Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-06-01
WASHINGTON.
The Election Case of Mackey
Against O'Conner Being
Argued.
The Speer- Stephens Correspond
ence Given to the Public.

first opportunity, which Will reclte
the action of the Speaker in refus-
ipg to entertain Mr.. Springers APP
peal from his (the Speakers) decis-
ion yesterday, and declare, in effect,
that, in the judgment OF the mi
nority, the Chair ruled arbitrarily,
and, in SO doing, violated not only
the rules of the House of Represen-
tatives, but the Constitution of the
United States.
Representative Speer, of Georgia,
furnishes for publication the follow
ing statement with regard to the
alleged issue between himself and
Hon. Alex I'll. Stephens:
There is DO issue between Mr.
Stephens and me with regard to my
telegram to DR.. FELTON,, which l also
gave to the Associated Press.
called on MIR. Stephens at his room
Sunday morning, the 14th instant.
[ had learned that morning that
committee of independent Demo-
Gratis was to meet in Atlanta next
day, and I at once told Mr.. Stephens
that | would telegraph them to
recommend him as the peoples can
didate for Governor, His secre-
tary furnished me some telegraph
blanks, and wrote the telegram IN
his name, read it to him, and at his
suggestion altered it in two particu>
lars. | have the original draft. The
telegram recited: Il know positively
he will not reject such recommends
tion, and that if elected he will be
governor of all the people, without
regard to party. The telegram was
true, every word of it. Mr., Stephens
denial does not apply to this tele>
gram, but to the telegram sent from
Atlanta to the Wes4ern paper,
stating that he had telegraphed to
the convention of Independents
that he would accept their nomina
ton for Governor" He sent no
such telegram. l sent no such tele~
gram, and the telegram [ sent to DR..
Felvon speaks for itself. MIR,
Stephens expresses himself annoyed
at the attempt to make an issue to
harm him and me, when none exists.
(Signed) EMORY SPEER.
Mr. Stephens appends to the foree
going the following statement, over
his signature: The above is substan-
TALLY true. What Mr.. Speer tele>
graphed DIR. FELTON, was strictly true,
though not by authority from me.
There is no issue between me and
BIr. Speer.
(Signed) ALEX. FL. STEPHENS.
WASHINGTON, May 31.--The vote
in the Senate military committee to-
day on the question of favo1ably re
porting Mr.. Sewell's bill for the re-
lief of Fitz John Porter was as fol
lows: Yeas-Sewell. Cockrell, Ma, e.,
Grover and Hampton. No-Senatos=.
Logan. Messrs. Cameron, of Pen 8
sylvania, Harrison and Hawley we =
absent Mr.. Cameron is known to
agree with the conclusion of the ma,
jority of the committee. Mr. Logan
expects that his minority report will
be approved by Messrs. Hawley and
Harrison upon their return to the
city, and says Mr.. Hawley has ine
formed him that he is in accord with
its main proposition.
The special committee of the
Senate to investigate the allegations
that money has been raised or ex-
pended by parties interested to in
fuence legislation affecting bonded
spirits, met this morning. The first
witness was Il. B. Meller, president
OF the Western Export Associa on
who explained the purpose of the
organization to be simply to protect
Western distillers from the dis
astrous consequences of over pro-
duction in connection with the fall
ing off in the export trade of some
16,000,000 gallons during the pst
year; that they had formed poo :,
and had raised, by assessment,
$72l,000, which was again dis
tributed among those in business
who had made losses; that
every dollar was raised from
distillers, and was distributed among
them, and that it was purely busi>
ness arrangement to sustain prices
In the home market, and to protect
the entire association from ruinous
losses by adjusting the losses of a
few. He produced figures showing
the amount of each assessment, the
amount each firm had paid, and
the amount each firm had received.
Mr.. Miller stated that there was no
business in the world in which pool
could be made SO readily as in the
distilling business, that the perfect
system of the internal revenue de-
partment served as a check, so that
it could be known to fraction just
how many gallons each distille1
made, and what he did
with it. He thought
present trouble came from over
production. When the bonded pe'
riod was extended under the Cadlsh
bill distillers sent agents all through
the country who sold whisky in
bond, with specious argument to
dealers. If you buy whisky in bond
now you will not have to pay tax for
three years. You can buy it now fo1
two dollars gallon, let it lie in bond,
and IN three years it will be worth
SIX, eight or ten dollars, and the re-
suit was, men that had before never
bought more than few gallons had
now all the way from five barrels up
ward lying in bond. That every
p3oy IN Kentucky went to making
"hlsky and continued to make it SC
long as they could sell it in bond
lie believed more than three-fourths
OF the whisky now N bond is owned
ny outside parties, other than dis