The sun., 1880-08-01
Hayes Raising the Wind.

Our esteemed contemporary, the Herald,
has fancy for interviewing the venerable
SIMON CAMERON Of Pennsylvania. Indeed,
Its correspondents seem to swarm about the
lips OF the sage of Lochiel like bees about
sweet flower. And we are bound to confess
that they are generally pretty well rewarded
Notwithstanding the veterans uncencealed
disgust for Literary fellers," he usually
runs freely when tapped by Herald re-
porter. In truth, we are inclined to think
that he enjoys the opportunity offered by
the enterprise Of these gentlemen to air his
opinions Of some men and OF some things.
In the last interview, for instance, he ex-
presses, with the most charming candor,
his supreme contempt for r. B. HAYES and
all his belongings. Indeed, he never loses
decent chance-and for such purpose all
chances are decent-to give this wretched
fraud fresh kick. His son DONALD bought
him up, he says, for five thousand dollars
cash; and probably neither the old man nor
the young one was ever so much astounded
as when, notwithstanding this supposed
purchase, HAYES lifted the said DONALD
out Of the War Department on the
toe OF boot which had doubtless
been bought with DoNALD's own money
Our venerable friend relates the story
OF the subsidy 30 circumstantially, and
with feeling 80 natural under the circum-
stances, that nobody can help believing
1t. Yet OF any man that ever sat in the
chair OF WASHINGTON except this creature
who was stuffed into it by force and fraud,
the tale would be incredible. HAYES came
to him. was absolutely .impecunous, and
my son gave 1t out Of his own wallet. There
wasn't dollar in the campaign fund, and
HAYES was whining for pocket money.
knoU that HAYES got this money. II didn't
I.wouldn't mention it. This is the explicit
style OF Mr. CAMRRoN's recollections OF the
man now in the occupation Of Mr.. TILDEN's
Office. The experienced Pennsylvania was
not in the least shocked by the theft OF the
Presidency, but this transfer OF DoNALD's
cash to Mr.. HAYEs's pocket without the
slightest requital moves him to Indignation.
"Who says HAYES Is reforming anything ?"
cried the aged chieftain in the bitterness Of
his contempt, as he thought OF DoNALD's
hard-earned money gone to puff up the con-
sequence OF this moral swell from Ohio.
Mr.. CAMERON now has no faith in any,
thing political. Since his retirement, things
go wrong III every ulTeculOn. he JnlnKS
GARFIELD's nomination was mistake, and
SO 1t was; though it was much better than
GRANTS would have been. Yet, however
that may be, the aged chief now has but one
comfort in the world, his son DONALD On
this theme he would talk forever. But it
appears, even from the paternal narrative OF
the great deeds OF DONALD, that his strength
lies in his purse rather than In his head.
In his eagerness to make the most OF DoS-
AID, Mr.. CAMERON assails even the memory
OF the sainted CHANDLER, who also proved
that he had supplied Brother HAYES with
5000 OF pocket money-as others, by the
way, seem to have done also "Thc cam
paign OF '76 cost my son pile" says Mr..
CAMERON. NEARLY every dollar that CHAN
DLER got credit for spending personally
came from DONALD" And the worst OF it all
Is that Mr.. CAMERON tells less than the
truth. How much has HAYES made alto
gether out OF the rich Republicans on whom
he has levied, as he did on CHANDLER, DoN-
AID CAMERON, and others?