Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-27

Ciplts. IT this shall be the result, then
this captious spirit of opposition will
have performed a good work and,
though unwittingly, these party organs
will have worked well.
THE PROSPECTS FOR EXPULSION. All
SORTS of rumOrs prevail as to the proba-
bilities of the final action of Congress on
the report of the Credit Mobilcr investi-
eating committee. Theprospects, Wed
| nesday night, as forecast by Washington
specials, seems to be that the tide of
feeling is setting against the resolutions
for the expulsion of Messrs. Ames and
Brooks, with which the Poland commit
tee conclude their report, and it is doubt
ful if a rOll-call during that evenings
session would show majority in favor
of either. Members who will vote for
the resolutions are not difficult to find,
but to meet one who will predict the
adoption Of the resolutions is almost if
not quite impossible. OF the Massachu-
setts members, ii is not now safe to
! count more than two for the eXpul-
/ sion of their colleague, Mr.. Banks, who
/ is committed by his own report, and Mr..
! Hoar, who is counted on that side from
/ his connection and service with the other
/ Credit MObilier committee Mr. Butler,
/ as incidents of Wednesday showed, will
1 take prominent part in the debate, and
/ 6 !
/ est and aggressive as he is able to make
( it. Mr.. Hooper can scarcely vote to eX-
/ pei one Of his Observation-Disclosures in a
/ common enterprise. Mr.. Dawes will
probably be governed in some measure
by an understanding with other mem
! bers mentioned in the report, and of the
other Massachusetts Representatives
none Of whom have yet declared their
intention to sustain the conclusions of
the committee The feeling of sympa-
thy among the Democrats for Mr..
Brooks is plainly growing stronger and
will array that side of the House in al
most a solid body for his defence. Mr..
! Voorhees, has been furiously indignant
ever since the report was read at what
he calls its partiality and weakness TO-
ward Mr. Ames, and is pledged to make
his best defence of Mr.. Brooks, and
Messrs Beck and Kerr will most likely
give him their support. In the present
state of affairs it appears probable that
nearly all the best and boldest fighters
in the House will be combined in the as
sault against the report, and conditions
and counsel absolutely essential to its
success will be actively arrayed against
it. If all the members who ever bought
Credit Mobilier stock lad been recon-
mendcd for expulsion, the probability
of the adoption of the resolution to that
effect would be much greater than foi
that reported by the committee. As il
now stands, members say there are toe
many "babes in the wood" and they
will not consent to punish Mr.. Ames fol-
giving bribes if those who took them al
his hands are to go unnoticed Mr.
Ames is attending to business as imper-
turhably as he ever did, while Mr..
Brooks lay for an hour or two on one OF
the sofas in the hall, picture of death
and surrounded by sympathizing mem
bers Of both parties. While ascending
the stairs to the hall, this morning, Mr.
Brooks tainted completely away and
was carried to his committee room by
two OF his colleagues.