The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04
MR.. AOKLEN AGAIN.
A late Issue of the New York World con
tatns the following

lAM issue Oh the New lOTH VGfW WI
tains the following:
WASHINGTON. jan 40 In the House to- day Mr..
AckIen arose to n personal explanation. and
asked TO have certain charges M ainst him IN
vsstigatad by the Committee on Foreign AH4t =.
rbasa charges g.rew,pn' Of an est,aorninan,y
that dsy Mr. Aeklen obtained the floor and said
I ask unanimuua consent that the report OF
The COMMITTEES on Foreign Affairs In relation to
the claims Of pertain ei!inens aga inst the gov
ernn,ent u Nicaragua be referred to the com.
mittae Of the whole, aud ordered printed,
eh accordingly When the document appeared
In print the attention If tte committees was
a"s to + Mr. hsse" wss not which s s ."
/ to have printed IT 1t uih not rurrnrt
to to,l be n 1eeor q the eommitee was at
however. a paper drawn by himself and
submitted TO Gen King. Of the committee for
the commit tees cunaileraton.. After several
consultations the eommitee ie'd@d that II
had ~ use for It, .nnd Cen. King 81 informed
Mr. Ackep One tlay lust after tho rereas Mr.,
Aeklen requested Cen ling e return the
away from, the city for few days about that
ime,, and 1t wass curing his absence that Nj
cinl warrant. n spurious rnpo,t unnn the House.
When Gen. King returne n and heard Of II hs
called Mr.. Aeslen to aoconn and the latter de-
olBred his Willingness 10 make amenda and cor
r. ct the SUPPOSED misunderstanding. Accord
lpgly on January 90 he rose and read the fol-
lowing statament prepared by Gen, King On
league. Mr., King asked the unanimous CON
sent OF the House 10 have printed manuscript
seu,atives, .Fertr sisth Congress second s SEES
sion, which had myself orApa,ed and paeed
in his hands aud which he fad subsequently,
withdrawn, a. i was eubmitted hr me without
authority from Mr.. Ring or from the Commit,
tee on Foreign Afrairs, II having taken no ae-
mistake nf mine." The words this was done
through stake Of mine were the only ones
not Gen Kings. although they were added by
him AZ hlr. Aeklena entfeatv. Tnarn the maj
ter rested tor few dave. when Mr., Aek en be-
gan trying to- retrieve bis position through the
COMMITTEES on Foreign Affairs. At east once,
nall the committee together to hear m asplana.
tion from him to the nffact. sub aautially that
aoaade to hts request. md the result appeared
to. day, The reason Mr. Cox assigns for not
e,ling the committee was that tie knew there
was a feeling of disgust among the members at
what thay con sidareh Mr. Acklan's nTiatous-
ness, and having heard his open explanation
he wac 1ieinolined to submit him to further
humiliation.
Jherehas been. previously. IN various other
newspapers. notably the New York Iernld
accounts Of this same remarkable affair but,
az we feared some OF them might be biased
by political purposes. we rafrained from ao-
eording them any recognition. It Is not
pleasant to have this ugly narrative lpating
about. II ia not pleasant to read an editorial
In the New York Iiernid, comparing a Loulsi-
slana Congressman to q fprger and swim
dler. But 1t would he intoIerahle to have IL
supposed that the Democrats of this State
are disposed. any more than the Democrats
OF New York or Massachusetts, tn oondone
such a diareputable performance IA is attrih-
uted tn Mr.. !. II. Aeklen, If Mr. AckIen
has really an explanation To make he
had better come forward with It IA soon
"a possible. Messrs. Cox aud King and other
prominent Democrats In Congress appear to
think that his explanations had better be sup
pressed In the interests Of decency. yet we
attll hope that he may have something to say
that will mitigate tho present diseredtable
aspect of the case. 1t seems a fitting time TO
however, that the party I'm Louisiana
Is getting very tired of the continual pre-
dicaments Into which Mr. Acklen manages
to got himself. 1t ia but fair to say that
MIR. Ackep has stated upon the iloor Of the
House that the charges referred to are 'the
most willful and malicious prevarieatlons OF
truth on record" aud has offered resolution,
which was adopted. directing the COMMITTEES
On Foreign Affairs To examine into their truth
or falsity. .9-