Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11
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WASHINGTON LETTER,
MAsaIsaIos, ., O., Tel. Z, 1870

heightened pretensloDs We have heard
60 much about, The Indian bul eau
turns out 10 DO Us rotten ~ ever II
was under Grant and l'elano, Under
the latter, sharp practices were carried
on by those who did not profess u DO
better than other men. Under Hayes
and Schurz, the robberiea have been
just the same, but done under the
guise Of religion aud reform, They
have been done by The goody 'goody
sort Of men, who canled about the
immortal souls 81 tbs Indians while
others were looking after tho immor'
ial contracts. One SCI were looking
after tho food Tor the poor lndlanh'
mind. while their wicked business
partners locked after provisions Tor
the body--lhc beef contracts blank
cts aud SIGH. II would seem tia we
had seen quite enough Of the "Cbrls'
tlau sra,esncu" in politics and polili
cal station in this country,
Long monlhs ago llayl was known
to be compromised IN exceedingly
business transactions out
aide Of his position here, while the
mattrls which this investigation hayc
brought out have been an open =, net,
among thosp Who we've posted, ior n
time. The wonder Il II
all il that Mr.. Schnrz should lave
been so slow 10 aGl, Among the 9th
or things proven Is the fact that layt
sent his sou Ia act Nv agent ~ ha wing
a mine, aud instructed him To ~ pear
al Edward Knapp. The min in
question had been placed outsi lo OF
the MISREPRESENTATION by n rcsn vey,
under nayts direction. Yet he was
here in Washington talking abori re-
torn, AMI pretending TO deSpise the
ordinary, wicked politicians,
The New York Times aud orher
republican journals opposed to Iohn
Shc'manS presidential aspira ions,
are making some serious ch rges
against him and his use OF the Treas.
ury patronage. Sherman is certainly
making desperate efforts to CAPTURE
southern delegations, and there are in.
dications that he has almost sac iced.
ed in one state at least. AT tn, re.
cent meeting of the North Cal DINA
State Committee il was found, very
Unexpectedly, that Sherman hal Oh
tanned control Of the committee and
Col. Keongh, the chairman, wlo is
for Grant, at oncc resigned. Koough
is row here, beng secretary OF the
National Committee. He boldly de-
clareS that agents of John Sherman
are travelling over the southern states
IS and SO per day as special
agents Of the Treasury department,
while their sole business Is TO secure
Sherman delegates. According to all
accounts there must be large num-
Der of them. This is pretty serious
charge against the leading member of
4 reform administration, and it does
not emanate from democratic sources
either. Bat Secretary Sherman never
nas acted enough like simon pure
'eiormer to iool anybody, And he
stands about as much chance of icing
President as Hayes does Of a second
.erm. Blaine, too, is threatened with
ID attack of sunstroke since the Penn.
'ylvania convention. Cameron proves
limselt master Of that comm nw ealth,
IS yet. though things appear less love.
y than heretofore. The Dem Gratis
1ere manifest considerable delight
over the outlook.
A strong movement is being made
o have the Democratic National Con-
;eution held here. The Post il very
energetic in advocating 1t, and good
many Congressman favor the idea.
W ashington certainly has mai y adj
'antages, and when the National
Committee meets here on The 22d
nst., they will be duly present ID for
consideration. This is the pleas ATTEST
city in the country in spring, is easy
Of access, lies midway between the
North and South, and has better tele-
graph facilities and hotel accom- noda-
lions than any other city. The new
government museum building; ready
under roof, would make a splendid
hall for the use of the convention.
while the convention is tree from all
sectional rrejudices, thus max ing it
neutral ground tor candidates. IN one
other respect this city would stand