Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-12-17

send for persons anu papers. ne ioco
f5cos oanosed the action of the wings at
every step. One would have supposed
tha, some among them might have been
found sufficiently honest to have denounc-
ed The transaction in their seats aud thus
have furlhered the wbigs in their attempts
to have the matter thoroughly investigal-
ed. The power of party seems. in this
transaction, to have been paramount 10
every consideration of justice and virtue.
o, il is a sad state Of things, when pro-
fessedly honorable men can connive al
corruption like this merely 10 screen their
party from well merited odium.
The Speaker was authorized 10 issue
his warrant for the apprehension OF Mar
shall The Investigating Committee met
directly after the adjournment in The after
noon and issued their subpenas for wit.
nesses. The Sergeant-ai-Arm brought IN
S. r.. Marshall. who was accompanied BY
his counsel. As no witnesses were pre-
sent the Committee ordered the Sergeant
alarms 10 keep Marshall in custody and
then adjourned until Thursday.
As there il no law TO make the offering
a bribe to member of the Legislature
penal offence, Marshall and his counsel
seem to regard the only punishment with
which he can be visited as of small mo
ment. Tina. punishment is simply re
primand from the Speaker. If brough, in
guilty, however that reprimand from Gen.
Browne will be whitening and scorching
10 the lpnt.
After the minutes were read on Thurs
day morning in which the statement Of
King was briefly recorded. a strong at
temp. was made by the locos to strike il
from the Journals. This was met by the
wings in most mastery manner. Messrs
Sells, Bowie. Comslock. Cochran, Hebard
aud Goodrell exposed the attempt on the
part of the locos To strike from the Jour
nails the only evidence on which was has
ed The charge agains, Marshall, Mr. Bow
ie. although his remarks were brief. cleo
,rlfied The whole House by his eloquent
exposure of The loco focos. After the Ia
COS were foiled in heir attempts to strike
from the Journal the evidence Of Dodge's
participation in the transaction, Messrs
Day. Olmslead, Bonham and other loco
focos made several Intellectual motions to
get the investigation out Of the hands Of
tie C"mmlttee. III this while, Marshall
himself, aided by several Of his satellites,
were violating the rules of the House by
suggesting to OImsiead, Leffingwel and
others their course OF action. Several mo.
lions were in this way evidently made al
the suggestion Of these persons and the
prisoner. They even went so far as TO
impeach the integrity of Mr. Cochran by
declaring on The affidavit of Marshall that
be believed Cochran would not be Impair
llal in his action IN Committee. But this
was not all. Mr. Olmsiead as last resort
moved to pack the committee by adding
two out and out loco focos TO the same
This was direct imputation on the i'm
pariialty of the Speaker and an insult To
the Commil,ee, evidently made 10 shield
Marshall, and secure report that will
exonerate him from blame. Palpable as
was the design. every loco foco. on the
yeas and nays being called, voted for
Ulmstead's motion. A maiion was then
made by the locos to 90 into committee
Of the whole and investigate the case in
that way. The wings would doubtless
have acceeded To this proposition had il
| been made in season. But the nvesligal-
ing Committee had already held two or
three meetings on the subject-he wit
| nesses had been summoned-it had been
| declared that the investigation was TO be
| conducted openly and on account Of
saving the time oil The House and that the
whole proceedings of The commi,.ee would
be brought, before the House and made
| pnblic-and that if the examination was
conducted in the manner pointed out by
| the locos IN committee Of The whole house,
The proceedings would not be entered up
on the Journals and known to the public
Al a distance-it was thought best by The
wings that the Investigation should be
conducted as first ordered. by The Com
mltee. The matter is now in the hands
of the Committee. who will go into thor
ough investigation this. Thursday evening.
This afternoon, Mr Klnsman asked
leave to introduce Report. No one
knowing what the report was. leave was
granted. when. behold il pnrported to be
the report of The minority in the contested
ease Of Anderson. which was decided
yesterday morning when the committee
were discharged from the further consl-
Iteration of the subject. After the report
was read, Mr. Hebard moved TO reject il
giving some conclusive reasons for SD do
ing. Mr. Goodrell wanted to know with
what proprie,y the gentleman could make
report when the House had decided The
question and The Commiltee had been dis
charged! Mr. Sells, one of the majority
Of the Committee made some explanation
showing The absurdily of the movement
Of The gentleman. Mr. Cochran though
if Mr. kinsmaa would consent 10 call hi:
Report Protest he had constitutional
right to ask. its being made par, of til,
record. Mr. Smvih of Linn, viewed i, a
Protest. Mr. kinsman. for tie pnrpos,
Of getting it on the journals. consented t,
re-chris,en the thing. Mr. Hebard with
drew his motion TO reject. and of cours
II goes on the journals.
The Senate have accomplished bu, Ii,
tie as yet. Both Mr. Browning and D
Fullenwider are Sc, down as amung III