National Republican., 1884-12-20

New YORK, Oct. %, lSSi--To his Excelency
CHESTER A. ARTHUR, President of the United
staies-Sir; At o meeting OF the business men
OF this city, held in front Of the sub.treasury
building on the 10th inst, an address was
adopted containing their reasons for support
ing the republican party ana Its candidates.
The last paragraph OF ,heG address Is as follows:
ave desire most earnestly and sincerely to
place upon record in this public manner and
in preStnCe OF this immense cOncOurse OF citi.
Zcns Ol this metropolis our admiration of and
gratitude for the dignlned administration OF
the olice OF President Of the United States By
our fellow tOwnsInan, Chester \. Arthur We
wish him all the happiness that n conscious.
ncss oi having discharged his duties with
fidelity ana to the satisfaction of the cn,r,
people Will naturally bring TO him and .r.
believe the day Will come when the plrg ID
ha, written in the history Of his coulty wi!
be supplemented by another, recording the
fact that the people had not vet ayallcd them.
serves OF lAe iull measure oil MS usefulness"
We have the honor 10 communicate this fact
10 you aud with high personal regard have
the pleasure of subscribing ourselves your
obcdient servants,
j. HOBART HERRicK, President.
CHARLES ii. 4. CoLLGs, Secretary, 36 Broad
street.
The Presidents reply was appropriate
to the letter which was written to him.
The statement of the Press that the reso-
lutions-mcaning all the resolutions
passed at the mceting-wero transmitted
TO the President is false. 1t is hardly
possible that Messrs. Herrck and Coils
Gre engaged in this mean kind of assault.
In this connection we publish the fol.
lowing letter. written by Secretary
Chandler to the editor of the New York
Tribune!
WAsHlSGToS, Dec, 49, lSSi,--To THE EDITOR
or THE " TRIBUNE "-Sr: There have been
published lately In the tribune several commu.
nlcal!Ons charging that the members Of tho
administration did not riyG their hearty and
OutspoEen support % Blaine aud Logan, none
Of which assertions have been cditorally cor.
rccied by ,uu, These communications have
been anonymous but to-day Mr.. Chairman B.
Y, Jones comes to the attack In his own person
In an interview with II RiJudC reporter, making
the charge that neither " Mr.. Arthur or his
cabiuct with possibly one or two exceptions,
gave that loyal support 70 the ticket that was
70 nave been expected from republicans" In
reply 70 this ungrNcious and unjust charge,
tckc occasion TO assert from my own personal
knowledge that during the recent campaign
neither the President nor any member Of his
hNhllGl lltAAu huAl4b lpT EtpuDAlNNh hlGteNA
or mllcd TO do all that was asked or could
hnyu been reasonably expected OF him to ac
compish II, This proposition Is general out
Il Is broad aud positive, and particulars will
sustain IT,
II Is very much TO be regretted that the
uudoncy Of the New York senatorial contest
sluuld be made an occasion for crininatlor
and rocrImnntIon within the republican
ranks; ma 1t Is especially indecent that the
choirmun OF the republican national commit
tee, resident in another state, should entei
the field for the sole purpose Of falsely charg
ing the President and his cabinet with dis
loyalty TO the party and the President will
unlQuudness on the tariff question.
Mr. Jones was an unknown man when hC
wasmHde chairman of tao national committee
and he conducted the party TO defeat. lt
certainly should have hesltatod before pub
licly undertaking to throw tho blame upoI
some one else,
ItiS not my intention in this letter to op--'