The Portland daily press., 1883-07-28
Rnuing Nominations.

ly telegraphed to Governor Foster demand
ing the authority for the statement and add
ing at is not the fact, and no such admiss-
was ever made" To this despatch Governor
Foster replied as follows:
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 23.
returned to-day, and have just read your de.
spatch of this date. If the interviewer had made
me say SIT is alleged that Judge Hoadly had adj
mitted, etc., would have been correctly reported
so far asthe paragraph to which you refer is con-
cerhed. A gentleman who says he had a full talk
upon the subject with you told that you said to
him that your nomination cost you $4,000, and
that Mclean compelled you to pay one-half of this
sum during the convention. cannot give his name
without his consent. Now that the subject is up,
permit me to add that 1t is notorious that the dele
CATION from Cincinnati to the Democratic Conyen-
ton openly sold their votes to candidates. and the
price paid therefor seems to be well understood.
Would it not be well for You to state publicly what
1t cost you to get your nomination, and whether it
is true that Mclean made you pay more than you
would have paid hal he kept cut of the fight, and,
so, how much so that this point, relative to the
cost of your nomination, may be definitely under
stood? The "old Democracy l am quite sure,
would like to be informed. l suggest this because
your vigorous epithets seem to apply to the amount
stated and not to the fact that you did not pay
thing. CHARLES FOSTER.
On the next day Mr.. Hoadly sent the fol-
lowing despatch:
CINCINNATI, July "a, 1883.
repeat, the statement is false in all its parts
Now produce your informant, and let me confront
him. GEoRGE HoApLY
We have then Mr. Hoadly's declaration
that the statement that he admitted that he
had paid $50, 900 for his nomination is not
true in any part. 1t has but two parts, that
he paid $4,000 for the nomination and that
he admitted it. His last despatch does not
in any particular comply with the sugges-
tion of Governor Foster that he should tell
exactly what it did c9st him to carry the
that he employed money to secure the NOM
ination, or supplied money which was en-
ployed for that purpose. Perhaps the cor
respondence will not end here, but this is all
that has been received to date, and we sub
NIT that in spite of Mr.. Hoadly's buster he
is left in very unfortunate plight. As
Governor Foster says il is notorious that the
convention was corrupt and that the Cinein-
natl delegation took a pecuniary considora-
ton for Their support of Mr.. Hoadly. He
however may have been Innocent Of the ar
rangement, and Governor Foster may have
been imposed upoa by the person who told
BIN that Mr.. Hoadly had admitted that it
cost him round $4,000. The best thing
the Democratic candidate can 90 under the
circumstances to tell what it did cost him,
unless, indeed he is able to say that he spent
no money and furnished none to be spent;
but this is quite improbable.
The Democratic party of Ohio is not of
that kind. 1t is not long since notorious
gambler, Eph. Holland by name, was con-
victed in the courts of employing and voting
gang of repeaters at Cincinnati in the
Democratic interest, and it is good while
since any poor man was able to get nomina-
ted or elected to any important Office in that
State by the Democratic party. Their last
candidate for Governor, Mr. Bookwalter.
was rich renegade Republican, as HoadIy
is, whose money and that of his friends, the
Paines of Cleveland and others who are at
the head of one of the greatest monopolies
in the country, the Standard Oil Company,
enabled him to beat old and faithful, but not
millionaire, Democrats in the convention.
But there was not enough money in the
ring to buy his election, although it was
spent like wate-, or like oil. The same
hackers are behind Hoadly. He has long
been counsel for this monopoly, and besides
he has at command the resources of
the saloon interest. This command of
money is what enabled him to
triumph over Democrat like Gen.
eral Durbin Ward although the latter
had ex-senator Thurman for a warm sup
porter. Senator Humans appeal to the
convention had no more effect on the pocket
full Democracy than if be had never done
the party service. For principle, for hon
or, for character, the party in Ohio has lit
tie use, but it does have use for money. and.
to use an expression of the sporting world,
money talks" and talks more eloquently
than soldiers wounds or senator's elo-
quence.
MONTGOMERY BLAIR, who died yester-
day morning, was the last who has attained
eminence of one Of the remarkable families
In our political annals. Francis P. Blair.
the father, was born in Virginia, but educa-
ted in Kentucky, from which State ne was
called by President Jackson to Washington,
TO be editor of the Globe, the organ of his
administration. For two generations he
was man of extraordinary activity aud in
fuence in political affairs. Montgomery,
who has just died in the list year of his age
was his Oldest son, and gentleman ofmany
accomplishments and strong talents. When
the contest over slavery divided the Demo-
cratic party he went with the anti-sIayery
wing and after the repeal of the Missouri
compromise he became Republican. Pres
ident BEcanan removing him from the Office
he then held. During the administration of
Lincoln be was Postmaster General and an
efficient member of the cabinet. He sup
ported President johnson in his quarrel
with the Republican party and has ever
since acted with the Democrats. Like all
the Blairs ne was more politician that states
man and dearly loved an intrigue. He was,
before be ever took office, distinguished
lawyer with a large and lucrative practice.
and since his Recommendation he has been in
virtual retirement from public affairs for
many years-he has been much employed in
Legal affairs. A great part of his time has
been spent in Washington where he enter
tanned His friends, of whom he had large
number among the ablest men in all parties
with the hospitality of a southern planter
and the conversation of an oracle.
A new university is to be established in
Wisconsin. Mr. Charles L. Colby, son of
Gardner Colby who endowed and gave his
name to the college aft WatarviIta hoe o;ror