The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-13
BAYARD'S BACK UP.
HE REPLIES TO THE MANIFESTO OF
C0NKLIAG 4 CO.,
And Submits Some Correspondence
which he Thinks Explains Itself, %
well ~ the Bituation-Lefters
which Passed Between Himself
and the New York Senator.

WAsH1Soros, December 12.-Ths fol
lowing abatement and appended letter.
have been furnished for publication:
The publication in the Philadelphia
Prsu, signed By @. A. Arthur, Roscoe
Conklins, George S. Boutwell, and Noah
Davis, dated in New York, November 20,
1880, but not published until December
1lth, renders II proper that the :9bioined
letters should also be published. The dates
Of the letters and their contents fully ex-
plain them, and no other correspondence
has passed between any Of the signers Of
the card in the Pres and myself. Mr.. F.
A. Burr, one Of the editors OF the Pres,
had received in Philadelphia 3 let.
ter from me prior to November
twentieth, in which stated the
falsity and malice Of the report Of my
speech at Dover, which had been publish.
ed in the Pres OF October 9th. After the
foregoing correspondence tno further
statement on my part was deemed peces-
sary. An interval Of nearly three weeks
elapsed before the parties published the
card alluded to, in which they denounced
as false the alleged report OF speech,
which weeks before had stated to be un-
true. These facts are submitted to the
Judgment Of all honorable men.
[signed] f. BAYARD.
Washington, D. c., December 70, 1880.
UrrcA, November IS. 1880.
DEAR slR:-I ask your attention to the
following newspaper report OF remarks
alleged 10 have been made by you in q
public speech at Dover, Del, near the end
OF the recent canvass: "That he may not
claim that he is not misrepresented we
give verbatim report OF the language
he used. When that interview took
place, very distinguished gentlemen
were present, the senior Senator
from New York, among othels. Mr..
Conkling, also Mr.. Noah DAVIS, the Dit.
trict Attorney; Mr.. Arthur, the col.
lector; Mr.. Jayne, the spy, er special
Mr.. Boutwell, that distinguished 6nancier
who was Secretary OF the Treasury,
wss also there, and they all stood srouud
this unhappy merchant who had given
his twenty-five thousand dollars subsctip-
ton to General Grant-this President Of
the Young Mems Christian Association.
this member Of the Union League and
this President Of the Chamber Of Com
merce. He thought that would protect
him. Not much. They took from that
mans pocket in one sum S267, 900 In
money and they divided /. among them
selves. lGreat laughter.
Gentlemen, this Is no exaggeration or
figure Of speech. There 1t stands on re.
cord, and I want 10 tell you It is thing OF
which have knowledge and means Of
knowledge"
The extract is cut from the Philadelphia
Pres oil Friday, October 20, 1880.
The State Sentinel published ct Dover on
the 30th OF October, contains the same re-
port in substance. The appearance Of
these two publications. in the journals near
you, and they having gone this far with.
out contradiction or correction, will,
trust, seem sufficient excuse for bringing
them to your notice. Will you inform me
whether you did make this statement in
form or substance. 1t Is barely necessa.
ry TO add that this inquiry Is not meant TO
imply that suppose You did, or would,
make such an utterancs. Ny purpose Is
only TO adopt the most natural and cQuve.
nient mode 10 set right an injustice great.
or, perhaps, to you than to others.
| Your obedient servant,
Roscoe CoSKLINa.
The Hon. Thos. F. Bayard, U. s. Senator,
Wilmington, Delaware.
WILMINGTON, DEL, December 10.
| DEAR SIR:-I have just received your
letter, dated the Is inst, accompanied by
& newspaper cutting purporting to be an
extract from report OF public
speech made by me in Dover, this State,
near the end OF the recent canvass.
made but one speech at Dover, and spoke
without notes. Until received your let
ter never knew that any report had been
made or published in the Pres. from which
you tell me you cut the extract, Phila-
dslphia paper, and the Sentins, published
in Dover. Both are Republican in politics
and have never seen copy OF either dur.
ing or since the canvass. Reading for the
. fint time the extract you send,
II appears 80 grossly inaccurate
as to cause the belief that It could not
have been written by an honest person.
remember well OF speaking of the case
. Of Phelps, Dodge i Co.. and proceeding
under which great sum OF money, $780,
900 was wrongiully taken from their
pockets. l described and denounced in
severe terms the moiety system and share
| which In this case accrued to Collector,
Surveyor, and Naval Officer, and 10 In
former Jayne or Herr. and stated that
the senior Senator from New York, Mr.:
Conkling, was understood to have received
compensation As their counsel from
Messrs. Arthur, Cornell and Latin, for his
services and assistance In the Transaction !
also that my authority for this statement
was derived from document, published
by one OF the Houses OF Congress, accom-
panied by testimony OF statements made
In open debate on the floor Of the House,
and never 10 my knowledge contradlcted.
I also referred TO the publication by VIM.
P. Wood, an ex-Treasury official, made IN
the New York Sun, October 9Th, 1880,
giving his account in full Of the case. This
believe to be the form and substance Of
that part Of the speech In question, which
: had any reference to you or the moiety
, system. shall be surprised to learn that
, there Ia any error Of fact in my statement,
and shall regret II the slightest injustice
has been done to you, and II there has
been, / will feel myself bound TO apply
! any proper remedy when my error has
| been disclosed TO me.
Your obedisnt servant,
7. F. BAYARD.
The Hon Roscoe Conkling, U. s. Senator,
Urea, Nov. II. 1880.
DEAR SIR:-I read with surprise your
, letter OF the 18th inst, just received: !
l enclosed you astatement, widely publish