Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-29
From the GAINESVILLE Courier.
The Eves-Dropping Senator.


In the personal explanations made
in the Ohio Senate on Monday, some
things were developed that will not
reflect very much credit on Democratic
Senators, especially on the Senator
from Crawford. Mr.. Jones, of Trum-
bull, read from the Cincinnati En-
quirer and Ohio Statesman the account
published respecting a secret caucus
alleged to have been held at room No
rs, in the Neil House, Tuesday night
the Ii inst, at which Gov. Noyes,
Jones, of Trumbull, Easement of
Lake, Beavis, of Cuyahoga, Senator
Hart and others were present and at
which Lieutenant Governor Mueller
was instructed and coerced to change
the current of his rulings Now room
No. 76 is Jones room, and between
it and the room occupied by the Sena-
tor from Crawford there is a door
having a convenient -hole-iust
the thing for key of course-but on
this particular evening, Jenner, of
Crawford, found it just the thing for
ewes dropping.
Senator Jones, on the authority of
Governor Noyes, stated that he
| Noyes-had not been in the Neil House
for two weeks previous to the time
when the secret caucus was alleged to
| have been held. He also stated that
no such caucus had been held in his
room or any body else's room that h e
was aware of-that he had attended no
such caucus and was, therefore An-
strained to pronounce the statement
in the Enquirer and the Statesman false
in spirit and false in fact
Now come Jenner's turn to explain,
He affirmed that there had been sew.
eral persons in Jones' room on a Ger.
tain evening, and among the number
Lieut.. Go vernon Mueller; that he had
listened and heard sundry expressions
affecting the interest of the State >
that he heard somebody go into room
76 whom those present greeted as
Gov. NoyeS that from the deep bass
it was the Governor.
Jenner closed his remarkable con
F fession with figure, having striking
resemblance to Coughs 'drunkeT
wrecks" who with tattered sails
''leaking hull, and splintered masts
'are drifting on amid bowling winds
'and wintry skies to utter ruin, whel
; tsthey might have reached the haver
"of peace and security, laden witt
''honor and happiness
He said: Gentlemen may charg,
me with keeping the conversation hac
f in my presence or hearing, but l say
to them now, once for all, that at NJ
time will be quiet as to conversation
affecting my party and the interest
of. the State, especially when I see th
storm through which the ship of Stat
: is passing, and find the sails and rio
ging gone, the masts giving way, th
, heavy timber creaking from the yio
lence of the strain upon them, and al
this pointing to our Constitution bein,
torn to pieces by those in power
When Jenner closed, Senator Har
took the floor, and delivered mos
e withering rebuke to the ewes -droppin!
, Senator from Crawford. After statn
that the newspaper report was an un
: qualified falsehood, he said: cit seem
! that the authority for this newspape
q report came from the Senator fror
CraWferd county (Mr. Jenner. B
his own admission here in the Senat
to-day, and also on Friday, both dur
: ing the session and after the adjourn
! ment, he made assertions which woul
!, justify the newspapers in what the
! have done they have drawn thei
D inspiration from him, and he is respon
: sible for the whole affair. Accordin
to his own statements to-day he ha
| L
sition. He has established himself a
E the very prince of eves-droppers. H
says he got his information by listen
D ing at door which leads from hi
I own room into room 76, which is OF
: cupied by the Senator from Trumbul
: He comes here into the Senate an
5 publishes unblushingly his exploits i
S this wretched business. He says tbs
: on entering his room he rang the be-
then commenced to pull off on
:, boot; at this point his attention wa
attracted to a conversation in tn
: next room. He stopped, folded HI
I arms and quietly hstened-and in thi
e manner overheard a conversation
Is The Senator talks about his homo
?, and appeals reverently to the Deit,
I will not say that he has no homo
s for that would be unparliamentarl
q learned long ago when client cam
n to me and began talking about h
II honor, to suspect him. Honest me
e seldom talk about their honesty {
" their honor.
ie The Senator must be his own jude
r in all these things. / never dreame
q that there could be on the floor of til
Senate man so forgetful OF the dc
cencies and proprieties of life. 1 wi
not say that such conduct is reprehel
r sible in him, but if l had listened wit
le folded arms behind door to overhe
le a conversation passing between pa
y, ties in an adjoining room, and aft
ler that had gone into the Senate and
e the presence of that body, and also
% the presence of large audience
le people, had published my own shan
u and infamy, I would go and har
myself, rather than meet the immea
ID urable contempt which such condu
in would call down upon me from evel
I'd honest man in the world.''
l, - The Columbus CORRESPONDENT {