Oxford eagle., 1883-04-05
HUBBELL AND CHALMERS.

New York, March N.-The
Herald says editorially that in
the course ofthe evidence taken
in Washington in the contested
election case Of Manning against
Chalmers, Jay Hubbell was call
ed ON 10 give an account Of q
small part Of Ills stewardship Of
the Republican Campaign Fund
raised by so-called voluntary
contribution from the govern.
ment clerks, laborers, scrub wo-
men, not forgetting the post.
Office cat. Chalmers is the Mis-
sissippian who tried, in the last
Congress, as q Democrat, to get
the seat to which q very res
pectable colored Republican,
Lynch, had been fairly elected.
Being defeated in that attempt
he appears to have entered at
once into communications with
the Republicans; or, rather,
with Jay Hubbell. Hubbell tes.
tifies that he "had an interview
with Chalmers about the time
Chalmers was turned out of
Congress-" in which Chalmers
told Linn he proposed to 60 to
Mississippi and announce him
self as an Independent admins
trati0n candidate. After some
cOnversationthe report before
us continued, "Gen. Chalmers
said to the Witness (Jay Hub.
fbeli) that he had been to . good
deal Of expense in making the
contest, and alleged other rea.
sons why he was short of money
and wanted assistance, and
urged that there was no better
way of spending money than by
doing so If a Republican victory
was really wanted in that dis.
trict."
EVEN MR.. JAY HUBBELL
appears to have been a little
disgusted with Chalmers, for the
report goes on: General, yor
: 90 down there and make the
race in your district, as yor
have talked here. / will give
You $3.50 as Q send-off, but Il
must be upon the distinct un
derstanding that this committee
10 to have nothing to do with
the fight and to furnish no furth
er aid, either In money or other
; wise.'"
Hubbell has not the reputa
ti0n Of being squeamish, and
this was. his reply, which would
have sent almost anybody ex
. cept Chalmers away with q
blush Of shame on his face
!. But Chalmers is not that kind
/ Ofa man. He returned to the
charge, for the report continues
"Gen. Chalmers said, Suppose
the Republicans Of the district
nominate me; what will you dc
: them = we will consider tha
question when it comes up, Of
we will consider other question:
when they arise,' replied Hub
bell, who invited Gen. Chalmer,
, to "call in the evening and re
!, LceiYe the emoney"-na namely, $3.50
1vASD THE MulV11 'vptnssr.fif.b.sa
: It must be remembered tha,
Gen. Chalmers was not vet 4
candidate. He had just, to use
hubbelps very accurate phrase q,
sheen turned out of Congress-, );
the House having declared by
q non-partisan vote that he had
unjustly claimed and wrongfullv
sat in the seat of Lynch. He
had not been nominated by any
convention Of any party. He
proposed y scheme to Hubboll
which appears to have disgust.
ed even that not over nice politi-
clan. He pleaded poverty; he
"had been at q good deal of ex.
pense in making the contest,
for q seat to which he had not
the shadow Of q rightful claim.
but had ne not drawn the pay Of
a congressman, to which he was
not entitled He besides. saws
Hubbell, "alleged other reasons
why he was short of money y
and Hubbell, after q good deal
ofpleading by Chalmers-"after
quite long conversation, . saws
the report--answered him as
one answers a beggar who has
become tiresome. He said.
'Cah in the evening and mi
give you some money! $3.50. |
namely. And Chalmers 'scalled
n the evening and the money
vas paid" Now, scampaign
nnds", will, we suppose, be
'aised and disbursed, even
h0ugh government clerks NAV
lot be deprived of their wages
o furnish them. But
HE OBJECT OF A CAMPAIGN
FUND
Q defray the legitimate expenses Q
ia candidate after he is nomi- v
ated Ito enable him to make 7
is candidacy properly known /,
, the people. Moreover, a !"
with a nice, or even II
My q tolerably nice, sense of 81
0nOr would refuse with indig. Il
alton to receive or handle this
Ioney himself. But Chalmers
rs no nice scruples. He was Ia
Dt q candidate when he went - =
,jectly begging to Hubbell he u
QQda6 not tho noaosr;f;oc fi Cf