The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-10-08
GEDDES RECORD.
Washington Correspondent Gives
Some Fresh Points On 1t.
His support Of Free Traders, His Vote to
Gust Peelle and Seat Manning, Etc.


Special correspondence of the Leader
WASHINGTON, Sep. 2.--Judge Geddes,
who represents, or rather misrepresents
the Fourteenth Ohio district. has gained
considerable popularity as politician
by the peculiar methods he adopts to ac-
complish his purposes. He follows the
lesson of St. Paul to become 'all things
to all men" in the hope of winning some
(votes). In the church and among the
brethren pattern Of sobrlety, an OBJ
server of church forms and ceremonies,
and among The worldly "hail fellow
well met" or in Rome doing "as the
Romans do" In Ohio, upon the stump,
he is strong tariff man, jealous ad-
vocate of protection, particularly to the
wool-growers, and his friendship for
the soldiers he would have the public be-
lieve, is of that ardent, unquenchable
character which impels its possessor to
make any sacrifices and brave any dan
gers to serve the object Of his regard.
But how different here In Washington
Instead Of selecting as hIs choice a tariff
Democrat for Speaker, he uses all the
Influence at his command In favor of
that outspoken free trader, Sam. Cox,
and then, to cap the climax, when he
fails In caucus to secure the nomination
of his favorlte candidate and wishes to
make his loyalty to the free trsders still
more emphatic, he rises In his place on
the Sd day of December last, on the or
ganizatlon of the House, and Gays:
"Mr. Clerk, I nominate for the
Speaker of this House for the 48th
Congress, Hon. John e.. Carlisle, q
Representative elect from the State
of Kentucky, O man of acknowl-
edged pre- eminent qualifications
for the Office" TSee Congressional
Globe, Dec. A, 1883, A.
Yes, and he might have added, a man
who is preeminently conspicuous as a
free trader and will organize the cOm-
mittees wholly in the interest of British
free trade, and against protection to
American industry.
Tie vote of Geddes to rob Hon. STAN
ton j. Peele Of his seat in Congress aud
give 1t to that rene gade son of ".Bill''
English, is sample Of the love he
entertaips for Union soldiers, as well
as his peculiar regard for justice aud
right. Mr.. Peelle enlisted as soldier
and served all through til war with
distinction, was elected to Congress hy a
handsome majority over English, who
inherited from his faGher all that Is
vile In politics and revolving to every
lover Of freedom; man, who, If bis
own home papers have spoken the truth
of him, and about his debaucherles, is
as vile 10 morals as In politics, If such q
depth of corruption can be reached. II
was necessary to crafty the older
English, who was here In person, and
the Infamous political crime was con-
cocted and committed, the soldier and
statesman was turned out without the
least semblance Of justice, and the rene
gade son voted into his place. A greater
outrage has not been perpetrated in the
halls Of Congress since the government
was founded than that Of robbing Mr..
Peele Of his seat. and the boasted Christ
Ian statesman Geddes was one of the
prime movers and advocates In the base
conspiracy. Not only this, but in every
instance he voted with his party In
similar cases, and even went so far In
his frenzied partizanship and disgrace.
full subserviency to the ballot box
suffers and shotgun politicians Of the
South as TO vote In favor OF giving
Chalmers seat In the Mississippi cas-,
, to Manning, when Manning himself
had not the brazen jmpudence TO claim
} the seat. Chalmers was elected ovel
; Manning by more than 1000 majority
hut the tricky cut-throat governor gave
} Manning the certificate and he sent 4
to an attorney In this city having M
Q confidence that so glaring an outrage q;
. to admit him to seat under sucf
d circumstances would be sanctioned ever
by his own party. Converse, Of you
!. state, however, hunted up the attorney
o got the certificates and then with tn
n aid OF your sanctimonious Geddes AM
Q other bitter partizans undertook t
; force Manning into the seat, but the,
ignominlously failed.
From the wiles Of such an unpriEci
pied representative as Geddes, ma
the good Lord deliver the Fourteent
district. Z. L.
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