New-York tribune., 1880-04-04
GENERAL W4SHINGrON NEVIS.
4 DEMOCRATIC FAMILY SENSATION.

A DEMOCKAIIC EAMliSA Hi'4' -
MIR. spG1xGER ACCUSED or DEING IMPROPERLY
INFLUENCED IN VOTING on THE DoNNEliH-
wAsHBrRN CASE ONE OF D0NNEilNs =
TRICKS
10y TELEGRAPH TO THE TREuSEl
WAsuINGION. April 3.-lhe Was!Iburn- -Donnei!y
ease bids fair to create lively family quarrel
among the Democrats. The Wdshnqioa PoSt thls
morning printed nearly a column on the bH'y"e'
In this publication Mr.. Springer is accused Oh
having been governed by corrupt motives III giving
his vote against seating Donnelly.
The Post saws that s0on after the subcommittee
bcpan its Investigation of the Washburn-Dohheiy
case "an informal meeting OF the Democratic men"
hers of the full committee was held Mt the house oi
Mr.. Springer at which those present unanimously
agreed TO support the sub-comm zee III any
action il might take upon this subject. The
subcommittee went ahead heard the witnesses ana
oro,meuts upon both sides aud when the case was
clo.od submitted report recommending the uIScat-
ina of Washburn and the seating ot DON
nelly. With this result Mr. Springer
profcssed himself TO be in sympathy HIS actions
Iatolv have shown that he has experienced change
of heart Il IS the cause which has led to this that
Mr. Manning /, anxious shall bc knwu.'
According to the article in The Post Mr.. Springer .
"chanpe Of hear" was caused by an anonymous iel-
ter sent TO him on the 9TH Of last MONTH when ic
fer. according to the same authority WAS III SUD
stance a. follows:
WASHINGTON, L. c. March :.
! Hon WILLIAM NJ ePRISGER. ,
| DEAR SIR; earnestly advise thai Nou Il" ~ III ION @
mower 10 mcvrnt tie House from uns aGg NisiblI,i
af Minnesota and puttLg 'oun ~ ~ rs !, ,",'. -,
you succeed u tins am al' ~, ~, s 't i,r
oi iT''ooV WIZ ~ '''11 ! REri rIi' AZ.
The Post asserts that 's Publication is "d rscd hy
MIR. Manning aud that at the next Incc:ine OF the
Committca OH Elections that gentleman VII p.c@nt
his accusations against the chalrman and demand
an Investigations
In conversation wnh n TRIBUNE correspondent
today. Mr.. Springer taid that on Monday next he
should himself ask the House to investigate the
matter. Mr. Springer remarked that lac did
not drsirc TO say enythng on the sub
irct now. except that he felt entirely
confident that a thorough investigation would not
only prove that hc had acted consistently through
out hut would also show who in. gated t'c Gccusa-
tiOns against him.
MIR. Springer says that Anonymous letter. of
which that pubshcl in The Post is a earb"d copy.
was written TO Inn aud was received By his wife III
his absence She opened the letter She does all let
tcrs when he is absent She showed the letter to
| the Hon G. w. Julian one of Donnclly COINS !.
and TO Donuclly himself Donuclly impaired h's
information to a number of Democratic members Of
| the House.
and received the letter he should have bnrncd H. rs
he docs all anonymous letters and that wOnll
have been the end of 1t. When he returned
| home he asked Mr. Manning and others who knew
about the letter to say nothing abOut It, The secret
| appears to have bern kept until Mr.. Springer gave
! his vote against Donnclly last Thursday
Nobody who knows Mr. Springer Will believe for
a moment that his vote on any que 'lon could be
| bought aud the accusations printed IN me Fosf
would hardly deserve notice If they were
| In, fnfhprsn
ming. There is q general impression that
| those accusations were investigated by Don
| nelly himself and Minnesota people in Wasl'-
| ingion who know al about that gentleman declare,
| tint tho ANONYMOUS letter is ""lie of
| Donnelly'a tricks" Tho accusation OF BIT
! bcry against Mr.. Springer Is about as
well founded as the accusations OF bribery brought
| by Mr. Donnely against Mr. Wasilburn. II n tho
general impression among members OF the House ol
both parties that Mr.. Manning has placed himself III
| very bad position. lie appears To be IN
| dend earnest however, and has sent letter tn Mr..
Springer notifying him hat the snbjrci must he m
| yrstjgatcd Mr.. Springer declines 10 allow the con-
tents of this letter TO be made public at present.