Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-11

there were; he asked him to say SO.
Mr.. 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
were seeking to GUST me were representing
that Governor Hayes desired my defeat for
tioneer for William Allen. It 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, did not introduce the
bundle. Laughtsr.]
Mr.. Crittenden-Let the washing 60 on.
Mr.. Kelly-My friend Foster wrote a 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. [Lapghter.] That
letter was given me. can recollect but one
gentleman to whom it was shown, and that
was the gentleman to whom it was adj
dressed, who read it and, at my request,
handed it back to me.
LII 1o%s
constituents, who had elected him ever since
1860, who knew his faults and foibles, knew
he would sometimes roll out the r's-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 infu-
ence that had been brought to bear on them
to secure his election. AS to the word
.strick,' = it was very offensive one to him,
but if he were to use that word to designate
anything he would apply it to the case of
member who in the House uses an offensive
expression to a 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- e1punge.
Mr.. Foster said Mr.. Kelly had stated cor
rectly the substance of the letter he had re-
ferred to. He only rose to state the reasons
he had for writing that letter. Mr.. Kelly
seemed annoyed at the effort making to pre-
vent his nomination, because it was alleged
he had gone to Ohio, in 1875, and had
stumped the State against Gov. Hayes, and
they charged it would be disastrous to re-
nominate him as the Republican candidate
in Pennsylvania. Mr.. Kelly and himself had
I %o11 %ho
sation he thought had extended to Mr.. Gar
field, certainly to Mr.. Danford. The first
suggestion was that he Foster) should go to
Philadelphia, on his way to New York, and
! while there he was to be serenaded.
Great laughter.) His duties in Washington
prevented his going and being serenaded
i [laughter] by band of music, and being
called out by the fire company to which Mr..
Kelly had originally belonged. Laughter.
However, he had always had and still had a
high respect for the gentleman who had al
ways been his friend here. He did not be-
lieve Gov. Hayes cared two cents whether
} Mr.. Kelly were nominated or not,Or that he
J would have felt unkindly if that gentleman
were nominated. He Foster) had desired
to see Mr.. Kelly elected, and he had there
| fore written the letter, and he had been glad
to learn from that gentleman, it had been OF
good service to him. Laughter.
7 Mr.. Kelly said he desired to throw a little
light upon the question as to who wanted to
! be nominated. 1t was known to some peo-
> pie that when the campaign had opened il
: had been thought desirable that Republican
member Of Congress, greenbacker and con:
: vertible bond man, who had been reelected
. at the last election, should be sent to In
8 diana, Ohio and certain sections of Penn
+ sylvania where the greenback heresy, *
t called, was predominating. At the reques
y of the State committees of those States
0 he consented, as the Republican member o
s Congress favoring greenbacks, to 60 t.
= Indiana, Ohio and the infected districts o
>, Pennsylvania Qaughter), but he denied b
n had excited riot and talked communism.
y Mr.. Garfield disclaimed any reflection o.
n Mr.. Kelley growing out of the state of hi
y health, and said it was only little curiou
to him that the long illness, which usual
a brings gentleness, had not infused it'll
t, more of the spirit of gentleness into the tw
1t hours personal attack on him. IF he ha
k misrepresented one word or thought of til
t. gentleman he owed him an apology an
would make it anywhere and at any tim
Of He quoted from the remarks of Kelley on IL
ut bill to demonetize silver, showing that ger
lg tleman did at the time know the purpose an
r effect of the bill, his words being: cit b,
ut become impossible to retain the America
n silver dollar IN this country except in cole
lie lions of curiosities,' .
IT. To show that he had not drawn from b
IT. inner consciousness, as Mr.. Kelly asserte
m what he had said about that gentleman
en- communistic speeches in Ohio, he procur
or. from the library and sent to the clerks de-
nd a volume of the Cincinnati Comnaerct.
t's from which the clerk read special dispat
nat describing the meeting at Youngstown.
he (Garfeld) submitted whether, on the sta
red ments read and on similar statements in |
M Cleveland papers, he was not justified
On speaking of the gentleman's communis
is speeches in Ohio.