New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-06
MAYNARD MEN DESPERATE.
A SILLY ATTACK ON BARTLETT
THIS RIDICULOUS ASSAULT SHOULD ACT
AS A BOOMERANG.

THE BELKNAP sCANDALs-No SENSIBLE
MAN WILL BE FOOLED BY THIS WEAK
"ROORBACK'-IT is LAUGHED
AT BY BOTH DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS.
There was an absolute confession Of the weak.
ness of the Of the criminal candidate for the
Court Of Appeals Isaac II. Maynard. in the pub
lcation yesterday In 1.-THE Sun" Of an article
attacking Edward T. Bartlett. the Republican
candidate for the position. because twenty-three
years ago a lawyer he drew up for a client .
contract by which men. John S. Evans and
c. p. Marsh. were to divide the profits of post
leadership, the appointment to which Mr. Marsh
had secured from the Secretary of War. Mr.
Marsh after he secured the appointment turned It
to Evans, who then agreed to pay over to
him $4,000 annually. this being considered to
be about what one-half of the profits Of the store
would amount to. The store was at Fort SILL
where there were then constantly stationed several
companies of cavalry
The only connection which Mr.. Bartlett had with
the matter was TO draw up contract He did this
at the request of Mr. Marsh. who then q
member Of the firm of Herter Brothers. Some years
after this contract had been drawn 1t found
that Mr. Marsh mad been dividing his $4,000 annu.
ally with the Secretary of War; An investigation
followed. and Mr.. Bartlett testified to the fact
Of his putting into legal form the agreement be-
tween Marsh and Evans At time during that
investigation was there any suggestion from any
quarter that Mr.. Bartlett's connection with the
business was other than entirely honorable.
the basis OF a vicious attack upon an upright man
in the defence Of one like Maynard, who has ad-
mtted that he stole the election returns from
Duchess County. only proves how desperate the
of Maynard is. 1t will fool no one who does
not want excuse for being fooled and the
probability is that it will do the Of the
criminal whom 1t is intended to aid much more
injury than anything else Every Democrat who
was by reporters yesterday admitted that II
this was all that could be scraped together upon
which to attack Mr.. Bartlett he ought to be pretty
certain Of winning.
wELL-KNOwN DEMOCRATS VIEWS.
II think that it was the poorest kind Of politics
to print such ridiculous story just before an
election" said well-known Democrat at the
Hoffman House last night. "Tl bet basket Of
wine that Hill knew nothing about it, for II he
did he would have prevented its publication. I'm
very much afraid that 1t will not only hurt May
nard terribly, but will lose votes for the entire
ticket. II the story amounted to anything 1t would
be different but 1t is so silly that 1t will only
hurt U.S."
The words of this Democrat expressed the opn-
ions Of every politician Of both partc. who could
be found around the hotels. BILLY Ske-s-n, even.
would have had than to send out
such an idiotIc story as that is." said another
Democrat
At the Republican headquarters, In the Fifth
Avenue Hotel there were last night William Brook
field. the chairman of the Republican State Com
mittee; Charles W. Hackett. the chairman of the
Executive Committee: Henry Grasse. George Wan
maker William H. Bellamy. Cornelius Van Cott
and others OF the Republican county leaders. Tho
general opinion Of all of these men that the
publication would be a boomerang.
I'VE don't intend that the campaign shall -
shifted by such stuff this" said both Mr. Hack
EFT and Mr. Brookfeld. Maynard by his own con-
fession is a thief. and there the matter stands"
WHAT MR.. BARTLETT SAYS.
Tribune reporter in reference to the attack made
upon him. said: "In 1870 1 drew a perfectly proper
contract for a reputable client, member of the
firm of Herter Brothers, and paid 80 for doing
it, That is all the connection l had in any
way with any matter relating to any post trader
ship Six years afterward 1t was discovered that
the for whom the contract was drawn had
been brbing the Secretary Of War. knew nothing
Of that and the contract suggested nothing Of
the kind, any who reads 1t. That
is all there is Of it,
Elihu Root said: 1.-The SUMS attack indicates
to me that Judge Maynard is defeated. So silly
and senseess charge on his opponent. sprung just
before election, seems to me lost struggle born
Of desperation. The attack is all in the head
lines and In the nvective which are not sustained
by the facts stated. or course Mr.. Bartlett didn't
know in 1870 that Secretary Belknap was corrupt
1t is not pretended that he did. Nobody knew that
until six years later in 1876. Without such knowl.
edge the contract which Mr.. Bartlett drew was Q
proper contract.
"A post-trader is not public officer. He is
merely man who keeps store Government
property. He gets the right to keep 1t there from
business and the license TO carry 1t on. and law.
ysr has rsht to draw - contract for that
COLONEL BLISS CALLS IL FAKE"
Colonel George Bliss said: Il really haven't pa.
tience to talk of the thing The Sun is alwaya
talking of The Worlds fakes. but this article
with Its flaming headlines beats anything The
World has Done in that direction for a great
while. The Sun ought TO be ashamed Of ITSELF
II defends a lawyer who admittedly personally
violated the statutes Of the State, and attacks an.
other lawyer who drew a contract perfectly proper
In It's subject and substance. because the parties
TO 1t subsequently were guilty OF illegal acts not
suggested by the contract '
it might as well attack lawyer who draws
articles or partnership for legal and proper bust.
ness because one or both OF the parties subse-
sun assumes that Its readers won't read the CON.
tract but will accept its headlines truth Every
one knows that post-tradership Is merely N.
cense expressly authorized by law, and that inter.
ests IN its pros the recognized subject OF sale
T., When When the discovery OF Belknap's acts was made
In 1876 was United States District Attorney ana
was brought into the matter by the direction ~
the Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont We
went for every one that supposed TO have
acted In the matter in any way wrongfuliy ana
though we Investigated the whole business il never
occurred to any one that Mr. Bartlett had done
Cephas Brainerd said Taking the actual fact.