The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-17
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SECRETARY OF TIE TREASURY WANTED.
Mr.. Beck submitted resolution tina
the Secretary Of the Treasury appear Il
person on Wednesday next, and inform
the Senate what reason, ii any, he has 10
failing to answer the resolution Of the *
OF December, 1873. in regard to the amoun
OF silver coin received for custom dues
and whether he has applied it or any par
OF 1t TO the payment OF interest on th'
bonds and notes OF the United States, ant
il not so applied, to state the reason why
Mr.. Beck said that the Secretary OF III,
Treasury had increased the bonded deb
Sl04, ,49J, ,450, by selling bonds and holding
the gold. After brief debate the resolu
ton was laid over.
BLArSE's INVESTIGATION.
At the expiration of the morning bust
ness the resolution OF Mr.. Blaine in re
gard to elections in the South, was takeI
Mr., Wallace moved to lay the rcsolu
ton OF Mr.. Blaine on the table.
Rejected. Yeas 8, nays 90. Messrs
Davis West Virginia., McCrery and Wal
lace voted in the affirmative, and oil thu
others, Democrats and Republicans, in thu
negative.
After a brief colloquy the amendment o
Mr.. Thurman was agreed to without di
vision.
Mr.. Conklin submitted an smendmen
to have the investigation made by spe
cial committee OF nine Senators instead o
the Judiciary Committee. Agreed 10
Yeas 80, nays 81.
Mr.. Blaine, then submitted an amend
ment authorizing the committee to taxi
testimony by itself or by any sub-com
mittee, and to visit any portion Of th'
country, when such visit may in thei
Judgment facilitate any portion OF an OBJ
ject ofinquiry.
Mr.. Butler moved an amendment 10 thu
amendment so as to provide that the com
mite, or any subcommittee thereof, shal
sit with open doors.
Mr.. Blaine-Will the Senator explain hi
motive2
Mr.. Butler replied that his motive wa.
to have free, fair and full Investigation
Mr.. Blaine opposed the amendment o
Mr., Butler and said there might be cast
where witness would be embarrassed by
testiiying openly. Very many Of the mer
who had been intimidated at the polls wert
more intimidated on the witness stand
He would leave the whole matter OF open
sessions OF the Committee with the Com
mittee itself
Mr.. Butler said he understood that the
Senator from Maine objected to the amend
ment on the ground that in certain part'
OF the country certain witnesses were will
ling TO testify secretly, but not openly
The Senator has spoken about $50 and so
being alleged in regarl to depr;ying the
citizens OF their rights. there was not s
particle OF proof of the fact. He Butler
as Senator in the part representing South
Carolina, desired TO say to the Senate ant
to the country that the people Of his State
desired the most complete and fullest in
vestigation which could be made, aud any
witness who appeared before the Commit
tee in South Carolina could testify Just q
safely Us he could in the State OF Maine.
Mr.. Eustis said it occurred to him as al
extraordinary situation for the Senate
from Maine to occupy, when in advance
OF the examination OF single witness th'
honorable Senator took the liberty o
stating to the Senate and to the people o
the country that the people OF Louisiana
had no more rights as voters than the in
habitants OF Senegambia. He (Eustis
could demonstrate that the elections il
Louisiana were fair and peaceful, and tina
there were q great many reasons why th'
Democratic candidates were elected. TIL,
colored people exercised the right o
suffrage and also Of discrimination.
Mr.. Blaine said that the Senator from
South Carolina (Butler) either possesse'
or affected great ignorance OF past event
in South Carolina. He referred TO tn,
troubles in that State, and said that he haC
two hundred letters giving the details o
great outrages on the right OF suffrage,
the Senator (Butlcr) desired full and fai
investigation, free from intimidation, h
would leave it to the committee as +
whether the doors should be opened o
not, and not let the witnesses, white an
colored, be notified that the doors woull
be opened, aud that II they appeared be
fore the committee they would do so a
their peril.
Mr.. Butler said that II the Senate
(Blaine) desired full and fair investigu
ton, as he claimed, he would vote for III
amendment to open the doors. TheSena
tor (Blaine) said that he had two hundret
letters complaining OF outrages, but h
(Butler) understood that Senator TO say Il
his speech on Wednesday last that he ha
based his statements on newspaper publ
cations. II newspaper statements wer
evidence, the Senator from Maine as wei
as himself (Butler) would have been hun
and quartered long ago. He did not mea
to say that newspapers did not c0mmuni
cate the truth, but when correspondent
were sent TO his country to write down eN
erything that was bad about the peopl
and suppress that which was good, h
thought It time to complain. He Butler
could go into Maine with corps OF d.
tectives and make the State a stencil in III
nostrils OF the world.
Mr.. Blaine-You have right 10 do s
under this resolution.
The amendment OF Mr.. Butley was II
jected. Yeas 80, nays 30; q strict party votI
On this vote pairs were announced as 70
lows: Barnum, Butler, Mcdonald, Make
and Thurman, who would have voted
the affirmative, were paired with Chafiet
Sargent, Dorsey, Spencer and Edmund
who would have voted in the negative.
The question being then on the amen,
ment OF Mr.. Blaine, Mr.. Davis, Of We
Virginia, moved to amend so as to provit
that the committee or any sub-col
mittee should sit with open doors whe
requested to do so by any member OF Il
committee.
Mr.. Bayard said: as ior this resolutic
and its amendments It has been acted q
almost with unanimity. Why should
not continue? The courts always toC
testimony with open doors, and II any
yestigation should be made publicly
should be that affecting the character
the whole community. There was SON
thing not American In this result Of InquI