Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-14

The foloHlog statement and The appended
letters have been furnished for publIcstloo
WASHINGTON. Dec. II. 1880 Tie publIca'
ton in the Philadelphia Press, sigoed by Ches'
ter A. Arthur. Ro.c,e Conkline, George ..
Ban, we'll and Noah Davis, dated 10 New York,
November 30, 1880, but not published until
December | l. renders 1t proper inat tho suo-
| igined lstrers should also be published. Ihe
iates of these letters and their Contents fully
explain them and 90 other correspondcLcs has
nassed between any Of the siguers OF the card
in the Press and uysalf MIR. +. A. Burr. one
of the edi ors of the Press, had recslVed IN
Philadelphia letter from me prior to NoVem-
| Der 20, iu which | stated the falslty aud malice
of the report Of my speech at Dover, which
had been published in the Press OF Oot. ~.
After the foregoing corresponding, no furth'
| or sstcment on my part was deemed necessary.
40 interval of ncarly three weeks elapsed De-
fsre tho parties published tho card slru led to,
in which they deuouoco IS false the sIiese1
report of y speech wnlrh weeks. before L hsd
stateo to b. uotrue. These facts arc submitted
TO TIC Judgment Of el honorable men.
Il. + BAYARD.
SENATOR CoNKLING TO SENATOR BAYARD.
UTICA, n. Y, Nv. l3. 1SS0-Daar Sir
I ask YOUR attr ,tion to he f0li Wig ne eS5Daper
rem; RI cf remsIk. oll,srd TO have b4"n made
by ypu 10 "a puJ C -psGcu ut DoV;r, Dt!., near
me tpd VI the fec5ut canVsss
That be may not c sim that be 10 nlsrepre'
sented, We give v.Ibalim report OF the IAN
puage be used: When that Interview took
plsce very distinguished GET lemeo ware prss'
ept, the senior senator from New 4oik among
Others, Mr.. C,ukyinp; also Mr.. Nah Davis,
the dis, riot attorney; MIR. Arthur, ,he collector;
ha
clled him. A we're present. M' BoutweI,
that distinguished 6uauciar, who vas Secretary
of the Tr asury, Was also there. AID they al
stood a1Juud thi. un"sppy merchant who had
given his $25 900 subscription to Gen. Grao';
this prcsid. III of the YJuog Meu's ChrlsIlau
Association, this memb=r of the Uaiou League,
aud this president of the Chamber OF Commerce.
He thought that would pIotcc! him. Not
much Not much They took from that
mao's pocket 10 one sum $261 600 in money,
and they divided it among themselves. GreaG
| laughter Gootlt men, this 20 c8aggeratlon or
| figure Of speech. There it stands upon the
| record, and [ waot to tell you it is thing OF
| which bavo knowledge and means of knoRl'
| edge"
The extract is cut from the PHILADELPHIA
Press OF Friday, O5tober 80, 1880. The State
Sen niue, published at Dover. 90 the 30.h OF
7 IL,
| The appearance Of these Two publications IN
| journals near you aud their bavcg gone thus
| lar githou. contradiction or correction, will,
| trust seem sufficient excuse tor brlngloG them
| to your uoLic.. Will you inform me whether you
did Oh IKE this state mepL n form or substaucel IL
is hardly necessary to add that this lrquny Is
Dot meaDt TO imply that l suppose you lid or
would make suoh sn utlerance. My purpose IS
| only to adopt tho most natural Convenient
node to set right an Injustice, greater perhaps,
TO YOU than to others. Your obedient servant,
| Roscoe CoNKLIEG.
| The Hon. Thomas F. Bayard. Unltea States
Senator, Wilmington, Del.
SENATOR BAYARD's RESPONSE.
| WILMINGTON, DEL, November Is, $780,
Dear Sir: | have just reosived yIur letter
dated tho l3 b irstaDa, accompanied by news
paper cuttlLg, purportiDg to be an extract from
a report of public speech mads by me at
Dover, 10 this State, near the end OF the re-
csu5 canvass" J. made but one speech at
Dover, aud spoke then without notes. Uatl
received your letter never knew that aoy re-
port had been made or published. The Press,
from which you tell me you cut the extract. is
q Philadelphia paper, and The Sentinel IS puo
lished in Dover; both are republican 10 pull
Tics, and nave n6ver seen copy OF either
during or sincs the canvass. R. adiog for the
first time he exrac you send me, it appears
10 me 70 grossly inaccurate as to cause the bs
lief IL could not have been written by an honest
person.
| rememb,r well speaking of the case of
Phelps, Dodge & 70. and the proceeding under
which Great sum of money (S270.00O) was
wrougiully takep from their pockets l de
scrlbed and denounced 10 severe terms the
| moiety system" aud the share which 10 this
case accrued 10 the collector, surveyor and nava
tfi,er and to the infoImer (Jayne or
hetva) aud stated that "the senior seu-
ator from New York (Mr. Coukllngl was
understood 10 have received compensation
as thei, counsel from Messrs. Arthur, Cor
ucll and L,Ain for bis services and as
sstapce in tue transaction" Also that my al
lhority for this stat, ment was derived from 6
docu uent published ry one Of the houses Of
Congress accompaulrd by testimony aod stale'
ments made 10 open debate Oh the floor of the
| House ,ud never to my knowecge contra
dicted, | believe also referred to d publlcs-
tlon by Wn. 2, Wood, 90 ex treasury official
made 10 The New York Sun Ootober II. 1880
giving his acc5uot 10 iull OF the case. Tnls
believe 70 be the form aud substance" OF tba
part of the speech in question which had an!
reference to you or the uoety system, shal
be surprised to learn there is auy error of fac
10 my statement and snail regret if the slig b. e5
iojustic, has been done to you, and ii th=re hs
been will feel myself bOuod to apply 40
proper remedy when my error has been dis
closed to me. Your obidient s.I7.ut,
I. 4. BAYARD
The Hon Roscoe Conkiog, Uaited States sen
ator, Utica. N. Y.
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