National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-08
Os,s Way How 1t Was Accommodated

Oss Way How 1t Was Accomplished.
During the debate on the funding bill Mr.. Chit
tenden, of New York made ringing speech
in its favor. In the course of his remarks
he said his friend from Iowa (Mr Gillette)
looked as if he would like to know how he (Chit-
tenden) had happened to be defeated for Congress
by Greenbacker, and he believed that he would
close his speech by putting on record what beat
him. He had it here in his pocket producing his
pocketbook, from which he took a printed slip of
paper. He did not know the gentleman who was
to succeed him; he had never seen him; he was
Baptist clergyman. That was all he (Chittenden)
knew of him until he heard that he was elected.
(Laughter.l This gentleman had protested against
the making of hats i'll the States prison of New
York. and there had happened to be an association
of hatters in the district and they had nominated
him for Congress 1t had been considered Joke,
and the regular Democratic candidate had been
nominated. The Democrats had come to him
(Chittendenl for aid to keep their man up but he
had said to them that he
WOULD NOT GIVE HALF A DOLLAR
to keep their candidate in the field that he could
afford to be defeated but he could not afford to go
back on the principles which had always governed
him as candidate for office. Then the Demo
tinued Mr.. Chittenden, standing in the space in
front of the Speakers desk, and holding up the
printed slip Of paper to the view of the members
who were standing in a circle around him on
the Friday before election a newspaper in my dis
trict charged me with being free trader. Laugh
ter The newspaper said explicitly: Mr.. Chit
tenden is free trader, and voted on the 18th of
March, 1873, with 122 Democrats'-there, you see
what man gets for being in bad company laugh
terl-'in favor Of the Wood tariff bill told the
editor Of that paper that opposed the bill and
oppose it; that my friend Hiscock here copper
fastened protectiOnist, voted with me. told him
simply voted to fix day for the consideration of
revenue measure, and that he might as honestly
have charged me with having
SHOT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
as having voted in favor of that bill, and left it
to him to correct it or not; and he has cor
rected it as far as know" Laughter The news
paper article, Mr.. Chittenden stated. charged him
not only with standing with the South on the
voted against the civil rights bill. He had voted
against it, and he was glad oft. [ApplaIlse.l "The
Solid South" the article continued, approves his
vote the civil rights BILL and Great Britain ap
plaudS his speeches and votes on the tariff ques-
ton. Laughter Let us send to Congress man
who all his life"-he hoped that the next Speaker
would pay attention to this and know upon what
committees to put his successor-"has done mantul
service in the cause of human rights; who repre-
sents the american doctrine Of protection to
type-"J. Hyatt Smith"-iR very large type
[Laughter.l
THIS WAS RIDICULOUS TERMINATION
of speech which he had begun in serious earnest
less He hoped that his successor would be a good
representative. He had been i'll the habit OF
preaching fifty times year from pulpit and he
had recently said that the House of Representa-
teri Meanwhile. in regard to this funding bill,
in the honest belief that it mad much to do with
the economic welfare. with the real prosperity and
the honor of this great Nation, which was to-day
beacon light to all mankind, and which promised
in the near future to become absolutely the mon
arch of the world, he appealed TO the House to
push away partisan purposes and come up to the
question fair, honest worthy representatives of
the greatest people ofthe earth. GApplausel