Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-07

AZ this poiht there WAS good deal Of con.
fusion on the noor, many members sprlnGing
TO- their feet hlmultAnsoualy. Il t.-.
DAVE ne ,sa that After wh N. hSd sss 20
thought the matter should be asnt 10 the Oom.
mittee on Freedman's AGaira for exAmina-
.s w s1nr S Ss shs sss ss
| power TO send for persons and papers,
Mr.. Peters, Of Maine, said coming from the
press his ooniidsnss 10 ihe integrity and honor
ofthat ohloer. He then pronouneed glowing
suioEy upon the character % oeneral Howard
si.nss, sSS one WHO'S ohSrssisr was above
Er. Dawes said the motion was made In the
| same spifit that was unaffected by the gen.
| tisman from Maine and with the fullest conf.
that, Es thsse charges hsd been made BY a
spousibilitY ~ suehyit was proper that they
| should BE- thoroughly sifted. r.
MI. Peters said den. Howard had never done
enythinE wrong or unmanly, or anything
foolish, except 70 send q letter ia the iIreo.
tion In which this one had been sent
Mt. Sehenek, Of Ohio, said ~ he should ever
ssplanation, u would be because, In This case,
advantage had been taken Of the privilege to
make personal attack upon an outside indi-
Vidal, who had no means OF replying to the
Mt. wood claimed that he had never trans
oended the rules OF the House. II was lmpos-
NluAg NNANANWNu on MS uide 10 NuN poloNN
the House any remarks touching the respon-
sibility OF any oftiUer OF the Government, IN.
less adysntSgs was taken Of the privilege Of
s WOOD sS 0 he knew aSSs n SSSi
Of these charges, but the parties who had
placed them IN his handa had declared 70 hin
an IoveItigstion should prove General How.
door would !. more hsgPy 70 see hin vindi.
Gated than hlmgelL MT. wood -.
MT, Batter, Of Mass, thought that as these
charges had grown out o. bill reported from
tho Oommittee on bduoAton and Labor, the
subject should Dc TcisrIsa 70 ina. s1@ mtS,
says he does not know that these charges are
true, but he Gomez before he Moase an =,
Ssas,, th Ha,t ahS a.9 Hni,S \. ssorla hs
yere,y punished. Bat u u is shown ,hst the
ou ,S snd tsSn the
MT, Wool
MT. Wood said he was personally response
a ne ,os w sanc lin IN 'h ,sss
could turn their attention to the gentleman
from MHsiaohusst.s, tMr. Butler,l aud inveS.
'S r.. s slS would prefer tbs, the cenut
inVestigstion, so that lhsfs might not be the
.liEhte.t app:.ss,ranss Of an .stemPt or desire
might be, itdid not appear that the gentleman
hAd taken ocoasion, under the pretext o. n
personM ehphhAtipht 70 ouet Fthoiuuoh
which he knew was 90 part Ola personal or
planAuon.
MI. Wood aAd he had always oboyed the
rules Of the House
Mt. Sohenek said he believed TINT IN gen.
tlemAn had obeyed the orders Of tho House.
When the House ordered him TO be eenauFed,
n. came iorws,d and received ~ o...
whether OF not u was the privilege OF the
gentleman from New York to make the re-
marks :rl he had made. ,-,.,..,,.,
privilege was considered and limited TO quea-
lions Affecting the personal honor Of mem
Der, built had widened gradually, until II had
become what many members oonslder an
abuse, The president having obtained for the
past ten years, u was not In the province OF
the Speaker TO rule u out 81 order. -.
be referred to the Oommittee on Education
and Labor
Mt. Shanks, Of Ind said he ed not consider
He opposed tAking u from the Oommlttee on
freedmenh Anaifs He Wasa member OF that
eommitteel and felt assured that u was Psr'
vestigstion 90 70 the eommlttee, where the
NJ. pave, Ssyiny Pai ~ motion iaio
read, ss followg
Received, That the statements made this
morning BY Hon. Fernando Wood, OF New
rsfsIssd to ne GSSSiSiss on HdaossIo@ sSd
Labor, with instruetiou TO investigate all the
charges thereinnontainod, win INSTRUCTIONS
to send for persons and papers; ,
eSpsiIeScs 10 these invsstIrstins conmittseS.
He knew that thsAe committees tended to
whitewahh those they were Instructed to In
yeStisate. He knew the difficulty In having =
fair report, even when there were members 81
the adverse party upon the committee. u the
matter was referred to the CON mlttee with no
member on II opposed TO the Administration
the report would not prove satisfactory: II
the friends q Gen; Howard desired esedi, ios
fair toport they should let " TO the Oom-
mlitee on Edueation and Lsbor, -.
MT, Peters sald this was not the hLN hme
They had been intimAted ~ the gentleman
from New York during the LAT session; me
same charges had been made BY some Demo.
cratic newspaper, and had been taken up and
thoroughly .ii,edSJ ths So%@ hoIss on hs.
sincere and God made ma9. As q represents.
I've sron she STAT s.; Of Maine va d he VA lsa to
going TO a committed for investigation. He
dened any eommittee 70 md evidence 70 lps-
tain one Single ehntSe sgn s, thls diau Ii
Iary Or social NE; "a,
AFTER some turner aebatel the fesolulon OF
NJ M"s q M aop Ssia tSas IL view Of wha,
had oeenrred here this moining he thought I,
vas we'll that the oommittee 90 Rules should
lions and he therefore offered ! rssoiation
that the Committee on Rules report reSolu:
tion restrioting and limiting the subject Of
personal exPlanAtion. Referred TO Commit
tee on Rules. All D IN. .E...... ....r
- REylsloE, ~ Laws,
Tbs regular order OF bunlnesu was ihen DC.
mAnded, and the committee on revision Of
Laws was called LOT reports.
M, Poland, Of W. from that oommlttee 70.
ported Pill Authorlllng COPIES o. uoouments
Ana papersiu one dspariment 70 be nsed A.
IA from ~ M; SS% ~. 5;sS:S
.SSS e ::i; Il SSiiS:iS morning loa,