The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-13
SHERMAN'S SCHEMES,

There are booms and booma and it Ia no
always easy for the guileless public 10 distn
guish between aaenuine political boom and
spurious article. The experienced politica
managers who are working III the interest u
John Sherman have been quietly laughing 1t
their sleeves at the methods pursued by th,
managers OF the Grant boom. and while the
General was making the grand tour, ant
thereby keeping himself before the people
they have been quietly but most Industrious
ly engaged In a sort Of still hunt for the
Presidency. They read with Christian re.
signation and entire complacency the
flowing accounts Of oratlons rendered tc
the rival candidate by the princes and
potentatas of the Old World. and proceeded
with calm and business like precision. &c
eliminate from the customs and revenue ser
Vice every individual who could be suspected
Or a leaning towards Grant. or who was not
In fact an out and out Sherman man. This
wedding out process was done without osten-
tation. and 80 as not to excite too much popular
clamor, but II was done effectually, and the
vacancies were filled with men who could be
counted on for Sherman first. last, and all the
time. The result IL that the willy John has
succeeded In securing for himself q following
which will insure him solid delegations to
the nominating convention from nearly every
Southern State. He has used his power
and patronage In the most unblushing and
INSCRIPTIONS manner to achieve this end
has discharged good and efficient officers to
replace them with hls own henchmen; has
used without stint the public moneys to sup
port an army Of pretended special agents,
whose sole duty is to work for him In HE
race for the Presidency, and yet has the
efrrontery to posture before the country as
reformer and an honest man. The charges
made against Sherman are by no means con-
fined to the Democratic papers. but are Sc
riously set up BY the New York Times, both
In its Washington correspondence and edito-
closures Of the Secretary's abuse OF his off,
cial position the Times, In Its Issue Of the
ninth, says:
Our WASHINGTON dispatches throw further
light on the way IL which few tsSessury m
taking an interest," ia hts nomination. ~" We Va
refer to the dispatches themselves for detail
and we cannot be mistaken when we conclude
treasury officers alluded to are not serving Tie
public 90 much as they are M. Sherman. It
Is humiIiating to be obliged to expose an
intrigue of this Kind on the part of the chief
Cabinet officer of a Republican admin
istration: and 1t is particularly SO be-
cause the present administration has
made such high professions with reference to
civil service reform cause to which the Times
has Always att ache ed the greatest possible value
But 1t Ia a duty which We owe to the public.
from the very confidence that we feel In a gem
uine reform. to expose those whose pretended
devotion to 1t Is hollow and treacherous II the
President has not the courage to apply his
avowed principles Of reform 70 the case OF a
Cabinet nfficer he cannot expect much respect
for what he claims to be doing regarding clerks
and tide-waiters.
Time was when charges of so grave a
nature made against public officer by a
reputable journal would have caused rigid
examination into their truth or falsity, and
The instant dismissal Of the guilty official !;
but times have sadly changed. The manner in
which Sherman has attempted to manipulate
The Republican party In North Carolina Is
'ulIy and Enthusiastically disclosed In the
New York Times Washington correspondence
II the seventh instant, and was brought out
by very emphatic denial ON his part Of some