The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-14

, longer submit TO military domination
knew II they resisted the other Southern
States would be In honor bound to hell
them and thought that II could moi
have the Presidency from the wrecl
there was not any good reasor
why South Carolina and Louisians
should not be saved from II. Thereupon
Of my own motion, went 10 my frienC
from Ohio (Foster) and made 10 hin
pretty much the remark that now make
| The reason why / went to him was be
cause he had made speech on this floor
in which he declared what the President'i
policy would be, and he believed 1t, and
| / believed i. ! said to the gentleman,
fear there will be trouble unless you car
satisfy these Southern gentlemen that this
policy which you have declared 10 be the
policy OF the incoming administration
will be adhered TO. He said to me, what
can I do. l said | do not know; II is moi
my business, but / tell you the facts. He
said, | will see about Il, and subsequently
| Il think the uezS day. he came back to
me and showed me letter, which has
since been published. | read II. He said
will that be satisfactory. said, MIR.
Foster, il is not me who you have to sat.
isfy; il ia other gentlemen; to me it would
be satisfactory, but you must go to
them and satisfy them that this policy
will be carried out. That was the last
Interview that l had with Mr..
Foster on the subject. What followed
came to me from other persons. / had
no part in bargain. II it was made, /
knew nothing OF It's terms. But l was
told on the day that the Vermont returns
had been put through the Joint Commits
sion that the gentlemen from South Car
olina were satisfied, and there could be
no good reason why the count should not
proceed. / do not know how they were
satisfied. | have never seen any member
from Louisiana about il; / only know
that they told me they were satisfied, and
on that so far as l had any influence l
exerted 1t for the completion Of the
count. did II in the interest OF peace;
l did Il in the interest Of my country. 1
believe / did then The wisest and best act
OF my life. II other men made improper
bargains know nothing Of them. Have
1 answered the gentleman's Ellsworth's)
question to his satisfaction?
Mr.. Ellsworth made no reply, bnt Mr..
Conger again manifested very eager
desire to put question to Hewitt, an OPP
portunity which neither the chair nor
the committee seemed inclined to give
him.
Mr.. Durham-I have charge Of the
bill. Loud laughter and shouts Of
"What bill?'1
az am not talking about politics, | am
talking about but business. l am talking
about the Military Academy bill, not the
Electoral bill. / move the committee
rise for the purpose Of closing debate on
this amendment"
The committee, by vote Of 100 to &c,
determined 10 rise. After several mo-
tions to adjourn had been voted down
Mr.. Durham moved that when the House
next 20 into committee Of the whole de.
bate should close in one minute. After
some confusion and delay the House
agaln-went into committee OF the whole,
debate on the bill to close in one hour.
Mr.. Conger desired 10 call the at
tention Of the gentleman from New
York (Hewitt) TO some OF the extra
ordinary statements he had made, and
what seemed 10 him very unsatisfactory
reply to the gestions asked him. II he
understood hin right he said In his place
on the floor that the Presidency was sold
out, but that no Northern man sold 1t.
The gentleman said that the Presidency
had been sold out.
Mr.. Hewitt arose 10 reply.
Mr.. Conger-I do not yeild.
Mr.. HEWITT will not allow any gen.
tleman to put words into my mouth,
Mr.. Conger assured him that he was
trying TO take words out Of the gen
tleman's month. Laughter The Ian.
guage which the gentleman had used WAS
that no Northern man had sold the Pres
dency and Intimating that Southern man
had. He had made no reply as TO that.
There was another proposition to which
be had made no reFly. The gentleman
had said that proposition had been
made to him tossell out the Presidency,
not to buy. When the House and
country had been eager and anxious TO
learn these new Developments about the
pentleman's selling ont the government
he had come iorWrrd and quoted from
reports which had been printed for
months. The gentleman had stated that
proposition had been made TO him 10
aeil the Presidentcy, not to buy 1t. Was
that a satisfactory answer to give TO the
gentleman from S. @. who charged that he
IHewilt) had sold out? Was II an an.
swer 10 tell the House he had ptopo.
sition TO buy the Presidency, which he
had not accepted. lie asked the gentle
man 10 follow up his remarks and tell
who had made the proposal to sell the
Presidency.
Mr.. Hewitt-Nobody.
Mr.. Conger-I don't yield. Laughter.
Mr.. Hewitt want TO answer you as
you go along.
Mr.. COnger, continuing, said that Mr..
Hewitt had stated that assurances had
been made to him that the troops would
be Withdrawn II the Commission work
could 60 on, and that be had been shown
= general letter OF Mr.. Hayes stating his
views. Did the gentleman think that
that statement would satisfy the country
when he had made assertions that such
proposition had been made to him.
GLaughter
Mr.. Finley said that in his opinion the
time OF the House had been spent more
foolishly to-day than any day this session,
The entleman from New York (Hewitt)
had stated that proposition had been
made to him by J. Madison Wells to sell
out the Presidency. He Finley desired
to add that that hoAry headed old rascal
and his fellow conspirators had been
indicted in Louisiana, and that
one OF them had been convicted, and yet
to-day members Of Congress, Of the
House and Senate, and members OF the
Cabinet, were sending TO this convicted
criminal letters OF coincidence. Net only
that, but II the papers speak the truth
there was even now serious discussion
in the Cabinet over the proposition Of
sending an army Mr.. Townsend, n. "
They should NOT have been taken away.
10 Wrest from the hands Of the law the
convicted criminal.
IIMr. Hanna rose TO discuss The Academy
bill, but was interrupted with laughter
and cries OF "That's not the subject We
are on" He, however, perseyered in his
purpose, saying the Democrats from the
South and the Republicans from the
North did nnt care two Centa AhotI