Wilmington journal., 1876-06-16
kERR'S VINDICATDN.
The Proofs OF HHarneY,s Perjury
and the fketrIbuIiOH that Awaits
the Slanderer OF the Speaker.
From a acOrrasnn,ldent of tha World

From n correspondent of the World.
WASHINGTON, June 12.
The Clymer cOmmitte is expected to
| report either to morrow or on Tuesday
n complete vindicatiOn of the Speaker.
In other words the Infamous Harvey
will, i'll virtue of this report, be shown
up as a .psrjurer, liar aud slanderer.
Harney. on his unsupported testimony
swore he gave Mr.. Kerr $3.50 in 1866
for q. cones appointment. Mr.. Kerr,
on his solemn oath, denied it. Thus
| the matter stood as between the truth
| of thu Speaker and that of Halnay
| There was but one iain fact in the
| whole of this affair which even allowed
| one breath of hesitation to dwell upon
it, viz: Why should Mr.. Kerr, from
Indiana, have recommended a man
| from New York, and Republican at
that? The evidences taKen this week
has brought out that Mr.. Kerr offered
the appointment III his district for
several months, and no ono applied for
it; further, letters came confederation
of the fact that Mr. Kerr actually did
not appoint Rrpublicans, and looked
upon fitness as of more Importance
than party politics. This matter thus
cleared up. MIR. kerr's dying declara-
ton (and indeed heis dying g)-stands
out like n rock of truth. Now turn to
Harney. OF the 500 letters received
by the Speaker on Harnry's character,
several of them said that Harncy de
serted his wife and children, sold his
furniture, and lived in adultery with
woman said to he Dutch Heinrich's
wlfe's sister, ten years ago. in Wash
ington. MIR. Elliott, the counsel, in
1ross-examlnaUion, asked Harney the
following questions, which he an
aWered under oath:
q. Are you married ? A. Yes, sir
q. When Were you married ? A.
Nine years next Sd July.
@ Were you ever married before
A. NO, sir.
Q. Who did you marry? A. A
woman.
Q. What is her name A. Ann
Pryor.
Q. Is this the only woman you were
ever married to ? A. Yes, sir.
9. And you have no other wife
living or dead A. No, sir.
@. We're you married when here in
Washington A. No, [ was a single
man.
In the face of this swearing wit
nesses prove that Harvey lived with a
woman, III 1866, III Washington, whom
he called his wife, aud that he WAS
married before and deserted his first
wife. Now, if this is hot false swear
ing what can perjury be ? Again,
Harvey swore that he never spoke to
anybody but Bliss, Darling and Wake
man about this affair, and Mr.. Shanks
swears he had a long interview with
him on the Odd of May on the SUBJ
ject. Harvey swOre most positively that
he never asked any other member for
Greene's appointment, and two eX-
congressman, Messrss- Meyer Strause
and Mr.. Jones of New York, positively
swear that Harney had not only solici-
! ted them in 1866 for the appointment,
but told each of them that he (Har-
ney) could make $400 or $500 if he
could get Greene appointed. Now,
what possible reliance can be placed
upon the word of witness thus ie-
peatedly proven TO have sworn to de-
liberate falsehoods This wicked
| conspiracy, a second edition of the safe
| burglary plot, has nevertheless done
its work. The Speaker, already in a
precarious state of health, is effectu-
ally assassinated by this foul attack.
Iiarney was bolstered up by his back
|
''bust the Democratic party aid pull
dowr the biggest man in it, He has
failed politically to do either, but he
has succeeded in shortening life
most valuable to the country.
Yet, don't let it be supposed that this
conspiracy is to end either with the
exonerating report or with the life of
the Speaker. Ia this dark hour of
political strife let 1t be said, to the
honor of justice, that republicans of
| good repute are MS much aroused and
eager to see this perjury aud conspir-
acy punished as the most ardent DEM
ocrats The tolls are slowly but anrely
closing round all those who had a
hand in the plot, and they will find
that they have put their heads in the
lions mouth. It is, indeed, refreshing
to see how republicans came forward
to prove up only the high reputation
of the Speaker, lbut to show mp the
| life, habits and ascociation of the
scOundreI who has been made the tool
of this wicked conspiracy. 1t is. how
ever, by no means an honor to the
| New York commercial community that
Mr.. George Opdyke, once Mayor of
that great city, is eager to prove him
self the hacker and friend of Harvey.
On the 29th of May. before MIR. Caul-
| folds committee, at the Astor House,
Mr.. George Bliss brought the infa
nous conspiracy against the Speaker
| to the notice of the committee. The
following few questions by Mr.. Caul-
field and answers by Mr.. Bliss are
rather curious:
Mr. Caulfield-Do you know any re-
lations existing between him (Harney)
| and this Mr.. Darling?
| Mr.. George Biiss-I simply know he