New-York tribune., 1868-04-06
HIS PnT HIS Foot IN IT.

Mr.. Elijah Nj. X. Glenn is a gentleman OF
whom the little we knew was good, up to the
hour of his appearance in the Assembly as
representative of the second district of Wayne
County and so up to the morning of the I'd INST,
when he rose in his place and spoke as fol-
lows:
ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, April 1, 1868.
To me Hon. Speaker Of me iSSehbil' - -, .,
|, l.. NJ X Glenn, member OF tins House, ioin my
seat in tins House. do charge ~ follows; -,
charge that the report on the Erie Railroad pI
Second: charge that portion OF the vote on this floor
in adopting the said report was bought -. or q
Third: charge that members 0t TINS House were en-
gagged in buying their felOwmember.
Fourth l charge that portion of the vote on the Har
Iidh: I charge that some OF the committees of this
House charge fOr reports. ,
SIM: | charge corruption, deep uafh' ana uamhlhs
on portion OF this House.
ask the adoption OF the following:
Resoired That the Speaker appoint Committee OF hye
10 investigate the foregoing charges that three OF the
Committee be taken from that part Of the House that
voted the Erie Railroad report and two be taken
from that part that voted aye and that the Committee
have power 10 employ counsel and send for persons and
papers; the Committee to sit in this chamber during the
recess OF the Legislature. The Committee may employ
clerk.
After debate, the Committee so demanded
was appointed and announced its readiness to
proceed with the investigation required. Next
we heard that Mr. Glenn wanted to hire cOun-
sci at the expense of the State, which the
House, very properly. refused; aud the next
news is that Mr.. Glenn has asked leave of alb
sence for seven days on account Of illness, and
gone home. So the investigation necessarily
awaits his return.
We respectfully advise Mr.. Glenn either to
appcar at an early day before the Committee
and state on oath the facts whereOn the above
charges were based, or prepare to migrate to
some locality or country where The TRIBUNE
is not read. if such can be- found. For this
matter cannot be allowed to rcst here. Were
it TO do So five thousand OathS of holy mar
tyrs sworn OH five thousand separate quarto
bibles would not ovcrbcar the general convic-
ton that he had been bought up and Silcnced
by money. Mr.. Glenn has said either too much
or too little He asserted in debate that
800 had been offered for his vote on
something or other, and that $1,000 had
been paid 10 one member and 500 TO another
to influence his course. At another time, he said
that all the corruption within his knowledge
was among the Democratic members which
may he true though We do not believe IT..
Judging 10y the little We know OF the members
of our present Assembly, we do not believe
there can be any vlany going 90 there that
two or three Republican thieves do not have a
| hand in. But let u, have the facts sworn TO
on which Mr. Glenn based his charges. and
whoever is init must take the consequences.
| We speak in behalf of grossly abused con
! stucncy, and also of the upright men whom
| we know to bc members of our present Legis-
| laturc. Men who do faithful, honest work in
a foul. sitting atmosphere for - per day and
| have TO pay - for their board, arc entitled, if
not To public gratitude, at lcast 20 exemption
| from the veSt calumny We do not know
many members of this Legislature; but we
know at least ten more than were required to
save Sodom) whom no man, we are perfectly
confident, ever yet attempted to bribe, nor ever
will in room which has a poker among
| its furniture. At the same time, We have no
doubt that there are Others who are stcrnly
principlcd against taking twenty shillngS for a
vote when they can exact five dollars. The
people ought to know, for their own sakcs and
in justicetO their righteous Legislators, just who
belong 10 one Of these classes and who to the
| other. There is no need of counsel in the
premises, nor of any long stories whatever.
Let Mr.. Glenn 20 before the Committee. and
swear to the facts on which he based the above
charges; that will have discharged his response
bilty. If he knows others who can shed
light OH the subject, let him suggest their
names 70 the Committee but that is not es-
sential. The indispensable matter is that Mr..
Glenn shall tell what he knows. There are
corrupt villains in the Legislature; there are
also as honest, worthy men as can be found
any where; and neither party, we presume, has
monopoly of either class. Let the pub
lie have all the facts that can be ascertained,
and there will be a separation Of the sheep
from the goats that will exert healthy in
huence through years to come.