The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-24
INSULT TO GEN. HAWLEY
HE SAYS THAT ABRAM GRUBER OF
 NEIV YORK IS 4 LIAR.


 And He Says 1t Several Times-First Time in His Life He Was Brutally Insulted In Meeting of His Own Party-A state- ment From the Senator Which Does Not Have to be Clarified,
 Hartford, Oct 23.-In reference to the insult offered General Joseph R. Flaw ley at the Lion Park meeting, New York, Wednesday evening, General Hawley tonight said:
 q regret exceedingly that the press have given so much attention to an un- pleasant incident in which was in volved in a republican meeting at Lion Park hall. The facts are so garbled by the lies of Abram Gruber, the chair man of the meeting, that I am com pelled to tell the story. F. A. Sumner, a courteous gentleman, conveyed to me the invitation to speak and I accepted. l had no information as to the other speakers. I was kindly escorted to the meeting by MT. Matthews and MT Sumner. He said he had been selected by the committee to preside. He said General Horace Porter and MT. Depew were expected, but later said that MT. Depew was not coming. That left the evening to General Porter and myself.
 We agreed that was to speak first and take, say, fifty minutes. MT Sum- ner told me that one Abram Gruber, a committeeman, wished to preside and he had yielded Gruber called to the T,. for fifteen minutes. Gruber announced me. He took his seat within two feet of my left elbow, instead of sitting in the usual first line of chairs. I had spoken about fifteen minutes when Gruber leanded toward me and roughly said
 You have just twenty minutes left.
 T was greatly surprised and hurt, but mentally selected certain topics to close with, In a few minutes Gruber said:
 You have only five minutes
 ''I brought my remarks to a close and told Gruber I would never come among such people again
 q sat by MT. Sumner a few minutes, but he had not heard what Gruber said. Telling Mr. Sumner I was going, I started for my hotel, MT. Sumner &C., companying for a few minutes, ex- pressing indignation and denouncing Gruber. Gruber was grossly insulting. MT. Summer called the next morning to express his regrets and disgust, and said that MT Depew fully agreed with him.
 "Gruber says I had spoken forty minutes when he first spoke to me.
 He lies.
 1T had spoken about fifteen minutes. He says he told me, Porter is here, and he also wants to speak
 "He lies.
 T had been chatting with General Porter, and knew his plans and de- sires.
 "He says General Hawley spoke for an hour
 "He lies.
 T spoke about thirty-fve minutes. half. I have not spoken so long in this camp Laign. The Advertiser says I was reported as saying If I had him be- fore me here I would show him how I would personally resent the insult
 T said nothing of the kind. would neither speak to nor write to him. If l had been told that there were to be any other speakers that General Por- ter and myself I would have cheerfuIly yielded at any time. It is said that MT. Quigg came in I did not know it. Af- terward it was said that MT. Depew en- tered the hall, but seeineg me speaking said he would not interrupt, and went away to his other meeting.
 "For the first time in my life I was brutally insulted in a meeting of may own party.
 (Signed) "JOS. R. HAWLEY.