The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-06
The vote being taken resulted as follows:
Yeas 13; nays 81. No quorum voting the
Senote adorned.
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
Mr.. House, from the Committee on
Elections, offered a resolution declaring
T. w. Bennett, sitting delegate from
Idaho. not entitled to a seat. Ordered
printed.
Mr.. White offered resolution estab-
fishing money order offices at every
county seat; also reducing the members
OF The House of Representatives to 200
A resolution by Mr.. Adams, on a pre-
vious Monday TO the effect that the leg.
islation affecting the tariff is at this time
i.expedient, came up for consideration.
Mr.. Morrison moved to refer the reso.
luton to the Committee on Ways and
Means. Agreed to. Yeas ia; nays SO.
Mr.. Neal offered a bill to repeal the
resumption act of January l4th, 1875,
and called the previous question on the
bill.
Mr.. KassoR raised point of order
that no notice of the bill had been given,
and that therefore the bill was not in
| order.
Speaker Cox decided that the point of
| order was we'll taken.
Mr.. Holman appealed from the de-
| cison of the chair, and on motion OF
Mr.. Morrison the appeal was laid on the
table by vote Of l34 to 30.
Mr.. Blame, rising to question OF
privilege, proceeded to address the House
on the subject sf investigation into the
! Union Pacific and Northern Pacific tran
sactions, in which his name had become
| involved. He read the resolution offered
| BY Mr.. Tarbox, on which inquiry rs to
| the connection ol the Union Pacific
Railroad with the bonds of the Little
Rock u Ft Smith Railroad was COM
commenced The author of that resoiu-
ton had at the time disclaimed any par
ticular allusion to him Blaine), dis
claimer which he (Blslne) regarded At
the time with some little incredullty 1t
soon became entirely obvious that
the resolution was solely and only
aimed at MIN, and that the Union
Pacific mstter or any other incident TO
the invcstl CATION, WAS of secondary IN
significance and unimp Jrtant, and he
did not complain of that. He was ready
to meet it and the gentleman on whom
the statement Of the accusation rested.
Mr.. Harrington had heel ihe first man
called, and had stated what he knew
from rumor. Then, on motion OF MIR.
Rollins, Mlllsrd and Tascott were ex.
amined, and their testimony was COM
plete and conclusive in disproof Of his
iBlaines) having mad anything
whatever to do with the trans
action. He had expected To have
an early report from the Committee but
il had been prolonged and p olonged and
be had been somewhat surprised last
week at being told that the Committee
would then turn to investigate the trans
actions of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
on q newspaper report that there had
been the same effort on his part with a
friend in Boston 10 procure tor him some
shares of that company, which effort had
proved sbortive, He has asked the gen.
tleman from Virginia, the chairman
OF the sub committee, Mr.. Hunton, under
what authority he proposed to make that
investigation and had been told that the
authority was resolution offered by Mr..
Luttrell on the 3lst of January. He
thought that that gentleman, Mr.. Lut-
trel,, would be susprised to find out that
the first they did under that resolution
vas TO bring its whole force TO bear on II
liul le transaction IN Boston which proved
never to be transaction all. That in
vestiestIon was begun and three wit
nesses had testified just precisely AS the
circumstances were. He had NO sooner
GOT through with that than in another
part OF the Capitol, without the slightest
| notice or warning 10 him, the Committee
on Real Estate Pool had entered on an
investigation specifically aiming at him,
80 that there were three Investigations
goin< on at the same time. Without
any of them being completed, he under
stood the gentleman from Virginia pro-
posed, this morning, still another
| inquiry about the kansas Pa
cifc Railroad Company. transsc-
ton which was fifteen years old
even If it existed, and this was also aimed
ut him. Now he would say, and now he
would say it boldly, that under these gen
eral powers 10 investigate the SPECIFIC
| railroad companies, the whole inquiry OF
the committee was aimed personally at
him. Why did they not organize a
committee 10 investigate james u
Blaine2 He wanted ~ meet the thing
| souarely. He did not wish TO stir up
any blood on the question, but he would
saw tha. ever since 4 certain debate took
plsce in the House 10 January last, II
| hud been known there were gentlemen
here whose feelings bad been exasperated
against him, and it was 10 be remarked
that while there were seven
Democratic members OF the judi.
clary Committee, the chairman
Of the Committee. Knott was elected on
the subcommittee 10 when these mat
rers bad been referred. Two members from
the South, who had been in the rebel
army
Kuott-One word.
Blaine-After moment.
Knott-Allow me word now.
BIaIne-Well, go on.
Knott-The matter Of that railroad
investigation was referred 10 the sub
| committee before ever behru you'
name mentioned in connection with It
I had no act or part in inciting the In
vestlgation duplicating you at all.
Mr.. Blaine-Then the gentleman from
Virginia, Mr. Hunton, insisted under
that resolution, which Was obviously on
ia face, limited TO the $4,000 bond trans.
actions with the Union Pacific Company
on going into all the affairs Of the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Company, ~ IN
cidental thereto, and pursued It TO suct
an extent that finally j hsd myself
through my colleague, Mr.. Frye, to tak'
an appeal 70 the iull committee, ard lh'
full committee decided that the gentle
man, Mr.. Huhton, had no right TO g
into it, but when be came back be re
sumed the examination exactly In tn
came way until he WAS stopped by N.
colleague, Mr.. Frye, acting not a. my At
torney, bat as my friend. and when. d
n.lly. witness Mulhssn came here losde'
with information in regard 70 the For
Smith Company, the gentleman, MI
Hunton, threw out what be kne'
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