The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-03-22


. the reformeEs, would propose,
y take up a newspaper and find sor
l. scandal against Senator, q d tn,
W bring it here to the Senate and ha
q fitrefeTred to Q COMMITTEES.
a. Mr.. PoafERoY. 1t is all we C;
a get.
r Mr.. EDMUNps. 1 think if the pc
le pie Tor the Legislature of Hams
= have any complaint to make sgain
t, their Senators, the dignified cour
i for this body to pursue, and IL
y only just course, would be to wa
y In patience until that people by d.
e tition, or that Legislature by mem.
!. rial, address themselves to the Sci
Is ate in the regular way.
nj II merely make this obiectio
& now because If this Is to be til
J, fashion I suppose every time ] ;Ciis
Z cover & sq1ib In the newspaper
f about myself, / shall be cOnsidere
! a. having plead guilty. whatever tn
- accusation may be, unless i get
g Immediately referred to Q commit
o tee of this body. sa.a iEa.HO
Il 9. I do not fail to appreciate the me
/ | tive of the honorable Senator, froI
B tKahsaSih desfFfAg to have this sor
. of scandal ex pIoded If it be false
: a. Of course wet ee bound to assum
: that It n but we owe something {,
: the Senate itself; and to send com
!, mittee q mere newspaper Statement
!, OF what some committee of tn
u %eSsaae4sHrO lIuvO i1yue I0r 1nvestl
, CATION, / think Is a very wrong thinI
J, to do, and therefore object to ii
i When official papers come from
Kansas, If they ever do, they can b,
I. referred of course. If they do not
it Will be very CONCLUSIVE evidence
: that the Legislature itself believes
the whole thing to be q falsehood.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The Sena,
| tor from Vermont objects. TIT
| Chair thinks it would require unan.
imous consent of the Senate to re-
for such paper as this to a COM
mittee. "a" Ina, -rr.
Mr.. PoMERoY. If it were. a com.
Hlop peRspapeR--aetiele ~it-RonlG
come within the CcriEcism of my
friend from Vermont; but it pur.
ports to be a'report of . committee
Tor the Legislature, and it is receiv-
ed and accredited in the country as
a report Of q oelnmittes OF the Leg
islature, and it is in that view that ]
ask TO have it referred.
Mr.. EDMUNDs. If the Senator in
sists upon it ! do not object. m
The VICE PREsIDENT. The Soma
tor from Vermont withdraws his
.ME CAapEsFER. ! Asamenber of
the committee indicated in this res
olution / desire to repeat substan-
TALLY what the Senator from YER
mont has said. If that committee
should enter into a solemn investi-
CATION of this subject. and it should
subsequently, turn out that that
newspaper article was bogus, as it
might, not only the committee, but
the Senate would be placed in rath-
er an unenviable light. 1t is GER
tainly enough to proceed when some
tangible complaint is made. If the
Legislature of the State of Kansas
l desire. to haVe-shis matter investi-
gated, they have the compIetepow-
or to Investigate it, and it seems to
me they are the only persons who
shnnld investigate it. IF they are
satisfied with what has taken place
in their own State, and make no
complaint, and these Senator'S rep
resent them fairly, properly, and
legallyin the Senate, certainly the
Senate have no occasion to do it,
and it seems to me that this COM
mjttee should not be charged with
an investig AtioR on mere newspaper
rumors.
Mr.. CALDWELL. AS understand,
the resolution'as adopted provides
that when the official report and
testimony are receiVed,F they shall
be referred to the committee.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The reso-
luton provides ''thstall papers and
communications relating to the cleo
ton of Senators in the State of
Kansas in the years of 1861 and 1871
be referred to the Committee on
Privileges and Elections =
Mr.. CARPENTER. The word Spa
pers" there, with the explanation of
Senators, means of course all news
papers, and to that l object.
The VICE, PRESIDENT. The chair
has quoted what the resolution
states.
Mr.. CALDWELL. / was going to
state that as / understand, the mo-
wv "a my SOAiOdS NC Az proposing ~
refer this newspaper account of
what purports TO be an account of 3
Legislative committee, was simply
to give information to the Senate
committee in advance. So far as
am concerned, ! do not insist on
that at all; but l simply desire to
say that ] propose, as soon as ! get
this report and so-called testimony,
to refer them to the committee
and ask the committee and the SEN
ate TO take such action as they may
deem proper.
Mr.. HAllLIN. Has the resolution
been Adopted2 lt
The VICE PRESIDENT. It has been
by unanimous consent. --s-e p
Mr.. HAML1N. Then 1 venture to
move TO reconsider the vote adopt
ing the resolu tion, and I willatate the
reason why ! make that motion,
that we may see-if it will meet the
sense OF the Senate. There is no
question before the. Senate now,
there are no papers before the SEN
ate, and it seems to me to be out of
all the history of our legislation to
adopt q resolution OF raise a COM
mittee to investigate q subject that
has never been presented to us.
i can appreciate the anxiety and
position of the Senators from Kan
sas, but it seems to me that they may
well rest by Introducing the resoiu-
ton and letting it lie on the table,
showing their readiness. to meet the
I question whenever 1t shall come be-
fore us in that way in which all
questions comes before-a yLsgisla-
ture. It is not therefore wise to
adopt the resolution now. 1t is out
of all forms of legislative proceed
ing, and il doesseenIE tome that It
answers all the purposes of those
Senators, and indicated to the Sem
ate and to, the world theii. readiness
to, meet this matter when it shall
come before US. ! think, therefore,
it would be wise to reconsider the
vote adopting the resolution, and
let it lie on the table, to be called
up at that moment when the Senator
from Kansas, as he says, will intro.
iduce the papers when they shall
reach him. y therefore submit thai
motion.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The pend.
ing proposition is this: the Senator
from Kansas Mr.. Pomeroyl ask
unanimous consent % submit . pa
. per which ne desires to have refer
, red to the committee.
i Mr.. EDMUNDs. renew my OBJ
, lection for the time being. ~
The VICE PRESIDENT. Objection
: is made. The Senator from Main
Mr.. HAMLINl now moves to recon
slider the vote by which the Senat
: agreed to the resolution offered b,
: the Senator from Kansas IN front o
4 the Chair. .i 'r
Mr.. PoAERoY. / was led to in
troduce THAI Fesolutiont this mornin,
from 3 telegraM, which,I received
3 that the Legislature refused to sen,
the papers here; that one hous
t agreed to it and the other non-con
: CURED. That telegram convince
: me that We should not get thei
Y from the Legislature, and wa
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