The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-29
The Lie Passes between WattersOn
and Hewitt.

The Lie Passes between WatterSon
and Hewitt.
There is row going on between
Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt and Henry
Watterson, of the Louisville Courier
Journal, which has pistols and cof-
fee flavor about it. Mr.. Watterson
is in New York, and to New York
St11 interviewer INDUCED in some
sharp criticisms upon Mr.. Hewitt's
campaign management, denouncing
him as a blunderer and marpiot,
declaring that he betrayed Mr.. Til
denis confidence, and finally that his
own relation with him had ceased on
catching him in ga most outrageous
falsehood under circumstances of
peculiar emphasis" Among other
things Mr.. Watterson said that Mr..
Hewitt "wanted to issue an address
early in December, 1876, resting our
vote upon the return Of Oregon, and
few of us had time in suppressing
| him."
Mr.. Hewitt has published a card in
reply, in which he says: "Ever since
refused to listen to his insane and
ridiculous proposition to call out
| 100000 mem to put Mr.. Tilden in
'She White House, he has never ceased
TO misrepresent my declarations,
PURPOSES and action, with a malig-
nifty which he scarcely seeks to dis
guise."
Mr.. Hewitt denies all of Waiter
sons assertions, and gives in full the
address to the people of which Wat
terson speaks, and which was sup
pressed by the democr tic executive
committee. 1t declares the right of
Congress to pass upon the electoral re-
turns, and calls upon the people to
let their voice be heard upon the
subject. Mr.. Hewitt then goes on as
follows:
"This address was written by me
in New York on the second or third
Sunday in December, 1876, was sub
mitted to Governor Tilden on the
same day, was approved with some
slight notifications, copied in his
house by his two secretaries, and the
copy thus made was the one read to
the executive committee, and is now
in my possession, together with the
original draft in my own handwrit-
ting. The only material difference
between the draft and the copy is the
! following phrase. which was not APP
proved by Mr., Tilden, and was omit
ted by his request.
And to this end, while the people
are yet free and independent, we in
vite them to assemble at their usual
places of meeting in every city, town
and hamlet in the country on the Sth
day of January next to consider the
dangers of the situation, and by calm
temperate and firm resolves to en-
Tighten their representatives in Con-
greSo assembled as to their duties in
this great crisis of our institutions.
'"lhis disposes of the charge so
often made, that we lost the victory
by my refusal to call meetings of the
people to protest against the fraud"
Mr.. Watterson has replied IN an
open letter to Mr.. Hewitt, which was
transmitted by the Associated Press
last night. In it Mr.. Watterson says
"You know, and | know, that Mr..
Tilden disapprOved the electoral bill.
You know, and | know, that you
spent Sunday, the 18th Of January
in New York, and that he made his
objections sufficiently known to you.
You know, and | know, that on
Monday evening, the 10Th of January
a meeting of the committee of advise
ment considered the terms Of the bill
alphabetically, submitted to it (; that
at that meeting | opposed them that
/ you were as dumb as an oyster as to
Mr.. Tilden's opinions that finally,
we all agreed to support the measure,
most OF US believing it the emanatiOn
of our chief. i have charged, and |
do charge, that your failure to deal
! frankly with us on that occasion,
your failure to tell us what Mr.. Til
den had said to you the day before,
was the practical suppression of his
more sagaciOus counaels, and, to all
intents the betrayal Of your friend"
He reiterateS the charge that He
witt was guilty of disgraceful
falsehood, and concludes as follows
"Now, ] repeat and declare my
charge of personal dishonor upon
you, and as you don't wish to fight ii
out, and | am sure l don't, | will
make you this proposition: You Sc
lect two members of the committee
of advisement, of which both Of Us
were members; | will select two; the
four shall select fifth, and if | do
not make my charge good | will
make you public apology"