New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-12

that every candfuate on inc eAccheno ~ Nlnatnd
Mr. Vest defended the reputation OF MT reiiow Us
and asked Mr. Hale whether Mr. Nlcon nau noO
during the campaign written ie.,er iUh a. the
bar than Mr. Fellows and that In the prosecutor
of the Aldermen charged with bribery nc h'o uoh'
all that could be done by any man. ,,
Mr. Hale replied that he had no personal knowi
edge of either of the candidates IN that impo1L
contest and that he knew nothing aoont tne .e.' T.;
in question. There had been many in n.,ies hut
that campaign on one side and on the other pu.
one thing stood out clearly, ana that as si,au
whatever personal attachment mignc nam canaSate
on the part of friends who had formerly KNOWN
him he had been connected by close berso o
ties and had been ssS bs he was old in political
service and that his character STOOD none 1 VOC
high That the impression which he MT t ".,,
had received from reading the newspapers on notn
sides at that time. The impression thus received
justified him In the remark which he had mace
without intending any assault upon Mr in.tor
But the President had not stopped with MS ietter
read TO the ratification meeting. lie had wri'ten
another letter to Edward Cooper saying that Ine
newspaper clippings sent TO nm dln nor his
desire for the success Of both the State and city
local tickets, of the United Democracy.
Mr.. sCHURZ's CHARACTERIZATION OF fEILowS-
II was that letter which had led Carl SchirH
one Of the leaders in Civil Service reform, to
ask what malignant enemy of Mr. Clevelands had
induced Mr. Cooper to extort it on the side OF q
tvpical dead beat" That was not his (Mr. Hales|
language and he would leave the Senator from MIS-
souri, Vest to deal with Carl Schurz in the matter.
Mr.. Vest remarked that Mt Sch4r1 naa n ne be
spoken half badly against MT Fellows as ne
nd against the party to which the Senator from
Mr.. Hale replied that he was not specially de-
Tending the record of Carl Schurz.
Mr. Vest said that then the Senator should not
put him on the stand as witness and ne asked
Mr. Hale whether Mr.. Schurz was Republican.
Mr., Hale replied thae he did not know
Mr. vest-I can distinctly affirm that he is not
Democrat. daughter
Mr.. Hale said that at any rate Mr.. Schurz was
entitled to speak on the matters involved In tnae
canvass and ne had written letter which ne Inir;
Hale had partly quoted, asking what malignant
Mr. Cooper to extort from him that most unfor-
tunate letter intermeddllng in newborn Oi'y
politics on the side of typical dead-beat: ~,
vention in Worcester Mass. where Mr. Salston-
stall the representative Of the ADMINISTRATION
tied Washington and had several interviews
with the President whom he had found to be
close observer Of events and thoroughly informed
concerning the issues in the campaign. EXPRESSING
the hope to see Mr. Lowering elected Governor,
and declaring that he had no doubt that the Mas
and his administration. He Mr.. Hale said that
many of the Massachusetts, independents had been
much discomftted bv the course of the Admins
traton and had refused in that election TO vote 1or
the Administration candidate.
UNHAPPY HYPOCRISY on EVERY SIDE.
There was no one who enjoyed that situation.
The Senator from Missouri tNlr. Vest, the Senator
from Delaware (Nfr. Gray, and the Senator from
Maryland Mr. Gorman), did not enjoy it, because
at the bottom Of their hearts they believed that the
old-fashoned Democratic way, without any preteXt
to the contrary, was the way to conduct the Gov.
eminent. The Independents, the Retormers
that solid band who followed the lead OF MI
Dorman b. Eaton did not enjoy this exposure.
Not of that select company failed to see TO-
day that the whole OF the Administration on
this subject matter had been a delnson and
n sham
ask himself the question: How long shall be
constrained to uphold and maintain this delusp on
and this sham ?a The President himself-for he
(Mr Hale was bound to believe that he was not
q born hypocrite-did not enjoy, it. The Presl-
into closer accord with the leaders of his party
that they now accepted him: that Senators, who
two years ago had been denouncing his I'M
practicable theories, were to day most earnestly IN
his favor and that in the future he would be
called upon to make but few more promises
THE LEvYING OF POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS.
Passing on TO the subject of political assess
ments Mr. Hale quoted from The Washington
POST (which he spoke of as the organ OF the Ad-
mnstration) of November / last in regard to the
collection of contributions for the newborn cam
paign and also a communication in The Wash
ington Republican" describing how assessments
for that campaign were being levied in the Gov
eminent Printing Office From all this, he said some
thing ought now to be plainly seen by every man
who was not stone blind The value OF the cry
of Civil Service Reform" had ceased to be OF any
estimation in the minds OF the leaders OF the
Democrats party Its canvasses would here
after 90 on in the old-fashoned way The In
'fuence Of the Administration would be as pene-
trating as controlling in all the States IN party
management it had ever been in the old psallimy
DAYS of Democracy before the War: Welding
and controlling that s % GapTse pa'
down opposition, enforcing discipline, derldlng
and defying the orders against partisan aetiylty,
would be found the immense body of Federal
office holders as Obedient to the orders OF the Ad-
ministration as the Janissar1es to the bidding
Of E t5n dPt on ns the aed
candidates. He affirmed his bene1 ana Ventureo
the prediction that no means and n, no Appliances
cratic party would fail to be resOrted to TINS
gear Intimidation, outrage, murder (lf needed
would open again bloody grave IN Wnlch % wooip
be entombed anew the free ballot OF the South
The immense army of offce-holders would be
snarshalled to the conflict and would be seen ano
Nor would it stop there. Every piece Of work
rerformed by contract for the Government would
be levied upon for political contribution ana every
man who did work under such contracts would b'
called upon to add his vote to his labor for tn
wages he received. No Government building woui
beerected whose workshop would not be MADE
recruiting place for the Democratic party no war
ship would be built from whose ship-yard woult
not issue election DAYS streams OF Democrat
TsS0F ss day ss of Dy po hs peFe
buchanan which would not be resorted to this yeal
In the meantime where would the lhde
Mr. Hale's speech occupied abont two hour
and half At its conclusion Mr.: Butler sent y
the clerks desk and had read circular sent on
in $40 by authority of the Republican Congre ss
ional Committee (of which Mr.. Hale was member
calling on Government employees for political con
'trbutions ia 40
Mr. Hale justified the circular and said tina
It directly and explicitly excluded the IDEA o
extorting contributions.
MUST THE WIIISKEY TAX Coz 7
WASHINGTON. JAN IL (SpeciaD.-In some com
ments on the speech of Senator Brown, OF Georgia
REPRESENTATIVE Burnes, of Maine, to-day SAID ina