The news., 1885-07-14

ical circles in New Jersey as the al
legged treachery of Hon. J. r. McPher-
son. U. S. Senator. THE NEWS has
refrained from publishing anything
relative to the matter because Mr.. Nc
Pherson had not paid any attention to
the charge made against him until
very recently. Further, the matter
was old and familiar to most people.
To-day we give all the interesting
points of the matter,
TheTrenton True american is mainly
responsible for the fuss that has been
made.
This newspaper charges that in
1878 clandestine meeting of Senators
Sewell and MACPHERSON took place at
the Continental hotel, Philadelphia.
That in the seclusion of room No 26
in said hotel a solemn compact was
entered into by these high contract
ing parties by which the election of
Mr.. Sewell to the United States Senate
could be compassed. That Mr.. Mac
Pherson then and there pledged Mr.
Sewell his undivided support. That
further gentleman ofgreat respect
ability and sound mind and capacious
cars did willingly incline the same to
the keyhole and distinctly heard the
terms of the compact, the substance of
which is recited below. Still
further that the keyhole eavesdrop-
per was so impressed with the value of
his information and the enormity of
the cupidity that it revealed, that he
Immediately made memorandum of
the same, hastened to New York with
his treasure, and gave it to gentle
man high in the councils of the DEM
ocracy of New Jersey. This latter
gentleman forthwith transmitted the
same to the faithful and devout of the
Democracy throughout the state.
All this, mark you, it is charged took
place in 1878.
Mr.. Mcpherson proposed denial of
the alleged conversation and request
that the True american print the sub
stance of the memorandum said to be
in its possession. This letter was
printed in all the leading newspapers
ofthis state and the dailies of Phil
adelphia and New York. The Ameri-
can, however, refused to go ahead
and comply with the Senator's re-
quest because it was not addressed
personally to that paper. Finally,
weary of waiting it printed the memo
randum or substance thereof. Here
it is:
THURSDAY NIGHT, Dec. 5, 1878.
Senator Mcpherson and Mr.. Sewell
or Soule met for consultation respect
ing the election of a successor to Mr..
Randolph. Mr.. Mcpherson said, after
canvassing the character of several
prominent politicians and their rela-
tions to the P. R. R., that Mr.. Sewell was
the person who could best subserve
the interests of the Penn. R. r., among
those who could be elected. That it
did not matter to him (McPherson) that
Sewell belonged to the opposite po-
litical party SO that he could most effic
iently serve the interests of the Penn.
R. R. in the United States Senate, and
whose friends elected to the Legisla-
ture in N. J. would best serve the in
terests of the Penn. r. r. in N. ].
That in order to succeed at the cleo
ton year from this fall the plans
should be laid this winter
and must be so concealed that
nobody in Mr.. Randolph's interest
will have the least suspicion of them
until after election. That if Mr.. Sew
ell should decide to become candi-
date, that he must not let his best
friends know it, but see to it that per-
sons friendly to him are nominated
ostensibly on the ground of protecting
the railroad interests which he repre-
sents and of promoting the interests of
his party.
SOME USEFUL MEN.
Finally Mr.. Sewell said he would be-
come candidate in the interest of
the Penn. Railroad on two conditions
1st, that Mr.. Scott would ask him TO
do so I'd, that he would see that he
did not lose his position and salary as
R. R. President during the term of his
Senatorship.
Mcpherson agreed that soon as Mr..
Scott returned home he would see
him and would say that Mr.. Sewell
was the only man in N. J. who could
efficiently serve the Penn. R. R. in
terests whom they could certainly
elect; that they need more interest
in the United States Senate to resist
improper and hostile legislation and
to secure needed legislation for the
Southern Pacific r. R.. That this
could easily be done if he should not
suspect them, as he took no pains to
conciliate the "boys" and render HIM
self popular with them and would not
be likely to do SO. That he could not
carry either Burlington or Middle
sex Counties, without which his cleo
ton would be impossible, and by judi
cious management both could be cas-
lily taken away from him. That NOM
nations in Sewell's interests must be
made through persons of influence
who are not known to be friendly to
him. His especial friends must get
some of their friends to do the thing
for them. That suitable persons for
the Legislature would be:
10. Fisher, P. NJ. of Brunswick.
Simm, of Stock Yard at Jersey City.
Tofey.
Col. Spencer, of Erie.
Mr.. Jewett, of Erie, was going to n.
J. to be on hand for any office in
which he could serve Colonel Scott
better than where he is now.-
Geo. Ludlow
A young man who has been School
Commissioner, and otherwise ex-
hausted the honors of Jersey City and
who has talent, would be candidate
for the Legislature. I forget his name
as well as that of three other promis-
ing young men who have an ainbi-
ton for Legislative career, all of whom
would be supported by the Stock Yard