The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-18
HOUSE

Washington, Hutchinson intro
duced several resolutions in the in
terest Of American prisoners in Eng |
land; also calling on the secretary of
the navy for the instructions under |
which Commodore Nicholson threat |
ened to fire on Alexandria; whether
American sailors were performing
police duty in Alexandria under a |
British admiral, and by what au-
thority. Referred.
Bingham, from the pOstofice COM
mittee, reported a bill for third
grade or auxiliary letter carriers,
with pay Of 5000 a year; also for
substitutes and for promotion at the
end of a years service.
The Senate bill, for an additional
industrial training school for In
dian youths, and authorizing the
use of unoccupied military barracks,
passed.
Hewitt, rising to parliamentary
privilege, called attention to the
sentence in the Record purpOrting
TO have been spoken by Robson In
attacking him (Hewitt), and assert
ing that HewItt'S presentation of
the navy question was false While
claiming to be frank, Hewitt denied
that Robson haG said any such
words on the floor, and the official
stenOgrapher found no such words
| in his notes. Robson had no right
then to put them in the Record. The
place to attack nun was OH the floor,
face to face. He now requested the
| Speaker to have that sentence
stricken from the record Of the
| House.
A bitter controversy enSued with
Robson, and upbraided Hewitt for
his connection with the MOrey let
ter, and ridiculed his claim to be a
greater man than Peter Cooper.
Hewitt said he saw nothing
worthy of notice which was said by
the man who allowed a fellow mem-
Der to call him a liar, perjurer and
3 thief.
| Robson accused Hewitt of print
ing speeches never delivered on the
same subject. He did not admire
an animal which shrunk from the
face of man and prowled around
graves. (Referring to Hewitt's attack
on Isaiah Hanson, now dead) He
could not say how much Of his
speech was delivered. He intended
TO deliver it all and accepted the
responsibility of it.
Hewitt finally declared Robson
worthy only of utter contempt. zap
plduse by democrats, sneerS by re-
publicanSl; then he (Hewitt) de.
clared the contracts were born in
sin, were corrupt, and he charged
the iniquity ofthem against Robe
son.
Robson said he had heard Hewitt
say he objected to being called a SON.
in-law Of Peter Cooper, and the
time would come whom Peter
COOper's pride would be that he was
the father-in-law of Mr.. Hewitt
Peter Cooper's name will be knows
long after that his aspiring son-in-
law is lost and forgotten. The
forgery Of the MOrey letter was a
crime Of the deepest dye and vilest
iniquity, and while he did not
charge Hewitt with having written
} it, he considered man who stood
by a telegraph window and tele-
: graphed to California, 'to0 late for
denial" after the dead President
, had denied it, that it was absolutely
known to be genuine, committed a
crime most detestable.
/ Hewitt did not do it.
II Robeson-It can be proved.
Hewftt-NO, sir; | defy you to
, prove it.
RObeson-I ask fer committee
Of Investigation on this subject.
Hewitt do not ask for it.
RObeson-I will aid you with al
my might in the investigation.
Brown insisted on the regular or
der. The Speaker refused to strike
out from record the Objectionable
words.
The House refused, 103 to rs
to fix the date for consideration o
n the bill admitting Dakota by tn
h 18th Of December.
The rules were suspended aud tn
Senate bill passed, 126 to 20, for til
y sale Of the old New York postOfic
buildings, for not less than 5000
f 600.
is Adjourned.