The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-23
MORGAN ON THE DEFENSIVE
His Hearers Begin Leaving Before He
Finishes Speaking.

His Attempt to Vindicate His Attacks
on President Oleveland's Admins
tration Not Well Received-He Be-
gins by Explaining Why He Voted
for Fred Douglass - The Hawaiian
Report Taken UP Next-Sticks to
His Assertion That Cleveland Was
| Nominated by the Use of Money.
Montgomery, Ala, April Ex-senator
| Morgan made his second speech in his
| senatorial campaign here last night, to an
! audience which crowded the theater.
| The bulk of his speech was devoted to an
explanation of his political record, and in
answer to structures made upon his politi-
cal conduct by the Montgomery Adver-
tiser. After discussing the tariff, he ex-
/ planned at length his vote on the confir-
nation of Fred Douglass for marshal
of the District of Columbia His ex-
| planat1on, in substance, was that at that
time federal troops were in possession of
the capitol building in Louisiana and
! South Carolina, and aside from motives
OF political expediency, he voted for the
| confirmation beca lse two-thirds of the
people of the District of Columbia were
republicans, and if they desired negro
! for marshal he was willing te please
| them in this wish Just as he would vote
to confirm negro for federal Judge, if he
| should be nominated TO serve on the
! bench at Boston. In other words give
them dose of what they want to impose
on the southern people
THE HAWAIIAN INCIDENT.
The senator then took up the Hawaiian
| incident and defended his course, which
had been severely criticized blythe Adver-
tiser. He began by referring to his report
and commented on it. after reading from
| 1t, by referring to himself as IAN Ala
| bamlan, acting in good faith, y and as one
"who was able to save the credit of the
| people Of the United States and the
Democratic party" After defending the
course of Minister Stevens he related
an incident of the investigation made by
the Senate committee wherein, while
| giving his testimony, Minister Stevens
broke down several times with sobs when
it was necessary for him to refer to his
daughter, who was dro Rned while leav-
ing vessel in making visit from one
island to another and said; "If my only
fault is that | did not in this report abuse
that old man at the time he was suffering
the pangs of death for his daughter, let
the world accuse me-"
He concluded his explanation of his
Hawaiian report with the following re-
| markable declaration: Fellow citizens
you would have been ashamed of me- if
had been led off by partisan howl got
| ten up by unfair men, and laid aside jus
tice and followed a political crowd either
to laud man or to destroy him. -
oLEvELAND's NoMINATIoN.
n In reply to another act with which the
! Advertiser had taxed him, that of declar-
ing on the floor of the Senate that enor-
nous sums of money had been used to
secure the nomination of President
| Cleveland, he quoted at length from his
having said that "a man who
is capable of a slander on his
party is fit for no place in this world out
side of the penitentiary, read letter
from Senator Hill, OF New York, indors-
ing his (Morgans) statement. Senator
HIPS letter concludes: "I have no doubt
that an honest investigation would dis
close the truthfulness of your assertion
tions."
Senator Morgan then quoted q CONVEX
sation with Senator German, in which he
| makes Senator German saw: You are
correct about all this. | heard what you
said on the floor of the Senate. If
! could have objected to it | would have
! done SO, but I could not do it. l could
| give you a written statement, but in do
! ing so | would implicate other gentlemen,
and L have no authority to do So"
ALSO INDoRsED BY BRICE.
| Senator Morgan then read letter from
| Senator Brice, lndorsing his Morgan's
statements. Senator Morgan's other au-
thority is Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Is
land, Senator Morgan said: ''Mr. Aldrich
! answered that every one who knew any
| thing about such movements knew that
| money and influence were used to secure
the nominations at the respective conven-
| tions, respectively of Mr. Harrison and
! Mr.. Cleveland, for the reason that they
did not differ in their opposition to the
| free coinage of silver or as to the finan-
cial policy of the United States"
! Senator Brice was quoted as saying
that he fully indorsed the statement of
| Mr.. Aldrich.
Senator Morgan apologized to his audi
ence for this attack upon Mr. Cleveland
and the Democratic party. His vindica-
tion was received in silence, none of his
| audience greeting his vindication with
any sign of approval. To quote the senator,
he said: Now am sorry to have this to
do; ] am sorry to have this TO do"
repeating his sense of regret, because it
does reflect in some degree upon the DO
litical methods pursued in New York by
democrats as well as by republicans 1t
should De stated Jnab senator morgan naQ
stated in the Senate that money had
been used with success by both parties to
secure the nominations of Mr.. Harrison
and of Mr. Cleveland, and he referred to
it as IA coalition among the republicans
and democrats to murder silver"
HIS HEARERS WALK OUT.
"Now," the senator said. ~ have an
swered the questions put to me by the
distinguished Journal (the Advertiser)
that seems always ready with bill of in,
dictments against me- and / will wait and
see whether MIR. Brice, MIR. Goreman and
Mr.. Aldrich are to be indicted for politi-
cal perjury for having furnished me with
this, when there was not man on the
floor dared deny it,"
The senator then took up the silver
question, but the audience appeared to
have had enough of the senator's vindica-
tion and began leaving the House. and the
senator abruptly closed by saying: II
have not closed by a great deal, but
have exhausted your patience and nothing
remains for me but to thank you tonight
for the patient hearing you have paid