The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-09
HOUSE.

The post-route bill and the bill TO pre-
vent straw bids, passed.
Mr.. Knott, from the Judiciary com.
mittee, reported bill prescribing oaths
to be taken BY grand and petit jurors in
the United States courts. In the course
| of discussion it was explained that this
law proposed to repeal the iron clad oath.
Attention was called by Mr.. Hoar to
the fact that under this bill forbidding
any other oath than that prescribed to be
administered, the conspirators could sit
upon iuries on the trial of their Cocoon
splrators, so that members of the whisky
ring might sito grand and petit juries
Mr. Knott suggested in reply that is
empanneiing jury it would be compe.
tent for the court to PROFOUND the ques.
tion whether juror did belong to any
such ring or association.
Mr.. Hoar denied that, and said,
through inadyertsnce certainly this bill
violated one OF the great principles un-
DERIVING the administration OF justice.
The morning hour expiring, the bill
went over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Lord took the Aooi to call up the
Geneva award bill. out yielded to Mr..
| Blame in relation to the motion he made
Yesterday to reconsider the vote by which
the testimony taken before the Jndicl-
ary Commi tee was ordered printed.
He wanted 10 have embodied in the
proceedings dispatch received BY Knott
from Josiah Caldwell, IN London. Also,
what took place in committee yesterday
Mr.. Hunton said he had no sort of ob
lection TO that.
Objection, however, was made by MIR.
Southard.
After the disposal of matters OF miner
Importance, Nj. Tarbox rose to matter
OF personal privilege, and began his
speech by quoting from Mr.. Bisme'- :
speech OF Monday last, in which he sta
ted that he Mr.. Tarbox) had Informed
MIR FRYE that the resolution offered by
him was not aimed at him Mr.. Blaine),
but that he Mr.. Blsine) had regarded the
assurance with some degree OF incredullty.
He CTarbox) didn't rise with any pur-
pose Of convincing the incredulous mind
of the gentleman from Maine. What that
gentleman's opinion might be as to his
GTarboxO sincerity or any other quality
was as immaterial TO the public as 1t was
TO himself. The whole tenor OF that the
gentleman's speech, however, was that
resolution which put that investigation
in progress was conceived in partisan
malice and was prosecuted in political
malice toward him personally. In vim
dcatIon OF his own (Tarbox) good
fame he was in possession
Of some facts about it. After the con-
spicuous, not TO say the ostentatious,
championship of the inviolsbillty OF
private correspondence by the gentleman
from Maine, he Tarbox was surprised
tha. II private communication OF his to
the rentl.mans colleague, Frye made
IN Courteous and obliging spirit, was
made Use of by him in manner entirely
uncallcd for, and of fvulgusr impertinence.
By law, as laid down by that gen
tleman that conversation was his
1Tafbox'sl private property. Laughter
on the Democratic side 1t
WAS in a conversation between
him and the gehtleman's coll eague IN
the frankness and privacy of personal
in e-course and was therefore As much
entitled to immunity as though 1t was
written by pen. According to the gen.
,leman's Blsine's) theory prisoner 10
the dock would have = right 70 take
rom witness letters and documents
Inst might tend 10 his con-
yic,ion and hold them in spite
rt the court, jury and wiiHess,
and vet having laid down that rule, ne
IBlainel had violated, for his own pur-
pusss. a conversation between him Tar
box and the gentleman's colleague. He
would now give the history ofthe resoiu-
ton introduced by him. Mr.. Tarbox
then related how and where be had first
offered his resolution. Ii was OBJ.
iected To, and that he had given
notice that be would offer t
the following Monday how he had been
waited On By Frye in regard TO 1t, and
how he had said ~ that gentleman thst
the investigation proposed BY bis resolu-
ton wound not involve BlsIne's iDteg
r,tv1 and how FRYE had stated TO bim
TIM, for reasons he did not like
To explain, but not the absence
OF his c. league, be prsferre
that the resolution would not be
offered until ,hs following Tuesday or
Wednsrday, and tbst then no objection
would be offered on the Republican side
of the House Soon after yards Mr. Frye
had come to MS desk and asked for the
privilege rf examining the resolution,
and having got it be retired with II, for
wha, purpose be (TsrboIl did not know,
excep: a. be inferred from subsequent
events. and then ne returned II 10 hun
with the statement that be withdrew al!
obi. ction 10 his presenting it at the me.
The history OF his FsrbO1's relation TO
,hs, resolution was that he bad meant BY
i, jps, what appeared on It's face, and
nolbinc more He had spoken With en-
tire frsasDess On the gentIeEan from
Maine LFryrL He did no, sopPo-e that
he was dong the gei siemsn Haine
an i'll service when he Sc. ihas
! inquest on foot or that gentleman VI q
so esteem it ss q man of intesr ~ no
I had no stain 10 hide. He ,heuE : a!
the gentleman would desire il - muc
J a be had desired the Credit M"bIi- " =
ves,ieation which be bad himself pat 10
| motion. Huvever later revelations bad
Influenced his tTsrboI) judgment be