The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-02-19
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the attention Of the Senate q few day
ago to the fact that he had been accused
OF bribery and had denied in broad term
every charge Of corruption or bribery o
whatever nature, and had concluded By
offering resolution for the appointment
OF special committee Of investigation
That the resolution, however, limited the
INQUIRY to o single charge Of having
brfbed or attempted to bribe York. The
committee Of course would not ask for en-
Ilsrgements Of its authority, but the Sen
ate might order 1t il they choose. MIR.
Sherman said that after hearing his col,
league (NIr. Thurman) he was quite salts
fed that the resolution ought to be reter.
red TO the committee.
Alr. Ferry said it was due 10 the Sena.
tor accused and the Senate that the
manifest imperlection in the resolution
offered by Mr.. Pomeroy himself and
adopted by the Senate ought to be cor
rected.
Mr. Sherman thought the Jurisdiction
OF Congress ought not to be enlarged in
such q way as might prevent the Com
mittee from making their report befere
the end OF this session.
BIr. Bayard remarked that as the resolu.
ton had come from an accused Senator,
and was too narrow to allow the investi.
cation which he had challenged, 1t was
plain that the authority Of the Committee
ought to be enlarged.
Mr. Nye denounced York as the rascal
who did not dare to petition the Senate in
his own name, and argued that II was not
consistent with the dignity Of the Senate
TO allow the character Of Senator TO be
assaulted by such a man, in such a way.
He warned Senators that their own repu.
tations Jointly and seVerally were at stake
Away with these investigations said Mr..
Nye, we have had enough Of them.
Away with this idea Of catering to the
morbid appetite Of pGrticepS criminis, at
least, and let Alr. Pomeroy and Mr..
what's his name, settle their own diff.
culties. There is nothing that the human
mind feeds upon like corrupt investiga.
tion.
Mr.. Frclinghuysen, chairman of the ln.
yestigation Committee called attentIonto
the TACT that charges against Pomeroy
were being investigated by the Kansas
Legislature and would also be the subjec
of ofjudicial investigation, and expressed his
opinion, not as member OF the Commit.
tee, but as a Senator, that in the absence
of the Senator from Kansas, no one citi-
zen OF the United States had the right to
subject him to an investigation, which
might imperil, il not destroy his reputa'
tion.
Mr. ConlIling took substantially the
same view with Nye as TO the proprlety
of extending the scope Of inquiry and ex-
pressed the fear that if this enlargement
were ordered it would enable prosecutors
TO occupy so much OF the brief remaining
portion Of this session as to leave no time
for Pomeroy's defense, he also made some
very severe remarks about York.
Mr.. Ferry, of Connecticut, said the
Senator from Kansas, MIR. Pomeroy,
might well ask 10 be saved from these
friends, who were trying thus to limit the
investigation. 1t was due TO him that the
inquiry should be as broad as the charge
and his denial in the Senate. The Sena.
tor from Kansas so broadly and emphati.
calIy asserted his innocence, and chal.
lenged On investigation, that he could
not have intended to limit the inVestiga-
ton TO this one charge, and II was due to
him that the Senate should correct the
oversight committed in drawing up the
resolution offered by him and adopted by
the Senate.
MIR. Tilton called attention to the fact
that Pomeroy IN his remark in the Senate
had denied all the charges Of bribery or
corruption, by whomsoeVer made, and
said Il was now too late to attempt 10
limit the investigation, and that If an
attempt was made, 1t would be equiva'
lent to saying that we have got about as
much Of this as we can stand, and we
have concluded not to lot the bars down
any further; he also called attention to
the fact that Mr.. Simpson had stated in
his petition that some oil the witnesses
offered by the members Of the Legislature
Of Kansas, were now here, 80 that there
need be no delay such as was feared by
those who opposed enlarging the author
ity OF the Committee.
Mr.. Scott read Pomeroy's denial and
request for the investigation to show how
broad and sweeping it was, and said he
felt bound to vote to give the committee
whatever additional powers might be
required to enable it 10 make thorough
investigation. 'ay.. -a-.. =.
AIr. Frcllnghuysen wished TO have it
understood that no objection had been
made by Mr.. Pomeroylor his counsel to the
additional evidences offered by the prose.
cutors, but 1t has been excluded by the
Committee itself as beyond the scope Of
the resolution creating the Committee.
Mr.. Ferry, Of Connecticut offered the
following resolutions:
ReolUSd, That the Committee charged
with the Investigation Of the charges
against Hon. s. G. Pomeroy be allowed
to enquire into any allegations in bribery
or corruption by said Pomeroy in the
recent election Of United States Senators,
by the legislature of Kansas.
Mr.. Sherman remarked that this was a
very different proposition from that made
by the petitioner, Mr, Simpson. This
resolution authorized tho enquiry into the
charges oE bribery or corruption by Mr,
Psmeroy personally, but the petition went
further and asked Tor the Investigation
Of bribery and corruption by Mr..
PomeroV's friends and agents.
Mr., FerrV's resolution was agreed 10.
Mr.. Conkling presented the memorial
Of the insurance companies of New York
against being excluded from the Geneva
award.
Mr.. Morton gave notice that he would
call up tho Caldwell election case on Tues.
day, and not on Saturday next, as had
been intended.
Senate adjourned.