Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-20
EORTT-SIXTH CONGRESS.
THURSDAY, March 20.

SENATE-After prayer by the Chaplain and
the reading Of the journal by the Secretary.
Mr.. Wallace moved that the Senate do now ad-
journ. He withdrew the motion at the request
ate adjourn it be to Monday. This was disa-
greed to, and the Senate then adjourned till to-
morrow
HOUSE.-Mr. Chalmers asked leave to intro
duce for reference bill to prevent the intro
duction of contagious diseases into the United
states.
Mr. Conrer objected.
Mr. MacMahon called up the petition OF CO.
tain citizens Of Cincinnati in regard to the cleo
tiOn Of Benz. ButterwOrth and John L. Young,
OF Ohio. He did not desire to have the memC-
rial read, but he offered resolution refeffifg &
the petition and accompanying papers to the
committee ON elections when the same shall be
appointed.
Mr.. Garfield said that as he understood it, the
petition did not ask for the unseating OF But
terWOrth and Young, but simply for the repeal
Of the supervisors law. and he therefore sug-
gested that the matter should be referred to
select committee.
A short discussion ensued between Messrs.
Garfield, Keifer and Mcmahon, as to the re-
spectablility OF the slgners OF the Petition, In
the House should take recess until the state
OF Ohio had settled the claims OF the respecta-
bility OF her citizens.
Mr.. Garfield read dispatch from one of the
sigEers Of the petition, stating that his sigma
tuTe had been obtained by Misrepresentation;
and said that he understood that ten of the
other petitioners had sent similar dispatches.
Mr.. Mcmahon replied that he had received q
dispatch from twenty-five citizens Of Cincin-
natl, asking that their names be affixed to the
memorial.
Mr. Mcmahon defended the memorialists
from attacks made upon them by Keifer, stating
that, as far as he knew, they were the peers OF
any man on the floor.
After further debate, Mr.. Mcmahon so modi-
fed his resolution as to refer the matter to a
select committee Of seven, with leave to sit
during the recess, to send for persons and pa
pers, and to have the expenses paid out of the
contingent fund.
Mr. Frye suggested that the whole thing was
farce, and that it would only cost some
s20O00.
Mr. Garfield suggested that the committee
also inquire into the working Of the supervisors
law in Cincinnati.
Mr. McMahon declined to modify the resolu-
the memorial.
Mr.: Butterworth, as one Of the gentlemen
interested, declared himself heartily Nd favor
Of the resolution, because, for number OF years
past, he had been engaged In an effort to root
out every conceivable form of corruption in
elections, state and national. He asked, how
fed as suggested by his colleague (Garf1eld) so
as to include an investigation into the practical
working OF the supervisors law In the two
that the election Of himself and colleague
HouDg) had been brought about largely by the
dlshonest and &C trrupt use of governmental ma
CIlHeTy-tIidI Is, Oy Ine supervisors ana deputy
mars halls. This charge he asserted to be un-
founded. On the contrary, that machinery
t1at Cincinnati had had for 25 years.
He admitted that the gentlemen who signed
the memorial were respectable members Of the
Cincinnati bar, but none Of them had ever in
timated to him that there had been any frauds
in the election. He was glad to know, however,
that they had been unable to get a reputable
democrat to bear the memorial from Cincinnati
to Washington, but had to get political by brid
to come here with 1t.
Mr.. Young-the other gentleman interested
also declared himself In favor Of the resolution
Mr.. Mcmahon modified the resolution as re-
quested, SO as to have the workings OF the SUI
pervisors' law In Cincinnati inquired into, and
then the resolution was adopted, and the House
at / O'Clock ad djourned-whereupO the demo.
cratic caucus assembled In the Hall