The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-06-26

alter all, as the clerk who made tn
check was the same person who haC
given the information to Sanborn
] Laughter. There was a proverI
that if you scratch a Russian you
viii find a Tartar, and so if yor
scratch one of Philips, Dodge d Co
you find a defrauder of the revenue
| (Laughter.) 1t so happened that
VIM. E. Dodge was Chairman of the
Executive Committee of that very
railroad company, which owned then
100000 for delinquent taxes, and
this, said he, was VIM. E. Dodge, OF
the firm of Phelps, Dodge d Co.,
who imports American statues al
the risk of breaking the nose of the
Goddess of Liberty, when she is
made of lead. Laughter.
He had letter read from Tenny,
Assistant District Attorney of
Brooklyn, referring to Mr.. Beck, of
Kentucky, as a powerful member of
the Democratic party, who would
bring the Sanborn matter to the
front. Laughter. He also had a
letter written by Mr.. Foster of Ohio,
and which had been picked up in
the streets Of Brooklyn, in which
he said that he had been prepared
to rap old Cockeye." Roars of
laughter, in which Butler himself
joined most heartily, while wiping
the perspiration from his brow.
He also had read an affidavit made
by Martin Warwick, a witness be-
fore the Ways and Means Com
mittee, that Foster had said to him
in conversation at the Ebbett House
On Butler, he ought to be invest
igsted. All the men connected with
these contracts are Buffers friends
and you are his friend also"
Mr.. FOSTER pronounced the
statement an unequivocable false
hood, and described Marten War
wick as perfectly characterless.
BUTLER went on to comment up
en- Fosters animus in 7 Tursuing the
Sanborn investigation, and said that |
he had mentioned hist Buffers )name |
thirty-three times, and every time he |
had got the answer that Butler knew |
nothing or did nothing on the sub
ject, and every time the New York
Tribune stated that General Buffers
name was involved in the investiga-
ton. His colleagues Dawes
reported the same story
and declared that Sanborn's lawyer,
Prescott was Buffers private secre-
tary and henchman, whatever that
might be. He had never seen Pres
cott three times, and did not know
him by sight. Foster had also, in
his speech, alluded to him (Butler)
swenty-eight times, making sixty
one times in all, and the New York
said that hist Buffers coat
tails appeared in the affair. He had
no objection to be investigated by
friend or enemy, especially
,he latter, for the more they investi-
gated him the worse they liked him.
Laughter. But he objected to the
public money being spent for that
purpose under the direction of the
Committee on Ways and Means. If ,
hat committee had been attending
o the finances, tRo-thirds majori-
Y of the House would not now have ,
o hang their heads in shame, that
congress had to go home after a six
months session with no compre-
Iensive measure of revenue or f. T
Iance passed or even reported. That 9
ommittee, instead of attending to
is proper duties, had been trapping +
Id Cockeye," examining into his !
rivate affairs and inquiring into the +
ees which he had received from his .
lients. But, said he, triumphantly, !;
Id Cockeye escaped as usual with 7
ut rap. In conclusion, he said: +
look forward to the time when the q
majority Of this House will be op- =
osed to me in politics, and then l E
SIX them to investigate every act OF q
line and publish its results to the .
Ountry. invoke the investigation s,
f gentlemanly political opposition,
nd not of malignant personal spleen
nd spite, egged on by political ri
airy. Because I humbly trust that
hen my every act is known and un- v
erstood, authoritiYely and exactly, n
/ its breadth and motives, the kind v
: judgment of my countrymen will q
e, after all rivalry and unkindness t'
{ thought has passed away, that he y
as a man whose virtues overbal- d
need his faults, who loved his coun- u
y, his kind, justice and nobleness. 81
|!
Mr.. FOSTER (mockingly) let us II
ray. u
Mr.. BUTLER (defantly)-The b,
entleman will lead, 1 suppose. u
and applause. p
Mr.. FOSTER followed. He enam- IL
the circumstances attending the o.
,igin of the Sanborn investigation, o.
Id said that the moiety law would "
ave been repealed without investi- tL
ltion had not Sanborn himself ask %
to be heard. Sanborn came be- u,
re the Committee with a cloud of eC
and out of their mouths la
'oof came that the government was OF
ing robbed, and Sanborn got al
ightened and refused to testify, ID
obably by advice of the gentleman re
ON Massachusetts. (Butler.) 70
Mr.. BUTLER-Why do you pre- vi
me thst?
Mr.. F0STER-Because he said he
d got a letter from a member of
,ngress advising him not to tes-
y. JTI
Mr.. BUTLER-It was not from WI
:. His counsel was an ex-member er
Congress. eu
Mr.. FOSTER-There was nothing Gll
t "coat tails" about it. ma
Mr.. BUTLER-No,sir. There was u, III
even that. Now, let me ask you II
question. Did you say in that
ter that you wanted to get a rap su
old Cockeye? tlr
Mr.. FOSTER-Yes, l did. (Laugh- Sc
y And want to ssk the gentle es
q from Massachusetts if I did not ce
a rap at him2 be
Mr. BUTLER-No; not one; not lis
en- at his coat tails. You have or
1t stated that you never got nearer be
IN his coat tails. me