Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-18
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4 Trapped Fox.
Foxes have holes, or need to have
and the fox John Sherman needs just
now, to be hunting for his. Mo Sher-
man is first class type Of the foxy Or
der of men and politicians. He puts on
an appearance. of great virtue, but never
thsless does notoriously lie and steal.
Perhaps his thievishness would be diff
cult to prove to a jury under the forms
of the law; for he has never been caught
in .eagrante delictu. Foxes never are.
Still, everybody knows that they steal be-
cause it is their nature too and they have
no known honest way Of getting their liv-
ing and keeping fat withal. Mn Sherman
is knowp, ,to have very heavy purse and
nobody sRh0w he honestly filled it.
He has be6R ssPeatedly charged with
abusing his power as secretary Of the
treasury to enrich himself and the
New York Sun, not long ago, published
an account OF his connection with the
operations of the First national bank of
New York, during his term of Office a
favored medium for negotiating govern
ment loans, that was grossly libellous if
its allegations were. untrue. Mi. Sher-
man took no notice of the serious charges
nor has he noticed the numerous accu-
sations against his integrity which have
for years appeared in the public
press. As natural consequence
the public judgment is definitely
fixed that Mr.. Sherman has acquired his
wealth in ways that will not bear inves-
tigation. No honest public officer will
ever permit such charges to be made
against him as have been freely made
against Secretary Sherman without re-
quiring them to he withdrawn or sub.
stantiated.
It is never surprising when an unprin-
cipled man is tripped up and his dis
honesty exposed. No matter how crafty
he may be, he cannot guard himself at
all points and present to the world
consistent record. The man who is dis
honest in money matters is pretty sure to
be equally so in all his conduct. If he
steals he will lie; and he may be expect
ed to be governed by what the existing
exigency may seem to show to be his
advantage. And as these exigencies are
always liable 20 change, it is reasonably
sure that in the course of time a man
who is thus animated will plainly ex-
pose the dishonesty of the motives that
animate him. And Mr.. Sherman, who
has been out of his office and in the Sell
ate but a few months, has thus early
made his dishonesty SO conspicuous as
to have immediate occasion to hide him
self in his hole.
The Malone matter is the one in the
discussion of which the ex-secretary has
come SO sadly to grief. Of course with
a man SO inspired there was no question
that theeoalition with Malone, which
promised such present profit. should be
embraced nor that it should he done
with virtuous air, however unvirtuous
the thing. Mr.. Sherman always poses be-
fore the public as an exponent of virtue,
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declaring in the Senate that Malone had
been driven into the Republican party
by 1.-The logic of events" and that he
had never been in conference with the
Republicans on the matter and had
'::never made any promises tosIs." Sem
ator Beck, however, reminded him that
Senator Malone had declared that he
was not a Republican, but that lie was
responsiblefort the selection of Riddleber-
ger as the Republican candidate for SER
geant-at-arms. Senator Beck wanted to
know how" the logic " which made the
repudiating rebel Riddleberger the Re-
publican caucus nominee was brought to
bear, if the Republicans had never had
any conference Or engagement with Ma
hone who declared himself responsible
for Riddleberger. Senator Sherman has
not found inclination to answer.
And now Senator Vest comes along
with another troublesome question. He
wants to know how it comes that Sena-
tor Sherman now wants to take Malone,
Riddleberger and all the Virginia Read
justers to his bosom to break up the
solid South, when Secretary Sherman
eighteen months ago, the South being
then just rs solid, notified the commits
sioner Of internal revenue that one Van
Anken, a tobacco inspector in Virginia,
should he removed because he was a
/" Readjuster - Van Anken being ac-
cordingly written to by his chief that
he must go, because readjust-
ment was looked upon by think
ing men as immoral, and there.
fore inconsistent with the dignity
of an official" Here is great
difference surely between now and then
between the actions and sayings of the
secretary and the senator. The rejected
Readjuster becomes the head of the
Sherman corner; the old ram that was
cast out for its iniquity becomes the
eve lamb that is protected for its inno-
cence. Doubtless it has happened
through the logic of events :" but it
is logic that is only all-powerful with
the thoroughly dishonest and hypocriti-
cal order of men of whom Sherman is a
shining example.
Mr.. C. R. WooDIN, of Berwick, Lu-
zerne county, has instituted novel
mode of temperance reform. lie has
made ARRANGEMENTS with tho Loo,,orc ,e