The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-03-05
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pace with pretty strong indication
that ii won't tiro out as coon as has
been predicted. During tho last few
days matters Of little moro interesting
and sensational character have been
coming to tho front, and, oil things con.
sidcred, life at tho Capital is growing
less n.onotonous, from political stand.
point at least. An event very rare in
any Congress expulsion Of a mem.
ber-threatens to shortly occur Mr.
Acklen, Of Louisiana. stands accused Of
n serious breach Of honor among mem
bors, in presenting to tho House what
he represented to be tho report Of n
committee, and asking to have It re-
ceived and printed These things are
always accepted on the word of mem.
Der, and when it was discovered that
the paper presented was not commit.
toe report, and that Mr.. Aeklen had no
authority wi atever to so repreeent it,
there was great indignation. An inves.
tigation was ordered aud tho result re-
ported places Mr.. Acklcn in very bad
situation. lie is Democrat, but
nearly every Democntic member be-
lieves he should lie expelled, while on
the Republican side hc has several act
i've friends who favor mildcr treatment.
Mr.. Acklen's career has been a little
cheekercd since his election to Congress,
and he has been accused Of some I'M
manly things both here and at home,
in consequences Of which some newspa-
pers have dubbed him tho " Louisiana
Goat" yet he has generally managed to
whitewash himself. IL il not known
whether he had any corrupt motive in
the matter now pending. aud an inves-
tigation into that feature ct the case is
being made by tie Judiciary Commit
tee. II any bal motive Is found he
viii certainly be expelled.
The contested election cases that have
occupied the most attention so far are
Curtin vs. Yokum in Pennsylvania and
Donnelly vs. Washburn in Minnesota.
Both are practically decided. The Rad
ical press is making q terrible howl over
the finding of the subcoinmittso ia the
latter case because they say washburn's
majority was 5000. But when the re
port Of the full committees In made,
think it viii convince all fair-minded
men that it is no. partisan and that the
sitting member secured al his apparent
majority by means which gave him no
legal or just claim TO the seat. The
record contains evidence Of the groasest
frauds perpetrated in Waslburns inter
est. An example Of the iind Of test-
mony before the committee Is this
, Washburn came into Minneapolis from
the country with majority against
him. lilo Is confessedly unpopular in
the city, and yet I!c overeamc this al
: verse majority and ran up majority
for himself Of $500 in seven precincts
Of the city where llie regular Repubii-
can majority never exceeds $50. This
; was donc by resort to the statute that
, each voters ballot and name on the
registry should be numbered, so that II
might bc known how each man voted.
! This law facilitates bribery and had
just been declared unconstitutional by
: the Court, and Judges OF Elections bad
decided the evening before election day
ahat they would abide by that decision.
Governor Washbnrn, the contestants
brother, and the latter's bool-keeper,
Hall, arc said to be convicted of bribe-
ry, and it will lie held tiiat W. d.
Washburn must have been priyy to it.
This is but one Of number Of pieces
! Of testimony on which the snb-commit-
tee base their finding.
The new rules of the House arc still
pending. Closing the open debate in
Committee OF the Whole did not bring
an early disposition Of the snhjeet as
was supposed, and there have been in
dications that the whole revision would
finally be defeated on account of some
Of the amendments. Tho greatest dan
ger has grown out of the contest be-
tween the Appropriations Committee
and some of the other less important
ones. The frst-named committee de-
sires to retain the power it has always
had, while four or five Others are fight.
ing for greater Importance by securing
a division and distribution of the bills
aPpropriating money. The older and
wiser members, like Speaker Randall
and General Garfield, oppose the change,
but by combining the strength Of these
| little, unimportant committees against
the appropriations Committee they
have come very near doing considerable
damage. Any one experienced in leg
islation viii see at a glance that the ef
feet of distributing the control of the
appropriations increases the danger Of
raids upon the Treasury, and it will be