New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-13

a TO whether the o,swcr given should be- considered sat
lsfactory or not az finally resolution INTRODUCED ny
Mr. Knott Tenant him to the custody OF the sergeant
alarms until he sholld produce the papers or inc HOUSE
should make further order was passed by an annos'
strictly party VOTE The real merit of the proceedings
to-day DEFENDS upon the Judgment which may be passed
on the original subpoena of Morisons committee ana DOT
on the case presented by Mr. Barness answer To-Day
If the drag net subpoena served upon him IN New-oreSs
wRs ono that ought be obeyed then Barnes shouu oo
punished for contempt OF the privileges OF the HOUSE,
Ho does not deny that at the tlme 'na'
Subpoena vas served, the dispatches domah"ea
were in his possession. and that they al weh'
on, OF his possession after he had been ordereu
TO produce thcm II that subpoena was not vaiia one
then the proceedings against Barnes to-day were UNJUST
aud indofensble IL it was valid one, tnen tney "ee
entirely proper not punishment for his refusal ous
but as punishment for his original contempt ihero
no doubt that Mr. Morrisons committee has gone apou'
the business OF obtaining copies OF political ois
IN o very bungling manner IL If UNDERSTOOD Oh s"
Democratic authority that the committee was INFORM
as to the character Of several dispatches rece'eu u!
Kellogg and Packard day or two AFTER the a'e rres
Dental election II they had called Gov Kellogg aho
examined him In regard to the receipt OF theso ais
PATCHES aud had ordered him to produce them ana nc
b;. failed 70 do 50, having admitted their exist
,oc.. their course would have been TO make
demand on the telegraph company, which no agent o
that company would have besitated to obey ASH war;
the desired not only to get ospatches Vi 'o
existence OF which they they have private evidence
but others Of which they had no definite knoTese anu
1t was this attempt throw out dragnct wbich mas
given the company an opportunity 10 dispose Oh oil
political kilograms In its possession Whatever steps
may now he t.ken nobody in Washington believes tha'
aDy OF the dispatches passing between high 0cals ih
this city and State officers in Louisiana, will ever DE pro
duced before any committee
President Orion not arraigned BEFORE the housc
today % the occupied the greater part Vi
the session plea II understood, VIII be very similar
to that originally made by Mr. Barnes He VIII claim
not 10 have custody Of the dispatches OF the company
hut will assert that they In possession OF the Exfu
five Committee and the House proposes to pursue tis
matter TO It's legitimate end they will be Obliged 10 ar
raieu all the members of that committee at Its baf In
deed the resolution reported two weeks ago from inc
Committee oil the Judiciary declares II 10 be as ucn
conteInpt OF the privileges OF the House 70 81
yise any person not TO produce papers rs 20
refuse 10 produce them. II proceedings are
ipstitutea against the Executive Committee, nc"
and interesting question ia likely to arise IL happens
that Chester W. Chaplin, Representative rom n'~sA
chusett is also member of the Executive Committee OF
the Western Union Telegraph Company, ana Is therefore
one OF the body which deeced that the House shall
not have tho kilograms. The question has very peru
neny been asked to-day whether the House VIII proceed
against one of its members and commit MIN Tor con
tamp IL he should refuse to produce the papers qe
nonded nv the House. II writ OF habeas corpus IS
asled for IN the Barnes the courts OF this d7c
will undoubtedly grant IT, following the precedent es
tabliehed last year by Judge Cartier.