Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-19
"AlI Their Regulations at Stake

{" Have Had Enough of Them
"All Their Regulations at Stake
Report of House Select Gommitte,
on Credit Mobilier.
Ames and Brooks Selected as Scape
rgv ~ Goats.
The Rest a Herd Of Duped Innocent
Dumb Driven Cattle.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-House bill de
claring that the exemptions allowed BY
the bankrupt law shall be the amounts al
lowed by the Constitution and laws of each
State in 1871, ETC., was passed.
southern Educatiou.
Mr.. Sawyer, from the Committee OF
Education and Labor, reported, Will
amendments, Mr.. Lewis bill for the pro.
motion of education in the Southern States.
As amended the bill provides for distri but
ing two million dollars to Delaware, Mary
land. Virginia, West Virginia, North Caro-.
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee
and the District of Columbia in the ratio OF
their population for the education of chill
dren from to 16 years old, irrespective oil
color or condition. ----
POmeroy's Case.
al Aaf fbo
ate the following petition Of B. F. Simpson,
acting as counsel on the prosecution of the
charge against Senator Pomeroy: To the
Senate of the United States-I have been
instructed by A. n. York and others, TO re-
spectfully request the Senate to so enlarge
the subject matter of inquiry of the Special
Committee as to receive the statements of
certain members of the Legislature of
Kansas who are now here and others who
have been summoned, that they were Of
fered money or other valuable considera-
lions by agents and friends of Senator
Pomeroy to vote for him in the election.
B. F. SIMPSON.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the
special Committee, thought the petition
ought TO lie over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Sherman moved that the petition be
referred to the committee.
Mr.. Ferry of Connecticut, said if there
were allegations that Pomeroy had bribed
others than York, and if the committee
found that its authority was so limited that
it could not inquire into these allegations
of bribery then certainly the scope Of the
investigation ought to be enlarged.
Thurman, member IF the committee, said
there was no necessity Tor referring the
petition to the committee. The facts OF
the case are very simple. The Senator
from Kansas (Pomeroy) had called the at
tention of the Senate few days ago to the
fact that he had been accused of bribery,
and had denied in very broad terms every
charge of corruption or bribery of whatever
nature. and had concluded by offering a
resolution for the appointment of special
committee of investigation. That resolu-
ton, however, limited the inquiry to
the single charge of having bribed or at
tempted to bride York. The committee of
course would not ask for an enlargement
of its authority, but the Senate might order
it il it choose.
Sherman said that after hearing his col
league Thurman, he was quite satisfied
that The petition ought to be referred to the
committee.
Ferry, of Connecticut, said it was due to
the Senator accused and the Senate, that
the manifest imperfection in the resolution
offared by Pomeroy himself and adopted by
the Senate ought to be corrected.
Sherman thought the Jurisdiction of the
committee ought not to be enlarged in
such a way as might prevent the commit
tee from making report before the end OF
the session. r
Mr.. Bayard remarked that as the resolu-
ton had come from the accused Senator,
aud was found to be too narrow TO allow
the investigation which he had challenged,
it was plain that the authority of the COM
mittee ought to be enlarged.
Bill Nye Denounees York Like 3
"Heathen Chinee."
Mr.. Nye denounced York as q rascal,
who did not dare to petition the Senate in
his own name, and argued that 1t was not
consistent with the dignity of the Senate to
allow the character of Senator to be as
sailed by such man in such q way. He
warned Senators that thei1own regulations
Jointly and severally were at stake. Away
with these investigations, said Mr.. Nye.
We have had
Enough OF Them.
We are having enough of them. Away
with the idea of catering to morbid ape
lite of "parti;ipes criminis" st least, and
let Mr.. Pomery and Mr.. "what's his name"
settle their own difficulties. There is moth
ing that the human mind feeds upon like
corrupt investigation.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen, chairman of the in
yestigating committee, called attention to
the fact that the charges against Pomeroy
were being investigated by the Kansas
Legislature and would also be the subject
of judicial investigation, and expressed his
opinion, not as a member of the committee
but as Senator, that in the absence OF the
Senator from Kansas, no one citizen of the
United States had the right to subject him
to an investigation which might imperil il
not --.r.. -- ..-
Destroy His Reputation.
Mr.. Conkling took substantially the same
view as Mr.. Nye as to the propriety of ex-
tending the scope of the inquiry, and ex-
pressed fear that If this enlargement were
ordered it would enable the prosecution
to OCCUPY so much of the brief remaining
portion of this session as to leave no time
for Pomeroys defence. He also made some
very severe remarks about Y ork.
Mr.. Ferry, of Connecticut, said the Sen
ator from Kansas (Mr. Pomeroy) might
well ask to be saved from those friends
who were trying thus to limit the investiga-
ton. 1t was due to him that the inquiry
should be as broad as the charge and as
his denial in the Senate. The Senator from
Kansas so broadly and emphatically assert
ed his innocence and challenged investiga-
ton, that he could not have intended to
limit the investigation to this one charge,
and it was due to him that the Senate should
correct the oversight committed in drawing
the resolution offered by him and adopted
by the Senate.
Mr.. Upton called attention to the fact
that Mr.. Pomeroy, in bis remarks in the
Senate, had denied all charges of bribery
or corruption by whomsoeVer made, and
said it was now
2 - Too Late
to attempt to limit tie investigation, and
that if the attempt was made it would be
equivalent to saying, We have got about as
much of this as we can stand, and we have
concluded not to let the bars down any
further. He also called attention to the
fact that Mr.. Simpson stated in his petition
that some of the witnesses offered, mem
bers Of the Legislature of Kansas, were
now here, so that there need be no delay,
such as was feared by those who opposed
enlarging the authority of the committee.