Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-05-02
Effect Of Howes Speech Supplement
tary Remarks


pronounced sentence against Ander-
son. Whitaker got away with some
hundreds of thousands of United
States money and then when dis
missed from office passed over to the
party where all the defaulters go, and
is now a Judge appointed by Gov.
Nichols. The resolution was laid
over for some days and when again
before the Senate occaaioned the ad-
ditional remarks givembelow by SEN
ator Howe. We endorse his great
speech, that has been so much criti-
cised, except its reference to Carl,
Schurz. 1t has brought upon him a
great deal of abuse. Truculent poll.
tioians have lied like bawds about
him, the Milwaukee Seatiael going SO
far as to say, and it knew it lied when
it said it, that the Senator had APP.
piled personally to the President for
the Supreme Judgeship. They have
pretended to be dreadfully afraid that
the speech would widen the breach
between the Republican party and
the President The result has been
directly the reverse for "Order No. L"
has been officially deGned to mean
nonsense and there are limitations
that better appointments will be made.
He took the stand that viii save the
Republican party ifitis worth saving.
If accepts Democratic appointments
and Democratic creeds it is not worth
saving. If we want Democrats we
want to vote for those who call them
selves Democrats. Honest Demo
Gratis are preferable to Republican
traitors. Mr.. Howe's supplementary
remarks are not SO meaty as his main
speech but they are correct Here
/ they are
Mr. President, several weeks AGO
! submitted some remarks In this place
upon resolution asking the Presi
dent of the United States for informa.
ton touching the conduct Of Judge
Whitaker. of Louisiana. When my
remarks were concluded, but before
the Senate had acted upon the reso.
luton, an executive session was or.
dered | hope now the Senate will
be pleased to adopt that resolution
and to allow me word or two Ia the
nature OF personal explanation per-
haps. The remarks | then made have
been the theme of very considerable
comment, | do not say of criticism,
but of comment. The sum of those
comments, If | have not misunder-
stood them, is about this that what
| said was true; that other Senators
had agreed to follow me in the same
or similar vein Of criticism; that /
was Yituperative and abusive Of the
President; that there was no use Of
my SAYING anything; aud that
would have said nothing but for the
fact that | was suffering from personal
disappointment.
Sir, | admit that what I said was
true. Upon that allegation no wit,
ness need be called But I had nc
accomplices. spoke for myself alone
No one knew what / as to say. Nc
one had agreed with me to say any
thing. That allegation may as vel
be dismissed, | hope the speech die
not abuse the President Ii was LITTLE
more than recitation Of history.
did eXtenuate many things of which
spoke. | set down not thing in nal
ice. Only one remark has beer
pointed out as abusive. That was :
remark | did not make On that al
legation go to the country. Per
haps it was useless to say anything
Certainly | did not expect to resea
Governor Packard, ard | did no
wish to uusest President HAYES BIZ
no fact in our politics was better IN
: derstood nor more widely published
than that some members of Congress,
were not in full accord with the Pres
/, ident In certain quarters particular
, attention was called 10 the fact tina
| was non conformist. 1t seemed
as lawful for me to admit the deIin
quency as for my adversaries to as
/ sert it; was it not?
t The common suggestion was tina
we were offended with the Presiden
} because he would not permit us t,
: control the patronage in the severa
States We happen to represent /
seemed as lawful to contradict tina
} vulgar libel as to publish it, was /
not? Besides, it was well known
that at the last session OF Congress
no appropriation was made for th
> pay of the Army. Democrats woulC
consent to no such appropriation IN
less conditioned that the Army shout,
not be employed to uphold govern
mehr in Louisiana Republican
would consent to no such condition
! so for nearly six months the Arm
. served without pay. Congress wa
: convened in special session to pro
vide for its pay. Manifestly il Demo
Gratis insisted upon an unjust condi
ton they were responsible for The
great wrong done #, on the con
trary, Republicans resist just condi
ton, we were responsible for tha
wrong. When, therefore, the Presi
dent asserted in his annual messag,
that what Democrats insisted upof
was only constitutional duty, i
seemed quite as lawful for me to show
that it was not a constitutional duty
Was it not? And as a general rule
think it as lawful to speak the trutl
in this high place as 70 conceal tn,
truth or 70 utter what is not true. Il
it not?
Only one comment has hurt me.
has been widely proclaimed that 70
years / have been struggling for !
seat upon the bench of The Suprem.
4 Court; that have followed PIesi
] dent Hayes with personal soIicita
tlons,and am merely resentful because
be would not yield to such sohcita
tons. Sir, nothing in my life cal