The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
Kelley Comes to the Front Again.
More of His Secret History.
HOUSE.
WAsnrNaroN. March 0.

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 0.
Mr.. Blackburn presided, in the absence
OF Speaker Randall.
Mr. Foster, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported bill providing
for the appropriation OF 81, ,533, AS def.
ciencies for the service Of this Govern
ment for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1878. Referred 10 the committee OF the
whole.
A night session for debate only was
ordered for Monday next.
Mr.. Kelley then replied to Mr.. Gar
fields speech Of few days ago. He ex-
planned the causes which prevented him
replying 10 Mr.. Gatfeld's speech for over
one hundred days-his own serious Ill.
ness and the attempted assassination Of
his son, and he thought it was hardly
Just in The gentleman TO send to the coun.
try the idea that he Mr.. Kelley had been
one hundred days preparing reply to
his speech.
The imputation that his (Mr. Kelley's)
speech was manuscript speech was ut.
terly without foundation. In regard 10
his support OF the resolution indorslng
Secretary McCulloch's contraction policy
in December, 1865, he admitted he had
made grave mistake, and on the Sd Of
January following had raised his voice
against contraction, and made the pre-
diction with which be had opened his
speech on the 10Th Of November, that II
contraction were pursued tue condition
oil affairs that Ia now upon the country
would come. As to the bill demonelizing
silver, he was, although Chairman ol the
Committee on Coinage, as ignorant Of the
decentralization OF the silver dollar as
Senators Blaine and Voorhees, then mem.
bers OF the house). Mr.. Grfelds allu-
sion to his Kelley communis,ic speech
at Youngstown, Ohio, and TO his threat
that "labor would take capital by the
throat,"--that statement was like Mr..
Garfeld's own statement, the creation OF
distempered and i'll governed imsgina-
tion. As to the interference OF members
OF the House in favor of his renomina-
tion, be asserted that no man sat in the
House who had ever, TO his knowledge,
written such letter. If there were, he
asked him to say so. Mr.. Foster made
movement as II to rSse. "Yes," said
Mr.. Kelley, zone letter was written. My
friend Foster and were most intimate
then by reason Of the proximity oil our
seats. laid before him, and before my
friend DAntord, good many letters re-
ceived 10 connection with efforts to nom-
mate another man than myself. My
friends who wrote me seemed troubled
that those who were seeking 10 oast me
were representing that Governor Hayes
desired my defeat for having gone into
Ohio (as they said) 10 electioneer for
Mr.. Allen. 1t was arranged that my
friend Foster, who represented in Con-
gress the Republican candidate for Presi-
dent, should write letter that would
answer u double purpose a ripple OF
laughter started at these words, and soon
spread through the Democratic side, ex-
tending to the Republican sidel, pray
you, Mr.. Speaker, to bear in mind that
| II dirty linen Is to be washed here to-day,
| did not introduce the bundle. Laugh.
ter.
Mr.. Chittenden-Let the washing go
on. Laughter.
Mr.. Kelley-Sly friend Foster wrote a
letter to gentleman whom ! named,
Mr.. Soulhforth, confidential friend OF
my own, saying he had no authority to
speak for Governor Hayes, but that he
was his Congressional representative
laughter that he knew the kindly re-
lations between the Governor and Kelley,
and that he had reason to believe, and
was free to say, Governor Hayes desired
the return OF Kelley. [Laughter.l That
letter was given TO me. l can recollect
but one gentleman to whom 1t was shown,
and that was the gentleman To whom it
was addressed, who read it, and at my
request, handed it back to me. Mr..
Kelley then described his relations with
his constituents, who had elected him
there since 1860, who knew his faults
and ioibIes, knew he would sometimes
roll out the "R's", an inheritance, prob.
ably, from his irish ancestry; knew he
had a will Of his own, and that when
suffering from dyspepsia lie was some.
times rude; who, in fact, knew him In
reality, and who would be astonished 10
learn the influence that had been brought
to bear on them TO secure his election.
As TO the word "trick,' it was very often.
sive to him, bnt II he were to use that
word 10 designate anything, he would
apply 1t TO the case Of the member who,
10 The House uses an offensive expression
10 n colleague and then without that
colleagues consent or knowledge toues
them down in the record 40 that he could
not have them in full 10 reply to or,
perhaps to move 10 expunge.
Mr.. Foster said Mr.. Kelley had stated
correctly the substance ot the letter he
had referred to. He only chose 10 state
the reasons he had for writing that letter.
Mr.. Kelley seemed annoyed at an effort
making TO prevent his denomination, be.
cause Il was alleged he had gone to Ohio in
1876, and had stumped the State against
Governor Hayes, and he charged it would
he discourteons TO renominate him az q
Republican candidate 10 Pennsylvania.
Mr. Kelley and himself had good many
talks about it, and the conversation, he
thought, had extended to Mr.. Garfield,
certainly to Danford. The tirst sugges-
tion was that he FOSTER should 90 to
Philadelphia on his way TO New York,
and while there he WN to be serenaded.
[Great laughter His duties ia Wash.
ington had prevented hiS going and being
serenaded laughter by band Of music,
and being called ont by FIRE company to
which Mr.. Kelley had originally belong.
ed. Laughter, However, he had al.
ways had, and still had, high respect for
the gentleman, who had always been his
friend here. He did not believe Governor
Hayes cared two cents whether Mr.. Kel.
ley were nominated or not, or that be
would have felt unkindly II that gentle.
man were nominated. He Foster had
desired to see Mr.. Kelley elected, and he
had therefore written the letter, and had
aimee been glad to learn from that gentle.
man II had been OF good service to him.
Laughter.
Mr.. Kelley desired TO throw = little
light upon the question as to who wanted
to be nominated. II was known to some
people that when the campaign had
opened II bad been thought desirable that
Republican member OF Congress, a
greenbacker and convertible bond man,
who had been reelected at the last elec.