The daily gazette., 1880-12-13

FACTION MET WITH FREkhINo Dig
NIFTY BIZ DELAwARE's SON.
WASHINGTON Dec. 12.-The follow
ing statement and the appended let
ters have been furnished for publiea-
tion
The publication In the Philadelph ia
Press, signed by @. A. Arthur, Roscoe
Conkling, George 8. Boutwell, and
Noah Davis, dated New York, No
vember 80, 1880, but not Published
until December II, renders it proper
that the subjoined letters should also
be published.
The dates of these letters aud their
contents fully explain them, and no
other correspondence has passed be-
tween any OF the signers of the card in
the Press and myself.
Mr.. f. A. Burr, one of the editors of
the Press, had received in Philadsl-
phia letter from me prior to Novem-
ber 20, in which / stat d the falsity
and malice Of the report of my speech
at Dover, which had been published
in the Press of October 30.
After the foregoing correspondence
no further statement on my part was
deemed necessary.
An interval Of nearly ,hree weeks
elapsed before the parties published
the card allud I'd to, in which they de-
nourced as false the alleged report Of
a speech which weeks before l had
stated to be untrue.
The facts are submitted to the judg-
ment Of all honorable men.
Il. #. BAYAnD.
Washington, d. c., December 10,
1880.
UTICA, N. Y, Dec. 12.-Dear Sir:
ask your attention to the following
newspaper report of remarks alleged
to have becn made by you in q public
speech ut Dover, Del, near the end Of
the recent canvass: "That he may not
claim that he is misrepresented we
give a verbatim report Of the language
he used: 'When that interview took
place very distinguished gentlemen
we, present-the senior Senator from
New York among Others, Mr.. Conk-
ling; also Noah DAVIS, the District
Attorney; Mr.. Arthur, the Collector;
Mr.. Jayne, the spy, or Special Agent
they called him. All were present.
Mr.. Boutwell,, that distinguished finan-
cier, who was Secretary of the Ire as
ury, was also there. And they all
stood around this unhappy merchant
who gave his $25, 900 subscription to
Gen Grant; this President of the
| Young Mems Christian Assoc alton
this member of the Union League, and
this President Of the Chamber ofCom-
merce. He thought that would pro-
tect him. Not much. They took from
thai mans pocket in one sum $267, 900
in money aid they divided it among
themselves. (Great laughter.) Gen.
tlemsn this is no exaggeration or ig-
ure of speech. There it stands upon
the record, and want to tell you it is
thing of which l have knowledge
and means of knowledge." The ex-
tract is cut from the Philadelphia
Press of Friday, October 20, 1880. The
State Sentinel, published at Dover, on
the Both of October, contains the
same report in substance.
The appearance of these two publica-
tions in journals near you, and their hav-
ing gone thus without contradiction OF
correction, will trust, seem 8 fficieni
excuse for bringing them to your notice
Will you inform me whether you did
make this statement in form or sub
stance?
II is hardly necessary TO add that thit
inquiry is not meant to imply that l sup
pose you did or would make such al
| Atterance.
My purpose is only to adopt the mos
natural and convenit Mt MODE to set hI
au injustice, greater perhaps, 10 you .har
| to others.
Your obedient servant,
| RosCoE CoNKLING.
The Hon. Thomas F. Bayard; U. S
Senator, Wilmington Del.
| WILMINGTON, Del, November 10
1ss0.-Dear Sir: have just received
your letter dated the 18th instant ,acco m
panied by a newspaper cutting purport
Ing 10 be an extract from report OF I
public speech made by me at Dover, IL
this Stale, near the end Of the recen
canvass.
Imade but one speech at Dover, ant
spoke then without notes. Until L re
ceived your letter 1 never knew that AM
report had been made or published.
The Press, from which you tell me yol
cut the extract, 10 a Philadelphia paper
and the Sentinel is published in Dover
both are Republican In politics, and
have never seen copy of either durlnl
or since the canvass.
Reading for the first time the extract
you sent me, it appears to me SO grossl.
inaccurate as to cause the belief that i
could not have been written by All hon
est person.
l remember well speaking OF the cas-
Of Phelps, Dodge q Co., and the pro
ceeding under which a great sum O
money ($27o .000) was wrongfally take
from their pockets. 1 described an
denounced in severe terms ''the moiet
system" and the share which in this cas-
accrued to the Collector, Surveyor an
Naval Officer, and to the informe
(Jayne or aerne), and stated that 18th
s ,nior Senator from New Y York, Mr.. Conl
ling, was understood to have receive
compensation, as their counsel, froI
Messrs. Arthur, Cornell and Lain fc
his services and assistance in the transat
tion."
Also that my authority for this state
: meut was derived from a document put
: lished by one of the houses of Congress
accompanied by testimony, and STATE
ments made in open debate on the foc
: of the House, and never To my know
r edge con'rldicted.
0 | believe l also referred to a publici
= tion by William p. Wood, an ex Tre'