The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-02-16
NO. y ESTABLISHED, 1S49

fAs1N II knkEtH. eNEANHl u
the memhers thereof and "a large ucm
tsr Of business meD. members Of thz
Organization. demonstrating Agsinsi
the Passage of the silver bili aaf set.
ting forth the incouveBiance of -ilye,
eoin In business transactions. laid ou
. The tstle. Bill nov hef.re th- -shaf.
There viii he ,hTee reports - Acklsu
~ DaTrsil, majority TepHt signs,i
by democrats favoring tie seating 81
Acsien, aud al explanatory rspart
signed by ToOrnt1rx, HiscocL aud
Wall, sud a report ia favor OF Darrsil
by P,ice. rbere IL 10 lubt Of favo--
able result for AekIeH
There Acre no nominations or ex
eeutive session To day
Senate The silver bill oecspiei the
day.
Mr.. Aerrimnn spoke of the import
anee af the pendiug measure, and the
advantage 10 he derivs,i FROM is tail
discussion. He condemned the De
monttization Of silver, and argued that
the act of ls7.. wss passed without be
lug properly discussed. lie spoke a;
length as 10 the pecgliac Iitue-5 of both
J $50 49, F--NhA ~ ~ NN AAa~ HVrt- VI
( mSoey. and szid the demoneiiz stion
/ of silver WAS the very scme Of folly.
The discussion cpntiuued 20 ists
hour, without any sction.
! Holse--The tedious monOtouy aud
I jullaess Of the discussion oa the miii
/ ilasy academy Dill ia tbs mouse to-day
was relieved by personal and polili
cal alteration, ~ hich D,oaght ia ques-
lion the whole of the management sf
the iste presidential stragg,e, the 81,
! legged bargain for the v vithdT4wsl of tns
trooI from Louisiana ami : Juth Caro-
lima, the famous Wormley confeIsnce,
and the penG.ng prosecution of the
members %: the returning board in
New Orleans. The discussion grew usIf
of some unpleasant eoilogny, n few
days ago, be;w een Mr.. Hewitt, of New
York, on the one side, aud Mr.. Aiken,
Of South Carolina, aud Mr.. House. of
Tennessee, on the other. Aiken had
on thst occasion expressed the opinion
that West Point should be brought 10
hsiF -DAAa INV III uAs
uihu;ed that stsiemtn; to southern
bfs'ili;y To the Institution which had
tn-Ded out saca g1ilsnt ofii.ers ~
W-s, Point had, aud House stigma
tiz Il Hewitt a. detnsgpgue who hst
slsndered the whole southern people
Ts day Hewitt brought the sutjsct up
AZ ait. aud exp;aiued away any often,
sIys impntsiiOB against the south,
which explanation House, of rcnnes
see, accepted ON ms side and tre- It'd -
sail factory, hut nat So with Aiker,
WHO stated tina: MIR. Hewitt had only
added fresh sting In his REMARKS
10 dsy ne res-sef;ed Houses charge of
deajagDgueisD and named D-yis, Lee,
Jackson, the two Johnsions and other
southern generals ss rejecting honor
aud glory GU West Point lie eulo~
gizci the union ofiicer-, graduates Of
thai institution, with whom he had
measured steel on the battlefield,
only served his oonatry through psid
substitute, and finrliy. as a parting
shat at Hewitt, said thst West Point
had never prodlced an Esau, Bene
the presidency.
This charge brought Hewitt 20 his
feet again, aud he reis.si the whole
story. 80 tar a. he was concerned, with
the late presidentiai election, and said
tnat If tue presidency hs,i been sold M
Northern msn had done IT,
Ne-sre. Garfield srl Foster, of Ohio,
and sle, Of Maine, Joined ia the di--
cussion, which al times ~s- very ex-
cited, Garfield declaring that there had
been 30 bargain 10 give the presidency
to Hayes, and denOuncing t5e prose
eotiou of Wells and Anderson - n
! irueu,eBt proceeding
! Mr.. Ellis, of louisiana, who had
/ nesp out of the ba!i duriug the discus
/ siou, ami Whn had evidently be,n Ill
! informed of the, lnrport Of HeWitt's
I remarks about MIN, obtained tie door,
/ aud assuming that Hewitt had held
aiiusslI and his colleagues respoi-ible
for tiie preside nl:Sl bsrgain, declared
that she lips which Giter,d the s-rer-
tiSn that Louisiana, or any represents
ltiye- Of Louisiaes, or any authorized
azeil; If Louisiana, had ever bAftcTrd
proposition 10 barter away the inter
est- Uf the iemoeTntis party, or lhe
Interests of the whole people Of the
uuioB In the election of Samuel }. Tit
foui throat. He then went on Ia IL
late tine conference at the Hormiey
hotel. mentioi.ing rs the actors on that
occasion himself, F. A Burke, of LoG.
isiaua, aud Henry Wsfiersor, o. Ken
,ucky, Un The ceInocrstic side. and on
the republican siie Mr.. Garfield. Mr..
Fos ter, ex-GoveIBor Denuisou, Stsn.
ley Matthews and Senator nov --ere
tary Sherman.
lie declared that there Was no bar
gain or talk of a bargain; that IN,
? only matter which traDsplred WIS 81
interchange OF We've. aud thst he ans
, his friends relied upon the sssurssee
of these, Mr.. Hayes close frient-. =
to wha. were his views aud se eniiment
In regard 10 Louisiana and South Car
o.ina These gentlemen had p,edse'
nothing for Mr. Hayes; they bsi
u bound him by no promise. and ~ u
2 pledge. The language they hsd bel,
y was: 1--WE know him; we know hi
sentiments toward the south; we knss
!. that he believes In the self goverEmsn
l. Of these states, and, without speskIn
y autsori,aiiseiy for him, we wiii ss
y that. In cur opinion. he wi,i give fii
u blessings of free government To ,h o.
e slates; thsf be wiil lift them from III
e blood and dust Ia which they hsy
. been trsmpled, ard thkt, IA the iat
9. g,lags OF Ar. Foster, the flag shs
y Goat there over free states, and n
% longer over conquered aud ahject prot
:. iBces'D.
- Mr.. Davis, of North Csroiina--aW W.
- there any agreement that the snembei