Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-10


ship--Gen. Dan. sickles smirched by the
McGarrahan Claim Investigation.
House 1T Representatives.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-Mr. Blackburn,
presiding in the absence of Speaker Randall,
and Mr.. Foster, from the committee on APP
preparations, reported bill for an appropri-
alton of 81 1913 ,445, deficiencies for the SER
vice of the government for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1873. Referred to the com
mittee of the whole.
A night session for debate only was order
ed for Monday next Mr.. Kelly then replied
to Mr.. Garfeld's speech of few days ago.
He explained the causes which prevented
him replying to Mr.. Garfeld's first speech
for over one hundred days-his own serious
illness, and the attempted assassination of
his son, and he thought it hardly just in the
gentleman to send to the country the idea
that he, Kelly, had been one hundred days
in preparing reply to his speech.
The inputation that his (Kelley's) speech
was manuscript speech was utterly with
out foundation. In regard to his support of
the resolution endorsing Secretary McCul-
loch's contraction policy, in December, 1865,
he admitted he had made grave mistake,
and on the Sd of January following had
raised his voice against contraction, and
made the prediction with which he had
opened his speech of the 18th Of November
that if contraction were pursued the condi-
ton of affairs that is now upon the country
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silver, he was (although chairman of the
committee on coinage) as ignorant of the
characterization of the silver dollar as Sena-
tors Blaine and Voorhees,, then members of the
House.
Garheld's allusion to his (Kellys) COM
munistic speech at Youngstown Ohio. and
his threat that labor would take capital by
the throat, that statement was like Garfield's
own statement, the creation of distempered
and ill-governed imagination. AS to the in
reference of members of the House in
favor of his denomination, he asserted that
no man sat i'll the House who had ever, to
his knowledge, written such letter. If
there were, he asked him to say so.
MIR. Foster made a movement as if to rise,
Yes, said Mr.. Kelly, one letter was written
by my friend, Mr.. Foster. We were most in
innate, then, by reason of the proximity of
our seats. laid before him, and before my
friend Mr.. Danford, good many letters re-
ceived in connection with efforts to nomi-
nate another man than myself. My friends,
who wrote, seemed troubled that those who
we're seeking to Gust me we're representing
that Governor Hayes desired my defeat for
having gone into Ohio, as they said, to cleo
tioneer for William Allen 1t was arranged
that my friend, Mr.. Foster, who represented
in Congress the Republican candidate for
President, should write letter that would
answer double purpose. A ripple of
laughter started at these words, and soon
spread through the Democratic side, extend
ing to the Republican side.
Mr.. Kelly pray you Mr.. Speaker to
bear in mind that if dirty linen is to be
washed here to-day, l did not introduce the
bundle. Laughter.
Mr.. Kelly-My friend Foster wrote let
ter to the gentleman who I named, South
worth, confidential friend of my own, say
ing he had no authority to speak for Gov.
Hayes, but that he was his congressional
representative. Laughter. That he knew
the kindly relations between the governor
and Kelly, and. that he had reason to believe
and was free to say Governor Hayes desired
the return Of Kelly Laughter. That
letter was given me. | can recollect but one
gentleman to whom it was shown, and that
was the gentleman to whom it was ad-
dressed, who read it and, at my request
handed it back to me.
MI. Kelley described his relations with his
constituents, who had elected him ever since
1860, who knew mis- faults and foibles, knew
he would sometimes roll out the rs-an
inheritance probably from his Irish ancestry,
knew he had will of his own and that when
suffering from dyspepsia was sometimes
rude. Who. in fact, knew him IN rem and
who would be astonished to learn the influ-
ence that had been brought to bear on them
to secure his election AS to the word
''trlck,' 1t was very offensive one to him,
but If ne were to use that word to designate
anything he would apply it to the case of a
member who in the House uses an offensive
expression to colleague and then, without
that colleagues consent or knowl-
edge, tones them down in the record
so he could not have them in full to reply to
or perhaps to move to expunge.
Mr.. Foster said Mr.. Kelly had stated cor.
rectly the substance of the letter he had re-
terred to. He only rose to state the reasons
he had for writing that letter. Mr.. Kelly
seemed annoyed at the effort making to pre-
'SiAI AAo i1OA1AAlctUAOll DSCduo0 IL WAS dLeS0C
he had gone to Ohio, in 1875, and hac
stumped the State against Gov. Hayes, an6
they charged it would be disastrous to re-
nominate him as the Republican candidate
in Pennsylvania. Mr.. Kelly and himself hac
good many talks about it and the CONVEX
sation he thought had extended to Mr.. Gar
field. certainly to Mr.. Danford The frs
suggestion was that he (Foster) should 90 tc
Philadelphia, on his way to New York, anc
while there he was to be serenaded
Great laughter9 His duties in Washington
prevented his going and being serenadel
llaughter by band of music, and beine
called out by the fire company to which Mr.
Kelly had originally belonged. Laughter.
However, he had always had and still had ;
high respect for the gentleman who had al
ways been his friend here. He did not be
lieve Gov. Hayes cared two cents whethe
Mr.. Kelly were nominated OF not, or that h,
would have felt unkindly if that gentlema,
were nominated. He (Foster) had desired