Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-08-12
Tbe Sherman Hancock Letters
A CURIOSITY TO sEE ALL OF THKM.
Gen'l superintendent
NEW York Aug. 4

NEW YoRk Aug. 4
Washington dispatches report that the
curiosity TO have the whole OF the Sher-
man. Hancock correspondence is rapidly
increasing. 1t is generally agreed that
Gen Hancock 8 letter cannot be fully un
derslood until the two which called 1t
out are before the public as well as some
which followed it. The correspondent Of
the Baltimore Sun, q Hancock paper, says
that II is the understood that Gen. Han.
cock wrote several others TO Gen, Sher
man after the one now before the public
The Democratic press Of the East, upon
the production OF only one OF several let
tiers, aud without the light which those
which called this one out would give, are
declaring that another Republican charge
against Gen Hancock has been exploded
so general is the statement that 1t is
proper to recall the fact that the whole
charge against Gen Hancock came not
! only from Democratic sources, but from
\ his personal friends, and that every point
/ OF these charges thus made were declared
( to be accurate by his intimate personal
/ friend Gen. ". +. C'Baldy') Smith.
/ THE CHARGES WE'RE BROUGHT, SOON
AFTER
! their publication by Democrats at the
( Cincinnati Convention, 10 the attention OF
4 G, n Smith In the following printed torn
"Durng the Electoral controversy 1t
was claimed 10y the Republicans that sen.
atOr Ferry, the acting Wee President, had
the right TO count the votes independent
. Of The Senate and House. On the other
hand, the Democrats claimed that Con.
gress alone had the right OF counting the
vote. While these questions were pend
ing, and prior TO the establishment OF the
( Electoral Commission, Gen. Hancock IN
formed Gen. Sherman that il was due 70
+ him (Sherman) TO be epprlsed Of what his
(Gen. HsnCock's) position was IN the mat.
ter He therefore would say that he con.
sidered that 1ilGen hsd been elected
President OF the United States, and that
I Grants term OF office expired az midnight
on the 3 OF March. That, regardless OF
an. thing Ferry might do, If Congress de.
clared
THAI TILDEN WAS ELECrBD PRESIDENT,
he (Hancock) believed he had the right
/ 10 take the oath of o!lcc wherever he
might be- and that If Mr.. Tilden did take
/ the oath Of Office aud he should receive
any orders from Tlden as Pres dent after
midnight on The 81 Of Msrch, be should
1bey them" Atkins says Ger. william
f. Smith made tots statement at Water
bury, VI, publicly, il the presence OF over
sixty OF the prominent Democrats in the
State When tins had been examined By
Gen. Smith be wss asked il il was correct
when the following conversation ensued;
eyes, 1 suppose II IS correct enough
But this refers to Mr. Atkins, not 10 me-"
"B1t he says he got the statement iron
yon'
"Well, do mention something Of the
sort l believe"
CAS- 8 recommendation Of Gen. Han
cockf'
"No, not in that way at all We @erc
simply talking among ourselves about
what had happened in the past about the
fraud, and 50 on, ard
MENTIONED TINS As FACT
Ia connection with the fraud. | have
nothing further 10 say about Il.
Does Mr.. Atkins state substantially
what you sad -
"Oh, yes; that ls correct