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dwelt especially upon the expenditure,

by General Babcock, on San Domingo;

of a large sum of money laken from

the Secret Service Fund, for the pur

pose of promoting intercourse with the

West India Islands, which Seward had

prevailed on Thad. Stevens to have in

serted in the Appropriation bill during

the war, and the President impressed

Sumner with tbs idea that he feared

an attack in Congress for tbst expendi

ture. Poore adds the opinion that

Sumner thought the President had

oome to enlist bis services in defending

this expenditure by General Bab

cock, bat tbe President meant tbe trea

ty for tbe acquisition of tbe Dominican

Republic. The President and tbe Sen

ator misunderstood each other. After a

while the President promised to send

General Babcock to call on the Senator

next day with copies of the papers and

left. As Sumner escorted him to tbe

door he told bun that he was a Repub

lican. a supporter of the Republican

Administration, and that he should

sustain the Administration in this case

if he possibly could. After he had ex

amined the papers, he meant to sus

tain the expenditure of a $100 000 in

rash. ffiO.tkgl in a ligt t bat'ery and

muskets purchased at New York, hul

the President meant the treaty. Major

Poore’s statement thus removes a grave

historical doubt, sod seems to set at

rest the stories recently published of

the catiso of the difficulty between

Grant and Sumner.

Tlie Senate Committee on Privileges

and Elections meet this morning to re

ceive the written statementsof Kellogg

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Eureka daily sentinel. (1877). Eureka, Nev., 1877-10-27. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84022044/1877-10-27/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Eureka daily sentinel, 1877-10-27.