, 1880-04-04
A Sensational Story Started
About a Cuban FilibuSt8r-
ing Expedition.
Committee Action Looking to
Reciprocity with the
Dominion.
The Exodus Committee Still Making
Political Capital for the
Republicans.

Representative Springer, Of Illinois, with
having corruptly refused to vote for the seat
ing of Donnelly because he {Springer) had
been Indirectly promised 4 bribe IL he would
not vote against Washburne, lacks the es-
sential foundation Of truth, il Congressman
| Manning himself is to be believed. The
story Of the row between Springer and Mall
ming ut tile secret session of the Election
Committee, when the final vote was taken in
| Washbur1l's case, when Manning charged
Springer with intentional deceit, and is even
said to have shaken his fist in Spring
/ er's face, has already been published in
these dispatches. The subsequent sensa-
tlonal runors have grown out Of this scene,
and seem to have been deliberately orna-
| mented BY the supporters Of Donnelly. The
story is TINT on the Sth Of March the follow
ing letter was received ut Mr.. Sprinser's
| house and opened by Ills wife, Springer him
self being absent in New York:
UNSATISFACTORY, D. c.. March 7.-Ho,a. William
H. Sptlnger--DEAR SIR: earnestly advise that
| you do u1l III your power to prevent the House
FROM unseating Washhurn. Of Minnesota, and
| putting Donnclly in his place. II you succeed
| fully, 4 RErUnLlcAE.
Mrs Springer became very angry ut reading
this, and Immediately sent for ex-Repre-
sentative Julian, of Indiana, who was Dom
nelly's counsel, and
SHOWED 1uM TIE LETTER.
Julian, in turn, sent for Do1,nclly, and the
letter was read and commented upon be-
tween them. Two Democratic members of
tho Committee, Sawyer and Colerick, were
informed by Donnelly Of the contents Of this
letter. Meanwhile Mrs Springer: seemed to
have doubts of the propriety OF her action
in the absence Of AIr. Springer,
and sent a note to Donnelly asking
him to call upon her Immediately.
He did so, when she expressed to linn doubts
as to the propriety of her acting i'll her hus~
bands absence, and requested that nothing
be said about it until Mr.. Springer returned.
To this Donnelly assented. Upon Sprin9er's
return Donne11y called upon him, and said
he would be happy to help discover the
author Of the letter, stating in his opinion it
was either Charles Johnson, Washburn's
private secretary, or Billy King, of Mime
sofa, who recently had been here. Where
upon Springer requested Donnel1y to say
nothing about the letter, and Said: II
would not for $4,000 have it known that I
have received such letter." "Brt Julian
knows it, urged Mr.. Donnelly: swell.
then,':' added Springer, .*tell Julian that I
ollA14 A010 Hill 4S9pUllolUAC Luz 4ls Ill ~ ECl5
into print he will be- to blame, and will take
care to pay him for it.
This last remark being repeated to Julian,
M. Dr.cA,rr 1ynrGxAST
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ma3a r1y3i nv cnch t,+emanR oe"1e0 "o ''''A
Mr Msnninp r. dma lima hoard of tho
,ottar and Iaiiu avnectod that NJ SnrnGar
1yn,,ii T hT;n1 tha mattar tS ~ - +ha attsnl
t;nn of tha 1son,mittna hut t1,7s 10
lid mt III and 1oe ,,nt tfonnn NTr Mnnn;n,
now charn1rs that noti,ine hmf = rorrnnt con.
gah DC upon hs sufn y Se
hetter,s ha1ng nnnnv,nnus and ;ts epnaro1
tnnn1 shnr.s That NJ Snrinof.r uac not en-
firalv unaware, nf fire intenfims NJ its an
thnr In short that tl,e letter wac eent IN
pursuance of an agreement.
All this happened, according to the story,
before the final vote in committee on the
Washburn case. 1t then came out that, dur
ing Springer's absence from the city,
HE HAD DEES PAIRED
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