Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-25

hOoSE--1ne house met at 10 o 0Ci0ck, IN con-
tinuance of Mondays session, and the time BE-
tween that hour and II o'clock. when Mondays
ses sion ended and Tuesdays began, was con-
sumed in the disposal OF private bills reported
from the committee on military affairs
Mr.. Munroe moved to suspend the rules and
pass tie bill providing for the payment of ar
IearS OF pensions. [lt provides that the act
ITO authorize the issue or certificates OF deposit
in aid of refunding the public debt be so
amended as TO authorize the Secretary OF the
Treasury TO apply such portion OF the proceeds
or tEe sale OF certificates OF deposit provided for
In said act as may be necessary, not exceeding
s2o,ct0Coo, for the payment OF claims for arrears
OF IenSionS.l
Mr.. Atkins called attention to the fact that
the House mad already passed a bill appropri-
atlDg SZ60tO,ou0 FOR the payment OF arrears Of
pensions.
Mr.. Monroe replied that his bill was to pro-
vide the ways and means.
MT. Ewing desired to have read his bill for
the payment OF arrears of pensions by the re-
jected to.
The motion to suspend the rules and pass the
Dill was defeated-yeaS 116, nays 125.
Mr.. Mcmahon stated that he had voted yes
terday tor m the 2 passage OF the civil sundry ap
preparation bill, under the impression that lt
contained nothing but appropriations. It did
however, contain legislation in regard to ar
f@ears @ of pensions which had he known would
nave made him vote against the bill
Mr. Harris way, chairman of the committee
on elections, reported resolutions in regard to
sional district of Missouri, declaring that K g
Frost (the contestant) is not, and that L $. Met
calf (the sitting member) iS entitled TO the seat
Laid on the table.
The House then, at 11:55 went into committee
OF the whole (Mr, Blackburn in the.chair on the
legislative appropriation bill, the question being
On MIR SouthardS amendment repeating the
law creating the Office OF electoral Supervisors.
&c.
MI, Banning quoted from Mr.. Garfeld's speech
last W edneSday TO the effect that enough men
hl hln Snpf fr-@rpN frraai
tlaIy, for election frauds, as would take away
the majority OF ore Of the members from tnat
city. lie said: SO far as | am aware, this is the
first time that this infamous faSehood has
found anyone so reckless OF truth as TO become
its endorser upon this floor. In 1872 | was
elected from 2d congressional district of Ohio
over K. b. Hayes by majority of l,505. In 1874
| was reelected by majority OF ,5,;5 over John
+. Stevenson. In 1876, after the most exciting
contest that had ever occurred in the district
IN which every appliance known in corrupt
politics was USED against NE. Governor Hayes
certified my majority to be IS over Senator
Stanley Matthews. / believe then as | now
Know, that a fair count would have given
me much larger majority. Judge Matthews
gave NE notice of contest, which / an
sWered: Suffice 1t to say that he aoand-
oEcd the contest and never took a word
OF testimony. After the election charges of
fraud were made by both parties and examined
into by the United States district court. with Il
republican judge a republican district attor-
ney, and 4 republican marshal What, sir, vas
comprising two Congressional districts, Is per
sons in all. were convicted Of Illegal practices
OF Whom tive were sent to the penitenttary.
Ten OF these fifteen were from the 2d district
and three OF these ten were republicans one
Being colOred republican. This sir, is the
record regarding the election OF 1876 in the ID
congressional district of Ohio as il has been
furnished to me-a district composed of honor
able men, who hate fraud and dete5t falsehood.
In their behalf, in the Interest of truth.
and as a matter OF Justice to myself, /
OrOnnnnrp 10 h.-t I,a
10 De untrue, and / denounce its author, who
ever lie may De, as falSiiier. Before uttering
this assertion the gentleman should have been
certain that it was true, and should not have
made himself responsible on this door, and be-
fore the country, for that which the record
shows to be false. am Informed that the gen.
t!eman was wont to clOthe himself In the white
robes of an evangelist. and ascending the pulpit
to preach the gospel of Him who commands
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbUr" Surely. he, OF all men in this House
should satisfy himself of the truth or fasity of
an accusation before placing it upon the records
OF the nation. One word more: | desire t. be
distinctly understood about this matter, once for
all III any person means TO assert that single
fraudulent vote was cast at the election OF 1876
with my knowledge. by my advice, or through
my procurement, here and now pronounce
the assertion malicious falSehOod. / might
follow the illustrious example offered me and
retaliate by gathering up all the ISLANDERS con
nected with the genJlemans official record, So
well known 10 the press and the people Of the
country, and pour them out on this fuor. But
as know nothing OF my own knowledge as to
the truth or falsehood of these charges. l scorn
to do so. And here leave the gentleman to a
full enjoy ment Of the position he has made for
himself.
Mr.. Hayes took the floor, but he was asked to
yield to Mr.. GARFIELD, and he compiled with the
generally expressed will OF the House
Mr. Garfield said that he had no particular
desire to say anything In reply to his colleague.
e nao M maze has no NO charge against that gentle M
trict. He had not said anything implying that
any member had done any corrupt thing. II
his colleague was s;a ambitious to get into con
Of a contrOverSialiSt with him, he had failed;
for he {Garfeld) had not challenged either his
colleagues personal character, or his name, or
his district. He had been talking about the ne
cessity OF a law remaining on the statute book,
to protect the purity Of national elections;
and, after calling attention to the frauds
practlced in New York, he had mentioned also
the election frauds pract1ced In Cincinnati. ALI
that he knew about them was what any inteii.
gent reader OF current history also knew. His
only authority was the testimony Of one Eph
Holland before court OF competent juriSdic-
ton, and in the nature Of a confeSsion,-to the
effect that he was an experienced repeater, and
was engaged, under promise of pay, mot from
his colleague) to carry on the work of increas-
ing the majority Of certain party in Cincinnati,
ana that he himself had put somewhere in the
neighbOrhOCd OF 800 fraudulent votes in the box,
Eph Holland was sent to the penitentiary; and
1t was said in the public prints that one car took
l, OF MS associates to the Ohio penitentfary. II
IactS
had rendered his colleague restless and troubled.
he (Garfieldl was not responsible for it, because
the records bore him out. He had made no per-
Sonal allusion.
Mr.. Ewing took the floor (but was Informed
by Mr.. Townsend (N.Y.l that there was nothing
about greenbacks in the discussion.) He asked
MIR. Garfield whether Eph Holland had NOT
been pardoned out of the penitentiary by GOV
Hayes; and whether he was not now an active
republican worker.
Mr. Foster interposed the remark that Eph
Holland had been delegate to the last demo-
cratic convention in Cincinnati.
Mr. Garfield replied that, as republicans had
never any success in that vein, he did not
believe that Holland would prove himself sue.
cess under republican auspices.
Mr. Banning denied that Eph Holland had
been sent to the penitent1ary. He had been sent
to the Dayton jail, where he had enjoyed ali
the luxurieS of life, and he had been pardoned
at the instance and request Of republicans onIy
Mr.. Foster suggested that the luxurieS had
been furnished by the democrats
Mr.. Mcmahon took occasion to say that the
Dayton Jail was the best jail west of the Allie
| ghaDy mountains.
Mr.. Banning protested (amid loud shouts of
''order'o that his colleague (Garfeld) had not
explained or justified the sentence which he
(Bann1ng) had quoted from his speech, and
which he declared was not true
Mr.. Hayes characterized the ATTEMPTED
amendment as note OF alarm, and q SIGNAL of
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