Daily Republican., 1880-12-14
A FLAT CoxrRADlCrIox. .
sSspublieans and Democrats Whe
Arc Ready 10 Testify thss seBR-
ioS Esayard Was Correctly ko-
RORted.

Are Ready 20 Tesiify ahss Sem
ioS fssyard Was Correctly Ne
ported.
A representative OF the Mornin
News has BEEN st Dover, looking aronn,
amongst the citizens OF that quiet, stat,
old town 10 find what they know abou
Senator Bayard's unpopular speech
ahion he is charged with making ol
the evening OF Wednesday, the 27tl
OF October. After . few general re-
marks by way OF introduction he CAV,
the following report Of what he CLEANED
from responsible citizens Of uDdoubtet
vsracity;
/ have feen . few Of the many per
sons present at the meeting, and tbs
result Of these interviews confirms,
beyond q doubt, the truth Of the rs.
port
DR.. Jump was sitting comfortably in
his flee. He smiled when told him
Of my erTand. Tread the paragraph To
him, and hs said that he was willing
at any time to swear to It's absolute
sruth. sit is . verbatim report" he
said, "taken by competent ste1ogra-
pber. saw him at work, and when
Mr. Baya!d made suca swesping
charge I went over and asked him II
he got his words. 1t was sucb q grave
accusation to bring against any man
that thought It should he looked into.
The stenogrspher afterwards read his
notes to me, aud | rsoollsct that pas
sage as being wsrd for word as Mr..
Bay ard spoke II. You can find any
number Of people here, Democrats as
we'll as Republicans, who will tell you
the same thing. There's old Mr.. Nioh-
olson, formerly State Senator, he knows
II is so, and though he would not be
likely to say anything now, you can
depend on 1t, he will tell the truth
about 1t, II put on the staud. But
there's Doctor Bishop; he heard 1t and
said to me that sit was = grave charge
and II Conkling paid no attsu ton t. II
he wonld think him guilty"
"Wss .he weather warm or cold, doc
.or Z" asked, and as II wondering
h hat that had to do with 1t, he added,
'0h very pleasant"
found the Doctor Bishop referred
10, and while he woRld make no posi-
i've statement OF the sum named, he
vas certain that Mr.. Bayard had &C
fused those gentlemen Of having
Appropriated large sum OF
money in Phelps, Dodge & Co.'s case.
J. J. Green, with the firm Of Cow
yill & Sons, bore unhe1itating testi.
nony to the entire truth OF the report.
ae had seen the steuographer taking
,otas. "How was the weather ?"
aid and he replied that while listen.
ng to the speech he wore a light al
pacs coat"
Manlove HAYES, Treasurer of the
Delaware Railroad, was then called
lpon. He did not think II proper to
peak at any length unless at the rs
uest Of one or all Of the parties inter
stsd. He would say, however, that
10 saw the report at the time OF its first
In the Press. He then
onsidere II fair and truthful, and he
lad no cause yet to change his mind.
Wilson l.. Cannon had heard the
vhole speech and saw the stenographer
aking 1t down. He reoollected dis
inctly the charge and could swear
Without hesitation to the accuracy of
he report. He was much surprised
hat Mr.. Bayard should have so spoken
I the New York Senator. The words
vere duly impressed on his memory,
nd the most astonishing thing to him
Ias that Mr.. Bayard should deny 1t
10 said, as DR.. Jump had remarked,
hat dozens OF people in Dover could
ouoh for the entire fairness Of the re-
'ort.
Lack Of time prevented me from sx-
ending the investigation further in
q this direction.
The gentlemen who declare their
Aith In the truth OF the report are, be
ond question, all honorable and re-
pecLed citizens. That they would
late an uutruth for party effect il
bsnrd, and no one acquainted with |
lem would hint at such a thing. II
q question OF vtracity between them
nd Mr.. Bayard, with the odds in
lsir favor, because Of their disintsrest.
lnets.
Tup arpyooRAPHRR.
Now word as to the s!enographer.
am not at liberty to mention his
.me: the time for that has not yet ar
we'd; bat tits you can safely rely
pon, that when 1t Is published, all
poriS AZ to his ineompetency will
4se. He is one Of the very best Of
8 profession and 1t will be q very
I'D man who will accuse him either
untarness or iuespsbility. Aside
om his Weli-known good character,
D is, think, a Democrat. At all
'ents he Is an enthusiastic admirer OF
uator Bayard.
What proof Senator CoHkliug pro-
red bofore he demanded a retractiou
10 not kroa; but there was an abun
nee at hand from which to choose, I
ID a man OF bis known ability would
rtainly exercise judicious CHOICE
Is rumored that Mr.. BayGrd made
9 same charges in spt ecbes at Har
lgton aud Georg' town, delivered pre-
ously to that at Dover. This matter I
IL, no doubt, be looked up, aud when l
:. Conkling makes his next move the
tersst In this case will increase very
ddeuly and largely. What this next
we will be is the all.SbsorbtDg ques- /
III. But Mr.. COnkling keeps his own u
unsel and one can only gness. 1t b
'uld not greatly surprise those who .
3 Watching the affair, however, if L
:. Conkling should rise in the Senate G
a demand an Investigation, and d