Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-13
Hon. John ". Daniel

My Dear Sir,--I bastento answer your inquiries
OF the 7th instant as - the real text OF my re-
marks in Richmond, which are reported 20 nav
been made concerning you. In point OF iacl my
references 10 any senator from virginia were
entirely imper-onal, and did not Know mat
they had any application to the present senators
from virginia. Let them SPEAK Tor themselves
and think they will not prove offensive 10 you.
| addressed my audience at some length upon
this theme-viz., that tue opposition 10 Mr.
Cleveland "a n candidate for ths presidency came
mainly from men who were orended because
Mr. Cleveland undertook when PRESIDENT 10
exercise his appointing power in accordance Win
his own Judgment proceeded on this thehe
about in these words: 49,.
There are In this country from 1000 TO 3OO,-
600 politicians who entertain tho iiea thal
they are involved IN presidential eiee-
tiOn TO the extent OF the auhihstrh-
ton OF the government service Wlihih
their distucts. great or small Mr.. Cle'e-
land conceived the idea that when the people
voted for him they intended 10 put upon nm tho
responsibility for appointments 10 the puoiic 81
| vice, aud he proceeded 10 take that resPonsl-
bility TO the disgust OF all the other would-pe
presidents. To such point had TINS eVli CONE,
| that senators Of the Uni.ed States deInahueu as
| a right the dictstion vi appointments In theH
own States
IL speak entirely without knowledge OF the
| facts or conditions in Virginia, Out II
| you had senator or senators curing rl.
Cleyeands administration, who are now
| opposed 10 his denomination. l VIII wager
| dollars 10 doughnuts that Mr.. Cleveland would
| not let them run the ofiices In virginia"
| At this point the audience made demonstra-
| tion, and / remarked TO them: 81 guess 1 INT
| mis- is ihe phraseology Of my remarks in their
| original LONELINESS as nearly as can recall
| them.
dislike 70 admit II. but II is n fact, that when
| | spoke these worLs was not aware thar either
| Of the present Virginia senators was IN once
under Mr. Cleveland, or MAS now opposed 10
| him. II there was any personal reelection upon
| YOU or your honorable colleague l was uncon-
have not any authority to state and have
never stated, that you were actuatod by per-
| sonal motives In your presidential preferences
| beg 10 assure you that | meant no personal
| reference TO you In my words, ana thahh you
for giving me this opportunity to state the exact
| facts 10 you before You make public aluslon 10
| the distorted aud false reports quoted In your
| letter. .
Please make such use OF this letter as you see
| ut, and believe ms TO remain, very respectfully,
''-' GEORGE FBKD. WILLIAMS.
Washington. D. c., May :, 1892.
The DlsPArCn gives below the reports of Mr..
Wnliams's remarks made for and published IN
| the two morning papers Of this city:
There are, said he, 100000 or 100000 chaps
| who want you TO elect them nj the same time
| you elect the President, aud they want TO run
me Offices ard run the President. Now, tins man
Cleveland has an idea that when you elected
| him you wanted his individual opinion. and you
| got IL. .-
wsutsd OF him they went back on him Laugh
| ter and APPLAUSE 1 am hitting IN tho dark
| aud don't know where l viii strike, but " this
was 40 IN Virginia will bet dollars TO dough-
| nuts that Il was because they wanted TO run tho
Offices lGreat applausel ! mus, have hit
| sOme;hi0g tnatlcki Laughter. l-Ttnss report
The opposition 10 Cleveland meant, he said,
| that there we're two or three hundred thousand
| chaps" from Maine TO California who wanted
| the people 10 elect them President also, aud
| wanted TO run the party and the goyernment
ANAs or STRONG OPINIONS
| The people, however, elected Mr.. Cleveland,
| aud wanted his indiv dual opinion on matter,
| and they generally got IL. he didnot pretend 10
know, he said. whom be struck but " virginia
| had two Democratic senators IN Congress du-
| rug MI. tleyeiands Administration who did not
agree with MIN. they won't back on him. He
terated that he was Ignorant Of the situation,
but II the Virginia senators during Clevelands
| term were against Cleveland no would bet dol
lsfs 70 dougfnuts that II was because they could
NOT run the cniees.-D.spateh's report