Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-02

well, if it had not been for the staunch
support and absolute confidence which
the rural democracy of the state of New
York extended to Gov. Tilden he would
have been driven from the chairman |
ship of the state committee, rs Mr..
Tweed threatened he should be. But
he was kept there by the honest demo-
Gratis of the state of New York until he
had pulled down and destroyed this
temple of iniquity, and driven those
scoundrels out of the places they dis
graced. 'F -".@ ....
Mr.. 'Davy rose.- ua Haa
Mr. Hewitt-No; am not going to be
interrupted and cross-questioned.
Mr.. Davy-I have one more question
1 would like my colleague to answer.
Mr.. Hewitt will answer; but l
want to say that am an utterly unprac-
ticed speaker have never before ad-
dressed body like this without notes for
anything like this length of time. If
gentlemen are putting these questions
with the purpose of disconcerting me,
they ought to, have more respect for
themselves.
Mr.. Davy-I hope my colleague does
not attribute any such motive to me.
A member (to Mr.. Hewitt) You can
hold your own very well.
Mr.. Davy-I want the naked facts OF
this case.
''WAR TO THE KNIFE BETWEEN T1LDEN
..t .H- AND TWEED ' 'a.
Mr.. Hewitt-The hard, naked fact is
this: There was war, ''war to the
knife" between Gov. Tilden and Mr..
I Tweed anu It eniod-i. tho -dafaat and
exile of Mr. Tweed, Loud applause.
| That is all there is about it. -."
| Mr.. Speaker, the factis perfectly no
torious, and certainly no man. in his
senses, no fair and just man, will ever
Tor moment intimate that there was
the slightest intimacy, personal or po-
litical, at any time between Samuel j..
Tilden and William NJ. Tweed. There
never was, sir. There was that as
sociation which comes from the enforced
appointment of men on committees and
OF their living in the same community
and belonging to the same party; but
the one man stood in the community
above and beyond reproach, and the
i other was always an object of suspicion
and finally of detestation. as-m Ta51a 7Me
i GOV. rILDEN's PRIVATE FORTUNE.
i Now, the gentleman from Iowa in
dulged in one insinuation of so mean and
despcable a character that l almost
hesitate to refer to it. 1t he could have
blushed, and looked into his face, as
sat near him on purpose, if he were ca.
; pable of blushlng, he would have blush;
ed then, but he did not. He insinuated
that the private fortune of Gov. Tilder
had been acquired by some dishonorablt
and he did not dare to say dishonest
but he implied it, dishonest practices II
; connection with railways and corpora
tons. Now, when man makes an IN
situation oil that sort, he should be pre-
, pared with the proof. 1t is mean
unmanly, dishonorable charge for any
to make behind the back of another maj
who is not here to answer. But L cal
$ tell that gentleman and hope his owl
9 record is as clear and as good, that Gov
Tilden was called from 1857 to 1860 intt
almost every broken-down railway cor
poration in the west that while he founC
3 them unable to pay even running expen
ses, he took them in hand and SO admin
istered them that in every case the bonds
:. whether first, second OF third, mortgage
and the stock, preferred or common
. all ultimately went above par; and h
y enriched the people that were Wis
!. enough and fortunate enough to hav'
! secured his services. l am PERSONAL.
: among the numbers Of those who wer
; benefited by this wise and sagaciou
management; and 1 say, SO far from
having been overpaid in any Of thes
E transactions, that his legal fees and hi
: personal services were the cheapest ant
most poorly rewarded I have ever know
in long business career, dealing il
: large transactions in all parts Of thi
country and in Europe. ,lr, -.