Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-07
ur. Heyt,s Opportunity.

Andrew II. Dill does not accept VIM.
L. SCOTS statement that Dill was the
candidate of the Pennsylvania railroad
for governor. Mr.. Dill ought to know
ir this matter whereof he speaks but he
does not content himself with his own
authority, referring Mr.. scott for partic
ular information TO his friend, Mr.. A. J.
Cassatt.
Now,it must be admitted that this is
particularly happy reference, not only
because Mr.. Cassatt is known to be fully
posted upon the political predictions
OF the Pennsylvania railroad at the time,
being the head devil in it's manipu-
Iations of that kind and having
. particular interest in the one thing
which It was then cunning for but also
because Mr.. Cassatt is now very par
ticular friend and financial chum of Mr..
Scott. They are together in various ell
terprises, having lately been bearing
Jersey Central and Reading; where their
fingers were burnt, and having, therefore,
the cohesion of comrades in suffering
and being now engaged in building q
railroad down the Peninsular Sounds.
from nowhere to nowhere, upon nothing
but bonds, but expecting to be a link in
coast line extending to Charleston,
and to find their sands golden and TO
make their water wine.
Now, 1t is clear, upon the menti IN Of
these circumstances, that Mr.. Cassatt is
Just the man for Mr.. Scott to ask whom
he and the Pennsylvania railroad sup
ported for governor in 1878. In fact, ii
seems so peculiarly appropriate that Mr..
Scott should seek this information from
Mr.. Cassatt, before stating that the
Pennsylvania railroad was for Dill, that
we are almost persuaded that he did Sd.
But IL he did, Mr.. Cassatt must have
told him that he and the Pennsylvania
railroad were for Hoyt in the election.
unless he lied to him, which he doubt
less did not, since he would have no par.
ticular object in 80 doing.
But Mr.. Cassatt may have old him also
that lie was for Dill for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination as against
Hopkins, as that was doubtless the fact.
1t Is, in truth, only this that Mr.. Scott
clearly stated, though as he omitted to
mention that after the nomination the
Pennsylvania railroad was for Hoyt, Mr..
Dill Is justified in constituting him to
have intimated that he and not HOyt
was the Pennsylvania railroad candi
cate.
And soto deny it and to quote Cassat
in contradiction Of 1t; and to refer him t
Cassatt for information as to the marrow
escape he had from being sent to tn
penitentiary for bribing the Leg islstur
TO ray the riot bill. MIR. Dill say
that it was the consideration for tn
Pennsylvania railroads support @
Hoyt that he should support tn
riot bill. A consideration of thi
character has been generally IN
derstood, and now Mr., Hoyt has al
excellent opportunity to correct it if it i
not true. The ex governor, being a YER,
reputable and clever gentleman, by Ions
odds the ablest and .decentest Repubi
csn politician in Pennsylvania, has 8
standing to maintain, which calls on hin
to correct the impression, If it Is false
that he lspsed from grace and compro.
missed his integrity bya bargain with Mr.
Cassatt, which could not honorably be
made.
Wewould have known all about this long
agoi II Mr. Kemble and his fellow prison
ers had not so obligingly kept their
mouths closed as to the fact of their EN-
pioyment by Mr.. Cassatt ; a politeness
for which, however, they soon had their
reward in their early release from i'm
prisonment. The governor WAS kind, az
they had been kind, and they came out
of Jail as Cassatt had kept out. BY all
means let Mr.. Scott ask Mr.. Cassatt
about these things, and then tell what
he hears. 1t will be decidedly more
profitable than to be opening old sores in
the Democratic family and seeking "a
set its members by the ears. We invite
Mr.. Scotts attention to the Republican
paIty,and Gov. Hoyt's attention 10 him