Daily globe., 1878-02-14
NUMBER 81.

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Pr1nted Tor months. The.gentleman had stated
tnat proposition had been made to him to sell
the presidency, not to buy it. Was that a sat
is1actory answer to give to the charge made by
the gentleman from South Carolina, that he,.
Hewitt, had sold out? Was it an answer to tel
tne house that he had had proposition to buy
the presidency, which he had not accepted. He
asked the gentleman to follow up his remarks
and tell t who had made the proposition to him
to sell the presidency
MIR. Hewitt-Nobody
Mr.. Conger-I don't yield. Lauehter.l
MIR. Hewitt want to answer Won as Won 20
| along.
Mr.. Conger continuing, said that Mr.. Hewitt
had stated that the assurance had been made to
him that troops would be withdrawn if the
commission work could go on; ana he had been
| shown a general letter of Mr.. Hayes, stating
| his views. Did the gentleman think that state
| ment would satisfy the country when he had
made assurances that such proposition had
been made to him
| Mr.. Finlay said in his opinion the time of
the House had been spent more foolishly to-day
than any day this session. The gentleman
| from New York (Hewitt) had stated that a
proposition had been made him by by j. Madi-
| son Wells to sell out the presidency. He
| (Finlay) desired to add that that hoary headed
old rascal and his fellow conspirators had been
| indicted in Louisiana and that ono of them
l
| Congress, of the House and Senate; and
members of the cabinet were sending to this
convicted criminal letters of condolence- Not
only that, but if the papers spoke truly, there
was even now serious discussion in the cabi
net over the proposition of sending the army
(Mr Townsend of New York-They should not
have been taken away into Louisiana) to wrest
| from the hands of the law the convicted crimi-
nal.
Mr. Hanna rose to discuss the academy bill
| hnf xra int ta1 wit md criao of
| That's not the subj ject we on" He, how
| ever, perseyered in his purpose, saying the
Democrats from the South and Republicans
| from the North did not care two cents about
Samuel j. Tiden. Laughter.
Mr.. Garfield said that when the decision of
the electoral tribunal was announced there
were between thirty and forty gentlemen on
the other side, most of whom had been in arms
against the United States, who believed in their
honor they were bound to stand by the result.
They did SO, and they resisted like patriots
every effort to break up this count and
bring the country into civil war, and will not
believe that after they declared their purpose
to do so they stained their honor by
doing what they doing, as matter
Grade and l do not believe it. (Applause.)
The men who resisted filibustering on that side
did it on high grounds of national duty and
their conscience as men, and if there be
tai man in this world that says they traded
believe that that man lies Great applause)
l say it for them, and if there be man in this
world that says that any
this side of the house, or the President, or
any man for the President, made trade,
hope he will exhibit the trade, and let his
duct who made it, who authorized it, be
lashed naked through the world. (Applause)
But believe that the man who alleges that
there was such trade is either deceived and
fooled man or liar. (Applause.) Let
have done with this nonsense about trading
presidencies and selling presidencies. What
here had the preSiaeucy for
or was IN the market to buy
presidency? GIaughter.) Let the
man who has such wares for sale
, show them and not thunder in the index, but
let the body of his work show the manufac-
lures he proposes to sell. In regard to what
has been said about the withdrawal of troops
from louisiana, disclain, for one SO far as
my disclaimer goes for anything, that the
troops were withdrawn matter of policy or
conciliation. They were withdrawn as mat
ter of constitutional duty and as such defend
, the withdrawal. Applause. That the evils
, which have followed and the truculent spirit ex-
,, hibited by some gentlemen i'll Louisiana, is
poor recompense for the efforts of our people to
restore to the whole country the spirit of peace
l and conciliation. Applause on the Republican
side.
Y Mr. southard-Will the gentleman say what
the truculent spirit is.
;, Speaker Randall, in low tone from the
.. . clerks desk, Furnishing the guilty.
3 Mr.. Garteld-The persecution, the out
rageous persecution which is following mem
Q bers of the returning board in the city of New
e Orleans. {Contemptuous laughter on the Dem
h ocratic side.
Mr.. Hale referring to Mr.. Finlay' denuncia-
tion of j. Madison Wells as an old rascal and
his fellow laborers of the returning board of
Louisiana as conspirators, and of others who
had been sending letters of coincidence and sym
pathy to the condemned criminals, said he him
self Hale) was one of those who had been invited
q | Mr. Kills Of hO had hean mt Cf
/ the hall during the discussion, and who had ev-
identity been informed of the purport of Hew-
. tits remarks about him. obtained the floor, and
assuming that Hewitt had held himself and his
. colleagues responsible for the presidential bar
q gain, declared that the lips which uttered the
8 assertion that Louisiana, any Representative
g of Louisiana, or any authorized agent of Loui-
9 siana, had bartered sought to
n barter, or entertained proposition to
. barter away the interests of the Democratic par
L ty, or the interests of the whole people of the
;, Union in the election of Samuel j. Tilden, he
II lied in his heart and lied in his foul throat. He
It then went on to relate the conference at Worm
70 Iey's hotel, mentioning actors on that occa'
y sion, himself, E. A. Burke of Louisiana, and
n Henry Watterson, of Kentucky, on
= the Democratic side, and on the
- Republican side, Mr.. Garfield, Mr.
, y Foster, ex-Gov. Dennis, Stanley Matthews and
T. Senator, now Secretary Sherman. He declared
e there was no bargain or talk of bargain, thai
L the only matter which transpired was inter
le change of views and that he and his Friends
I relied upon the assurances of MIR. Hayes
close friends as to what were
:. his views and sentiments in regart
81 to Louisiana and South Carolina
n These gentlemen had pledged nothing fo
er Mr.. Hayes. They had bound him by no prom
ise-by no pledge. The language they hat
IS held was, We know him; know his senti
ments towards the South; we know he believe
= in self-government of those States, and withou
- speaking authoritatively for him, we will sa
~ that in our opinion he will give the blessing o
y free government to those States.
n Mr.. Davis, of North Carolina-Was there an,
agreement that members of the returning boar'
Il. should not be prosecuted?
7 Mr.. Ellis-None. Subsequently Mr. Eli
~ again obtained the floor to make personal ex
e planation. He retracted all offensive alusion
~ to Mr. Hewitt in his remarks, saying he ha
! been assured by that gentleman and othe
OF friends that he had been entirely misinformeG
he The debate closed consideration of the acad,
ed my bill was resumed, and Reagan's amend
I'd ment was rejected and Clymer's agreed to, an
the bill was reported to the House, but withor
GO final action the House adjourned.
tie
:, The Tariff Blu.
to WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-The House con
to mittee on ways and means to-day conclude
consideration of schedule .:D'' of the tari
of bill relating to wines and liquors. To-mo
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