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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01
George wilkes Reviews the situation
His Analysis Of Grants Character
He Mlll Y0lC for Hancock.

Mr.. William NJ. Hall, of Stamford, Conn,
has received the following letter from George
Wilkes dated Paris, July Is, 1850;
MY DEAR HALL: l have been away for a
week, and your last letter has lain I'M
answered so long that must jump its cur
rent topics TO express my great gratifcation
at the nomination of Gen. Hancock. Gar
field pleased me, because his name rose upon
the collapse of horrid spectre which had
frightened the country to its very marrow;
but Hancock fills the bill-an honest soldier
who knows nothing but his duty, and will
be sure to leave the people, unlampered by
policies, - to their own free will. That is
the true theory Of the Presidential institu-
tion. ! have been hankering to vote the
Democratic ticket for over ten years past,
because it is a fixed principle with ms that
no party whatever Is III To WELD the Gov
ernment its Army, and its purse consecu-
lively for over ten years; certainly. not
for twenty. Parties, like certain dishes,
need to be turned over once in awhile to
suit the public palate, nay, the public
health, and Heaven knows our gOiged and
loathing country needs change at present.
But the management of the Democratic party
has been so incompetent for the last ten
years, so COMPOUNDED with cussedness in its
leaderships, that ! felt forced, in spite OF my
principle, to adhere to the more respectable
rogueries of the Puritan Republicans.
Hancock, however, fills the bill. lie il
ga bold soldier boy" with clean name;
| and though since Andrew jackson the mill
| tary idea has not been Democratic fancy
it is not for the Republicans to come out cl
| their h0t-bed Of sabres to reproach us with il
now. They surely cannot clamor with sue
cess about the Mrs. Surratt performance o
Hancock s bounden duty. That necessary
tragedy has been sufficiently discounted by
applauding stalwartsi has always proved to
be one of the most telling appeals to Repub
lican patriotism during the last four Presi
Dental campaigns; and am much mistaken
in my estimate Of human nature If the same
painful incident, with an honest but sorrow
ful soldier as its central figure, does moi
again powerfully influence the unpolitical
portion of the American people. know
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01
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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

An ENARMY OFFICER, n classmate at West
Point OF Gen Hancock, sends us the following:
Hancock $ class numbered on entering the academy
about nnetysiN. III studies (by which every cadet
ability Is known to the profesSors) he stood about
twelfth-the miserable AMI mixed system of ''de-
merit marks,' H. e. unmiliary conduct, "coat
not fully hutoned - shoes not tied, - ETC., ad
nansedu, putting fellow down from ten to fifteen
files In the final general standing, while the absence
OF these pious evidences o carecssness put the bone
and b"hy'' up many files Example: The man
who graduated second or third In studies ,n my class
was put down +" seventh or ninth, while he who stood
NTH In the general or published standing ought to
have been twelfth. as he was. In studies
so the subject Of this note (Hancock) stood higher
than any cadet who afterwards became distinguished
of that and contemporary dates. and many files higher
than his published standing. He beloved by all
the corps and was distinguished for precisely what
has ever since and ever Will give him great advan-
tage-mild, amiable aud gentnmanly bearing aud
without an enemy.
am not at all surprised at his devotion or familiar
lily with law, especially the'Constitution Before he
was eighteen years OF age heard him repeat every
article of the latter, from beginning to end without
missing word and pretty much the same with
Kent S Commentaries and the Law of Nations. -
His leisure time In the Army enabled him to acquire
thorough knowledge of more law than many of our
best attorneys have: and he never wastes time.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01
Two Smiles From, Paris.

Here are two anecdotes that recently
drifted past on the stream Of chit chat at q dinner
party. An American gentleman, while taking a walk
Ia London one day, Glanced TO behold In a grocer s
window an Immense pile Of hams stamped with the
and address # q dealer IN Chicago, while
head hung placard inscribed; '' Best Canadian
hains-l shilling pence per pound - The proprlo-
tor Of tho establishment Glanced to to the door
and the gentleman called hls attention TO the ineOi-
CRAFTY of selling Chicago hams AZ Canadian product.
''Ah, yes, yes - exclaimed tho grocer with an air
Of conviction 'Choago Is one of the United States;
had forgotten that. Next comes the story of
illteraio dame who possessed very line gallery OF
pictures, including specimens at the old masters as
well AS of the modern school She WAS one day
gagged Ia showing of her art treasures 10 visitor
Seasoning her discourse With small facts relative to
The artists whose works she possessed - Sow, that
picture, - she said, poiutng to large NEUROLOGICAL
scene, "thats by Ruben3. Hes dead, '-Phi'0.
TehVraph, Paris LctsU,
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01

Out of the giving of one of the most sue
oessful and recherche balls Of The season there arose
an unpleasant incident. Among other guests, the
hostess invited noble lord of sporting pfocli,itics
aud literary taste lie thanked her for tile invitation
but, pleading that his dancing days were over, bo
wrote her that n she would ask his daughter, Lady
-, In his place, he would esteem II y Kindness. 10
this the lady replied that, as there were many daugl
tcrs Of her personal acquaintanccs whom she was
Obliged 10 omit IRON her list, she regretted that she
could not invite daughter whom she did not know,
The Earl, for such he was, swlfily ieioIted with a
note TO this effect;
DEAR MRs. -; As | am moi accustomed to being
refused, beg you Ia erase from tile visiting llSt Of
Mrs. -, nee -, the name Of the Earl oi - and
-. Yours Ia command, --AND-,
The lady took the note To her husband, who, lndlg-
nant at the alfTont which he considered had been put
upOn his wife, wrote and demanded an apology from
tle Earl. The Fan declined to apologize. The
husband thereupOn threatened 10 publish the Earl
letter The Earl forbade his doing s0 adding that II
was scarcely worth while to trouble the papers, since,
probably, there was not one person In ten thousand
who would cross the street 10 eieroi them hanged.
Thus the matter sards, and the friends OF each party
are discussing with some animation the questions
''who was In the gY''-London Wortd.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01

The Democrats of Pennsylvania are going
to work In earnest They not going To he salts
hed with enthusiasm aud hurrahs. They realize the
fact that II the State Is to be redeemed from Ropu
can misrue they must take off their coats and roll up
their sleeves for hard work. They are actuatc by
that spirit, ami with proper effort they will lie able
give an excellent account of themselves in November
Tie following from the Sundav Free Press, Of
scranton. Is but reflex OF the spirit of the Delno-
cratic papers Of the State aud shows an earnestucss
which Is In every way commendable:
This campaign has been entered upon by the Demo.
Gratis under favorable auspices We have In ranks
the enthusiasm and confidence, but these need he
backed by solid work. The Republican party has
held the relns Of government for twenty years II
has army Of oiiceholders from whom gather the
sinews of war, and It's members who have fattened
at the public crib viii fight like tigers to retain pos
session OF their fat beTihs. II would lie madness
leave these factors unconsideTed In calculating the
strength OF the Republican party. We have these
men TO fight during the coming campaign and we
should put forth every effort to meet them Let ms
not commit the dang rous mistake of underestimate
Ing the strength Of the enemy II Pennsylvania Is Il
he what will accomplish It. Enthusiasm aud salts
ihctloh AT the NOMINATIONS alone VIII not do It, Or
ganization viii accomplish wonders In rolling In til,
votes There should lie club In every election dis.
tfict and every Democrat should labor To bring II
new recruits. Already thousands Of Republicans ar,
earnest workers for Hancock and thousands Of other
can be taken In before the ides of November Thi
work has been entered upon With spirit, let there b,
no lagging In the time to come,
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01
FOR PRESIDENT,
WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM n. ENGLISH.
THE plpER. MIKERS' GREEI

III, flfEh-4h-lhE EhS bHEED.
The manufacturers of paper must be pos
sessed of sublime cheek il they think the
tariff on paper and wood pulp can he main
tanned in the face of their undisguised COM
proceedings of the American Paper Makers
Association at Saratoga last Wednesday were
kept secret, and all the facts which would
aid consumers in ascertaining what the price
of paper ought TO he were carefully concealed, +,
hut no attempt was made TO conceal the ill.,
fix prices hy concerted action. A committee
of ten was appointed to regulate the supply
according to the demand. This means, of
course, to secure as large profits as can he
wrung out of the people by monopolizing
combination aided 10y prohihitive tariff.
These manufacturers have evidently had
their heads turned by their success in de-
feating a change of the tariff at the last ses-
sion of Congress. 1t would have been wiser
for them not to have disclosed their plans SO
distinctly. Monopolies are always odious,
and their assailants are apt to gather
nopoly-tlat of the wood pulp grinders and
of the manufacturers of paper-is rarticu
larly odous because it amounts to doubl,
tax on knowledge, and is therefore contrar,
TO public policy. And it cannot he defended
by the usual arguments of protectionists
since the tariff hy which it is upheld i.
essentially ti-rroteCtive-because it is
tariff which taxes the greater industry t,
benefit the smaller. The printing industr,
i'll all its phases is vastly more importan
than the manufacture of paper, type, o
printing machinery. Many have argued il
favor of removing the tariff OH printed mat
ter, on the ground that il is a tax OH knowl
edge, and therefore an impediment to educa
tion, and injurious To the country and t.
future generations But the art of printin!
employs a thousand persons where one j
employed in making paper Legislation tha
simply aims to cheaper books and dtius
knowledge must therefore first remove tn
tax on paper and on printing materials.
the press does its duty in exposing the mon
strous swndle of the wood-pulp and pape
monopolies, Congress will not dare TO refus
the remedy.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01
LITERARY NOTES.

About forty years ago Mr.. Jonn l.. Stephens
published two works on Central America and Southern
Mexico. So eager the public to obtain informa-
tion In regard TO numerous ruins of ancient cities
which he described, that though each Of the works
comprised two expensive volumes, ten editions of the
first work were sold within three months, and the
success Of the second quite remarkable. Other
travellers, American and European, have visited the
ruins and have written deeply Interesting volumes In
regard to their Immense architectural monuments
their elaborate decorations, their singular uniner-
preed bas-Teefs and hierogyphc tablets, but as vet
light has thrown upon the origin Of the peop.
who built these cities. Al the knowledge can ever
expect to obtain OF the history Of these people must
drawn from the ruins. Recently weil-equipped eS-
peditiOn has been despatched to Central America,
charged with the work Of Systematically searching for
everything that may tend Ia place within the domain
OF history the facts connected with people whose
career must have been one o the most Interesting In
the general development Of the worlds civilization.
The founders OF these cities were our predecessors
this continent: their peculiar civilization and their
aesthetic development Of the highest interest
regards the question Of the origin of hialself;
their history Is, In fact, the first chapter Of the gem
eral history of the American continent. Though we
not the ncal descendants Of these builders Of cities
that must have rvaled even babylon and Nineveh IN
Of their architectural features the results of
their culture have been left to safe keeping, and
from these results 1t is evidently duty, as far
possible to gather materials for hDg mp the unwrtten
irst chapter Of own history. Afull account of
the explorations of the party comprising the expedi
North Amoricdn Rsprsm, with illustrations Of the
most important objects discovered The August
number OF the Rerfsr contains an article by the editor
Introductory 10 the series, entitled Ruined cities of
Central America. other articles In the same
her Of the Recism are. The Law Of Newspaper
Libel - by John Pfofatt: ''The Census Laws r'by
Charles y. johnson; 'Nullity Of the Emancipatio
Edict, - by Richard H. Dana; Principles Of TAXA
ion, by Professor simon Newconb' ''irince Bis.
marck friend Of America and as Statesman, -
by M0rlz Busch, and - Recent Iiterature,n ~ by
Charles Y. Congdon.
"The Industrial Monthly and Commercial
and statistical Review - for July tNew York: E.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01

TnE settlement of the long-standing dis
pute over the personal tax, which now seems
al hand, will be of great benefit to the Dis
trict. The apparent indispostiou 10 pay
this tax, though justified by its obnoxious
features, has created an unfavorable i'm.
preston in Congress And as it is upon the
favorable disposition of Congress Jat We
must chiefly depend for the expenditures
most essential 10 our future growth and
prosperity, it is better 10 endure some in
justice in the shape Of taxation than to ere
ate prejudice in the minds Of those who
legislate for us. There are two great works
which ought to be urged upon Congress-the
improvement OF the harbor and the exten.
sion of the aqueduct. Since we have so
much to ask OF Congress, it is 10 be hoped
that by the payment of arrearages Of per-
sonal taxes the people Of the District will
prove their willingness to bear their fair
share Of the cost OF public improvements,
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01

After telegraph pole had fallen on a Sa-
yannul negro's head he threw up his hands aud
slnuted 90 DON'T hit me agln wid yer club, Mr..
Policeman II wasn't me dat stole der chickens. II
was deacon Henry Then lac looked saw what hit
him, aud walked on sayugi "GOuy Use ia luck
shuull dat uIuu, -
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01
GARFZELD'S LAND GRAB RECORD

G1RFYELD'S LAND GRAB RECORD
Many of the greatest scandals that have
afflicted the country for years grew out of
the land grants and subsidies which Congress
so fond of voting for years after the war.
When the Democrats came into power in the
House in the Forty-fourth Congress they
tried to stop these thefts. Early in the first
session Mr.. Holman, of lndiaua who was a
consistent opponent of land grants, offered
resolution declaring that in the then exist
ing financial condition of the country no
subsidies in lands or money ought to he
granted to corporations. The resolution was
adopted by an almost unanimous vote of both
parties General Garfield voted for it with
others of his Republican colleagues. But his
vote was an eleventh hour repentance. In
all the years that he was a member of the
House, from the Thirty eighth Congress down,
lie had either voted for all the land grant
and subsidy bills that were pending, or he did
not vote at all. He never opposed one OF
them. A careful examination of his record
has fully demonstrated this fact. From the
Thirty eighth Congress down to the Forty
fourth, period of twelve years, the country
was plundered of its best lands in the interest
of grasping corporations, and the eloquent
voice of the present Republican candidate
tor President was never raised against tn,
steals. General Garfed's party had theI
an overwhelming majority in the House
He was power among them. lie was fo
years the chairman of the committee whicl
loosened or tightened at will the purse strings
of the Government, and yet lie never one,
raised his voice against most outrageous
system of plunder. He voted for the resou
tion of the Forty fourth Congress referred t.
above because it was policy to do 80
and because he knew that the Democ
racy would not countenance repeti
tion of the acts which had scandal
lied Congress when the Republican
party had control. II was IIobson's choice
and it was we'll enough then for him t
range himself on the side of economy re
trenchment, and reform, but his previou
record was proof that his professions in tha
regard were hollow and unsubstantal,
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01

COLONEL BLASToS DUNCAN gives some more
information about General llancock's famous
letter to Sherman. In an interview reported
TO the New York Hordh he says:
OF course there was letter. have never fecn It.
but General Sherman has H. aud the demand has been
50 great for It's publication that doubt General
Sherman Will soon produce It after his return from his
Western tour. General Hancock has long since given
his permission to have It published In detail, lie is
never ashamed Of anything he writes And the radi-
Gals VIII not he 81 clanOIous 10 haze II extensively
circulated when they seo IL. They have CUntended
that somebody wrote Ilancocks state papers n past
years though they can't get anybody to acknowledge
the paternity. They have fun belief that Hancock
himself wrote this letter 10 sherman. But when II Is
published everybody viii that II eInauated from
The same brain as that which created order No. iO
aud also that II Is the ablest paper he haseyer written
When tile people read II they VIII say II Is platform
In itself, and that its author safely he ntrus,d
with the administration of public affairs.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01

Ir is announced that the Republican Con
gressioua Committee is about to publish
General Hancock IS famous osler No. 40 as
Republican campaign document. That's all
right, gentlemen, give il as wide a circula-
tion as you possibly can. You viii not find
more statesmanlike document TO give 10 the
reading public. 1t will of itself give the lie
to the oit-repeated assertion that Hancock is
mere soldier aud lacks the elements of
statesnanship.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01

Tmg fact that Mr.. Secretary Schur sup
ports Garfield is no excuse for assailing his
military record. II is at least unfair at this
late day to attribute to deceased officers like
Hooker Thomas, and MCPHERSON dsparaging
remarks about Gen. Schurz without furnish
ing the authority upon which such statements
are made And even ifMcPherson did say that
he would prefer generals who had already
served under him TO Schurz, who had not i,
and if Thomas did say 81 don't want him, +"
such remarks prove nothing, because neither
of the generals had any means of knowing
Schurz's merits and would naturally prefer
some one whose ability had been proved
under their own eyes. We would suggest
TO the contemporaries who are raising such
irrelevant side issues as this that the Demo
cracy seems at this time to be more in need
of brains than of facts.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01

HANcocK's letter of acceptance pleases
everybcdy-eXcept Republicans.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01

EDWARD @. INGERSOLL
AT'rORN EY -AT-LAW,
No. A0l Louisiana avenue, opposite City Hall.
Washington, ID. y oct27-u
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TIE DE GoLYER APPRoPRLi TIoN.

TIE DE GOLYER APPROPRLI TION.
Mr.. Garfield received his fee, or bribe, or
whatever you choose to call it, in the De
Golyer matter in July, 1872. According to
his testimony and that of Chittenden and
others, he had done nothing to deserve the
compensation except to speak to Governor
Shepherd about it. But perhaps he accepted
the fee with mental reservation that he
would afterwards work hard 60 deserve it,
He was the chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House lie held the
purse strings of the Government. On De-
cember II, 1872, five months after he had
received his fee, he reported to the House a
Deficiency Appropriation Bill. The main
| item in that bill was the following
To enable the Secretary Of the Interior to pay the
expenditures made by the Board of Public Works of
| the District Of Columbia for paving roadways and
curbing aud for paving sidewalks, grading, sever
age, and other Improvements upon and adjoining the
property Of the United States In the District OF CO.
umDia ;l,2il o,o.o2, or SO much thereof aS may lie
necessary provided that all payments under this ap-
IiatiOn shall be made only upon vouchers approved
by the officers In charge Of the public buildings and
grounds of the District, after iull examination and
| measurement Of the said Improvement.
Mr.. Roosevelt, who was Member of Con
gress from New York, intended TO fight this
| item, and as he was necessarily absent, Mr..
Garfield was asked to delay the considera-
ton of the bill. But he refused to do so,
and wanted TO hasten action. An examina-
tion of the Congressional Giobe, part J. third
session, Forty-second Congress, pages 22s
300, 234, 2s3, 2Sj, and 2sG, shows how
anxious he was about the matter. II,
urged the bill in season and out of season
he argued that the United States Govern
ment was legally and morally responsible,
for the payment; and took the broad ground
that under the organic act the Board
of Public Works could involve the
United States in liabilities which Congress
was bound TO meet. Mr.. Holman, Mr. Farms
worth, and other gentlemen tried by all par
liamentary means TO guard or limit the ap
preparation, but Mr.. Garfield was inexor
able, and insisted upon passing the bill jus
a. it was reported, and he succeeded. A
that time the facts in relation TO the ID
Golyer matter were not known. II they ha,
been there would no doubt have been SOM
lively developments in the debate.