The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-02-20
FORAKGRs APPEAL,
An Eseitins Heaus i1 washinGten'''lhe
Great His Quarrel Between Foraker ana
0TOayen0r

WAslnsGToN, February la Special l.
There Was much gossip in tie llnlel lpp'
bies last night, even outside pf one Cur
oles. over the dramatic scenes enacted 1er
fore the ballot hoH committee yesterday
evening, especially the raw between tpf'
Foraker aud Congressman .lrnHyehprt
Foraker made strong appeal Tor luhlee
before the committee Ia closing hlh hllp
~ the case, "ihere are some people WHO
have been uoharliahle enough hAll hg
Lalf nBina from his scat, "in lhlnh lhhl I
gns auiity of conspiracy Tor tic prnlue'
tl0n of this forgery, The ground uielg
susploinn solely upon the evidence OF
tbat notorious aG0undrel and selt'cnnVlgI
ed f0rQer there waving hls hall ~ we
direction Ut Wood, who sal ul lie nlNrl
slde Of the table Rupremely lnllWerth, 9
thls whitening RTrHlgnmrnl MY hpllpl
In the qenulnene6a ~ that paper was
erlme enough lowering hih tone hlu
speaking with q percepiihle felnpr lh hls
voice, "and shall regret tho bluhurt all
my life, but The erlme litS plelpnu w
think ne gully Of ID w ulnun ln,o n,,
helnoua, ID ID that could lphgepu llpln
nv hIqh poslil0n 10 traffic Ia ihe feplilh'
lions of men Of the highest Integrity WIN
"A eommou s0aundrel aud ipfger llke llln,
The whole thlng has been Tie hitlerehl OK
psrieuee of ny life, murliiyluH hhu liW'
Initiating 10 tho last degree, hut from hn'
ginnina 10 end th0re has not been 4 single
moment when tho whole world might not
have known all that knew
Then Wood took the stand ana gave
FORAKER the worst deal he has yel fneelN'
III don't want 10 mix up ths matter any
more, aud There ID no use going any tur,
ther. You,n pointing hls index Nnger al
Madden, "e0ncuCted this whole thluRl ana
van b pointlng at Foraker "furniHhed ne
fhs names. Tho whole thlng was done
under YOUR direction, l thought you
knew what you we're talking about. You
wanted d buffer Tor Hon hulletworlli ana
got q buffer ! know nothing except
what YOU told me. A God 10 my Judge
that 10 tho truth ~
Chairman Mason tried 10 stop Wood,
hut ID was Of no use, Everybody Ia tie
room Nas s4eited aud gathered around
Wood, Foraker aud Haddon hat like mon
gtrlck dumb by the terrible accusation,
Tbey turned red aud white by turns ana
when Wood had finished Foraker leaned
over and said ln husky WhihpoE EVERY,
thing be anya ID fllao,N la tile midst Of
lie excitement Chairman Mason, without
any motion, aummarlly adjourned ihe
committee,
There Was an equally violent scene just
before this, when Con, Grnhyohnr was
giving HE testimony, Foraker asked 70
have Groayrnor sworn, ln order 70 cross
examine him. IL was about letter that
Gen, Gr0syenor had written Murht lihl'
glead during the campaign Cow For
Akcr asked GroHyeuori
Gov Foraker, "Do you romcmhcr got
tlnga dispatch Ia October reading Ike
this; Trust ln mo, Charley hhu VIII
stand by you,'' ~,
Con, Gfosyonorl "l'r0m whom"n
Gov. Furakeri "Neycr mind who from'n
Gen, Grnayonori "No, Hirj | have no
recollection Of anything Of the sort II 10
not very fair way 10 treat q witness,
olthor I ihuk you got your Information
from some constitutional liar,'
Gov Fnrnkorl "l have got most or my
Information from you,
This auumcd 10 greatly rattle Groaycnor
aud ho grew suddenly very rod'hCndcd,
but whom the chairman suggested ihh'
thia mtitor was entirely outside OF the
scope OF the Investigation, the matter was
dropped,