National Republican., 1878-04-09

field than New York and Pennsylvania. Two
members from New York and two from Penn
sylvania had each disabled Union soldier on |
the roll and had nothing therefore to fear In
their districts, and yet each OF these four
members lodged the vote The pretext urged
by these Northern Democrats that they could
not sustain themselves before their people al |
ter FRYEs speech on the soldiers roll question |
Is downright act Of cowardice. My soldiers |
roll for March was read by Mr.. EDEN to the
House and was perfect roll as far AS II was
filled. / made II so by discharging number
Of men who had been imposed upon me by
Northern members as competent % be on that
roll, and on the LIST Of April II was made full
and perfect by the discharge Of j. q. KNIGHT,
who had been imposed upon me by his own
affidavit aud by the persistent effort Of his
friend, General BRAGG, who told me to put him
on that roll, and he would fight him through
on the floor of the House. Each one OF those
whom discharged had been placed on the
soldiers roll In February and March by their
members, except FiTZHUGH and ROGERS In
February. ROGERS told me he was II soldier
and put him on for February because l had
the vacancy. II I was not ablo to keep my
soldiers roll full, II was the fault Of members
to whom the places had been assigned in not
giving me men TO Gil them.
After thus presenting his Democratic
friends, and their reasons for ousting him,
with fidelity, he takes CARTER HARRISON
and CLARKsoN N. POTTER in hand, and
shows what q consistent, upright and manly
pair they are to be sure. Theirs is rich
chapter in this history. The whole country
should admire such spair of hi2h-toned and
statesmanlike Democratic worthless. But
we must let Colonel POLK tell his own story
in his own way. He proceeds in this wise: +:
When Mr.. CARTER HARRISON was almost
constantly importuning me to appoint his man,
7 WHALES, offered him the appointment Of q
! messenger on the soldiers roll. WHALEN had
. suggested his brother, but Mr.. HARRISON re-
fused to have q soldier. l offered the sp-
pointment of messengers on that roll to sew
s enl Democratic members who claimed places
4, under my appointment Of the positions under
me, and in several instances they refused to
: take the places on the soldiers roll. The
y Hon. CLARKsoS n. POTTER drew a soldier in
i the distribution Of the Doorkeepcr patronage
. to the State Of New York. and he presented
y the name OF an able-bolied editor from his
K district who had none Of the appearance Of a
d disabled soldier aud who admitted TO me he
= had never been q soldier. This man re-
mained on the floor about month in every
e body's way, doing nothing but importune me
It to place him on the soldiers roll. and whee
e that failed to promise him would not opposn
his being paid by resolution, II Mr. POTTER
should offer one to compensate him for his loss
{, of time in coming to Washington to hunt a
e place under the Doorkeeper. The resolution
l.. was offered by the Hon. HIEsrER CLYMER to pay
, this man $3.50, which he informed me was
h done at the written request of Mr.. POTTER.
n See record of the first session Of the Fortyfith
A Congress, part second. did oppose the pay
ment of $3.50 to Mr.. f. /. HORTON for doing
IL no service whatever, and there and then
y made AN enemy who refused to speak to me OF
give me the slightest recognition from that
| tima ward nnI this sipnpd tIe
jority report against me- without being present
o. at tho examination of my case, except for
l., few minutes on the third day and on tho las
~ day of the investigation. This accounts fol
lie the milk in Mr.. PoTTEEs cocoanut.
id But the brave Colonel does not stop here
ID He proceeds to gibbet the majority Of th'
lg committee which condemned him in II,
lg very fiattering light. He charges that i
Vi was hostile, unfair, and uni ust in its dealing
re with the case that HARRISON openly VIC
ir lated the law while presiding over the com
ns mittee, in that he certified to the account
s. of witnesses as having served for a mucl
G. longer time than they really did, and ha'
is them paid therefor. He charges that on
OF witness was paid $4S for one days servic
n on the stand and another SOL for u like SCI
er vice and oil this in the interest of econom
at and cvil-servce reform. He charges tina
Mr.. Cox had promised that he would exam
c. inc no witnesses against Colonel Polk with
nd out giving him notice to be present, and i
sc violation of this promise witnesses were cx
he amined without his attendance to couiron
We them, and then their testimony was al
Is rayed against him in debate, in defiance c
'e- law and fair dealing.
us Under this condition of affairs Colonel Pol
ey has been bounced from the Doorkecpershil
nd under an inqusitorial line of proceeding tin
on had been invented for Republicans onl.
is He is undoubtedly more honest, uprigh
er and well-irtentioned man than the avcral
'rt of his Democratic prosecutors. II his Ia
or is to be credited, he is a greatly abused MAJ
lis and should congratulate himself that Il
lat has been relieved from such contact, n
tie matter what motives may have led to h
so sacrifice If rumor be true, HARRIso
of has achieved double victor
of lie has crushed Polk and III
secured the place for blood relati,
KS who belongs in Egypt, and has violated HI
IN oath of allegiance to the land of his bir
ed and the Government 10 which he owes h
nd education and send-oif in life. Such
mt Democratic loyalty, sense Of right, n
bel Justice. Colonel Polk has been forced
vel take some of the bitter medicines of his ow
to party, which had been compounded for Il
vas hated Radicals, and he should swallow Il
aid potion with better grace. 1t is examplii
of to the world in this case that such med
the cines work more efficiently upon Democra
zen than upon Republicans That is OWN
ans we presume, to the demoralized condition
h II their systems.
A., THE New York Times says: "While \
w w WooD is waiting for an opportunity to defo
'e and explain his tariff bill, it receives a sol
rem shot FROM the Bureau of Statistics. An exa
To- ination Of the bill by the officers of the bure
ted shows that If 1t had been law In operate
on during the fiscal year ending June 80, Is;
md the total revenue produced under 1t w0u
the have been $l22, 100000 The revenue actual
csh collected during that period was sl3l 900, ,O
till There Is something wrong about Mr.. Woo
figures. He has promised that his bill, If
rs becomes a law, shall yield au annual revon
o.,. of $l5O,00O,0OJ. Unless the Bureau of Stat
., lao, ,In mis- lpnlu \