The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-14

f t"Aious lot the reduction of the tax o,
sn.se aIticieS' ana that the tax should h
put on incomes. Pending the discussion
tue morning hour expired. and the ;o;n
resolution was laid aside jim
Inc Bland SILVER Bill being resumed Mr.
herIimoh spoke of the importance of th,
penulhg measure and the advantage deri
ved from its full discussion. He condemn -.
ed the demonstration of silver. and argnaf
eha1 the act of 1873 was passed without he
ing properly discussed. He spoke at Ienotb
as 10 the peculiar fitness of both cold a nd
snver 10 serve the purposes OF money, and
@ aa.u Ile oemonetization of silver was the
very acme of folly. The discussion was
continued to late hour without action
HOUSE.
The tedious monotony and duIness of rho
discussion on the Military Academy bill in
the House to-day, was relieved by per-
fR9 &bheereat8n III Sv vwhish .h bEonght jn question
Presidential struggle. The alleged bargain
for the withdrawal of troops from Louisiana
and south Carolina the famous Wormlev
conference, and the pending prosecutions
OF the members OF the Returning Board In
New Orleans. The discussion grew out of
some unpleasant colloquy. few davs aoo
between MIR. Hewitt of New York, on the
one side, and Mr.. Aiken of South Carolina,
and House OF Tennessee, on the other. Mr..
Aiken had on that occasion expressed the
opinion that West Point should be brought
to the hammer and sold. Mr.. Hewitt had
attributed that statement to Southern hos
tility To the institution which had turned
out such gallant officers as West Point had.
and Mr.. House had stigmatzed Mr. Hewitt
as demagOgue who had slandertd the
whole Southern people To-day, MIR. Hew-
ut brought up the subject again, and ex-
planned away any offensive imDutation
against the South, which explanation Mr..
House OF Tennessee, accepted on his side |
and treated as entirely satisfactory. Rut
not so with Mr.. Aiken, as To whom and to |
his State, Mr. Hewitt had only added a
fresh sting in his remarks to-day. He
(Aiken) reasserted Mr.. Houses charge of
demagogueism, and named Davis, Lee. |
jackson, the two JOhnston's and other !
Southern Generals, as rejecting honor and |
glory on West Point, and euogized the |
Union officers, gratuitouS of that question
with whom he had measured steel on the
battlefield, while the gentleman (Hewift) |
had only served his country through paid
substitute; and finally. as a parting shaft
aimed at Hewitt, said that West Point hat
never produced an E>au, a Benedict Arnold
or man who had sold the Presidency.
This charge brought Hewitt to hsfeet agar.
and he related the whole story. so for as he
was concerned with the late Presidential
election, and said that if the Pre- ,dency
had been sold, no Northern man had done
it.
Messrs. Garfield and Foster of Ohio, and
Hale of Maine, joined in the discussion,
which at times was very excited Mr. Car
field declaring that there had been no bar
gain to give the Presidency to Hayes, and
denouncing the prosecution of Wells and
Anderson as a truculent proceeding.
Ellis OF Louisiana, who had been out of
the Hall during the discussion, and who had
evidently been ill-informed of the purport
of Hewitt's remarks about him. OBJ aimed
the floor, and, assuming that Hewitt had
held himself and his colleagues responsible
for the Presidential bargain, declared that
the lips which uttered the assertion that
Louisiana or any representative of Louis
lana, or any authorized agent of Louisiana, |
had ever barteIed or sought to barter, or en-
tertain proposition to barter away, the
interests OF the Democratic party or the in
terests of the whole people of the Union, in
the election of Samuel j. Tilden, lied in his
heart and lied in his foul throat He then
went on to relate the conference at the
Womley Hotel, mentioning as the actors on
that occasion, himself, Burke of Louisiana,
and Henry Watterson of Kentucky on
the Democratic side, and on the Re-
publican side, Mr.. Garfield and Mr.
Foster, Ex-Gov. Dennison, Stanley Matth-
1ws and Senator, now Secretary, Sherman.
He declared that there was no bargain, of
talk of bargain; that the only matter
which transpired was an interchange of
views, and that he and his friends relied
upon the assurances of these, Mr.. Hayes
close frlendS, as TO what were ms views ana
sentiments in regard to Louisiana and South
Carolina. These gentlemen had pledged
1othng for MIR. Hayes; they had bound
lm by no promise, by no pledge. The
anguage they held was, we know him, we
know his sentiments toward the South;
We know that he believes in the sef-govern-
nent of these States, and without speaking
for him, we will say, that in
our opinion. he will give the blessing of
rec government to those States; that he
will lift them from the blood and
lust in which they had been trampled, and,
hat, in the language of Mr.. Foster, the flag
shall float there over free States and no
onger over conquered and apject Prov
nceS.
Mr.. Davis, Of North Carolina. Was there
.ny agreement that the members of the
Returning Board should not be prosce
,uted?
Mr.. Ellis. None.
Subsequently, Mr.. Ellis again obtained !
he floor to make a personal explanation,
md retracted all offensive illusions to Mr..
Hewitt in his remarks, saying that he had
)een assured by that gentleman and other
riends,. that he had been. n.entirely m sin +
ormed.
TURKEY.