The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-02-28
CONGRESS.
HOUSE.


tiOns.
MIR Bird favored the power Of expul-
sion. =. s.
Mr.. Holman took similar grounds. HG
regarded this US the first great contest be-
tween the representative government and
a great many corporations.
MIR. Townsend, of New York, declared
himself against the right OF expulsion.
The remedy for the decay Of moral virtue
was not 10 be found in expulsion.
Mr.. Wood differed from either side on
the question of Jurisdiction. He thought
the committee exceeded its authority, and
the report did not justify expulsion. Mr.
Ames was chosen as the victim because he
told the truth, and turned States eVi.
dence. Mr.. Brooks, he argued, could not
be comprehcnded within the scope OF ju.
risdiCtiOn ofthe committee, and heWould
vote against expulsion.
Mr.. Potter favored some form Of con-
demnation, but thought expulsion dan.
gerous precedent.
Mr.. Speer thought the House could ex.
pel for offences committed before election.
He was for expelling Brooks. He believed
Dawes and Scofeld innocent, but thought
Kelley and Garfield guilty.
AT IL O'Clock to-day the session began.
Mr.. Sargent offered amendments to the
resolution, reciting parliamentary doubts
in the case condemniDg the conduct Of
Ames and Brooks.
Mr. Hoar suggested that such an
amendment created still worse prece-
dent.
Mr.. Poland proceeded to reply to the
arguments made against tho power OF the
House TO expel members for offences
committed before their election, and to
sustain the position by parliamentary
precedenis. Having disposed Of that sub.
iect, Nlr. Poland came back TO the facts In
the case OF the scheme Oi the Credit
Mobilier and its inventors. lie said 1t
did not require great ingenuity 70 get up q
scheme to cheat the Government out OF
$40 600 600, but it did require good deal
OF wit to get up the machinery ecessary
TO run ii successfully. They had con-
tIived the scheme, but there was no man
in New York shrewd enough TO get up
the running machinery. They had TO
send almost as far as Boston to find man,
and they found the right man. But
difficulty grew out ol this. This Boston
lawyer saw a mill with $47, 100000 in the
hopper, mill with which you are going
to filch more than half that sum Of the
Government. When you have got q
man with wit enough to dc.
wise means by which you can
Go that and cover It up, you cannot
put oil that man with fee Of $1,000, he
must have $4,000 The machinery had
lust got into operation so that there
would be no difficulty, II they could stop
the investigation in Congress, and not
be troubled by the Government Direc-
tors in Congress. The Government Di.
rectors were the only things left that
were 10 be feared, and'these had TO be
taken care OF accordingly. Mr. Ames
had come into Congress with shares Of
Credit Nlobilier stock In his pocket, and
went around to various members OF Con.
gress and leading men and said that he
had cot an excellent Investment, a thing
which would pay ten per cent, and he
offered it to members who he said had
been good friends 10 the Union Pacific
Railroad Company. lie was fixing It 80
that those who took shares from him
should think 1t was an honest thing. He
had found 1t necessary to clothe 1t In the
habiliments Of honesty.
The hammer fell and the debate clos.
cd, and the House was brought face to
face with the question.
Mr.. Farnsworth, for the purpose Of re.
ferring the whole matter to the public,
moved to lay it upon tho table. The vote
was taken by yeas and nays and resulted;
yeas 80, nays 164. '.
The next question was on substituting
sargenrsres0lutions for those reported by
the Select Committee. Tho vote was
yeas 115, nays 10.
Mr.. Eldridge OF Wisconsin and Mr..
Voorhees, Of Indiana, having originally
voted nov changed their votes 10 aye,
and Gndeavored to give their reasons but
were not permitted under the rule which
forbids debate during roll call. y
The question then recurred on tho first
of Sargcnt's resolutions as follows:
ReSolued, That the. House absolutely
condemns the conduct OF Oakes Ames, a
member OF the House from the State Of
Massachusetts, in seeking TO procure Con,
grcssiOna attention to the affairs of
corporation in which he was interested,
and whose interest directly depended on
the legislation of Congress by inducing
members of Congress TO invest in the
stock oil said corporation.
The resolution was adopted-yeas 1Sl;
nays SO, Mr.. Brooks voting in the mega
tive.
The next resolution (hIr. SsrgenrO) was
then voted on. II Is as follows:
ResOirei, That the House absolutely
condemns the conduct Of James Brooks, q
member ol this House from New York,
for the use of his position as government
director of the Union Pacific railroad and
member Of this House TO procure tho as.
sivument to himself or family Of stock in
t6e Credit Mobilier Of America, a cor
poralion having contract with tho
Union Pacific railroad, and whose inter.
ests depended directly on the legislation
OF Congress.
The Resolution was adopted-yeas IA
nays 8s.
Sargents substitute was as follows:
RESOLVED, That the special committee
be discharged from further consideration
OF this subject.
Mr.. Hoar moved TO lay the resolution
and preamble on the table.
! Mr. Woods suggested that that would
prevent the reporting of the resolution as
10 the other members implicated.
The Speaker stated that It certainly
would. The judgment Of the House was
that 1t had accepted and disposed Of the
report OF the committee.
Mr. Sargent asked what Mr.. Hoars
motion carried to the table, Would It
carry the resolutions already adopted.
The Speaker replied that It would not
carry with L tho rcsOlntions already