The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-10-04
RANDOM NOTES.

| good many stories have been published abou,
| Gen. Rosecrans and his efforts TO have new Leads
OF divisions In his once OF Register OF the Treasury
called on him the other day and asked him II these
| stories were true
"They are mostly lles," said the General ~
don't care anything about II on my own account, bui
do hate to have people fed on lies. They are NOT
| nearly so nourlshlng as sawdust would be-"
| "Well, how was II ~
al will tell you all about Il. Before Secretary
Manning left for hls vacation had very short con.
ference with him, after had waited two days for a
chance. / told him that wanted new assistant,
| and that wanted man who was well posted on
bookkeeping and the affairs Of the ofice as was
new in It myself. lie told me to name my man.
told him that had not yet settled upon the person.
but that woud look around anu LET him know.
When he came back wrote him note, giving the
name OF the person wanted, and ne was appointed.
also told him that wanted new chiefs Of divisions,
and he said that all right also. The whole mat
ter was laid before the PRESIDENT who also approved
Of 1t, as understand IT, Now, that is all there was
of It. | don't see much in that TO make big story
Of; do you9n
81 certainly do NOT. Tell me, General, what
there was about your going TO Ohio "a take part in
the campaign therc?n
"well, I was invited 10 go out there, and should
personally have liked very much to go. had only
recently came into the oflce and there was great
deal to do, and didn't feel that could spare the
time. Besides l didn't know how the President
would feel about olcals pretty well up in the Admin.
istraton who have not been confirmed by the Senate
going into political campaigns on the whole, felt
that ought to decline, and did so. Well, after the
President returned, called on him about some other
matters, and thought would speak 10 him on the
subject SO l told him what had done, and he ap-
proved Of my action. lie said: Il don't see as we
l..sN all
paigns Just now That Is all there was OF it,
asked the General what he thought OF the letter
OF Murat Halstead which has been recently pub.
lished lie said:
"That sounds very funny now, don't 1t. The fact
of the matter Is however, great many bloody shirt
fellows Of the present time were In those days writ.
ing just such letters that. think that II the rec
or,s were searched large number Of curious letters
could be found.r
have Just returned frcm Ohio, where I have
Travelled all over the State and interviewed vast
number Of politicians The campaign there Is at its
height II Ia different from any that was ever known
there in many respects. First, the Prohibition
movement is much more important than ever be-
fore, and really is the point on which the whole mat
ter turns. II Rev. DR.. Leonard, the Prohibition
candidate for Governor is able TO poll 10000 votes
the State will go Democratic by handsome maorit
The Prohibtonists claim that they will poll 10000
votes In this, of course, they very largely ovcres-
Innate their strength. The Prohibtionsts are nght.
ing the Republicans with all their might, and nearly
all the votes they get will be from that party. had
little talk with Rev. DR.. Leonard lie said:
"when first began to preach the Republicans
patied me on the back and said: Go ahead; you
talk Just right The Democrats said: Political
preacher Now the Democrats pat me on the back
aud say go ahead, and the Republicans say poti-
cal preacher You see it makes all the difference
in the world W hose OK is gored."
That Just expresses the situation. The Republ-
cans are greatly alarmed over the Prohibition move
ment and the Democrats are encouraged by 1t. The
Republicans call the Prohibltionis,s assistant Demo-
Gratis, and 50 they are in reality.
John Sherman was very smart in starting the
bloodyshirt howl, as in that way attention was d.
yerted from the troublesome temperance issue and
other local issues. Sherman isnow much more than
ever before the Republican leader in Ohio. He is as
powerful any dictator. In fact there is no other
Republican of importance in the State. Kelfer has
gone West to grow upon ranch. He may come
back to Congress some day in cowboys suit
Charlie Foster, who few years ago was much more
powerful than Sherman, Is in quiet retirement at
Fostoria. He Is no longer an element. He lost his
grip entirely by his position on the temperance
question. Gareld is dead and Hayes is deyoting his
attention exclusively TO his Fremost henery.
ernor, is OF no consequence whatever. Sherman is
making the preliminary shrmish for the Presidential
nomination in 1sss. Nothing will stand In his way
OF being the favorite son Of Ohio, II he wins the
present campaign. lie fully grasps the situation,
and therefore Is conducting the campaign on
national issues. He s employing all the power
which he possesses to make things count. From the
bloody shirt he has lately turned to the tariff, ana is
making things howl on that subject just at present
The tariff has always been the winning card with
the Republicans in Ohio. The coal and iron inter-
ess are almost as important as in Pennsylvania and
when the mills and mines are In running order and
the bosses are able to vote their there Is gener-
ally little difficulty experienced in carrying the State
for the Republicans.
The shrewdness of Sherman is just beginning to
dawn upon the Democratic leaders. lie opened the
campaign with great flourish OF trumpets on the
bloody shirt issue. He carried the Idea that this was
the whole fight. In spite OF the absurdty of the
issue, he put the Democrats, to q considerable ey-
tent, on the defensive. First Governor Hoadly an
swered him. then Durbin Ward answered him, and
SO on until the bloody shirt about all that was
heard from stump or newspaper. This was all done
While the iron workers were out IN Cleveland and
Youngstown. Now the strike is ended. The chin
neys are smoking again, and Senator Sherman sud-
denly plays that old winning joker, the tariff Issue.
The Republican managers knew what was coming
and had their tariff literature all printed. The
Democrats have paid no attention to the subject and
will Still be on the defensive and have to hustle like
everything to meet the new turn in affairs
But all this while the ProhibitIonists are hard at
work, and If they are able to do quarter as much
| as they claim Hoadly will be elected. Then, be-
sides all this, the Republicans In many localities
| have made notOriously bad local nominations-the
worst ever known In this State-which will help the
Democrats. j could not fnd any betting on either
| side yet. Everybody looks upon the result as ex-
| trcmely doubtful.
chusetis as 10 dismissals and removals in the De-
parment Of Justice have been proved to he erroneous
| lie does not mind, however, making mistakes, ~
when he can indulge In "orensive partsanship ;,
himself by SO doing. Last February, when he pre-
vented the passage by the Senate OF the resolution
passed by the House on February II TO officially
notify the Prcsident-elect and Vice Presdent-elect
OF their election, he boldly said 10 Mr.. Clay, of
Kentucky, zone of the tellers who counted the
electoral votes, and who offered the usual resolution
In the House the same day, February H. as to the
notification OF the parties declared 10 be elected
and also said the same to other members of the
House, as well as to the writer hereof that his
miiiee privileges and Elcctlons) were unanimously
opposed 10 the resolution, though matter of fact
he never called the committee together, that the
House resolution referred to 1t by the Senate could
| be formally considered by It. Several members OF
| the committee have told the writer not only that
they favored the passage of the resolution, but also
| that there never was single meeting Of the com
mtee after the resolution was referred to 1t, on
February l2, and that II was solely owing to Senator
Hoar not calling meeting OF the committee that
| the resolution was killed. A Democratic member OF
| the House committee on the law respecting the
| election OF President and Vice President, which had
favOrably considered the resolution before Mr.. Clay
| offered 1t In the House, said at Saratoga to the
writer, in discussing Senator Hoar's action In pre-
venting the resolution coming before the Senate
"Hoar is an offensive partisan;' II he were
an ofrce-hoder we would dismiss him." In
view OF the fact that 1t was the present Attor.
ney General, then Senator Garland, who, misunder-
| standing the tenor OF the resolution, moved In the
Senate that 1t be referred TO the Committee Privl-
eges and Elections, and thus placed 1t In Senator
IIoars power to smother II, 1t IL little singular tina,
the special yirulence OF Senator Hoars recent out
burst should nave been directed against the Depart
| ment OF Justice and It's chief. lie should have
spared him in memory Of the fact that It was
through his motion, made OF course without Garland
suspecting what the fate OF the resolution would be
after II was once In Hoars power TO defeat 1t, that
he (Ioar) was able slngle.ha TO prevent the