The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-20

these witnesses Unworthy OF belief but he could
adooIAeeper oil ths H0use and that he vas miserable
specimen OF humanity Only brief year axo however.
ho1n nSnsn , Ss' psed IN that Office ~ NJ gu.
pen g ommhsed hou office for maueasanos, where was
Mr.. BENNETT, OF New York, rose "a \ mint NJ ord.r
Mr.. ORR remarked INA, i came with : siepsI sraoe
ircrc Mr. Bennett Who ead denounced the vitnesess -
Of such an ,esios, Mr. Tpset and ne PAW
interested in eabishrg such fact would have Intro.
Mr. Gyow explained ihs' he had been inforual Mat
tie fant but that he did not make the stsA
mont OF bis own knowledge
his author.
Mr.. GRow-I have rad all I've got 70 ny UAush.
teri II did not come bom the member from New YOU
Mr. A MAR HALL and Mr. GAPHRzY AAKMAAL ~
rally said they HI e~ Mr. rr piS& Intimately, Ken
,uesan and bore ,nen .e nooy .s 70 s GOOD Saar.o.
v, uDtarly res,gned HIS charscer would favorably
COZ paro WITH that Of sry Gemoer in the House
Mr.. ORR So much for ne character Of this witness
II u total mistake TO- seutlenon 70 think that tho
commute have maze porte report. The socused
came before Them ard exsnined .itnesses on every
point He was not denied this privilege In single IN
stance
Mr. KusKr had no doubt Of the integrity OF the oon
mi 'ee but the evidence submitted In the pending oaso
wsH only summary, ana calculated TO have pre-
juoDAl hect on the mines OF the public The case was
strongly stated against accused. He would not
desl with Conversations suon IS Mr.. sweeney had
adducea, but with iscis tstsoiched beyond doubt.
NJ ALLISON asked suppose you reject the report whas
10 The posiiion OF the would be without tho
power 10 viudicae b. nef before the House, and henoe
be wanted The repor recsived, and thinks that the
yiuc,csie the committee o' performing their duty, for
which Trey had oeeo aTaigned II, as charged, this
ives star Chamber 'uqJisisi0n, and the committee
guilty OF improperly, it should be exposed.
NJ GALLOWAY did not intend 10 be placed 10 fAlse po-
son II be were In Mir eilberts position be would not
only court but demand an investigation. he would 60 70
the country on lhe merits of the Case and resort 70
special pleading He declared himi eli friend Of Mr.
GiIhs and therefore wished full stgaton in order
with Mr. AllsoD, that The SIeakef made lent
lection in the sppoo neas OF the committee DIG any
one believe that trey capable Of corruptionf Dd
any one think that they YOU'D put forward . sided
statement To entertain that suspicion would bs 10
charge against others. the House we're not nov trying
the man, and he nvoke1 his friends to take position
which they could maintain before the country.
Mr. Sage moved that House adjourn bat the quoo-
ton was decided In the negative
Mr.. WAKE1fAN maintained tnat the committee had no
right to proceed in tee investigation OF the charges
against his colleague (sileesD They should have re-
ported that In the OF the examination they dsoov
cred = member implicated and the House would have
din ected them how TO Sroceed He objected 70
the position Of the question. The resolution 70
CURED The committee 70 inquire ~ to whetnsr there
have reported nothing Of the kind. Instead they have
reported An argument winding up with resolution 70
expe his colleague the House oct this resolution
they would expel him without trial. Let the report
60 over the question being on No adoptson.
the committee three special reports referring 70 the tes
mopy In general and mai report In possession Of The
committee with all the testimony, including the questions
NJ RrcHu said there . sort Of minority report By
,he chairman OF The committee.
All the reports were ordered 70 be printed. only i've
poned 70 Wednesday rext.
Mr.. KHsIY offered q resolution which adopted,
that the Clerk be directed pay Francis II. Smith six
hundred and fy dollars tor his services In reporting
proceedings and testimony before the committee.
nv OH moved Mat five or ten thousand OF the reports
No question was taken on The motion
Mr. CAMPBELL, OF Ohio made Intellectual appeal 10
the House 70 60 into committee on the Tariff bill.
The three special reports Of the Committee sgned
They embosy the testimony IN each oase and conclude
with The following resolua,us:-
w% w S az sSpPy 1 SsM with On
passage Of r.souon bill through the Hone for the pur
Land Lave. for nm money to &c pad ns sss SlSe
Spocas msns sm ed for ss s,
fsyoraey claim of Ro1sna KmSsh IRON the Commit:
memeer Of his House from Connecticut be forthwith
The mislee In NJ Ea vsrar csss report a. foo~s-
TT Resolved, That Francis 3 Edwards a member Of th.
december last attempt induce Robert Paine member
Of this House from ne stat Of North Carolina % vote
making grant Of lands aid railroad
s P.s ssSPs sG Il .s @ con-
Resolved Thai The ssd Francis Edwards be, and he Is
me committee In tho case Of Mr. Hs,toson ropor, -
Resolved, That orsamus X. Natteson a member Of this
House from the State o. New sor, did ce deeply
Des MONIES grant have here ana large Of money
and other valuable corupty for the purpo.
OF procuring The passage OF sad joint resolution through
Resolved Tha, Hon orsnus b. Msesou In declaring that
hgs number a the members Of House associated
togeer and themselves each % the eher
unless they were pad te ~ has fsss6 and Sioly .sied
sell unworthy o Be s member oat.s Thereof e..
this House nom the state Of new York be- and hereby
For full report Of the testimony taken before the
committee, first page
Mr. kIrsry made report, In which he says be ds-
from the several Of his colleagues He "
OF opinion THAI according the rules Of The House ana
Parliamentary laws, the oorn uittee have power 10 In
st'ute proceedings .sain., any member Of mis- pedy
under the resolution by which the committee APP
pointed The eommnee having asoertalned thu, certain
members arc involved, Il n their duty, In
with the evi1encs by which the fact u
disclosed, together with recommends that the said
he 70 e HOO. ana oo oss
proceedipss they proper 70 sdopt He qoo.es the
rule from he Manual on the subject and adds that the
majority OF the Committee have departed from n In
Ing presented resolutions for the expulsion OF the
bers involved instead OF presenting the fact thu, they
He dissen from ana protests asaius thcse resolutions
All the Committee JOIN In general report In which they
say NE delay 10 mairg the report vas beyond their con
troll They did not feel ~ liberty N notice any man.
the numerous aDonv communications received
by them snc prcocedog inquiry instituted
upon any tuch communatous but Ia every case where
respectable person has requested inquiry pointed
W witness who could probably prove msterial fAot,
tnc lnVcsnfnuon pfen meoe IS fun tnorouRn -
was In the power Of the Committee 10 make
ney ssy no such general comeinsuous
as have been charged are proved 10 exlu.
-Four cases came 10 their knowledge Ia which
individual members we're implicated. Tue committee
give The questions ana answers In the examination Of
James w. Smouton III different times and state hat his
as snswer directly contradictory Of bis prevous
testimony. hsplssrs, they remark, iron his tsst nouy,
that ~bie occupying sect az reporter the floor Of the
House he personally AIDED IN the passage of the gsoon
ain Land bill under the rrou'se OF receiving o certain
compet sston the bill passed He also aided old
hiena OF his In pssting private bill through the Senate,
Tor which service be accepted small compensation.
they say ron the Testimony taken appears that the
general charges OF oorropt oombnsio5s In Congress
originate from men who expcct 10 make money by
creating belief that such combinations exist n they
can cause 10 be generally believed that II n necessary
70 use large gums Of mercy " carry through
Congress follows thai somebody must 90 employed to
Apply II: ard The ~ho kpo~s most s1oot corrupt
combinations would be the one naturally sought FOR and
employed 40 broker 10 buy M the VOTES ~ mem
hers who had catered Into such ,uatons.
All the brokers IN Congressional corruption would
receive money 20 buy up the ombination, and
whether he Tuts tho money In his own POCKET Of
psys " somebody zee be knswn 10 the