Daily globe., 1882-04-12
HASTING VS.. REID.
Questions for the Latter to z,.s,ye,

Questions for the Latter to 1nswer.
The Commercial Advertiser can't let the
New York Tribune alone. Mr.. Hastings
belligerent nature will not allow him to
remain quiet long, and consequently he
no sooner ends one fight than he is ready
for another. The last pleasant exchange
of pointed personalities between Hast
ings and Reid gave every evidence of the
prompt effusion of blood should these two
gentlemen meet. Now Mr.. Reid catches
it again after the following fashion:
els it true that during the summer of
1880 Whitelaw Reid took large sum of
money to Mentor that was obtained in
very queer way? Dare he publish a GER
tain letter that Pacific railroad people
know something about? Dare he tell the
country what promises were made in con-
sideration of the railroad kings turning
very large sum of money into the cam
paign fund Dare he tell
to whom that money was turned over,
and who took it to Ohio? Dare he tell
what disposition was to have been made
of certain measures before congress as
return for the contribution of that mon
ey? Is it true a seat on the supreme court
bench was also thrown in to induce the
payment of the large sums mentioned?
Do these facts account for the sneers in
the Tribune at the claims made by Mr..
Conkling's friends that he deserved cred
it for the victory of 1880? Did the editor
of the Tribune, with the "hostage" letter
securely locked in his desk, and with the
knowledge of the uses made of the large
sum of money he is said to have carried to
Ohio, know that no speeches, but some
thing far more potential, had decided the
election At the Dorsey dinner Mr.
Whitelaw Reid boasted of his knowledge
of the secrets of the campaign, but he did
not tell all tat little letter will tell
that has been kept more securely
from the public than John Hay
did the midnight bulldozing letter that
he boasted Garfield was not even
allowed to touch. Had he told all he
knew of that campaign and Of the doings
of the persons who pulled the most hid
den wires, of the promises made, and the
means used to achieve success, sensa-
ton would have been produced more
startling and more disgraceful than any
chapter in American politics, and there
are some pretty black ones, too. Reid
was nearer to Garfield and those who
really conducted the campaign than the
National Committee, which did its work
before the country. The relations he
sustained to Jay Gould, and the fact that
the Tribune was and is the recogniz ed or
gan of the railroads and the corporations,
gave him connections and opened ave-
nues such as no one else controlled
BEGINNING AS JAY GoULD's sTooL-PIGEoN
it naturally followed in the per-
formance of his degrading ~duties
that he should act as the go
between in all base negotiations. He
was the most available man in the country
for carrying into execution the plot that
had been formed. He could approach
Garfield, lay the plans before him, exact
the promises that were demanded, to
Ohio. That he made all possible use of
these opportunities will become public in
due time. A black chapter will be un-
folded sooner or later, and, when it is, the
country will sec what kind of men sur
rounded President Garfield and the in
fluences that controlled his official action.
The truth is bound to come out"
In order to make things lively at this
dull period, perhaps Mr. Hastings may
be induced to make the disclosures he so
darkly hints at.