The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-27
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO TIB DAILY LRTELLIGRHCER
CONGRESS.
Mr.. HEWITT GROWS FIERCE.
His Savage Onslaught on Mr.. Hoar.
.aRT--r 8a, gs-a
COmmOtiOn and Excitement ii the
House.
A Home Thrust by Yeates ofNorlh
Carolina.
The Cloud Burst Exhausts ItseIf and
the Count Goes On. q X
Pennsylvania and Rhode island
Counted for Hayes.
South Carolina Goes to Commission
with Number Of Objections. y
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2G.
llOuse met nj 10 o'clock, Int IT was
nearly Il before the business was begun,
the interval being consumtd in call OF
the House and in voting by yeas and nays
on the question whether the testimony
taken before the Committee on Privileges
oil the House in the ease Of the Pennsyl.
vania electOr, BOggs, appointed in place
OF d. j. Morrill,, Centennial Commission
er, should be read. The House decided,
by 1873 to llG, that il should be read, and
it was accordingly read.
Mr.. Kelly offered a resolution that the
vote Of Boggs' should be counted, and Mr..
Stenger offered asubsti.ute that il should
not be. G.tG.f-EF Z
Mr.. Kelly said the objection was based
on principle 30 often 0verruled' in law
that his side OF the house could submit
the queStion without discussion. q
Mr.. Stenger took the ground that nm
der the constitution and laws Of Pemsyl.
vania Henry X. Boggs was not entitled
TO cast his vote as an eleGtor. .r-
Al 1910 the Speaker announced a new
legislative day, and after the journal Of
Saturday was read the discussion was
resumed.
Mr.. Hewitt again returned 10 the
charge which he had made Saturday
against the good faith Of Mr., Hoar, for
acting and voting in the Electoral Com.
mission ut variance with his speech in
the House, and said that that gentleman
in his attempt to answer the charge on
Saturday, had seized the mantle Of Web.
ster and tried-reversing the usual
process-to exc out ioxs skin with a
lions hide, but even the mantlessof Web.
ster was not broad enough to cover the
Misrepresentation and fraud.
He cited various propositions and
votes in the Commission, showing that
Hoar had uniformly voted against the
admission OF evidence to show fraud
on the part OF the Louisiana Returning
Board, and he asked whether that (ouot.
ing Hoar's words) was Justice and right
or sense. He (Hoar) had voted in the
Louisiana case that the Commission had
no judicial power, and in the case Of Ore
gon, he voted that the Commission had
the power 10 take evidence, that the
seal Of the State was or was not the au-
thentic seal, and as TO whether Watts
held commission from the United States,
but where there was an allegation Of
fraud, there he had voted that there was
no power to prevent fraud, and that gen.
tleman had been on all occasions the
great champion OF justice and righteous.
ness, His magnificent peror alton on the
Belknap impeachment case would long
be read by the Americans and vet, that
same gentlemen had voted not to receive
evidence Of fraud.
In conclusion he said: ask my Demo.
cratic friends, deceived, defrauied, and
cheated as they have been, whether we
should meet bad faith with bad faith. |
answer that never ought the record Of the
Democratic party 10 be sullied by n
single act that will make any man blush.
| went on that committee against my will.
knew that whatever did on that com.
mittee would be subjectto misconstruc.
tion, but when took my place there
ceased to be a partisan. ! tried 10 be.
come impartial. l tried TO perfect a
measure otiustice, conciliation and peace
for the suffering people Of this country.
We perfected il; we brought it here; il thAs
been approved by Congress and by the
country, and now shall we stop,in this
career toward the solution OF the greatest
problem ever presented TO free people,
because We have been met with fraud and
injustice on the other side? ! say no,
Let us give the people Of the country and
Of the world an example that having been
cheated, We can still trust in the provi-
dence and justice OF God and in the dis.
position and determination Of the people
to do justice in the end. [Applause and
Commotion. We have still free ballot.
box, u free press, and we are still free
people, and no justification for revolu.
tion, no justification for civil war can
arise among a free people until they are
deprived OF the remedy OF the ballot.box.
Mr.. OBrien-How long will you he
free II Hayes goeaiuH ID sEiEf
Mr.. Hewitt mot noticing the interrup.
tion)--To that remedy | propose to re.
sort, and II that remedy be found in vain,
although l am one OF the humblest Of
Democrats and most feeble Of citizens,
will be ready to take up my arms and
lead il necessary, or rather serve in the
crusade against injustice, oppression and
tyranny.
While Mr.. Hewitt was speakinghc
surrounded by circle OF member
both political parties and evidence :
increasing excitement and commolion
were manifested in this circle andIall over
the hall and in the galleries. As he tin.
ished Mr.. Cate, OF Wisconsin, made his
way through the circle, and, addressing
Mr.. Hewitt in IN excited way, said
"iou have pronounced the action OF the
Commission to be infamous, gross be-
trayal Of the confidence reposed in it,
a perversion Of right and Justice. Do
you now declare it to be the duty Of the
Democrats TO assist in the speedy con
summation Of what you pronounce an
outrage
Mr.. Hewitt say that l will yield to
il, because see no other course left but
anarchy. ......... ....,
Mr.. Cate-I deny il, and I assert that
il is the duty OF all Democrats TO oppose
il by every means in their power. II
would be cowardice to do otherwise
! [Great excitement and confusion.
Mr.. Yeates, Of North Carolina, forced
hiS way through the circle, and, with
flushed face and excited manner, ex'
claimed, addressing Cate and the Demo
Srats who were opposing acquiescence
Those who denounce us now as towards
when the pinch came 10 years ago turned
/. against Us. Ah'.a r s. illHk
The excitement had grown so intense
, Iy this time, recalling recollections oI
the scene In the House Just before The
rebellion, that the Speaker felt called
upon TO Interfere and to insist on the res
toration OF order. r,I|r. r..TTt..,
When he had succeeded Mr. Town.
Isend, of New York, took the floor, and