The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-02-22
THE DALLAS WEEKLY HERALD THURSDAY FEBRUARY 92 1888

auch was the opinion Of my friends Rnt
myself This opportunity has boon pre-
saIted 10 y1u In the Record OfitOday, Hnt
In View of your silence, feel That ! can dl
no less than call your attention TO The mnt
ter and ask n response.
am, sir, respectfully, etc,
fs..sdl H. W. TowNsHEND.
daskolrs Reply
House OF Representatives. Washington, D q
Feb II lion. X. " T0wnshond ,,,..,.
SfR.--Yourg by hand of Hon. William
Morrison has been carefully read. You
saw that YOU leave me "the opportunity 10
Judge, from stenographic report Oi my re
marks as found in the Record TO day
whether you had not misintcrpreted my
language and replied thereto IN, unwar'
ranted terms" In reply, | beg leave to
submit clippings from your remarks as
they appear in the Record. draw
my pen beneath the words to
Which / desire to call your special
attention. Haskell here quotes literally
from the Record, giving the most
striking passages of Townshend's charges
and his own reply, and contln-
uesl The ways and meaus commit
tee, or at least those of that committee
who voted to report this bill TO the house,
are, by your remarks, made 10 appear as
mere tools in the hands of a lobby OF hired
monopolists Such a lobby | designated a
corrupt and scandaous lobby and your
remarks make the ways and means
committee merely agents OF LOBBY
| lists or scoundre9. In consultation
with my party friends, and with some
of your party friends, l learn that the In
depreciation | put on your remarks at the
time, and that | now put upon them as
they appear before me in plain type, is the
one that reasonable men are compelled to
adopt. From articles in this connection
that have occurred i'll the public press, l
learn that it is the Interpretation put on
them by the occupants OF the reporters
gallery of the house very generally. In
answer, therefore, to your implied ques-
tions. contained in that portion of your
letter that first quoted, | reply: First,
do not think | have misinterPreted your
words and. second do not think | replied
thereto Sin unwarranted terms"
Very respectfully,
GSigned1 b. G. HASKELL.
Townsends Reininder
House of Representatives. Washington, u. u,
heb 18th. Hon. ID. q Haskili.
Sin: Yours of the 18th instant has to-day
been handed me by Hon. William Morrl-
son, Inasmuch as you say some OF your
party friends insist upon the Interpretation
which you have placed upon Language
used by me in debate, and prefer TO resi-
under imputation of corrupt action ana
n
epithets in response to such grave actlon as
Won insist have been made by representatives
of the people on the floor of the American
congress, [ am willing to leave you where
vour own construction of my language mas
placed you. am gratitied 1T does not APP
pear that any other member OF the ways
and means committe felt that my remarks
were intended as reflection upon his IN
tegrity, | have never known an instance
where a gentleman who believed himself
charged with personal corruption sought
relief from the charge by the use OF epl'
thets. w -
Townshend furnished the letters no tne
Star reporter AID explained his position IN
the matter as follows: = nave heIeto ;n..
refused to be interviewed on this subject;
hut, as Haskell has rushed into print, there
is. of course, no longer any improperly on
nv part in breaking silence. Before ana
since had an opportunity to furf'.'r r'Tiy
to his remarks in the house, have ".toH 0h
the advice of my democratic coheaSues
and friemds. AS advised by them, cores
pondence was opened, the termination
OF which is satisfactory to me and my
friends. The whole affair is just this;
Notwithstanding my disclaimer IN the
house, Haskell insists that | charged him
with corruption; or, to use his rontler
phraeeology, with being q scoundrei, ana
[ have informed him that l am Wiling 10
leave him where his own construction OF
my language has placed him. IL he IS CON
tented to answer such serious lmputation
with words, / CERTAINLY do not feel Justified
in taking further notice OF him."
REERDELL.
WASHINGTON, Feb 19.-Re5rdell again took
the stand in the star-route case today ana
testified that among the papers stolen from
him was a memorandum in S. w, Dorsey's
handwriting, containing tabular state
ment of the number OF routes ana tue eN.
oected increase Figured W on the basis OF
$50 to 200 per cent J; the column was headed
40. ]. b. followed by allowances of 33l
pertent witrs,s went to New York to get
lie original books of the firm for Nc
Hugh; saw Dorsey NJ the hotel,
and he was greatly excited
end accused witness of beng traitor, ana
of holding interviews with MacNeagh and
James Witness also became excited and
left; he went to Jersey City and from there
teleeraphed Dorsey as follows:
s. w. Dorsey, Alhermarle Hotel, New York:
The affidavit story IS lie; confidence be-
tween us is gone. resign my position and
will turn everything over to any one you
may desig. ate.
Witness said he received letter and two
teleGrams IN response to the letter signed
5, w. Dorsey could only remember the
the lies about witness, and he sought him |
In tho name of his wife and children not to !
20 back on him he implored Reerdell for T,
Gods sake to reconsider anything he may |
have done, or take no steps lurther
until he Dorsey saw him; during |
the conversation with Dorsey in New York, |
the latter accused witness OF making ath- |
davit against him before MACY eagh ana |
] amos: witness told him his action had I
her In his Dorsey's) behalf, and that he
b d been assured by MacNeagh that if be |
Dorsey would come over and make full |
ana open story Of the postal frauds, the !
at orney-genera would not even use him as 1
a government witness against anybody else |
next saw Dorsey at his residence; Dorsey |
asked what had been going on between wit
ness and MacNeagh, aud inquired II Reer.
dell intended TO ruin him. Dorsey asked |
how he could get ont of the trouble, and |
witness said be would do anything lac |
could TO helphim except TO commit per !
iurv. Dorsey said, dammit, what does that
amount TO when friends fate is at stake2 4
I've been your friend for long years; !
took ,ou from the district government |
when knew you would be discharged as
soon as | went out OF office ! Will be your
friend from now on; tor Gods sake don't |
ruin me and my children, you would be |
the death of my wife,. Witness became /
much affected at this point, tears sprIng |
10 his eyes and his voice was low and 1
broken. ~ promised" he continued Ito !
do all could, and said ! would make sfli /
daviis denying everything | had said % /
RiarVeagh ! drew out a statement ofall J |
has said and done 10 MacNeagh; Dorsey /
added TO this and struck from 1t, finally 1
making the document ! sw0re to; the I
unper was stolen With the Other papers /
b5r-ev and myself took the atiidayits as
prepared % the White House; ! walked f.
d0rn stairs bile Dorsey end lngersoll I
went M. THAT is the last ! saw OF Do
W-fufss had a Newspaper copy o. the oil
Iarff ard uHi1tcd oar the portions written
rv U1rsev AMI himfeiL ANY Statements
NJ 10. 200 c0nta nei der1Cltory ~ TIE arUT-
ne-- general have bcen inherited by DIr.rg.