The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-06
Congress Yesterday-The Injured Inn0cente
from Kausas-The Committee the
French Arms Snles-Yerbn Buena.


As fine an exhibition of injured innocence
as can rarely be seen outside of police court
took place yesterday in the Senate, when the
two Senators from Kansas, who have been
shown by the report of a Legislative joint COM
mittee of that State, which was published in
the HERALD last week, to have secured their
election by the most unblushing frauds and
corruption, went through the make-believe
farce of inviting investigation and asking o
suspension of public opinion until after trial.
The junior Senator, Caldwell, whose case is
the most recent, having occurred only about
year ago, declared that the whole proceed
ings against him by the Legislature Of his State
were instigated by malice and with political
design; and his unctuous colleague, Pome-
eroy, who is supposed to owe his seat to SINH
lar practices, put in operation four or five years
previously, offered resolution to refer the
matter to committee, which was to report
what action should be taken. Edmunds, of
Vermont, however, who seems to have a
special aversion to investigating committees,
came to the relief of this pair of Kansas doves
and Indignantly spurned the idea of taking
any action upon mere newspaper reports, the
proceedings of the Kansas legislative commit
tee not having been officially transmitted to
the Senate. Messrs. Carpenter and Hamlin
shared in Edmunds' views and Indignation,
and the result was that the resolution was
laid on the table. But all that does not get
rid of the effect of the report as published,
which shows that one, if not both, of those
Senators owes his position in the Senate to the
Kansas Pacific and other railroad companies,
whose interests were to be specially served in
the Senate.
The committee to inquire into the sale of arms
to the French government was selected by
ballot yesterday, and resulted in the choice
Of Messrs. Hamlin, of Maine; Carpenter, of
Wisconsin; Sawyer, of South Carolina; Lo-
gan, of Illinois; Ames, of Mississippi; Har-
Ian, of Iowa, and Stevenson, of Kentucky
| AS three members of the committee, at least,
were most resolute opponents of the proposed
investigation, and as none of the promoters of
the inquiry are represented on it, there was
some excuse for Tiptons supplementary de-
claraton that it was a packed ticket"-a
phrase which he subsequently, explained as
meaning that the ticket had been previously
prepared. AS there was nothing to be feared
from the most thorough investigation, the
friends Of the administration would have
shown more political discretion, not to say
decency, in giving place on the committed
| to Mr.. Schurz as Mr.. Summers health would
prevent him from serving on it.
| The House spent most of yester.
days session over the Deficiency Ap
preparation bill, on which Ku Kluz
and political discussion sprung up, wherein 9
colored member from South Carolina (Rainey)
undertook to break lance with Sunset Cox
to the apparent discomfort, if not discom.
future, of the white democrat.
There was a good deal of interest mani
tested, also, in bill reported from the Com.
mttee on Pacific Railroads, granting to the
Central Pacific Railroad Company the use of
one-half of the island of Yerba Buena, in the
bay of San Francisco, now owned and occu.
pied by the government of the United States.
There is likely to be lively discussion over
that bill to-day, as it opens mp the whole ques-
ton of railroad subsidies, on which there is q
good deal of feeling in the House, as there is
in the untry.
The House this morning is to be the scene
Of the grand ceremonies attendant on the re-
ception of the Japanese Embassy. The matt
nee will be attended by the elite of Wash.
ington society.
ALI. RIGur-Tha Arna.ies. .aa. -. H..