Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-03

WARRINGTON, D. c.,
April 9th. 1893


While discussing the speaker.
ship of the next house of repre-
sentatives the other day some
body asked why Frank Hurd, of
Ohio, had not been brought ont.
Undoubtedly he would make a
good speaker, but he is not a
candidate, and Notwithstanding
his popularity there are reasons
Why his candidacy would not be
wise or successful. But this re-
minds me of q circumstance
connected with the electoral
sount Of 1867. Mr.. Hurd was
q member Of Congress then, and
one of the ninety democrats
who stood out to the last against
the outrage Of counting in
Hayes. He had in his posses
sion facts which would have en-
abled him to defeat the count
had not his high sense of honor
prevented his using them.
His room at Wormley's hotel
was next to the one in which the
famous conference ef republi-
can leaders was held, and he
overheard, by accident, some Of
the stragetic schemes for de-
ceiving the democrats and pro.
positions made to certain south
ern members in order to gain
ac0uiesence to the work Of the
commission. Yet Hurd never
made any use of his knowledge.
Neither has he since ever gwen
, any account Of what he heard.
He told me once, says q we'll
known western correspondent,
about the net Of his being made
on involuntary esvesdropper,
and whom I asked him whit he
heard, he replied, "Enough to
hsye defeated the counting In
Of Hayes beyond a peradven.
ture, bnt ! could better have a.
forded TO have MIN counted IN
than to have used flleg1timate
means 70 defeat tnat END. n
could not anord TO go down 70
history - an eavesdr0pper, and
30 1 held my tongue, not even
telling any OF my associates un'
til the hight was over"
One Of our local journals apply
says that the Union Pacific rail-
way company, accustomed to
duns from the government VIII
not be surprised to receive the
letter cent recently BY Secreta-
ry Teller to Sidney Dillon, Esq.,,
president, making an urgent de-
mand for the immediate pay.
ment Of The unc0ntested sum of
o. 1885, 1924 So. No part Of this
debt is disputed, not even the
8S cents ; neither is any part Of
it paid or rendered for payment,
but it is now hoped that Presi.
dent Sidney Dillon will either
renew the old excuse or nut M
q better one. A discouraged
claimant once said the plan Of
the government was to assume
that every bill it is asked to nav
is fraudulent, and then wear out
the claimant In making him
prove it a few times in the de.
partments and before congress
sional committees. This state
ment came, of course, from the
Unframed imagination of an en-
ragged claimant, and it is only of
use in passing as suggesting
that. if It were true. it may be
said that the government has a
match in this railway, SO long
and 40 wide. It is the only cor
poration in the world with more
assurance than the Washington
paslipht company. and runs its
j trains as pIacidly while owing
millions to the government as
though it held a surplus invest,
ed in gas stock. Secretary Tel
Ter reminds President Sidney
! Dillon that by the act Of 1873 he
, is enioined from paying, making
: or voting any dividends t(
stockbolders Of the compan,
mill the Ave ner centnm of ne
oarn;ncs and other monev du,
! the roSarnment has been Maid
9 and after calling attention /,
Q this law. the Secretary Of tn,
q interior SAWS to the road in 81
a fact that II will do well to ma,
what IL incontestibly due. an,
; % into the law Of the dispnte,
narts ofthe debts afterward. til,
navment Of her renuiremenf 70
. ~ vaor ond;ng Dacamhar 1895