, 1874-04-30
THE PUNISHMENT OF SUMMER.

tbroe years.
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THE PUNISHMENT OF SUMNER.
Tho Senate on Tuesday, wllilo tho veto vaa
under discussion, debated for ono hour tho dues.
tton why b1z. Summon WAS depoacd from tin
oh"'Fnanhhlp Of tic Committee Oh Foreign Ro.
lations. Mr. Thurman, Of Ohio, suggostea that
no lad boon doposod because ho had difrorod
from the President on the San Domingo ouea-
tfon. Alr. Edmunds, Of Vermont, declared thst
thoro "as no authority for Saying that Mr. Sum.
nor "as pursued by tho Administration. Mr.
Ho"e OF Wisconsin, said that the eamo CAUCUS
Which Ind removed Mr.. Summer from the Com,
mistee On Foreign Rotations hnd tenderod him
place at tho hoad Of the Committee on Eloc-
tions' Old Simon Cameron followed, protesting
that ho had not robbed hfr. Sumner Of tho place.
that he Intended to rofnno it; but hearing
somo othor Sonntor sneak of hin, 4, ~
oompllmontary terms, he had determined to
retain 1T. Dir. Hsmltn, Of Maino, finally
pluckod up courage to give ronaon why the no,
publican CAUCUS had thrust blr. Summer ofr tho
Committee, and 1t was that Mr. Sumner vas not
on speaking terms With the President or seecro-
tary Of State. h1r. Howe again roturned In tho
mattof, confirming the statement Of nlr. Ham.
Iin' anu declaring that tho San Domingo matter
had no connection with tho removal.
fortunately TIC have Mr. sunnor's own vor,
sion OF tho whole. affair. During tho War, Mr.
summer rendered invaluable services to tha aov.
ornment as ts adviser In all TINT pertaiued to
foreign affairs, The testimony OF ex-secrotarv
"elles Is conclusive on this point. When Mr..
Fish booame Secretary Of State, in 1860, ho vas
wholly inexperienced, and found In Mr. gunnor
warm poraonal and official friend, Tlis friond-
ship, personal and ofnclal,. continued until nv
Sumner, byhis earnest opposition, killed the San
oom1ogo treaty. That troaty, though it's fato
was soaled' was not formally rejected for long
tfme afterwards. It becomes important, there-
fofe, to know whom and why 1lr. Sumner WIS
not on speaking terms with tho President or
secretary Of State. Mr. Summer tells tho story
IN bis suppressed speech, which has recently
been published. It appears that when ho op-
posed the troaty, lie made an elaborate report
and speech against tho whole scheme, and critf-
eiaed the mannor In which the treaty had boon
negotiated. Tho President WIS vory indignant,
and declared that, wore he not President. ha
would bold tho sonator personally responsible.
Gen. Baboock, tho Prosidons'e seorotarv.
and tho speoial onvoy to San Domingo yho
negotiated tho tsoaty, declared that, If he were
not IN ottloer Of the army ho would horsewhip Mr:
sumnorfor big speech. Thcso goutle at,nonitionu
induced Alr. Sumner to drop tho. White House
from bis list Of visiting places, and ho was mover
again invited there. His personal and official
reiationa with Mr. Fiah continued, however, Tho
sWo Vfsitod personally, and had froquont Official
consultations. This was during tho portod when
Tho San Domingo treaty laid on the Senate table.
IN tho eve of tho final vote on that treaty Mr.;
Fish visited him at his house, aud, during dis
'uHafon prolonged until after midnight sought
% change hts views upon tho troaty, aud then:
Ill else failing, offered to ,bribe him to abandon
lis place in tho Senate by proposing to make
lin Minister to England l1r. Summon rofeotod
ho brlbe. Mr.. Motley, ha friend, was removed
rom London bocnuao ho was Summers friend.
I'D, theroaltor, tho Secretary of State and the,
nan who had rejected Lis bribo woro not on
pcaking ternB.,
Then tho Secretary Of State informed the Som
tocaucus tint tho President, aud tho presldcnt'o
'rlvato Secretary, md Alr. Fish woro not on
poaklng terms with tho SENATOR aud tho duti-:
III and obedlent caucus, wo1l knowing TINT tho
lloged excuso was the result of the Senator'S
ppostton to San Domingo, dismissed n1r. Sum-
er from the head Of tho Committee, and ap-
ointed Mr. Cameron in his place. Now, with
tloae facts made public, Mr. Harnlfn and Mr.:
Iowo declare ho was not degraded because Of
is opposition to the San Domingo measure. but
Or tie reason that tho President and Secretary
stato were not On speaking terms with hun.
Is fortunate that nIr. sumuor left behind him
u explanation why ho was not on speaking torma
ith Mosars. Grant, Babcoclz, aud Fish.
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Minnesota philosopher, Frans Herman Wild
rand, @ Swedish gentleman who was at one
MO Government clerk and doy.Bod a unIouo
ommunistio Bystem known as Tarisn, has petf-
oned Congress- through Senator Ramsoy to
polish tho English language, aud, as another OF
H.