The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-10-09
BY TELEGRAPH,
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO TIE DAILY 1NTEtLzeENcEi
senator MeDonaId's Interview
with MOFtOn-He says What He
Meant and Sticks to II.

from this State, / feel Il 10 be q duty
owe TO you rs we'll as On act OF justice I
myself, 10 correct some ialse impression
that have been made in relation TO m
ate visit 10 Gov. Morton, and state briel
y the facts connected with Il. 1t is vel
known to the people Of this State, tina
from the time Gov. Morton united will
the Republican party, we have stood pO
litically opposed; at the same time ou
personal relations have been Away
friendly. ! have, therefore, no apology /,
offer for visiting him in his sickness
was an act OF kindness which | owed L
myself to perform.
In n brief interview OF less than five
minutes, at which Col. Il. W. Thompson
Secretary Of the Navy, Mr.. Mckee, o
Terre Haute, and DR.. Thompson, OF thil
city, were present, the probabilities Of hit
(Gov. Morton's) return TO Washington
City were spoken Of. He expressed thu
hope Of being able to do 90 at the regular
session, but said he had given up the ex
pOctation Of being there At the extra ses
sion. remarked, in substance, that ht
ought 10 take all care of himself, but il
he regained his strength no as TO be able
to 60 TO Washington and found the attend
ance on daily sessions Of the Senate toe
fatigning he could rest himself by pair,
ing of with me. This il all there was oI
1t, and while spoke OF the matter by
way OF encouragement meant Just what
| said, and in 30 expressing myself l did
not more than propose the usual cOur.
tesiea that have been practiced in the
Senate from the foundation OF the Gov
ernment, and which had been extended ia
me by Gov. Morton at the late extra Res
sion of the Senate when ! wa.
called home by the sickness OF my
daughter. 1t did not seem TO me thai
there was anything in this to attract
special attention, or that had done any
act TO merit censure or praise, and on my
return from the visit ] went almost im.
mediately to visit my friends in FOun,
tain county, and it wOS only on my return
on Monday last that learned any notice
Of it had been taken in the papers.
found in the Indianapolis Journal oil
that date brief statement OF the fact
which is substantially correct, and sup.
posed that would probably be the end oI
the matter. Understood, on reaching
home, that parties representing the
Sentinel hnd called at my residence 10 sec
me, but met with no one representing
that paper until Tuesday. Up to that
time ! had seen no one connected
with the press TO my knowledge sincC
my return from the visit to Governor
Morton, but on Tuesday afternoon d
gentleman called at my office and said
he had been sent, on behalf the Sentinel, 10
learn the facts in relation to my visit and
especially in regard to the alleged agree
.mcht between Gov. Morton and myselI
10 pair of. | took the article in the
Journal, part Of it which gave statement
OF the fact as to the alleged pair, and
handed ii to him, the usage OF the Senate
in similar cases, and the fact and Circum,
stance OF Gov. Morton'a having paired Of
with me last spring. He expressed him.
self entirely satistied with the explana.
tion. The extract | gave him from the
Journal is as follows:
THE proposition Of that gentleman
Senator McDOnaId) was not to pair with
Morton, Internationally whether he
should be able TO get 10 Washington or
not, but was to the effect that il he should
go far recover as TO be able to 20 tC
Washington, he (McDOnald) would re.
lieve him from the laborB OF daily attend.
ancc by pairing with him, on questions
on which they might be at variance; only
this and nothing more" y
This, it seems TO ME, would certainly
put The subject at rest, but on the next
day / found in the Sentinel the interview
referred to, and the statement Of facts
grossly miSrepresented. That l may do
no injuslice, l quote the following ex.
tracts from the article 1 alludc 10. In
referring to the report of my having
paired of with Governor NJ, the Ssn,ineI
says: NJ, o.. ...-r, .- -.r
awe have been 10th to believe that
Senator Mcdonald could bs guilty OF
such an indiscretion, but he admits. the
correctness Of the report, and the Demo.
cratic party will be compelled to submit
10 the humiliation with the best grace il
can command" r-gr
After quoting the extract from The
Journal which have quoted above, it
proceeds:
"This settles the question. II Gov. NJ,
is able 10 60 to Washington and should
be unable to attend the sessions Of the
Senate, Mr.. McD. will pair with him on
questions on which they are at variance.
This proposition OF Senator Med, TO
throw away hia vote on account OF Mr..
Ma infrmlties grows ont Of the fact OF
Mr.. MCDs personal regard for Mr.. NJ,
and Is 10 repay similar courtesy extend.
ed TO Senator McD. by Gov. NJ"
l am willing TO leave il 10 any fair.
minded manif .thereis one word or sylla.
BILE in the Journals extract that sustains
tho Ssatinel in the construction il attempts
to put on my conduct, or that furnish
any foundation for the charge that have
proposed to throw away my vote on nc,
count Of Mr.. Morton's infrmities. Again,
in conclusion, the Sentinel says:
awe cherish the hope that Senator
McD, in strict justice 10 the Democrats
OF Indiana and Of the country, will
regard II ~ his duty 10 relieve himself Of
the obligations OF his pledge, and in this
way reinfranchise his constituents and
restore Indiana TO her rightful place in
the Senate Of the United States"
l am at Il loss 10 know why the Sen
tineI has indulged in these unjust and
unfriendly criticisms, but am not sur.
prised that some OF my political friends,
who may believe in their truth, should
feel soliCitous as to my future course. To
all such l will say, l have entered into no
obligation and taken no pledge that in
the least degree interferedIwiGh iull and
faithful discharge Of my duties as u
Democratic Senator. I have lived
nearly all my life in this State aud for
more than thirty years have taken an
active part in all Of the political con.
tests that have occurred in that time, |
have fought hundred battles for The
Democratic party, and never one against
1t. | will be absent, il may be, many
months, and il shall be able to make 4
short visit TO my homo friends in The
meantime, II will be BY the favor Of some
political adversary in the Senate. ! an
willing that the past record be looked
Into in judging what my iutGre course
will be. and althnuvh nVv m, he Nhlr