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THE TIMES, WASHINGTON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, lyuv.

timent and Btain her honor; ashamed with th'
keen. hunifating repugnance the Apostles iei
toward Judas, the patriots at Yorktown for Ben"
diet Arnold.
II I cared to bring such things into
the Senate, l could give that gentleman
few more instances that would not be yer;
pleasant to him. l am not on my fee
today to make any defence before the Sen
ate, because when the Committee on Privt
leges and Elections had this matter before
them | went to The chairman and to indi-
| vidual members of the committee anc
begged the privilege of being called before
them and put on the witness stand. was
told 1t was not necessary that any evil
dence should be produced.
Now, with reference to the political
phase of this question. and that is all there
| is in it, l have no reason to believe. iiol
do / believe, that the Senator from So:th
Dakota expects that such a harangue from
| him will produce any effect upon this coun-
try. / will not take the time to answer
the Senator from South Dakota in placing
| before the country what he considers ar
guments to induce the people to desert
the principles of the Republican party and
follow him as the Moses who expects to
| lead them out OF the wilderness OF this
Democratic-Populistic combination. think
| he will fail n that. l have sat in my
seat sometimes and wondered II the man
| was sane to have the audacity to appeal
| to a patriotic and intelligent people with
ssich rot as he has put into the Record =
| oh. no, Mr. President. the gentleman
| will find that he is mistaken in the people
| of the United States when he attempts,
| through mud singing and accusations. to
| influence their decision when they are
called upon at the polls next November
| to decide upon the principles that are at
! iS nd ha
personality 1 will stand up against him
| and compare my character to his. /
| will let him tell what he knows: then
will tell what know about him.
Mr.. Cnrter,s Statement.
Mr.. Carter-Mr. President, in the course
of the observations made few minutes
ago by the Senator from South Dakota
(Mr Pettigrew) he thought proper to
make the statement that a gentleman
highly respected throughout the United
States not present in this Chamber and
having no right to be here to defend him
self, made to the Senator on board
steamship. in midocean, I suppose. certain
statements relative to the contributions
said to have been made by him to the
campaign fund Of 1892 and in that behalf
suggesting as supplemental to the conver-
sation alleged to have taken place on
board of the steamship the statement that
the Chairman of the Republican National
Committee for the year 1892 had subse-
quently practically verified the statement
said to have been made by Mr.. Cramp on
board the steamship in the course of con-
versation alleged to have taken place be-
tween himself and the Senator from
South Dakota. Inasmuch as this state
ment. put in the form the Senator from
Outh n r IN
upon me, assume it to be my privilege
now to reply.
First, it is alleged that Mr.. Cramp.
citizen of Pennsylvania. stated that he
gave SfG0. eco to the Republican campaign
fund of 1892. / do not believe that Mr..
Cramp ever made that statement. Mr..
Cramp could not have truthfuliy made
that statement. and / believe him to be
a truthful man. Such contribution never
was made.
From the Senator from South Dakota
this morning came the first intimation that
has ever reached me, directly or indirectly,
that Nr. Cramp ever claimed to have made
any such contribution. Through the eight
long years that have passed since 1892
have met Mr.. Cramp repeatedly, and in no
manner or form, by insinuation or direct
statement has MIR. CraNp intimated or
suggested or stated that he had made any
such contribution, or that any contribution
made by him. If contribution was made,
had been in any way diverted from the
channel intended by him.
Campaign Committee Methods.
When campaign is organized by the
Democrats, the Republicans, or the Popu-
lists, it is fact well known that the ex-
ecutive committee appointed by the Ma
,,,,f.s tha
paign appoints, on it's own motion and for
its own convenience, what is known to
each OF the committees as an advisory
committee. The executive committee does
not pretend to make the collections, its
work being confined to the conduct of the
campaign.
The Republican committee Of 1892 Sc
lected about fifteen gentlemen Of the high
est character and standing for the purpose
Of acting upon this advisory committee.
That committee was not authorized to
make any promise of reward for any con-
tribution and the character of the men
absolutely forbade indulgence Of the sus-
picion that they would either accept or
exercise such an authority IL given.
l am led to believe that the supposed |
conversation on the steamship with Mr.. |
Cramp was pure creation of the imag- |
ination precisely as was the conversation |
assumed to have taken place with me at a
later date. Eight years have passed since !
that campaign, and yet my memory con-
corning conversations is fairly tenacious. |
If this conversation with the Senator from
South Dakota ever occurred it would GER |
tainly have conveyed to me the informa-
tion he pretends to convey to the Senate,
that Mr.. Cramp, highly respected citi- |
zen of the State of Pennsylvania, had |
charged what the Senator assumes today |
that he charged in the conversation on |
the steamship, to wit, that having con- |
tribut % $4,000 to that fund the contri- |
button was diverted from its course and |
not applied as he thought it should be.
If the Senator from South Dakota had !
at any time between 1892 and this date
suggested to me that such statement had
emanated from Mr.. Cramp. due regard for
my own honor and integrity and that Of the
eminent citizens Of Pennsylvania who
acted for the committee in that State
would have impelled me forthwith to call
upon Mr.. Cramp for an explanation.
Can any Senator or honorable man any
where believe that being charged in con-
versation with an illegal. unauthorized di-
version of s400, 900 nothing would be said
about 1t. that Mr.. Cramp would not men
tion it In the repeated conversations that |
have occurred since then. and that the
committee. consisting of a member from
every State Of the Union, would be per-
mitted to rest under the mputation of dis
honorable dealingR The inference is too
violent. II assumes corrupt purpose on the
part of too many people,
The conversation alleged by the Senator
from South Dakota TO have taken place
with me never took place on the face of
this globe. That is pure creation of his
imagination, and l am at a loss to know
WHY In the course OF a debate involving