Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1884 — How Hawley Failed to Answer Sehurz. [ARTICLE]

How Hawley Failed to Answer Sehurz.

From the N. Y. Herald, Aug, 2M. Blaine Republicans in Brooklyn ha-ve been in mourning for two or three weeks because apparently -unable to find any one who would attempt to explain away Mr. Schruz’s reeeur indictment ol Blaine. Last night-ficy took the entpe off their hats on Hie h— tiranc-’ Unit Gmeral Hawley would neutralize the effect of Mr. .Schurz’s statement. The orator of the evening talked nearly two hours about the tariff’, and then, in the course of less than five minutes, devoted simple denials, m Blaine’s favor, that any schoolboy might have spoken, was obliged to admit that ‘iris true that he (BlaineJ wrote to Mr. Fisher that he had made a decision interesting to his road. Now, I wish he hadn’t said that. It would have been better if he hadn’t connected his private business with his public business The Deinoci at s. ought to pay General Hawley handsomely to repeat this “defence” from the slump. every night during the campaign.