Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-15

| Mr.. Cox) came over to this side 10 "a as
l saulting manner. Great laughter
| The Offensive words having been taken
| Mr.: Randall moved that Mr.. Cox be al
/ lowed 70 proceed In order.
| NJ, Hoar moved that Mr.. Cox be brought
| claimed that his motion had precedence.
The Speaker ruled that Mr.. Randall's mo.
| ton was nrst In order; and upon . vote, no
The republicans then resorted to fillibus.
/ terirg, the object being TO prevent Mr.. Cox
| from speaking; Several votes were taken,
Il both sides refusing Q compromises, which
was offered between the roll calls
At half past this morning q call OF the
House was ordered, and the Sergeant at
The fllibusterlug was kept up all night,
the minority by their tactics preventing the
issue OF the warrants for the arrest OF delin-
quents until nearly m, when an agree
mept was made that Mr.. Randall should
withdraw his motion to allow Mr.. Cox to
proceed In order; that the latter should make
remark, and that all proceedings under the
call OF the House should then cease.
MI Cox said that after Mr.. Kasson's
speech last night he was annoyed at the
charges which had been made against Gov.
Ttldep, many of which he knew to be untrue.
Especially was that the case SO far as tn
circular OF 1868 was concerned, and Mr.. Kas-
son had refused TO permit him to have it
read. When he got the floor he used lam
gnage WHICH ne now realized was not at all
gized. When he went over to the republican
side (perhaps too bellieerently) his only
tract, 30 that the latter would know what he
was about to read. He would not have been
SO persistent In bringing the denial before
charge againstTilden reiterated in the papers.
and II seemed to him TO oe duty as q Rep
resentative from New York to call atten-
60 out with M. Kasson's charge. 'ouiu
THE denial was then read. II was q card
published by Mr.. Tilden over his signature
In The New York Evening Post, OF November
4, 1868, In which he positively denied that he
bad bad any knowledge OF the circular be-
fore he saw it published. He pronounced it
Mr.. Kasson said that the card lust read
he had now seen or heard Of for the first
time. II the gentleman from New York, In
view OF their past relations, had explained
would not have objected to its being read,
for he had no disposition to misrepresent
any one. he, OF course, bad no Knowledge
tie papers, and he had never seen any state
ment other than that Mr.. Tilden had never
denied the circular until 1873. Wnen the
gentleman from New YORK took the hoor
his (Kasson's) surprise could be imag-
1ned when Mr.. Cox made an allusion to hiHi
mat al who knew him knew TO be incor.
ment Incorrect, and had no idea OF using ua-
parliamentary language.
MI; Cox said that n the gentleman had
used the word "incorrect" there would have
been no trouble. But he used the word uu-
truth, which had the same Significance as
the word which he tMr. Cox had impro-
perly used.
Mr.. Hewitt IN. " said the speech of Mr..
kasson was most painful surprise to him,
and IL he had not heard it he would not have
have uttered the false, and what seemed to
him, the malicious statements against Gov.
T1lden. he (Hewitt) approached this SUBJ
ject with the same feeling that he would
take hold of a Shiny serpent-to get rid OF IL
as soon as possible. He was intimate WITH
Gov. Tilden, and knew him so well that he
9rai &c tne charges as utterly false. The
list, and had avowed secession sentiments In
letter written TO Judge Dent But Mr. X as.
son only bad extracts from that letter. and
not the full text. Many men had views be.
lore 1sto which they speedily changed. An
other charge was that Mr.. filden was dis
nnionist BE did not know upon what Mr.
kassOn based that charge. At the outbreak
OF the war be (Hewitt) was In daily commu-
nion with Mr.. Tilden, and no more loyaI
heart ever beat: When the first call was
made for troops Tammany Hall raised q reg
1ment and sent 1t 70 the war, and Mr.. Tiidel
contributed literally to Its equipment.
MI. Lapham IN. " inquired II 1t was no
true that Mr.. Tilden refused 10 sign the call
Tor the Union meeting at the Cooper InsJi-
tute, and also refused TO attend the meeting?
Mr.. HEWITT will answer that; IL is not
true that he refused to sign the call, and il
Is true that he attended the meeting
Mr.. Lapham said the contrary was rs no.
tortous In New York as any thing could De.
Mr. Hewitt sal IL was not as notorious as
anything could be. He knew all the circunl-
stances. Mr.. Sam Sloan presented Mr.. Til
Den with the call for his signature, while the
latter was trying an important cause before
that has always characterized him, not hav-
ing time TO examine the paper then, declined
70 sign, but told !. MI: Sloan TO bring him the
did attend the meeting, tepplause, and wnen
troops were TO be raised Mr.. Tilden contrib
ut Mr n Ge1seIy.Hovm uc,o
Mr.. Hewitt replied that he could not 60
into the question Of dollars and cents. True
patriotism was above that question. When
the Tammany regiment was raised they did
not AK the general government TO give q
M Conssr said it had been repeatedly said
that Mr.. Tilden had never raised his voice
for the Union cause or contributed q dollar
70 It's support. He wanted 70 know now
when and where he had raised his voice and
how much he had contributed.
Mr.. Hewitt replied during the war and In
the city OF New York and elsewhere, but he
did not know how much he had contributed
Of tSe 20 ea any
In the days Of the war MI Tfiden was in IRE
Snscisls. Even Mr. Lincoln had sent for nim
TO come TO Warrington for consultation.
None ever questioned his loyalty and pa
tIiotism In New York. With regard to The
war failure resolution In the Cnicago plat
form in 1854, Mr.. Marble, the secretary OF the
committee on resolutions, certified that Mr..
Tilden opposed 1t, and when Mcclellan was
nominated Mr.. Tllden urged him TO say
something In his letter Of acceptance which
would mOllify that clause in the platform.
With regard to Tildens association with
Tweed, Mr.. Hewitt said IL only extended TO
this. that Tweed was q member Of the demo-
ctatic state committee, Of which Mr.. Tilden
was the chairman. When the ring in New
York had grown so powerful and the pecula-
lions were suspected Mr.. Tilden folio we'd
Tweed like sleuth hound, and he was mag
nificently liberal In privately ferreting out
the frauds, and be never rested until be had
all OF the ring either In the penitentiary or
exiles. [Applausel
Mr.. Davy On. W asked whether, after the
frauds were exposed Mr.. Tilden lid not sit
with Tweed in the con ventiOu at Rochester
In 1871, and never made an effort TO keep him
ont of his seat.
Mr.. Cox said Tweed was not there.
Mr.. Davy asked whether Tilden ever raised
his voice against the Tweed delegates to that
convention.
Mr.. Hewitt said at that time Tildeu and
Tweed were bitter enemies, and there was
war 10 the knife, which only ended with the
defeat and exile OF Tweed. 1Applausel