Letters of General Joseph R. Hawley to Charles Dudley Warner, The Hartford Daily Times, January 30, 1930. Hawley's extended speech in congress on the bill appropriating money for the Centennial was delivered on May 4, 1874. It did not overcome the objections to granting the money, but Hawley had hopes of ultimate success. He lamented inaccurate reporting of congressional debates and was anxious that i the country should understand the situation. "The bullhead that reported my Centennial speech," said Hawley" left out all the points that were good for anything and only put in what he thought was sensational, my dig at Dawes" Hawley was sure he "drew blood from Dawes" and assured Warner, writing on May 11, that "some of us have not done with him yet" Hawley reported that he kept his temper until Dawes spoke and did not lose his balance then. Dawes had inclined to carping criticism of the plan to spend public money for the exposition and cited the financial status of the government as an objection. Hawley thought his objection far-fetched.

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