Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-31
MR.. GOODIES ADDRESS.

hOu. JOuu oOOuO uuo ioodOA oA oNSASSo
to the voters of the Second Congressional
district, positively declining to be candi.
date for Congress from that district. In
the address he goes for Malone, Edmunds,
and Hoar. and the Bell Telephone, with
gloves of. He gives o long history Of his
nomination and rejection as Solicitor Cen
eral, and says when the history of the case
is fully understood, all fair-minded men
will agree that he has been made the
victim of star chamber proceedings, which,
to say the least. are not at all creditable to
the American Senate. Mr.. Goode asserts
that certain Senators have done things
which they would not have dared to DO II
the light could have been turned fully upon
them, and that they refused to give him an
opportunity to confront his accusers and the
witnesses who were summoned to testify
against him. "They have" he says, "con-
Indictment or trial. Further on he says:
"Ny rejection was brought about by com.
bination of forces and pooling of issues be-.
tween the American Bell Telephone Com
PAW and William Malone. In the dis
charge of my duties as Acting Attorney
General directed the institution of suit
to test the validity of the Bell Telephone
patent-a patent which, according to the
sffidavits of many respectable citizens,
was obtained fraudulently, surrepti'
tiously, and upon false suggestions.
For this offence the Bell Tele-
phone Company-represented by Mr.. Hoar
| in the Senate and by Mr.. Ranney in the
House determined to crush me, if possible;
and they found in the person Of VIM. Ma.
hone willing and active coadjutor, who
leaped to the opportunity of gratifying the
! private grudge which he has cherished to-.
wards me ever since he asccrtained that
would not wear his collar in Virginia and
would not CO operate with him in bringing
disgrace and dishonor upon the State. No
witness has testified that at any time, or at
any place, have had any knowledge of or
any completely with any election fraud
whatever 1t has been published
through the associated press dispatches
that during the debate in secret session
Mr.. Edmunds charged that had 'dickered'
to secure my confirmation that had prom
ised certain republican officials to retain
tnem in Office in the event of my confrma
ton, and that he had letters in his posses
sion to prove it. If Mr.. Edmunds made the
statement attributed to him it was infa'
mously false. challenge the production Of
the letters. If they are not produced,
charge the Senator, who claims TO be q
Christian gentleman, with a deliberate vlo'
lation of the ninth commandment, to keep
which he prays the Lord Sunday after Sun
day in the sanctuary to incline his heart.
/ In addition to Mes:rs. Malone and Ed
munds, Mr. Geo. F. Hoar was conspcuously
active against me. | would speak of him
more in sorrow than in anger. He does not
intend to be bad man, and would not know
ingly sell himself to do a mean thing, but it
| is my deliberate opinion based upon personal
acuuaintance with him and a close observa-
ton of his public career that upon the sub
| isct of the ballot at tho South he ia hope
| less fanatic So far as that matter Is con-
cerned, he in utterly incapable Of doing JUS
tice to the white people of the Southern
States"
In conclusion Mr.. Goode says: Permit
me to say that while the American people
may feel but little interest in my fortunes
as an individual, they cannot close their
ewes to the fact that the rights of the cti'
zen have been struck down in my person.
In the name Of Senatorial courtesy great
public wrong has been committed, which
| forshadows the rise of a dangerous cabai In
the government. If we would preserve
/ the constitutional balances of our system
and not pass under the yoke OF an upper
House of Lords such wrong should he
vigorously assailed and denounced. 1t be-
hooves every patriot to cry aloud and spare
not until the evil and the plot are fully nn.
| derstood by the people,"