National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-30

thatthe resolution involved question OF privilege,
put would DO glad Of the judgment OF the house
Mr.. Calkins. however declined to appeal, and
us MI helier rose to speak TO the resolution there
was good deal of interest and excitement mani.
iested ana many members congrcgated around
him aud listened intently to his remarks. lie was
knew that this resolution was offered in conse-
quence OF statement that he had made with re-
gafd 70 II; " Boynton. He would send to the
clerks desk to have read statement that he had
made to Mr.. Boynton in n letter in response to a
scurrilous letter of his:
The clerk then read the following:
House OF REPR ssENTATfyEs, U. SMASHING
TON, d. c., Jan. 2s, 1sSi.-H. V. BoYNroN.-About
IL o'clock last night some person handed me az
ny rooms an envelope which seemed to be ad-
dressed in your handwriting, aud which contained
printed card of yours Oh the subject OF your
guilt In the matter Of Il scheme to pass bill
through the last congress-
table, which had been left there in my absence,
marked personal" dated the twenty.sixth In
slant, asking an Investigation of your practices by
the house, and threatening to publish the letter
unless by to.day's session'l caused an investga.
Your conduct has placed you so far outside OF
the pale Of gentleman as to make II q degrada-
ton 10 notice you.
You have been so oflen shown to be liar and de.
hmer OF character that II has become unnecessary
70 deny anything you say. And you conceive 1t to
be the business of congress to occupy It's time in
investigating your bad doeds-to thus dignity
you.
Your colleague Nv. n. Shawl in deramtng me,
ana W presided last spring over a meeting of u
few members of the press to condemn me- was
many years ago shown land he was cOmpelled To-
admit the TACT as appears by public recOrls) to
have taken $4,000 as lobbyist while CORE
spondent, and so far us know he has had the
privilege of the press gallery ever since. That
meeting refused to investigate the truth Of the
charge against me at your aud his instance, when
they mu have been known by both tu be fulse.
DO you think the present house should investigate
ench ease of your violations Of all manliness by
daily lying about mo in the press md Otherwise
anu appealing tn others do the i'm
formed? Doc not such conduct on your part for
leit all right you may have to sit with gentlemen
shall not move the investigation you seek, be-
caue do not believe 1t is the business of the
mouse OF representatives to Investigate your cor
rupt conduct.
a lobbyist.
The members of the last house land the Record
shows the facO know you lied In your publication
that opened tho press gallery for the admission
OF members' wives the last night Of the session.
All the members of the present house know you
lied when You published that when seats were
ahout 10 be drawn went In haste to Mr.. Cannon,
OF illinoisand asked him to request the privilege
on pelng allowed TO select one &c, TO which OBJ
lection was made. These aud other like matters
need no investigation by tho house to learn their
ialSity | know you forged a letter last summer
and published II to the country purpOting to have
been written by me to the secretary of the treas
ury, giving date and about u matter Of no
grave Importance, but, as l was informed at the
time merely to iniure me.
Your printed card has been rightfully inter-
preteu by the public as an advance confession OF
your quit rs lobbyist.
II, when you told me, ncnr the close Of last con-
gress, was n loOl for not making money while
speaker, as Blaine and Colfax had done, and that
there was still plenty to be made If the McGarra-
nan Dill could be gotten through, had thrown
you, as you deserved, from my room suppose 1t
would have been wiser for me.
| But up to that time you aud had been on good
terms. although had been warned by friends
and your public reputation to beware of you. l
treated YOU lenienty, although l have never
spoken TO or recognized you since. You have
from that time TO this devoted your work to by
nll manner of falsehuod assailing my character,
You did not say who with YOU were Interested in
the M cGarrahan bill, but intimated that you had
collea CUES. Ny knowledge of the lobby clique
was OBJ tanned from you. l have had no desire to
condemn the correspondents, for think most OF
them are gentlemen, but all have sutlcre in pub
lie esteem from your bad example, and some
Of them have been influenced by you
heartily ashamed Of Correspondent Of news rs.
paper shSpd regard his Position as Of hgh
least truthful. l do not pretend to saw that Nc
| Gar ahnn had no merit in his original land claim
| but when you explained TO me that the bill you
desired to get through congress provided Tor the
issue of many millions of acres of land scrip,
which would be of about tho value of the Valen-
since more). and that there would be abundance
10 divide, for the first time learned the scope Of
me bill, and at once told you 1t would not pass
| the forty-seventh congress. have letter from
you. dated Feb. p, 1885, asking mo 70 recognize a
| member named to move to suspend the rules and
| talk. No person has ever spoken to me in oppo
| sition to the McGarrahan bill and my position
against 1t was taken, as you know, at the time yor
explained Its nature and purposes.
leave II for the public to decide whether the
lobby who work for big jobs at the expiration of
congress do II for pay sentiment.
Tho committee investigation you spoke of has
given you more concern than it has me, but it has
afforded you another excuse or opportunity tc
write ana have published more untruths, pretend
ing that they are the result OF the testimony dis
closed before the committee.
dislike the idea OF noticing your letters at all
but as you propose to publish IL, IL may be due t.
the PUBLIC that some of the facts should go GU,
| along with it.
ofcparse you would not publish yours without
]. WARREN KEIFER,
At the conclusion of the reading Mr.. Keifel
| again took the floor, and said that in converse
| ton with some members he had used the unfor.
| tunae expression that there WIS u "clique" Of
| newspaper lobbyists. That might be true or II
might not. 1t seemed to have been reported Ia
| Gen. Boynton that he had used the expression.
He a. once rushed into the papers aud coIpmencad
denying that he was guilty of any connection
| with the MCGarrahUn claim in the last congress
Certainly he (Mr, KeifeD had not mentioned 1t uE
| TO that time. Now this man, BOynton, appeared
| to be friend of his until about March last
when he came TO him with this bill holding Il
bill for the relief OF McGarruhan in his hard
| II should be borne IN mind that ON the twenty,
seventh of February Boynton had written him 0
| letter asking him 10 recognize Il member of the
house to move to suspend the rules and puss the
bill saying that he believed that IL was right, aud
putting IN the usual disclaimer that he lad amy
interest in it,
This letter Mr.. Keller also sent to the clerk:
desk and had read.
The letter 10 Us follows
FEBRUARY ~, lsS|-Dedr General: . McGarrahar
(you nave doubtless heard Of HIM appealed to me
to ask you TO give Dunnell n chance 10 ask a yor,
on his (McG. Dill. II has been reported favor
ably from the COMMITTEES.
10 have vote seems lair enough when on one
side Is great monopoly.
The bill appears To be Il iair one to both sides
| have no me est OF the IemDtpst Kind in Al
mater, but have thought Net. the victim of Il
itch corporation, and So lie Eds always had my
sympathy. ii. " BoYNTON
Continuing, Mr.. Keifer said that his impression
was that he did not answer that letter. but eithe
room when other persons were there. When he
room was CeGled he UeSan II conversation some
hing like this He said, "kriler, what do you
think think of sou p said, A." l don't know;
hope we'll" lie replied, 81 think you nre Il fool
| did not know what he mean. Loud laughter. j
He answered that had been speaker al the house
o. representatives. tAh might have made money
MS Speaker Blaine aud Speaker COllaN mad done,
| md then proceeded 10 sas, with this bill in lis
hand that there WAS plenty to be nude yet, If we
with tho details Of The alleged conversation, Mr..
| kUlRr stated that BuytOu explained 10 him the
| terms ana purposes Oh The uin. which confirmed
IN unsold part of tn claim, aud provided for the
issue of land scrip n lieu Of other rtlUns OF the
land granted. BOyutun then explained that the
bill, IN very covert way, provided for tue APP
prlisemeul OF port n Of The lands; that tic
money was to be divided by ~, and that that was
t. b. the measure OF tufheruud scrip, aud stated
that IL wuuli amount TO some millions OF acres,
aud also hat that land scrip Was of great value,
Then he called attention to he tact that Il vast
amount of money could be made out Of It. lite
lkellcrl had statement which he did not get
from BuyntOn, OF what would be the gllect of the
MCInIruhun bill. The amount of luuu sold ana