Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-30
Mr.. SPEER'S INSINCERITY.
THE Willy MARsHALIRRITATED
BY THE NEWS.

He Denies Changing from WimberIv to
White-Official Records which Give the
Denial a Smack of DupIieity-HOw the
"News" Correspondent Figures i'm the
Case.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-As regards
executive action there is nothing new in
the Savannah Internal Revenue Collec-
tOrship matter, but there are some other
things of interest. 1t will be remembered
that it was recently stated in the NEWS
that Emory Speer, the insincere. had
withdrawn his Endorsement of WimberIv
to succeed Pleasant, and had recommend
ed White for the place. The statementin
the News was secured from the files of
the Treasury Department. 1t is there in
black and white, and can be produced as
soon as Secretary Folger returns from
New York. But Emory Speer has taken
umbrage at what was printed
in the NEWS. A friend of Wimberly to-
day informs him by mail that Speer has
said in Savannah that the Washington
correspondent of the News has written
thousand lies about him, and that the
statement that he Speer) has made an
Endorsement of Waite is another lie
originating withx the NEWS cor
respondent. What is the use of all
this stuff on the part of Speer?
He knows that the NEWS correspondent
is newspaper man by profession, and
makes his bed and board in that occupa-
ton. He might know that a correspOn-
dent would neither forfeit his bed nor his
board by writing inaccurate matter.
The simple fact is that the correspondent
has told some truths about Speer, but at
the same time has never misrepre-
sented his checkered career, though
the correspondent must admit
that he has had some trouble in keeping
up with it, but the same letter which
your correspondent quoted in the begin
ming has the following: emory Speer
has been here for three or four days in at
tendance on this court. He says that it
is lie out of whole cloth that he ever
in any way indorsed White, and
that he is still for Wimberly,
but when Colonel Wade and | pressed
him to go to the telegraph office and send
a message in Wimberley's behalf he
wouldn't do it. We knew Speer too well
for him to drive us, and as a matter of
course we believe he has indorsed White
in every way he cOuld.'
The records of the Treasury Department
show that Speer has indorSed White 1t
is there In black and white, as Secretary
F0lger the other day told Gen. Longstreet
when the two were at Annapolis. Speer
is simply convicted of more duplicity.
For corrOborative evidence the NEWS
refers the paper to
General LOngstreet and the files
of the Treasury Department, if
he has not already convicted himself
in the facts previously mentioned in this
dispatch. In regard to White the follow
ing letter, received to-day from Augusta,
is quoted as follows, with the comment
that it seems to be anything to beat
Wimberly:"
white has an affidavit sworn to by
Fleming, United States Gauger, that he
Fleming had the advertisement spoken
of in the News dispatches put in the
without his Whites knOwl-
edge. You will doubtless take proper
steps to prove the facts. Neither Flem-
ing's nor Neibling's Justice of this Peace
affidavit can be true, as they are not le-
gally connected with Whites office and
could not have so unmistakbly advised
White as they afterwards really did"