Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-19


his request; that that paper was not a
report OF the Committee on Foreign Al
fairs and had never been adopted or
iavorably considered by il; that that
was done in the absence Of Mr.. King,
whose absence was known to Acklin;
that that alleged report, as presented,
consists Of four pages OF manuscript, u
printed resolution, and the printed re-
port Of Mr.. Acklin to the Forty-fiith
Congress; that the manuscript is IN the
form OF a request from the Committee
on Foreign Affairs for the speedy pas
sage OF the resolution; that the manu-
script is in the handwriting OF Mr.. Ack-
las clerk, and copied by him from
draft made by MIR. Acklin; that the
maduseript so prepared WIS handed by
Mr.. Acklin TO Mr.. King during the
extra session, with a desire that he
should adopt it; that the committee
did not adopt IL as their
report or iayorahly consider II,
and that il was returned early in Decem-
Der 10 Mr.. Acklin, and he was informed
the committee was probably adverse to
it; that Mr. Acklin subsequently al
tered it by pasting to it printed copy
OF the resolution asking lor special
committee 10 report on the Nlcaraugu-
an claim, and introduced it SO changed
on January 23d; that Mr.. Acklin being
inquired Of ut the time by the journal
clerk, failed TO convey To him any other
impression than that he had presented
the report Tor Mr.. King, that it was
Mr.. King and not the Chairman OF
the Committee, who asked Mr.. ACklin
what the introduction Oi the report
meant, and who received an unsatis-
factory reply, that the entries are made
ON the journal and in the records re-
manned uncorrccted until January 2Oth,
all of which is respectfully submitted,
and the committee ask To be discharged
from farther consideration on the sub
jett.
Mr.. ACklin sent to the clerks desk
and had read letters directed by him 10
the chairman OF the Committee on For
cign Affairs, and the chairman ol the
subcommittee, asking that the scope OF
the investigation might be- enlarged.
Mr.. Cox stated that the committee
had no authority to 80 beyond the sim
pie inquiry as to the truth or falsliy ul
the charges IN one newspaper, the De-
troit Post The committee had limited
itself TO the resolution. The inycstga-
ton was q delicate matter ut best, and
the committee could certainly not have
eqtcndcd its scope without authority.
Mr. Frost offered resolution recon-
mitting To- the Committee on Foreign
Affairs the report in regard to j. II,
ACklin, with instructions 90 report what
action, ii any, the House shonld take in
the matter.
This led to u long debate and finally
Mr.. Ilawley offered the following
amendment: That the report and
evidence presented by the Committee
on Foreign Affairs in the case OF Mr..
Acklin be referred ~ the Judiciary Com.
mitiee, which committee is hereby
authorized to make further inquiry ifit
should appear essential 70 Just
judemeni and d instructed 10 report
what action isrequirtdon ~ part o.
the House.
Mr.. Garfield concurrcd in the amend
mcnt Offered by the gentleman from
Connecticut Primarily lac said the
great question Was the constitutional
right Of the House over It's records.
The charge against the gentleman from
Louisiana was an invasion Oi the
privileges OF the House in regard
TO its proceedings and, OF course, that
the charge was a very grave one. The
charge also affected the rights OF the
Committee on Foreign Affairs. In one
sense that committee was injured by it,
aud in an especial sense one OF its mem
bcrs was the injured party. On the
other hand, the necessary witnesses
were, first, the member ol the Committee
on Foreign Affairs Kingl whose name
was concerned in the paper presented
bv Mr. Acklin, and secondly, all the
members Of that committee who could
state the original facts better than any
body else; that the committee had re-
ported the iacts, but had said nothing
whatever about the question OF motive,
which question was, OF course, essential.
In order to get at that, another commit
tee not concerned in the matter at all,
either rs witnesses or parties ought 10
take it up, aud such a
committee OF the House was,
in his judgment, a fitting committee.
II Select Committee were appointed a
very dlsagTccablc and difficult duty
would hc imposed on the Speaker, but
II standing committee Of the House
were chosen no one would have a right
to object, that the Judiciary Commit
tee was created iog general law pur-
poses that the committee was not con.
Cerncd ia the case rs 1t Was IN the con.
diuon oi being able to act without bias
that the House ought 10 do justice, first
to It's own privileges aud integrity OF It's
records, and second Ia the individuals,
and hc believed that this motion Of the
gentleman from Connecticut would do
both
The previous question Mas moved and
seconded. and Hawley's amendment
was agreed 10 yeas, l6l, nays, p
Mr. Frost Withdrew his substitute.
and the report Of the Committee ON
Foreign Affairs as amended by llaw-
ley's motion ,dlscharSing the committee
irOm further consideration Oi the case
and referring 1t 10 the Judiciary Com.
mittcc, VAS adopted without division.
Fernando Wood, chairman OF the
Committee on Ways and Means, re-
ported back the hIll 10 facilitate the re-
funding II the National debt, also, a
resolution committing that bill to the
Committee Of the Whole, and making il
thespcyial oricr ior the first Tuesday in
March, and from iay 20 lay thereafter
until disposed Of, 90 the exclusion OF all
existing crjers, but not 10 interfere with
the appropriation bills. The resolution
was adopted.
Mr.. Gib~on introduced the following
bill. which MAS referred, to secure 4
more Uniform collection on imported
sugars. II provides that all sugars OF
apparent color. Of which, as imported. is
not above No, dutch standard in color,
and which contains over ~ and not
over gS per cent Of crystaliEable ssgar
in a hundred parts Of dry substan.
ces, shall bc classified a. above
No. and not above No. 10 du-
ties, Dutch standard All sugars OF APP
parent color. which, as imported, is not
above No. 10 Dutch standard in
color, and which contain over 9j PET
cent of crystaliHable sugar in one
hundred parts oi the dry substance.