The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-14
A STALWART'S SPLEEN
BAfARD-ooNKLISo CONTROVERSY.
senator hayard Submits the Corre.-
pondcncs rhat Passed R.,woan
senator Conkiing and himself
ON Personal Remarks Al.
iegedfo Have Becn Made
by What the
Pa. Press says,


makes puOllo the following statement, to-
gs'her with all the correspondence that has
passed between himself and Senator Con,,
ling in relation to the statement reror,aa
70 maze been made by Mr.. Bayard in his
lover, Dol, speech, IN October last:
"WAsHrNGroS, December,a
inc publication in the Philadelphia Press
slsnsa by O. A. Arthur, Roscoe ConklinU.
George 5. Boutwell, and Noah Davis ds,s5
rev York, November %. 1890 h,,
nov published until December IL, render, il
pIopct inM the slbloined letters should also
" uo puohslieu' The dates of these letters and
thelr contents fully explain themselyos and m
no eleer correspondence has passed bstween
any OF the,sgners Of the card in the Press
and myself. '"' feSs
Mr.. f. A. Burr, one Of the editor, NJ IN.
trsss' had received in Philadelphia A letter
from mo prior to Novembs Goth, IN which !
stated that l was falsely and malieisuslv ro.
ported In my speech at Dover
which had bean published n
tho Press of October ooh. An,r ,ha
ioregoirg correspondence, no further .ts,a.
ment on my part was deemed necessary in
the interval OF nOarly a week, which vlanssd
before tho parties published the card alluded
to. In which they denounced az false III
reports Of the speech, which, weeks bsfsrs I
hau sta'ed TO be untrue. These facts ar,
submitted to the Judgment of all honorable
men. ''''io
THOMAS +. BAYARD".
The first Of the accompanying letters r.-
ierrSd TO is dated Utica, New York, Nov. IS.
from ilr, Conklipg TO Mr.. Bayard. which
contained an enclosed clipping from the
Hhlsdelphia Press, OF Oct. 30. and sskod Mr..
bs,ysrd whether he msde this statement in
substance, and remarking that at wa, hardly
necessary to add that this INQUIRY /, NOT
meant to imply that | suppose vow
dld or would make such an uttOrraSce
My purpose Is only to adopt the most natn.
raj and convenient mode TO set RIGHT an in.
justice greater, perhaps, to you than to any
To this Senator Bsyard, replying undsr
date OF Wilmington, Del, Noyenibsr5. 8. saws.
" "Reading for the first time the extract Van
send me, II appears to me so sr,,I, in,ccu.
rate as TO cause the belief that il could no,
nave been written BY an honest
per'on, remember we'll speaking
OF tho case of Phelps, Dodgs
" 20, and tho proceedings uader which a
great sum of money $270 00o) was wronrfully
taken from their pockets. | described and
denountcd in severe terms the motley s,stsu
and share, which in this case occurred 10 tho
collector surveyor and naval officers, and Il
the informer, Jayne, of Peoris, and ,t,ted
that the senator from New York (Mr. Oonk.
ling) was understood TO have received COM
pensations as their counsel from Msssrs. Ar
thur Cornell and Latin, for his services
ana assistance in tho transaction; also thu,
my authority for this statement was derived
lron documents published, this one OF tb
hsure OF congress, accompanied by testimon,
and statements made in open debate on II ,
iioor OF the ho1ss, and never to nv knowlede !
contradictsd. believe also referred TO n !
publication by VIM. p. Wood, An ex.trsasury
omeisl, made in tho New York Sun, October
~, 1851, giving his account In full Of the
case. This, / believe, Is tho form and sub.
stance OF that part OF the speech in eues.
tlon which had any reference to you OF
the metlcy system. shall be surprised "a
learn that there is any error Of tact In INV
state enent and shall regret II tho slightest ia
justice has been done TO you, and IL there ha,
been, | will feel myself bound to apply arv
proper remedy, when my error has been dis
closed TO me-"
To this response, whick was unsatisfaotorv
to Mr.. Conkling, he replied at length, ssying
in the course OF his leltsr, you response 70
explain an unwarrsntable injury ia one which
does not meet the inquiry but consists
chieily Of allegations far different and though
less injurious, offensive and untrue, ba,ing them
you say on publications and statements OF
which have knowledge, under date Nov
2lst"
Senator Bayard closes the correspondence
by reviewing the case and repeating the
assurance that prior to Mr.. ConkIlngs callipe
his attention TO II, no had never soon or heard
OF tbs extract in question, and rene wing hi,
belief that the extract was so grossly inaccu.
rato as 10 cause the belioftha Il could net b.
written BY an honest person. Ia closing hi,
letters, Mr.. Btyard say.: "Tho publication,
to which made references, OF which YOU s.v
you have no Knowledge, relate to your al
legged connectios with the case of Phelps.
Dodge q 90. You will and the testimony
Of William =. Dodge at page 226, and OF
Hon. Noah Davis, ut page 247 and 24s of
house miscellaneous documents No. 264 of
the 4l't And and 4ard congresses"
WHAT THE PRHss SAYS.
Philsdelphis, Dec. l3.-Tho Press SAYS to
day Of Mr.. Bayard's statement: 'Mr.
Bsysrd says that a staff correspondent OF
the Press received letter from him, In
which he statssth falsity and mslics of the
report OF the speech. This is true, the letter
was private and contained other mat
terswhen that statement was communicated
to the editor OF the Press. The staff cores
pendent was authorized to saw 10 MT.
Bayard that the Press would gladly print
whatever he might say on the subject. To
that suggestion no response was mado.
Since Mr.. Bayard now speaks Of tho report
OF his speech as an infamous communication
/" irresponsi5ly made, IL 10 due to
truth to say that il came from
a thoroughly responsible source, and
that 1t was verbatim. Pains have beon since
taken to verify II, and It's authority Is con.
frmed not only by tho reporter who made it,
but BY many citizens of Dover who heard
the speech and whose attention WAS partiou.
larly attracted d the tius by the ortraer.
dinAry character OF this case. Tho case will
not be complets until their testimony ia