Yesterday was warm and balmy as a day in June. Business so
crowded to-day that I was unable to clear my table, which is unusual, for I
make it a point to dispose of all current business daily, though to accomplish
it I am sometimes unable to get away until late. Had many calls from Members of
Congress. The Committees of the two houses are announced. Hale is Chairman of
the Senate Naval Committee. In the House, Brandegee of New London is
substituted for English. This exchange is not a good one, is made in bad faith,
and, after two distinct interviews with Mr. Colfax, without consulting or
apprising me. Brandegee's name was not on the list which Colfax showed me, nor
was it mentioned in either of our interviews; on the contrary we had an
explicit understanding that the New England Members on the committee would be
retained. The President has, I see, a right appreciation of Colfax, but in this
instance there is an intrigue lying behind it.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1: 1861 – March 30,
1864, p. 484
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