The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-28

interest manifested result than
n0 would the whole subject as to all the other
The question recured on the preamble of Mr. sargents
Whereas by the Of the special committee herein
appears that the acts charged as offences sgains mem
se Of more than Ave ago
gress two elections by the people having ntervened
Whereas grave doubts exist as to the rghtu exercise
by this House of its power expel offences
thereto and not connected With sach Sccon III
Mr. SARGENT, of California. moved to lay the preamble
In reply to excited and various questions from all quar-
the stated that YOU'D carry the WHOLE subject
tons already adopted They had been finally disposed
The question was taken MI sargcnts notion and it
WI Ss prsa%bs MAS chem naS M nays u.s.
Several members addressed the Chair. having resOu
sSxAKSn rscospizsa Mr. HALE rsp? Of Me Whs
the Select Committee, and moved the previous
mr. woop, of New York. inquired whether i would be
o order that IL e 10 Ss To-
the other gentlemen implicated.
The SpEAKER thought not
Mr. wooD of New York, offered tho following resolu-
p.v. rs. woo1s n.
duet Of samuel Hooper and Henry L. Dawes Ct MassS-
so nsey
Sns s S hi
Mobier ofAmerica, asontraGsng company for the con,
be SO Interested at time When said Corporation was de-
pendent legislation OF Congress maintenance
Mr. KASDALI of Pennsylvania, made the point of order
s Gst resolution Of ''nrs should be '0n'sd to one in
srEAKKR sustained the point of order and stated
Mr. sPEEn Of Pennsyifvania. then offered the follow
ing:-
e s ss Of ssa
ery by 0akes Ames and others mat William =
yans did receive, while member Of the House, from
on stock Of the Credit Sober Of America without hsv
n SsTea s sid arose from
and the Paeac comany Which
pany was and largely indebted to the United States
As ss S e dssn nS %ssy Ct
serves and he hereby receives the unqualified cense Of
Of s ana % the
the aifrmative-yeas lis, nays 50.
lie proposed to yield half of his hour to the gentleman
KEiLsY, ' g. NJ Of Pa, said he asked the House
o be r. E the rights each
hay sr be @ lis
IT.
ana & Ss
having heard whereof he was accused and the grounds
pr ss s nc might have the
why SENTENCE SHOULD NOT BE PASSED
upon him. as he had right Of being heard before
the committee by witnesses and counsel.
Mr. Mr.
% s%isS
had allowed itself TO be msled he wanted to see whether
Sc Sd and desd as ne so a hs
satSoT where %sfo There wsIs
arrested and Tor BY adopting
the voted 10 @
mony in the case Of the Vice President to the judiciary
to to the same special Committee
for he had not much respect for it. Au alte,gm pa,se
Mr. STEVENSON, rep, of Ohio spoke for fair play and
Ke g fas he ON lin
whom oass
sensible g!sy,ss our ossasiS%
esy had told thS House that he had % been
othe to summon every witness whom
h Was have not s %A lis
was to be condemned was it not to be on
as Ss %s and re St
1o near b H T ad
been given to his colleague for six long weeks and after
p
be n n s a say Se nd not
heard He reviewed
and argued have the
out Of these sS tSa nos any ns
Mr. Kelley prsSarieaied and Concealed the truth but
s s :%Ssa i ,.ss ~s; 'S
e.
did give him . check for ST. Mr. Ames then the
called payment What s.s sai S Mr. spsei thai
the gentleman from Pennsylvania and his friend from
cSsn Hs story OF which they we're
mac to wash away
themselves; they their sSeSsers H ssts
felt that i his duty to present the resolution
Of % a }, @ ss i s
n.e @ his The sp n a s5 s nS
aicted on Mr. oakes Ames and MI James Brooks was
Ge had almost said that was ''e '''''' >
the Of them the originator Of the Credit
Mober scheme and acontractor and the other govern
me and rom an aSs man
conference.-the. Kelley and the others-the facts had
been concealed from them They had not been informed
as to the facts which made the actions Of Ames and
shares OF the stock and now, having voted simply
censure the two chief actors in this great wrong II
gravcv proposed that those other gentlemen should
be placed in the same boat and have the same punish
ment inflicted them He thought that this and all
other resolutions OF the same character should be laid on
the table,
The House then. FIVE o'clock took recess till eight
o'clock p. NJ.
Evening Session.
The House then took up the resolution censuring Mr.
Kelley, OF Pennsylvania, offered by his colleague, Mr.
Spcer.
Mr.. KELLEY &C.. N.Y. rose and addressed the House. He
said that the occasion OF too much dignity and
of too much Importance to him and to his family to per-
nit him to divert IL to personal partisan discussion
He should therefore not follow attempt to reply TO the
remarks OF his young colleague, Mr. Speer, who had
brought up his before the House and the country
he had been member OF the House for twelve years
and II 1t proper call witnesses here, as IT was
not, he would call the senior members on the op
posite side of the House to testify his bearing
member; but 1t was not proper His cause was
Ill z al for his