Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-02
THE SoYNToN-KEIFER WAR
A. View ed by One Unprejudieed In the
Matter.


WASHINGTON, February The Boynt5r-
Keifer war goes on without interrupt m.
Ii is ore OF those cases where all other
things being equal good character is likely
TO tell The ex Speaker in detailing his ac-
count of Boynton approaching him with a
corrupt proposition was careful to state
that no other persons were present in the
room at the time of the alleged interview,
thus putting it beyond the reach OF any
outside testimony 10 determine whether
or not any such interview occurred. This
question therefore is entirely one OF verac-
ity between the two men. Keifer says the
corrupt proposition which he describes
minuteiy was made to him by Boynton.
Boy nton says he never had any CONVERSE
ton with Keifer of the character referred
10 and that the latter has invented Sian
derous story by the aid of his own imsgi-
nation 70 get even with the correspondent
for criticising his arbitrary and greedy acts
while Speaker He ssys further that he
felt the same sympa for McGarrahan n, t
was felt by other correspondents for man
who was beirg
Crushed Ouf of His Rights
by millionaire corporation and without
having any other interest in his case, wrote
g note to the Speaker asking that he be
given chance for hearing on :he floor OF
the House, and that this note alone fur
nishes the only four 1atiou on which Gen.
Keiter hiss constructed lying charges and
sought to bolster them up ~ referring 10 he
NV,f he Of 20 a
Of the press in a different proceeding.
The difficulty about this case ls there.
fore that it will probably never be absolute
" settled except as people decide to be-
l.eye kelfer or Boynton. The iatter's in
tegrity has never been successfully aSsailed.
Like many other correspondents he has
sOmetiuPs made mistakes. For instance
the letter. which General Keller charges
him with having forged, i. e. the one recon-
mending an unsayory politician for the
Cincinnati postoffice, was described in the
C7-res pondence of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette as aving been
Taken from the Files
Of one of lie departments and was actual
ly copied there by one OF BoyntoD's ascist-
ants This assistant, in copying, made
mistake in the date of the letter. mistake
entirely immaterial to the point then in
Coutroversy-and on this slight inaccuracy
General Keifer denied the letter and
charged that it was a forgery. Other per
for!nances of the ex.Speaker have been
equally disengenuous. He testified before
tse Committee on accounts that Tyson, the
House stenographer, whom he turned out
at the END of the session in order to let
NEPHEW draw the salary during the recess,
res: gued voluntarily. Tyson now testities
that Re resigned under direct compl!Sion
of the ex Speaker, who gave him the "h ice
of resgning or being turned ont. O'her
similar var q ionsifrom the truth will be
reported by che Committee on Accounts IN
their investigation, and while, as before
sIGt,d, Boy nt1n may not be
Able 10 Absolutely Convict His Oapo-
pcpt
of the greater meadacity chsrged in the
special investigation wh'ch was sccurcj in
si.ite OF the opposition OF tre ex-Spsaser,
the little reputation OF the latter has LETT
IS likely 10 De wiped out in other invest.
gatjCns.