The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-05
VOLUME XLUI.

III iulhiIed that pledge and how baseIv h,
betrayed the confidence reposed in him. +
made manifest by the statements Of III.
gentlemen named on the floor Of the
House, on the fifth day Of April. instant
as recorded in The Congressional Record. !
quote:
Mr.. SPEAR-He, OR. Springer, sp
preached me in the committee room anC
urged that the evidence justified that Mr.
"a-hourn should be unseated but he said
distinctly that he did not think tie Tor ,c9uld
Jasttfy rs in rejecting tie returns from baat
county,
1t must be remembered that if the returns
T from I7anti county were not rejected. Mr.
Donnelly would not have q majority and
therefore could not be seated Therefore
while Mr.. Springer wa. assuring me that
he would labor with Mr.. Spear to induce
hIm 10 vote - seat DonnelIy, he was using
his influence with Spear 70 induce him 70
vote against seating D1nneily. Such gros.
dupiicity Is surely deserving OF the severe-t
condemnation. Mr. Springer also promised
me TO labor with the greeuback member OF
the committee. Sir, Weaver also testified
on the floor, April 9TH, as follows:
Mr.. WEAvEE-I had n conversation
with him, (Spriuger); asked him how he
stood on the question Of I,anti county. He
said he believed the subcommittee, (Mr.
keifer (Eepy, as To that county was CON
elusive, and that IRE c5u'f nat ilgfuAy Nro5r
oQttle yote ofttaf c1aa'y
To Mr. Phister also lac said that be pro-
posed To- vote against seating Donnelly.
Now, my charge, that he promised me TO
work with Ne-sr-. spear, Phister and
Weaver to undo the evil effect of his utter
ance7 at the consultation of March 4th, is
thoroughly sustained by Gov. Armdeld, Of
North Carolina. q quote from the Con-
gressjoaal ReeorE)
mir. AEMFIELD. lie, or. Springer,)
went on to say to me that he hai yepeItsdiy,
At tie instance NJ lfr. Hgnial taIte{ 10 Hr.
Spar, of Geolqia, a,.d Jlr Clark, Of Netc
Jersey, trying tn get them 10 60 ,riH as, and
Mr., Springer added, that he found them
both as solid as a rock
He, Springer, had himself produced the
solidity of which he spoke. Neither can it
be pretended that he labored with Messrs.
Weaver and Phister to induce them to vote
with US on the resolution To unseat Wash
burn, for they We're both Of them unhesita-
tingly in favor Of that proposition from the
first and 50 voted. His promise to me was
that he would work with the dissenting
members to induce them to vote to seat
Donnelly, and we have seen how honorably
he performed his task.
ON Tuesday, March Both, the Committee
of Elections held a meeting; Mr.. Springer
was absent in New York. Before his depar-
ture, he came to my seat in the House, and
informed me that he would he absent at the
next meeting, but that he was paired with
Mr.. Calkins, n Republican member of the
Committee. lie said; Il Will show you
Just how the Committee will stand to-mor-
row on the two propositions if a vote is
reached" He then took q piece of paper
and wrote down with a lead pencil, the fol-
lowing names and figures:
a. Springer; ,, Manning; 3, Colerick; /,
Sawyer; >, Beethoven; 6, Phister; 7,
Weaver; 8, Armfield."
Those" he said, evil vote to unseat
Washburn; and you will carry the resolu-
ton, but on the second resolution Ito seat
DonuclIy,) you viii be beaten; you will
lose these votes ;" and he drew a pencil
mark opposite the names of Weaver and
Phister: leaving his own name unmarked,
as among those who would vote to seat Don
nelly This memorandum, in Mr.. Sprin-
/ I.,,-
sion.
The Nstr York Tribune, about this time,
published an article, saying that Mr.. Sprin-
ger was "dodging' the vote on the Donnelly
Washburn case, by absenting himself from
the meetings of the Committee.
At the meeting of March Both, called at
tention to this SANDER, as | believed it then
to be, and stated that Mr.. Springer was not
"dodging," that he had repeatedly assured
me that he would vote to unseat Washburn,
and seat ponnelIy, and that he was paired
during his absence with Mr.. Calkins, on
both propositions | furthermore stated
that the Clerk of the Committee of Elec-
tions (Mr. Etter,) then and there present,
Gan appointee and constituent Of Mr. Sprin
ger.) had come to me only the evening be-
fore. and stated to me that Mr.. Springer
WAS paired with Mr.. Calllins, (Repubican,)
and that he, Springer, was favorable to
Donnely on both propositions.
Mr.. Calkins then rose and said, that he
did not feel that it would be right for him
to remain silent in regard to his pair with
Mr.. Springer after the remarks just made;
he then proceeded to say, that he could not
state the particulars of the pair, but he i'm
pressed me with the idea that there were
some secret limitations on his pair with Mr..
Springer.
Immediately on Mr.. Springer's return
from New York, l told him everything that
had occurred in the Committee room during
his absence. whereupon he, Springer, said:
Mr. Calkins ought not to have made any
such statement. l was paired with him on
both propositions. Is not that satisfactory,
Mr. Manning >" | replied, that ''it was en-
tirely so, if true" 1 then said "Mr.
Springer, if you have had any different I'M
Outstanding with Mr.. Calkins, from what
YOU have told ME, | should regard you as
an imposter in the ranks of gentlemen, be-
cause such conduct would justify the charge
of gross duplicity and dishonor.' To this
he replied, Certainly" Here the CONVEX
sation terminated.
Now let US see what Mr.. Calkins had to
say in explanation of this mysterious pair
with Mr.. Springer, in his remarks on the
floor of the House. when called upon, April
18th, by Mr.. Springer, to testify in his be-
half l again quote from the Congressional
Record,
Mr.. Before the gentleman
from Illinois, (Mr. Springer,) went to New
York, he called upon me, and asked me to
pair with him both in the House and in the
Committee. l Immediately
-. IL, .,,.,..;1,, II, him % u how he stnnd