The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-28

he emphstically sent home the points
made in the manuscript In one por.
ton of it, where an appeal 10 made %
Congressman to know Why he (Ames)
should have the honor Of . long life Of
honesty taken away from him, Ne
Pherson's voice descended TO plain
tive accent, and al the pathos ipdi.
genous to the McPherson bosom vas
bresthed into the sentences before him
until many shed tears.
Oakes Ames sat in front, ct his tirst
chosen seat, near Butler. During the
reading OF the speech his face vas
covered, and occasionally his handker-
chief would .teal up ss.if 70 wipe away
tear. "Oakes Ames 10 crying. was
murmured in the galleries. This caused
the vast audience to turn away trom
the gyrating Clerk TO the old man
bowed down at his desk weeping over
his disgrace.
An involuntary thrill OF sympathy
went through the spectators, the same
that moves an audience in gasing upon
a condemn ed man. At this juncture
Butler went over and conversed with
Morgan, when they retired from the
fioor for consultation. The reading Of
Ames' speech disclosed one TACT, that
h. was not the author oil the manuscript
which was being intoned by McPhersou
The legal phraseology and the close
logical argument plainly demonstrated
the writer to be keen lawyer, aud not
a shovel maker or railroad contractor.
A. J. Tsppleton, attorney Tor the Union
Pacific Railroad, was the author, al.
though Butler and Caleb Cushing were
both credited with its authorship.
Matters began 10 get heavy about this
time. The immense crowd had absorb
ed all the purity OF the atmosphere, and
were engaged in the depressing occupa.
ton OF inhaling it over and over again.
though frightened with oil kinds OF
corruption. This seemed quite appro-
pirate Tor the occasion, but Was very
in the effect. Farnswor!h
was the next man on the floor. He
made an
ELABORATE DEFIANCE or Ahks,
and pranced about with considerable
agility, but spread himself over 70 much
surface that he was quite thin ~ times.
Fsrnsworth. according to his wont. in.
dulged in good deal Of clsptrap. aud
his appeals on behsl. OF Ames sounded
pslhetic only to those who do not know
his characteristic insincerity. He made,
however, several good poinst against
the rerort OF the Poland committee, the
one being the declaration that
there must be Two men 70 . case Of
bribery, and that one man could no
more commit bribery than he could
commit mstrimony. The remainder Of
Farnsworth's speech was prosy aud
wesrlso and Al the close oi Il the
crowd began TO thin out in . small de-
gree, az il they were disappointed In the
excited sensation.
Judge Merrick then took the door
and made, in . measured, sledge ham
mer style, an upsnswerable argument
in favor OF the report ~ far ~ II went
in the punishment Of Ames and Brooks.
The earnestuess OF Judge MeTick Was
terrible AT times. He seemed the very
OF justice, and his stern
demands that there should be no shirk.
ing the performance OF duty, however
painful, made deep impression on the
vast audience and caused the faces Of the
accused members 10 alternately blsnch
and flush with emotion.
JUDGE MEsRiCK's sPsEcH.
was decidedly the best one OF the day.
He answered with calmuess annoying
nterrogatories from Fsrnsworth. Ed
ridge aud Others His manner was that
of one impelled by Stern sense OF duty.
A fter depouncing Ames he turned TO
James Brooks and his lsshing Of the
agonized member from New
York was terrible. So last came the
words from Merricks lips that bis weak
body swsyed 10 and iyo uoder the strain
ike reed in the wind. Brooks listen
ID as il impelled by some fearful iAsc'-
nation.