
ten. 1 have no doubt personally of the
bad flavor of that Shanghai, but Evarts
has held up one side ofthe coop while
Seward crawled out. Hayes sur
rounded himself with the men who
went over to Greeley. always pitied |
Greeley. lie was q baby out of the |
editorial room. a man Of intolerable !
egotism.
DIDN'T IT ego AS A LoAN?"
81 an glad to see my sons letter.
His health is quite poorly. He would |
have been very foolish to have taken
the chairma,lship of the National Com
mittee. Had he done SO 1 would have
been sorcly veXcd. IIis health which
is of some value to him, will not per-
NIT him to manage a campaign. Then,
too, why should he? It's not ONLY a
tlresomo but an expensive business.
Money is wanted ut 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 a pile
Of money. Nearly ever dollar that
Chandler got credit for spending per-
sonally, came from Donald. Chandler
was a close mana very close man.
OF 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 $4,000 in cash for his personal
fund. Hayes came to him, was abso-
lutely impccuDious, and nv son gave
it him out Of his own wallet. There
wasn't dollar in the campaign fund.
and Hayes was whining for pocket
money. know that Hayes got this
money. If didn't 1 wouldn't men
ton it.
eyes, sec Forncy has come out for
Hancock. Didn't surprise me. For
ney always was needy follow, want
ing help-always asking for somo-
thing. We'll, let him swing over to
Hancock; he will not get anything
there. Humility is often as bad as
egotism.
Reforming the Indian Bureau?
Who says
HAYES rs REFORMING ANYTHING?
Ny advice to everybody is to lot the
Indian business alone. That's ono
hope | have if Hancock should get in.
believe he would rcorganizc that
system and put it under the War De-
partment, where IL belongs. But,
repeat anybody who touches it as it is
now will get smeared. Honest or dis
honest, it's all one. Why in tho name
of common sense should the nation dis
bnrse hundreds of thousands of dol
lars every year to q lot OF greasy loaf