Harper's Weekly

“ Schurz says, and with undoubted truth, that he has given as much time and labor to campaign work as any man in the country, if not more, and that he has done a great deal of such work in the last twenty years for nothing. It certainly is not unreasonable that an able advocate whose services are very useful, and who can not afford to give his services in continuous travel and speaking, should be paid for his work. ”

“ No honorable man in the country will regard him less favorably for it, or doubt that the services were well worth very much more than all the money ever paid for them. It would be well if all public men who have received money for services of various kinds were as clean in the business as Mr. Schurz. ”

“ Of course he could not do it for nothing, and he said to the committees that if they wanted him enough to pay him he would come, but otherwise he could not afford it. The committees decided that the service was worth the sum charged, and it was paid. Mr. ”