The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-30

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N. Potter, in n communication to the
Washington Post, which is given be.
low:
NATIONAL HOTEL, May 2s, 1878.
notice in the issue of your paper
this morning letter from Hon. Clark
son n. Potter, of the House, in res
ponse to inquiries of one of his CORES
pondents, in relation to the passage of
his resolution, in regard to the appoint
ment of committee to investigate the
frauds in the late Presidential election,
ETC., which not only justifies, but re-
qnires some public notice by me, so far
as the letter relates to me and my acts
in connection Herewith. This notice
will be as brief as possible, and with
all due respect to Mr.. Potter, since for
him, personally, I entertain sentiments
OF high esteem. That portion of his
letter to which wish chiefly to reply,
is contained in the following words ex-
pressed by him to his correspondent:
"iou ask me why Mr.. Stephens was
"howled" down? The howling was by
the newspapers, to interrupt the pend
ing order of business. A motion or
statement requires unanimous consent,
and every member has an absolute
right to object to interruption. This
objection is expressed by the words II
object, - or demand for regular order.
Sometimes one person will prevent in
terruption, sometimes the desire to
prevent it is general. and then the cry
of regular order" will be from many
persons. 1t so happened that there
was very general unwillingness to
hear Mr.. Stephens. He had suggested
that we should receive and adopt the
Hale amendment, and it was reported
that he had given Republicans list
of twenty-five names, who would fol-
low him in any motion of his to prevent
investigation: About this he was
grossly mistaken, and had made our
side especially unwilling to hear him.
But you will observe that when l rose
to make proposition to Mr.. Hale, and
the Republican outcry prevented my
being heard, it was announced by the
press that Mr.. Potter's inquiry was in
terrupted, while Mr.. Stephens was
head-lined as the venerable statesman,
howled down by Potter's mob.n
My comments on this extract from
his letter are as follows:
First-If there was any gross mistake
in this matter, it was by Mr.. Potter,
and not by me, so far rs his statement
is calculated to convey the idea or i'm
preston that l had given Republicans
list of any names who would follow
me in any motion to prevent investiga-
tion, it Is entirely without foundation.
AS a matter Of truth, it has not n sha-
dow of truth. had not conferred di-
rectly or indirectly with Mr.. Hale, Mr..
Garfield or any other Republican upon
the subject. I had not spoken directly
or indirectly with Mr.. Hale within the
last two weeks before, upon any sub
ject, nor had l any words with Mr..
Garfield upon this matter, except what
were made some weeks before, when
he objected to the reception of the
Maryland memorial, at which time l
urged him, in the House, to withdraw
his objection, and let this memorial ofla
State go to the committee on Judiciary
and be reported upon, with view of
quieting all questions attaching to the
Presidential title. Ny speech upon
that occasion and my appeal to him.
was duly reported in the record. Nor
had l at any time any conference with
the President, as have seen alleged in
some papers upon this subject. On the
Monday that Potter's resolutions were
offered, had appeared in the House
solely with view of getting suspen-
sion of the rules for the purpose of hav-
ing passed the bill Of the committee on
Coinage, providing for the retirement
of the three and five cent silver pieces,
and having them re-coined in other de.