Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-02-21
The Electoral Count Revised.

respondent gives as follows:
The electoral count battle was fought over
acsin in the House to-,iN. II seemed at one
time that the startling disclosures which the
ns.uorT4i- h1d VrUmi-.si were about To b.
made: but the results show that -de from
heated wqrd- strong outbur>., of passion sui
Indignation. there was nothing said OF revealed
that cannot be read hy anybod. in the public
testimony taken by the Investigating Commit
tee. cf the last Congress. and the lair inference
j. that with >uc1 results. after such demon
sirstion and such poGpou- dsciars' Ion from
the late Chairman Of the National Democratic
Committee. the Democrats ia auy Investigation
they mas make have nothing Ia oiirr- and csu
produce nothing more than was exhibited BY
the idle wori, aud heated tolls 81 to-day.
The storm hAs 10 come ZONE time; u came
TO-DAY Ia the incidental discussion ui the Mill
tATy Academy Appropriation bill. Nj. Conser
Of Michigan. with the sardonic vii. sriIn hu-
NOR Aad fierce sarcasm Of which be / IN str.
had charged upon the Democrats 4 desire to
DESTROY the army by in.idion- attack upon
every appropriation for it, maintenance. Mr..
Chalmers Of Mississippi. in Que Of the impa~-
stoned speeches 10 which Congress j t-eco,ning
accustomed from the south. claimed that such
purpose j. not cherished hy southern men.
and spoke Of the public welfare and the na-
tional unity Ia 4 manner that Wa really patrt-
otto.
Thi. Wa prelude 10 the exciting scenes
which followed Hewitt Of New YORK re-
turned n 4 personal explanation to h, speech
of the other DAY. IN which he arraigned south
Carolina for hostility 10 Wet Point. and read
passage from the speech Of Aiken Of south
Carolina. proposing that West Point should -
put upon the auction block. This Wa dei-
Ance which 10 Representative from south Car
ol'nA WAS likely 10 disregard.
AIKEN Wa quick to rctort to Hewitt. lie
charged him with being what the gentleman
from Tennessee (Houssl hal reported he Wa.
namely. liar. and be AIKEN proceeded 10
euIngiEe West Point for the southern heroes
which II had produced who had led ia battles
where Hewitt could not be found. Aiken
closed by charging Hewitt plainly with having
sold out the Presidential election and betrayed
Mr. Tildcn.
BY thi. time the excitement in the House
had become intense. The managers Of the AI-
preparation bill. seeing whittier thing were
lending. were urgent in pressing their meas
urr. bat the calls 10 order were silencod IN the
tumuliou. cries from al point Of the Chamber.
Hewitt. Hewitt. Hewitt" The House waived
all ceremony, yiOlAted it, rules. and gave Hew-
1T unrestricted freedom to proceed. Hewitt !,
In feeble health. ami unable TO support himself
IN a long speech. He sent for something which
looked very much Ike brandy and water.
loOscned al, collar. placed himself IN the centre
OF the House. and in the mid.t 81 = silcnce a.
remark able 8. the turbulence which bad lust
preceded It. commenced.
Il have known brave men from mtny battle
fields but / have never known one hero TO
come baak from any battlefield aud boast Il
hi, own ya.5r.~ cilencing4Ai on that point
with ihi- ooniempiuou' sentence. with IN
crsA.iuc Imgrr..iytuc.s. aud turning win
dehAn; air 10 AiAcn. sAld
III the PRESIDENCY Wa. sold. nobody In the
North -ul1 u out \ PROPORTION 10 sea the
Presidency wa made 10 se. and cOuieTapiu-
0u-ly refused a..
From all side Of the hal There aruse the
deAlrniug cry Of Nam, name"
Hewitt then. ia 3 silence which became even
more profound. aid II the House and the
American Congress wishes ~ hear an unwTi;-
| ten chapter @! American history. that chapter
! cau give.
ON al hands il va. thought that iiye iong cx-
pecici disclosure wa TO ooae. Tue siienre
was almost painful. and Hewitt continued 10 a
dramatic WAY 10 Say
"Ou one SUNDAY afternoon afier the nan-
Der Il Three Solitary H0T>emeu. 10 a cheap
novel. he proceeded 20 narrats in dstall. y iia-
out mentioning uAme., tha; h wa, called upon
hy pretended fne-~encer from J. Madison
Wells. Offering TO count thu electoral vote Of
Louisiana for Iiden for -JJr.sgl. The excite
meut was increasing. when : voice from The
Democratic ssdc Of the ohAmter Wa heard %
say. You have promised an uuwrIltfn h5,-
tory; we can read that story 10 a book. aud
irIc.uOugh the lntcTrupnug member produced
volume Of Congressional evidence which
contain. the stale. exploded and uu-ucce..ful
Plckett-MaiduX story. IL Nas the Account OF
T the nv stcriQN- visit Of Pickett to Hewitt AMI
the offer through MADDOX - count the state
: for Tlldeu Tor $1,000, aut the presentation 81
the letter. from We'll. 10 senator Wet. which
3 Obtained such wide circulation peutlnE The
electoral excitement and which were then 80
b successfully refutei and explained by VI sIi-ou
Well. himself Hewitt. speech had an ruti-
climax. He fell from the sublime hight %
/ hi mystery 10 b- cunfroute,! bF the very Pm
I -aic piece containe Ia an unbound public doc
umeut. The pTOic-t4ilous Of Democratic var
tue and yiou. tale Of Pickett and MsdIoS
: seemed stale when Hewitt, disclosure Wa
/ discovered 10 be nothing more than thai Old
/ story: but the hEht went on.
80 >sbor Il sSrrcf+ SER The Pre.ld~ney than 10
/ spill one drop Of blood in defence Of the Dem
ocrAiic party. Hewitt denied that he had ever
laid th-. and .harged south Carolina with t,-
! inz false aAd unchiyAlrous. sni above the
/ din. ia a clear. loud. piercing yoicr, Patterson
/ Of New York, the oldest man IN the llou.
nearly cilAty. laid How pleasant il j. %
zee brothers dwell in unity Lgitreli broA. in
{ to intimate 20 Hewitt and Aiken that IL va,
b IT eight miles 70 Bladen-uurg. the noted duelI-
ing ground. and the House might proceed 10
E IL. business.
/ Hewitt, naIdened by AiIen's second chArge
I proceeded 10 explain why the nlbu,irrs did
not succeed. lie stated that Ia had seen
! Charles Foster and told him that there would
| be trouble unless the south could BE- .ati-hed
+, that Hayes was earnest in his policy Of local
: self-governmeni- soon sfer Foster made the
!
! should theneefOrth wave over >iaies. not over
/ provinces, and that from that hour be Hewitt
/ had learned that the south "a. satisfied. Ia
stating this Hewitt more strongly intimaie,l
the belief that the southern DemOcrat- had
made bargain with the friends of Have. that
that the troops should he withdrswn. Hewitt
/ had ended his speech only by n, ,ng a challenge
/ 10 the Louisiana ConseryatIys. and 10 the Re-
publican attendants at the WOrmley Confer
euce.
J
discussion. but the Republicans. led by Ben
Butler. shouted. This i the best thing that
could happen" and the hot talk went on. Fin
I ley Of Ohio, the suthOr Of the only resolution
TO investigate the Presidential count that hs.
I been presented, Characterized Wells Is L h0ary
headed Old rascal. and arraigned Secretary
>herma and the visiting statesman for their
telegram Of coincidence 10 Anderson, a con-
yicted felon.
This in turn brought Foster. Garfield. Hale
and +. John Ellis TO their feet. Each in turn
told the story Of the Wormley Conference.
Foster Indignantly denied that there was a
bargain, and yehemenfly asserted that be had
gwen and received no promises from anybody.
anywhere. Garfield defended the thirty or
forty anu-flibusters among the Southern men,
and said liz very powerful speech Of i've
miruie that If any mortal man anywhere
charged these southern gentleman with bar
gains that man lied. He defended. in a similar
way, the Northern Republicans, and declared
That the troops were WITHDRAWN a. q matter OF
constitutional duty, and not OF policy, but he
did not forget 10 rebuke the people OF Loulsans
for the manner in which they are treating the
Returning Board. lie characterized the trial
~ malicious persecution.
Mr.. Hale OF Maine, speaking for the siguers
Of the dispatch to Anderson, arrsigned the
louisiana Bourbons. T.. John Ellis for the
South. denied tthat there was a bargain. and
charged that whoever said that Louisiana be-
trayed the rights Of Tilden lied in his heart
and lies in his own false throat" These word.
were intended for Hewitt. but were subse-
quenuy Withdrawn BY Ellis upon the plea that
he had misunderstood Hewitt
The story Of the Wormley Conference. as il
has been so often told, was then repeated BY
Ellis, and it agreed in every particular with the
accounts OF Foster, John Young Brown and
Others. This ended the most exciting day Of
the session, and the first significant allusiens
TO the subject Of the Presidential count.