Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-02-12
Sherman's Tactics in the South

his predecessors.
Sherman's Tactics in the South.
| Logan Harris in the New York Times.
RALEIGH, n. c., January 90
The Republican State nittee,
consisting of Thomas B. Keogh
chairman; W. P. Cauadav, colIec-
tor Of the port at Wilmington; j j
Mott, collector of internal revenue
Pinkney r. Rollins, clerk in the
loan division of the Treasury. at
Washington; J. IL. Harris, who is
| said to have received some appoint
ment from the Treasury within the
last few days; q w. Grardy, D A.
jenkins, 0. Hubbs, l.. W. Hum
phrey and ID. H.Starbuck, met here
to-day. Mr.. Keogh resigned as
chairman, and it was then ascer
tanned that Secretary Sherman had
control Of the committee. G. w.
Grandy, an outspoken Sherman
man, was elected chairman. Messrs.
heogh, HubDs, jenkins aud Hmm
phrey were for Grant. and the fight
was made between Grant aud Sher-
man. The latter won By 6 votes
to 4, and Canaday, Starbnck, Har
fls aud Rufus Barringer, OF Char
lotse, all Sherman men, We're e 'ect-
ed delegates at large to Chicago.
1t was discovered this morn,ng
that the oilice-holders above nam
ed bad succeeded in gaining over
Ssaab buck and GranIy tor Sherman,
and the charge was openly made
that Harris held some appointment
from the Treasury Department, and
that this bad changed him from
stalwart Grant nah to a supporter
of Sherman. Upon investlga gation
1t was found that the State had
been three months past overrun
with special agents appointed by
Secretary Sherman at Sc per day.
Ior the purpose of seeing the mem
bers OF the committee and control
ling 1t in his interest. Rollins was
granted leave and was here in
person advocating Sherman's $
claims. Two weeks ago, one Kill
patrick, an agent of the secret ser
vice of the Treasury D -partment
was through here working 10 Sher-
mans Interests. He Saw the lend
ing Republicans. and went to
Greensboro and !aborel with Col.
keogh for three days. Joseph G..
Abbott, who is now a special agent
OF the Treasury Department. has
been visiting various portions OF
the State, seeing mem hers of the
committee. He went to Winston,
and by some means 6xei Starbuck.
who, until this visit, had been a
strong Grant man. Abbott also
went to Newbern, to zee aud fix
Hubbs, but Hnbbs proved incor-
ruptible. r. B. Elliott, of South
Carolina, another special agent
OF tue treasury. was here to see the
matter well done. 1t is openly
boasted that by the same tactics
the Sherman men expect to carry
five OF the eight Congressional dis
tricts--co conventions in the dis
iricts will be called. The district
committees will appoint the dele
gates; the appointments as special
agents are to be freely used to con-
troll them. Great indignation is
felt at this bold and unwarranted
misrepresentation of the Repnbli-
cans of the State. There are not q
dozen Sherman men in the State
who are not Federal office holders.
There is strong talk of calling a
State Convention and OF sending
another delegation to Chicago. The
action to day has for the present
destroyed all hopes of carrying
North Carolina. 1t is possible that
indignation meetings will be called
to protest against the State being
voted for Sherman, and give vent
to the almost unanimous wish that
Grant shall be nominated. The
prostitution of the Treasury De-
partmeut for the ends pow gained,
and the Misrepresentation of the
public money by the finance ofi-
Ger OF the government, are denouD-
ced In unmeasured terms, and have
stimulated the Democrats to re
newed exertions, who feared no
Republican, but Grant. The Pres
idenPs civil service order was de-
clared Of no force, and was dcfed