The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-07
ecTABLIsHED AUGUST "a, 1852

Finley has issued card and says Of the
charge Of Representative Springer that q
certain anonymous letter, dated March
4th and mailed March Sth, in which S. 900
was offered him II he would support
W. D. Washburne in the Donnelly con.
tested election case was written by me or
some one for me, l desire TO state une-
quivocally and positively that l never
wrote any such letter or employed any
other person to write 1t, and did not know
Of its existence till after Mrs. Springer
had showed it to Hon. George W. Julian.
Springer at the time he made the charge
also read letter Of mine dated March 4,
1880, in which l strongly urged him to
support Donnelly. There is nothing in
that letter l regret l did not speak, nor
pretend to speak, for Tlden. spoke as
a Democrat and in them Of Democrats.
believed that the State Of Minnesota
had been stolen away from the Democracy
by unparalleled bribery and intimidation,
and 1 was in favor Of restoring it to
the Democratic column Of States, where
it properly belonged. I had many times
conversed with Springer on the subject; he
had as repeatedly assured me that he
agreed with me in the views and would
vote 10 seat Donnelly on one week before
the date OF arrangements by letter.
Springer volunteered remark TO me that
the Democratic party had already received
as much abuse for the DonnellY-Wash-
burne case 1t could receive and he was in
favor OF going ahead at once and seating
DoDnellY. was astonisbed beyond ex-
preston when learned few days alter
wards that the Republicans were claiming
Springer as upon their side, / wrote there
fore earnestly and warmly because | did
not wish to see Springer iniure his own
and at the same time oppose
the great interests Of the Democratic par
ty.-I II epoke too strongly in that letter
or in any other way was guilty oil any
repeat It, have no hostili-
ty to Springer and no desire to do him in
justice. think, however, it would only
have been fair upon his part, when he
made so serious charge against me, II he
had demanded the Committee OF lnvesti-
cation and given me an opportunity TO
have defended myself on the records OF
the same body in which the attack was
made.
THE EXODUS INQUIRY.
The Senate Exodus Committee exam
ined Il. @. Solomon, Democrat, and Attor-
ney, ot,Atchison, Kansas. He stated that
OF the 2 900 cOlored emigrants who arrived
at Atchison, nine-tenths of them were in
a destitute condition and many OF them
were diseased. Regarding the aesirability
OF this immigration into their midst wit
ness said the universal sentiment pre-
vailed, not only in Atchison and the
country, but in the northern part of the
State, that they are detriment to the
State, because they are paupers and do
not produce anything, and also because
large number Of them who are able to
work, wont work.
Edward S. Mills and R. B. Morris, both
citizens Of .Atchison, gave testimony sup
porting that OF Solomon Charlton.
II. Tandy (coloredD, President OF
the st. Louis Refugee Relief Associa-
ton, was examined. He read and pre-
sented to the committee a memorial sign:
ed by about 1000 prominent white and
colored citizens OF st. Louis, urging Con-
gress to investigate the causes OF the exc.
dus. The memorial is accompanied by
the affidavits and written statements OF q
number OF colored emigrants, relating TO
the treatment OF the colored people in the
South, Referring to these statements, the
memorial says: "The story Is about the
same in each instance; great privation and
want from the excessive rent exacted for
land connected with the murder OF their
colored neighbors, and threats OF personal
violence to themselves. The tone OF each
statement is that OF suffering and terror.
Election days aud Christmas, by concur
rent testimony, seem to have been ap
pointed 10 the killing OF the smart men,
while robbery and personal violence, in
some form or another, seem to have run
the year round.
Mr.. Tandy also produced some docu.
mentary evidence, which the witness
claimed showed outrageous extortion on
the part OF Southern storekeepers In their
dealings with the colored people. Wit
ness said he was naturally curious to learn
from these refugees the condition OF affairs
in the South which caused this remarkable
exodus and had questioned a large num-
ber about 1t. Summing 1t all up, from the
~ ha aNa Ia 0I
pie he was led to the conclusion that bad
treatment and the denial OF their civil,
religious and political rights was the prin.
cipal cause of the exodus. Referring to
the political prosecutions, he said that
their statements all agree that there Is no
political freedom for the negroes in the
South, and, illustrating the danger appre-
hended by many OF them In voting, he
quoted remark made TO him by retu-
gee, who said, "If | vote the Republican
ticket wakes up next morning in a grave
yard" Mr.. Tandy thought $4,000 had
passed through the hands OF the Relief
Board, and that the exodus would never
cease until the Southern whites stop the
cruelties they practice on the colored
people.
TuE wAsnDURNE.DoSNHLLY CASE.
The House Committee on Elections held
a full meeting to-day, and it was expected
their reports would be presented in the
Observation-Disclosures case, which were
authorized at the last meeting to be made,
embodying the action Of the committee
upon the case. For some reason, how
ever, no reports were forthcoming, and
the time Of the meetingwa taken up with
the proposition to admit representatives
OF the press to the future meetings Of the
committee. Pending further dsliberation
ON the case, Representative Manning
offered resolntion that the meetings be