The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-03-14
FORTY"FlFTH CONGRESS,
KELLY AND GARFIELD CONTINUE
THEIR DISCUSSION.
The Former Explains that he Is apt to be Rude
When he has the Dyspepsa-Mr, Foster Tells
How he Planned to be SeTcnaded In Order
TO Put In Word for the Judge.
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
Washington, March 9.-In the House TO day Mr. |
Kelly (Rep. Pa replied to the speech made by |
Mr.. Garfield (Rep. o. few days ago. In regard |
| to his support of the resolution indorsiDg Secre
tary McCullochs contraction policy In 1865, he |
admitted that he had voted forit, but his vote had
| brought him communications from such teachers |
as the late Stephen Caldwell and Henry O. Carey |
and during the Christmas vacation he had inVes' |
| tigated the subject and had found that he had |
made grave mistake and on the Sd of January |
following he had raised his voice against the con-
traction of the currency, and then made the pre- |
diction, with which he had opened his speech of |
the 10Th of November that the contraction were
pursued the condition ofaffairs that is now upon |
the country would come. AS to the bill demonet |
izing siver, he was, although Chairman Of the |
Committee on Coinage, as ignorant of the demon.
citation of the silver dolaras those distinguished
Senators, then members the House. Blaine and |
Voorhees, who INTERCEPTED each other recently |
thus: "Did you know it,? said Voorhees,. mo" |
said Blaine did your NO" said Voorhees, !
and do not think there were three men in the |
House who knew it, Asto Mr. Garheld'sallusiOn |
to his (Kelly's) communistic speech at Youngs |
town, o. and TO his threat that Tabor wouldtake
capital by the throat" that staten ent, which had
| appeared in Cleveland or Cincinnati paper, was |
| like Garheld's own satement-the creation OF |
distempered or ill-governed imagination. As to |
the interference of members of the House in favor
of his denomination, he asserted that but one man
had ever to his knowledge, written such letter. |
NV friend Foster, said the speaker, and were |
most intimate then by reason of the proximity Of
our seats. laid before him and beforemy friend |
Danford a good many letters which l had receiv
ed in connection with efforts to nominate another
man than myself. My friends who wrote to me
seemed to be troubled with the fact that those who
were seeking TO oust me land who were but a
small portion ofmy constituency were represent
ing that Governor Hayes desired my defeat for
having gone into Ohio las they said) to electoneer
for VIM. Allen. 1t was arranged that my friend
Foster, who represented in Congress the Repubi.
can candidate for President, should write letter
that would answer double purpose "a ripple of
laughter that spread through the House.) He
wrote letter saying that he had no authority to
sneak for Governor Hayes, but that he was his
Congressional pTesentatve-(laughter)-t he
knew the kindly relations between the Governor
and Mr.. Kelly, and that ne mad reason to believe
, lhe return of Mr.. Kelly. (Laughter) Mr.. Kelly
proceeded to describe his relations with his con.
stituents, who had elected him ever since 1860
who knew his faults and fobles; who knew that
he would sometimes roll out the "Rs." as an in
heritance, probably from his Irish ancestry; knew
he had q will of his own, and that when suffering
from dyspepsia he was sometimes rude but who
would be astOnished to learn the influence that
had been brought to bear on them to secure his
, election AS to the word "trick," it was a very
offensive one TO him but II he were to use that
: word TO designate anything he would apply it TO
/ the case Of member in the House who used of.
fensiye expressions TO colleague and then, with
out that colleagues consent or knowledge, toned
them down in the Record, SO that he could not
F,,11N 10 IN r6nV, 10
a toexpunge.
, MI Foster Rep, o. only rose to give the rea.
sons he had for writing the letter referred to. The
gentleman from Pennsylvania had seemed 10 be
anpoyed ut an effort that was being made in his
district by certain parties to prevent his renomina.
tion because 1t was alleged that he he'd gone to
S Ohio in 1875 and had stumped the State against
! Governor Hayes, and they charged that IT would
be discourtesy to renominate him as a Republi.
1 can candidate in Pennsylvania. Mr.. Kelly and
1 himself had had good many talks about 1t, and
the conversation, he thought, had extended to Mr..
; Garfield, certainly to Mr. DanfOrd, of Ohio, The
8 first suggestion was that he (Mr FOSTER shOuldgo
. to Philadelphia while on his way to New York
u and while there he was to be serenaded Great
laughter) His duties in Washington had preven.
9 ted his going and being erenaded-Qaughter)-
/, bv a band of music and being called out by the
4 fire company to whom the gentleman from Penn
sylyania had originally belonged. Laughter)
I However, he had always had and still had high
respect for the gentleman, who had always been
his friend here. He did not believe that Governor
HAYES cared two cents whether MIR. Kelly were
nominated or not. He (Mr. FOSTER had desired
to see Mr.. Kelly elected, and he had therefore
written the letter and had since been glad to learn
from the gentleman that 1t had been fgood serv
" ice to him (Laughter)
o Mr.. Kelly desired to throw little light upon
l. the question as to who wanted to be nominated.
It was known to some people that when the cam
paign had opened it had been thought desirable
Q that Republican member Of Congress, green
l. backer and convertible bond man, who had been
| oIo at 40 ct no IN
v Indiana Ohio and certain sections of Pennsylva
7. mia where the gTeenbaCk heresy Eocalled was
predominating. At the request of the State COM
, mitees of these three States he had consented as
Il a Republican member of Congress favoring green
j. backs to 90 to Indiana, Ohio and the infected
Is districts of Pennsylvania-Q -QauRhter)-b but he de-
!, MED that he had excited riot and talked commun.
ism at Youngstown.
Mr., Garfield rep, o. said that if he had mis-,
Vt represented one word or thought Of the gentleman
q he owed him an apology and would make 1t any
! where and at any time, He quoted from re-
q marx Mr.. Kelly's on the bill to demOnetize sill
t. yer his words being, ut has become impossible
to retain American silver dollars in this country,
except in collection of curiosities." The speaker
quoted from the Cincinnati Commercials report
|. Of the Youngstown speech. Nothing, says the
n correspondent, but verbatim report would do
! Justice to its cOmmunisdc violence. Its Conclu-
q sion was: ~ warn you, bankers and bulli0nsts,
that unless you desist from your plundering and
?. robbing mob will be at your doors and knife
- at your thToats."
81 The House went into Committee of the Whole
Y, on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation
i bill, with Mr.. Cox Dem, N. ~ in the chair. The
bill appropriates 81 036 1885, reduction of SlO2 439
u from the appropriations of last year, and reduc-
rs tion of Sl77,l62 from the estimates of the State
|. Department. The salaries Of the ministers to
Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia are
fixed at $4,000 EACH to Span Austria, Italy, Bra
K zil, Mexico Japan and China at 1000 each to
Chilli and Peru at S. 600 each to sweden and Nor.
. way, Turkey, Venezuela, HaWaiin Islands, Argen
II tine Renublic and United States of Columbia al
al $500 each to Bolivia 5000 to Guatemala, Costa
If Rica, Honduras, Salvador and Nicaragua Zone
miniser) at SlOOOOi to Hayti at $1,000; to Liberia
D atS25 500.
Nj. Singleton Dem. Miss) explained that the
p. Committee had reduced the salaries Of the foul
: principal ministers abroad from 1880 TO $4,000
Ii an amount amply sufficient considering the work
10 to be done by them.
After speech by Mr.. Hubbel (Rep., Mich) in
favor of the extension Of our foreign commerce
le The committee rose and the House adjourned,
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