Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-09
MT. Hewitt HeardFroIn
He Emphatically Denies MT.
 Woodburn's Accusation.
SAYS HE NEVER ApoLOGIzED.

MT. Woodburn However. Refuses to
 Withdraw His Charge-.uessrs. Stock
 dale, Hopkins, Mansur, Taylor, Richard.
 son, McAdoo and Morrow Talk Tariff.
 WASHINGTON, May 9-The time of the house yesterday was devoted to tariff discus sion. MT. Bryce, of New York, had read telegram from Mayor Hewitt, of New York denying that he had ever apologized to the British minister for having offered resolu. tlon of inquiry as to the case of O'Donnell, telegram read as follows:
 NEW YORK, May G. Hon L 5. Bryce, H. R., WaShington:
 Have just seen the reports in newspapers. Wooduura's statements. reported, simply untrue. Brumms statement is probably due to forgetfuiness. He is entirely wrong. I never made any statement whatever in the house on the O'Donnell business, and never made any apology there or elsewhere. There was nothing to explain apologize for. The story that apoogizel to the British minister was a lie, which contradicted at once in the newspapers in which it appeared. No charge was ever made in the house, and hence I never had occasion there to deny it. The newspaper charge ut. terly false, and was contradcted by MT. West as well as myself. You were quite right to inter- pose fiat contradiction, and thank you for it. Will write more fully. ABRAM S. HEWITT
 Mir. Hewitt's letter was also read. It SUD- plements the telegram, and gives full details of his several actions in the matter. He explains how through his efforts the resolu- tion asking the British government for sus pension of the death sentence of O'Donnell was placed before the British government twenty-four hours after its introduction. He characterizes as tan unmitigated lie" the %I,o4 minister for this action, and states that he denied the story at tho time through the press
 ''No reference" says MT. Hewitt, "was ever made to this matter the floor of the house." Continuing, he states that the reso- lution introduced by MT. Brumm instructing the foreign affairs committee to inquire whether he had apologized to the British minister was reported back with the state ment that the committee had been unable to obtain any such information. MT. HewitS encloses with his letter newspaper extracts and letter from the British minister in which tie minister says that he--Hewitt- only made no apology to him, but that he urged favorable conderation of the resolu- tion.
 In conclu,:ing his letter MT. Hewitt says:
 Is2ppo;. tat this statement disposes in full (althou,h I know it will continue to be repeatedl of the nal cto,il slander Of which have been the victim. l: this i.'tter aid these documents can be inserted m Tile Record, there will at least be a com! !'te Ntsi In"i official denial of the false hood wic!. iisS ne many times repeated in the newspapers hut. far as know, has never be- fore b. e:l uttered O the floor of the house.
 MT. Bryce thought these documents were sufficient t, d;sprove the charges brought agair5 {. ra.itlve Of his by marriage and an honor:ti.ie ;;;e 'Itieina'i.
 M* N-col;urn, of Nevada, said that he did not ,i,.. British roipiStar,c f1a,,i.J delli>s: of the charge; in fact, it was an ad- miss 'n It was no better authority than the gent e:nan's statement that he was relative by marriage to A. S. Hewitt He had been informed by reputable gentleman, who was one of the committee delegated by an Irish organization of America to investigate the truth of the charge made against MT. Hewitt, that result of the investigation, he (his informant) believed A. s. Hewitt guilty of the charge. Upon this he (Woodburn) had made the charge, and he would not take it back. He needed better authority to do so than the letter over the signature of A. S. Hewitt, the defendant in the case.
 MT. Brumm, of Pennsylvania. said he had agreed with MT. Bryce to make certain changes in The Record; that he had agreed to have inserted the word ''explanation" for the word "apology." He was satisfied with the changes that had been made, even if The Record had been fixed up in way that it should not have been But when the charge was made that no explanation had been made by MT. Hewitt he (Brumm) maintained the charge was incorrect.
 After further remarks by MT. Brumm the house went into committee of the whole on the tariff bill.
 MT. Stockdale, of Mississippi, continuing his speech from last Saturday in favor of the bill, said that the cotton planter had received little consideration in past legislation. The cotton industry was the favorite of the col ored man. He should no longer be held in servitude to the gigantic protective industries from which he derived no benefit.
 MT. Hopkins, of Illinois, spoke against the bill. The fact could not be kept from the l people in the coming campaign that the | Democratic party stood committed unequi | vocally to the doctrines of free trade: that party had come into power by pracuicing g | system of false pretenses upon American peo pie unparalleled in the histry of politica parties.
 MT. Mansur, of Missouri, spoke in support of the bill, contending that the interna revenue system should be maintained for tn, payment of pensions and the remainder O the war debt.
 J. D. Taylor, of Ohio, opposed the bill ane denounced free trade 8 fragment of thu rebellion, as dangerous to the country in 1SS
 as secession had been in 1S61
 MT. Richardson, of Tennessee, supported
 the bill. He criticized the Republicans fo
 antagonizing every effort which the Demo
 cratic party had made to fulfill its pledges O
 tariff reduction. The bill was a wise, con
 servative measure which, while it would no
 break down the protective system, woul, give some relief to the overburdened people,
 MT. McAdoc, of New Jersey, favored tn abolition of the internal revenue system a the best way to reduce the surplus Ere trade was not one of the principles of tn
 Democratic party. The incongruities of tn
 tariff laws should be removed, administra
 tive reform should be inaugurated, and dutie l <,l. l.: