The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-08-05

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| Orable scheme, it was stdulOusIv
concealed from me. As I have said.
three years ago a joint committee of
the two. Houses investigated this
matter thoroughly. Mr.. Parsons
was summoned, was examined and
erOss-eXamined Mr.. Chittenden was
examined; Mr.. Nickersou was ex-
amined. When I heard that nv
name was being used in the matter,
1 went to the Chairmen on 10th
sides, for it was a Joint committee.
Senator Thurman, Of my State, was
on the committee, Mr.. Jewett, now
President Of the Erie Railway, was
on the committee. I said to the
Chairmen that, if there was ANYTHING
IN connection with the case which
reflected upon me, and they thought
L ought to answer, I would be ObIig
ed to them if they would inform me.
FIhe chairman on the part Of the
House, Mr. Wilson, said that he
had looked the matter ell over, and
that what had done was perfectly
proper; bEt, if anything should oc-
cur to make any explanation neces-
lsary, I should appear before the com
mites ;-he w0uld send me word. He
never did send for me. Very soon
after that my political campaign in
/ Ohio opened. - -.
| "Every man In public life is bless
ed with enemies as well as friends:
and no sooner had my campaign
opened than the New Ye.k Sun
published thirteen columns, ID be-
lieYe, containing almost every form
Of public and private assault upon
me, among other things quoting
this testimony in such a way as to
make it appear that what I had done
compromised my position as Chair
man Of the Committee on Appropri-
atiOns. I went before the people of
my district and discussed this whole
matter, and in speech which was
printed and circulated by thousands,
every part and parcel of this Charge
was made as public as -anytbiDg
could be. 1t was revived to some
extent in the campaign last fall, and
all possible new light thrown upon
it, In the course of the campaign
Of 1874, a a.gsntleman from nay dis
trict wrote in regard to It to AIR,
Wilson, the Chairman Of the Joint
committee on the part Of the House,
and received a letter In reply, which
[ read
"CoNNERsynLE, Ind, Aug. /, "A.
'Hon. Geo. w. Steel:
DEAR Sm-To the request for In
formation IS TO whether or not the
action of General Garfield, in con
nection with the affairs Of Che Dis
trict Of Columbia, was the subject
Of condemnation. by the committee
that recently had those affairs under
consideration, I answer that i5 was
not; nor was there, in my opinion,
any evidence that would have war.
ranted any unfavorable criticism up
on his conduct.
The facts disclosed by the evi-
dence, SO far as he is concerned, are
briefly these:
g The Board Of Public Works was
| considering the question as to the
kind of pavements that should be
laid. There was a contest as to the
respective merits of various wooden
paTements. Mr. Parsons repre-
sented the DeGolyer & McCleland
patent, and being called away from
Washington about the time the
hearing was to be had before the
Board of Public Works on this sub
ject, procured General Garfield TO
appear before the board in his stead
and argue the merits of this patent.
This be did, and this was the whole
Of his connection with the matter
1t is not question as to tbe kind Of
contract that should be made, but
as to whether this Partieular kind Of
pavement should be laid The criti-
cism Of the committee was not upon
the PaysBezt IN favor of which Gen
eral Garfield argued, but it was up
on the contract made with reference
to it; and there was no evidence
that would warrant the conclusion
that he had anything to do with the
latter.
every respectfully, &c,
" J. NJ. WILSON
'.T g0a7at to sqy this, further, that IF
neg fee j1s connections 1gith this pare
msa1t, eUen By suggestion or jmPlica-
ton, had Gg7y relation lCb1teUer to
a11y appropriation to Congress tor
qnytbing connected nth this Dis
t-jct, or qCitH anything else, it Is dlls
to me, jt is d,ss to this committee, jt IS
due 10 Congress, that this person be
Summoned # there Be q nan. 0D
this earth lc6o makes such @ charge,
that man IS the most Infamous per
jlTey that ZjUeS, and Z shall be glad
to confront him any,qders i71 this
l0Orld I an quite SIRE this com
D1ittee qgiU not als0lc BearsGy and
e0ztraajctOry testimony to raise a
presumption against me. H01g Z
0iH sag Dery tra'1blgr to tie commit
tee that i'll had kpO5gD or Imagined
that there a5as an intent such as this
lgit75esS j9sinuateS, on the part of
anybody, that Dly employment By a
brother Jal0yer to prepare a 5riet 0gs
a perfectly legitimate gueSti0n-G
question Of the rsEatiys merits of Ger
tain EGlgfiI pGte75tS-bad d7ly con-
necti0B g5bGteger, or dny supposed
conHectjo51 iH tie mind Of augsnla77,
Nth nly public duties, I certainly
l0O1Ild haze tOEea no suck engage
Uaept. I lcouZd hare been q lgsaE
and a gery foolish man to haze done
50, and I trust that gentlemen 5TbO
Ega01o me rjU 6ezieCs that I g50ltId ct
least haze had too much respect for
nly Oa0n ambition to hare done such
a thing.
YazOO Solid for Hancock.
Yazoo county, Mississippi, is solid
for Hancock, or at least the chivalry
of that section intend that It shall be
on election day. Mr. F. P. Dixon,
brother of II. n. Dixon, who was
murdered by the ehivalry of that
section two years agO. has returned TO