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

W dSn1nSCOH, 1l.-hODlnSOn lnLIO-
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 postoffice COM
mittee, reported a bill for third
grade or auxiliary letter carriers,
with pay of 5000 year; also for
substitutes and for promotion at the
end of 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
10 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 fra nix, Hewitt denied
that Robson hsG 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 MIN 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 fellow mem
Der to call him a liar, perjurer and
q 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. Gap
plduse by democrats, sneers by re-
publieanSl; then he (HeWitt) de-
clared the contracts were born in
sin, were corrupt, and he charged
the iniquity fthem against Robe
son.
Robson said he had heard Hewitt
say he objected to being called 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 knOwn
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 yilest
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. ''toe 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.
Robeson-It can be proved.
Hewitt-No, sir; l defy you to
prove it.
RObeson-I ask fer a committee
Of investigation on this subject.
Hewitt do not ask for it.
Robeson-I will aid you with all
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 OF
the bill admitting Dakota by the
18th Of December.
The rules were suspended and the
Senate bill passed, 126 to 20, for the
sale Of tbs old New York postOfice
buildings, for not less than 5000,
900.
1i0urnnd