Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

Cleveland, especially Upon financial ques-
tons.
One or the most interesting features
OF this book IS Mr. Sherman's narration
OF the Republican conventions OF boo
and 1888. in the first OF which Mr.. Car
field and in the last Mr. Harrison we're
nominated for the presidency. In potn
OF them Sherman was candidate, Win
the most confident expectations OF success.
He lntlmates, rather than charges, that
In the first he was not fairly dealt with
by the delegation from his own State;
and especially by Governor Charles Fos-
ter who was relied upon as his Pc
culiar representative. He publishes the
grounds of the imputation and the ex-
panatory replies OF Foster, etc, whicn
he accepts with very ill-grace. and
with rather a qualified assent. Foster
and his friends may very wen inquire
why the matter was at all mentioned
II not with some Parthlan purpose. But,
when he comes 10 deal With the second
convention he speaks with Undated
breath, and distinctly charges that his
defeat was due to the purchase by Gov
ernor Alger or his friends OF some
of the poor negro" delegates from the
South, who were pledged or instructed
TO vote for him. and TO corrupt bar
gain between the friends OF General
Harrison and the New York delega-
ton. Mr.. Platts name is not distinct
~ mentioned. but II would be SUPER
fluous folly for a skilled artist under
n lifellke presentation OF his pencil to
subscribe. This Is a horse" Sherman
can hardly be supposed 10 have been
surprised when he found these out-giv-
ings had stirred up hornets nest.
No love was lost between him and Platt
for Sherman had been mixed up from
the start with the feud OF ConklinS
and "Me-Too" with the Republican adj
ministration OF Hayes about the re-
moval Of General Arthur from the
New York custom-hOuse IL viii
be remembered that this occasioned the
resignation from the Senate OF Conkling
and Plat. his colleague. whose then
action gave origin 10 his s0ubrlquot
Of "Me-Too," and that these resgna-
tons produced the division I'm the Repub-
lican party in New York. from which
Immediately resulted the election OF Mr.
Cleveland as Governor OF Kew York. and
mediately his election as Precedent OF
the United States.
We have already transcended the limits
OF a mere newspaper notice OF these
volumes, but they are full OF interest
and suggestive OF much more extended
comment.
THE DAYS OF AULD LANG sYNE. BY
Ian Maclaren. author Of Beside the
Bonnie BrierBush," etc. New York:
Dodd, Mead & Co. $50 pages. Price.
s.25.
No one can read after this author with
out being moved both to mirth and TO
tears. He is a master OF rare humor.
simple pathos, and pure eloquence. Each
OF his characters is a type. and each
teaches a lesson. No man has ever writ
ten who gives us clearer insight Into
the methods OF thought OF the Scotch or
brings the Scotch nearer TO US. Drumtoch-
ty is the scene OF 1.-THE Days OF Aud Lang
Syne." and We feel after We have
finished the book that we have lived with
the people Of the Glen. There are in
saThs DAYS OF Aud Lang Syns' some or
the best illustrations OF Macarers power
OF showing his characters in UNCONSCIOUS
dramatic light, and. perhaps, the strong
est of these il In the scene between BaN-
ter and Lord knspndie, anent the refusai
of his Lordship's factor TO renew Baxter
lease unless he renowned the Tree hirK.
We quote II In fuli. Lord h'SpiHu4e
opens the scene with;
ssTn'u he no speaking TO Mrs. Baxter
now after this exploit OF the Ssrgeants!
When / read It on my way nome vas
as proud as II he had been my own son.
~ vas a gallant deed. And wen deserves
The Gross. He'll be getting his commits
slon some day. Lieutenant Baxter
That'n stir the Client eh2 49,,
"Rut what Is this hear OF your ieaVinS
pprnbraeY / don't like losing old tenants
and 1 thought you would be the last u
fit" rord,
i'm for I'VE IllnultSp
srd he said IL had nothing TO 90 VITA
the rent; il was some IsHs'o~A ''0
other. Is that SOP -.
"I-be farm ia worth thirty puhu mar
rent AM a. wud hse paid saxty IdIher
than leave my aud home; out the iao.V ',
made IL a condeetion tse gle up md M n.
"VVsu Rurnbrae, ] never tnoueht you
,vo.,I1 have left me for matter OF klIhs.
Co,ila YOU not have stretched pom. ,. ~
auld lang syne?" and klispiiu'e io'''0'
hard at the old man. 49, -, c,,1na I
"NTs Lord. there's nathins " lis
hae dune 10 stay In Bufhplae ,andIord |
ae thing Ne have been d 49,, ,as ma. |
40 ,n az the aud Earl ives tae ma
Sa,,e- an Il ill never be the SAINT sao
80. os,,in ON aulther estate, put ye iH"-
me CT noe fac gang yang back OF i'i'
,.,.,s eyes and /
W. rose 20 his feet. ..ssaee /
a., thocht." he said, win ", NJ, ,,,t,,d |
,sat maybe ye he'd anlther I''li',r
80. 80 ,.ir factor. and wud SEND me pa pa,
80 lean. wi guild news IN III" -, n'D ,S,at,
..csr % he yIr wull that We NIT q IL 'n 10.
nal rnair complaint, an tn7t III va
,srness in ma bert. But a "uu ms
tae ken that it'll be a salr pAr ,,air |
..Tor iva hundred years an ma ,d
"a BuInDtdF 49,
10, at Kilspurdie; ane ives Jnist q
.'.ort,in. farmer an the ither q oei.ee
80. b,t GUIDE friends an faithiu' an
go. ord Rurnbrae ives as dear TAI ooi
,o,,t, &c the castle ives tai yours
"a, mind that day the Niscouht cam
.,ora an, we gathered tae wush nun
III ,ha. a, saw the pictures o the
I'll .1avs on yir walls. an thocht moo
-, we're the ties that bund ye tae Sr
hame. o,,,d., trea |
cures but there's an aud cnalr AT ooi
freslde an a. saw ma grandfather al
Il when a. ives n laddle az 'ne senui,' /
an a. mind him tellin' me that ms sianu-
father he'd sat in 1t lang aIoIe. It's no
,.-or,h nuckle. an It's been often mend 1
ed. but all no Ike tae sc IL
frae Burnbrae.
"rhere Is a Bible. tao. that hes come |
doom. father tae son. frae 1850, and iHa
Raxter hee written his name IN II, an
farmer at Burnbrae,' but it I'll no be /
dune again. for COR race III be ava frae
Burnbrae forever.
"Re patient VII me- ma Lord. for it's
the lest time we're Ike tae meet. an
there's anither thing a want tae say,
for it's heavy on ma merit.
when the factor told me within this
vera room that we maun leave. he spoke
O. me as II a. he'd been a lawless man.
an it cut me mair than ony ither word.
ma Lord. it's no the men that fear
their God thatll brak the laws. an
Ton mao Baxter that ives ither than