New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-27

caucus Io,ormined to submit to the Dehiooi"''
it was oo.ci' ,hat the House should lmme-
propoo,., TO the consideration OF the
dla'eH TnHIle ease. and, after six hours oe,
MacA'! On the question of recommitai' IL
oaVe' WV sball decide in the negative IL
the no"9. .i,no the case until 1t Is hnisiieu'
shaA .0r anatorv motions There is dissa.iS-
faction among tne
p"ndal,,s leadership.
THE REVOLUTIONARY MlNohiii, n
Inn ~. rxppoKEN-A DEMOCRATlC Sub
r,RFUGE To GAIN DELAh-NN
,pv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBUNhl -.
V-.su,ScToN May 26.-Ihe Democia'io nn'"Vis
=, .,,o Uorse Of Representatives, nave no" ep0"'
aa,s in 6libnstering against the cohsiuela'ioH 20
uays III ~" oIoction case, the highest question Oh
coh'eS'eu ,ioh ,nder the Constitution can arse IN
a.. hoJy The revolutionary proceedings Vi 'no
in"' o,.o not heen interposed directly against
o.;rc of q member who was not elected an"
:, ,;ssion of member who was elected ou' W
,r+ . trial of the case in controversy upon i.S
nor;ts and the testimony and report PieSeH'ol,
Tbooe nroceedinCs have no paralie III INC ISV'i' "a
the House of Representatives, .,uo
1foro +bo Uouse assembled this morning there
,,cre minors of Democratic overtures loi COMP
,iso 10 end the deadlock, and later IN the u'S 'neS
'"'9o e1 nv the offering Of a resolution by Mt.
pIootbprp after much earnest consultation WIN
Messrs Carlisle. Randall and other Democratic eau-
crs and also after an intimaton to MessrS' aNino
dothcr leading Republicans that sueh an ooi %
70 he made The House had been IN session nc'ily
FIVE bonrs when the compromise was oneIou anu
,be session had been more Dolsterous anu ui'
Ill than usual In the course OF
&c
,bcb Will materially curtai the power OF the MI
r;t1, 70 iIibnster. On motion to fix aday to which
the House shonld adjourn, Mr.. Hatch, OF MISSOURI
oelc5 70 he excused from voting, and another Dem
ocrat demanded the yeas and nays on that motion
After some discussion the Speaker ruled that yeas
and NAYS could not be demanded on such motion,
and from that mling Mr.. Blackburn appealed Inc
Sneaker permitted the appeal to be taken, but re-
marked that hereafter ne might refuse to entertain
snch an appeal In both these positions Speaker
Keiter is sustained by decisions of Boyd, Orr Col
fax and other previous Speakers of the House OF
Representatives,.
When Mr.. Blackburn came TO the front Win inc
Democratic project in his hand and asked Tor unam-
nous consent to have it read members OF Doth
narties wife had been lounging in the lobby and
cloak-rooms came hurrying to their seats, and Tor
the first time during the day good order prevailed
Mir. Blackburn erred at the very outset by making
the covert threat that should this profcr of COM
promise come to naught the deadlock would
never be broken because the Democrats would
hold out interminaby. After some further
predatory remarks by Messrs. Blackburn
and Calkins the latter urging his party
friends to listen to the propositions from the
other side the resolutions were read They provide
for the appointment OF special committee OF hv'
members to visit South Carolina and investigate h
II, A. tI,of o%,,,, in, tIo poy
tested election case has been altered or falsifed b.
or in the interest of Mackey, and that the origna
hotes of the evidence taken have been destroyed IL
whole or in part and that the result of this nvcsti
cation shall be reported to the House. The very i'm
pudence and audacity of this proposition appeared
nj first to stagger the Republicans.
Chairman Cakns who is one of The mildest ant
most even tempered men in the world, remarked
with unIuiled demeanor that of course no such
proposition could be accepted by him personally
because 1t reflected upon the committee of which he
Is chairman, and which had IN the judgment Ct an
overwhelming majority of its members already suf-
Gcenty investigated the allegations of fraud in the
testimony Mr.. Carlisle, who since his
recent successful attempt to prevent Messrs.
Williams and Blackburn from shedding
each others gore. has been styled the
bcacemaker" interrupted Major CalkIns to say that
it not intended by the resolutions TO reflect in
the least degree upon the Elections Committee. hut
SIMPLY to relieve the members of that committee of
a labor which with their other necessary duties
they could hardly perform. Mr.. Carlisle also intma-
ted that the members of the committee were already
committed to a certain view of the case, which 1t
might be impractcabie for them 10 surrender.
Chairman Calkins then suggested that the Re-
publican members might properly take The Demo
cratic offer into consideration and meet 1t with a
counter proposition. There had already been signs
Df impatience among the Republicans and at this
point he muTmurs of dsapprObatlOn broke ont into
cries ofobjectiOn and opposition. Mr.. Washburn.
of Minnesota, rose and objected to the reception of
any proposition, and declared that he did not want
10 see tine Republican side given away
by anybO iy." This and similar re-
marks by other Republican members elected loud
applause on that side of the House, and for time
great confusion prevailed, amid all Of which it was
evident that the overwhelming sentiment of the
r-ajority was against anything that looked like
yielding TO the Democratic demand different
feeling could not have been expected TO prevail for
any body who has studied the at all knows that
The Democratic proposition is only suberiuge to
pose of The case AT this season. SO far as Dbbe's
allegations are concerned, they were care
fully and thoroughly investigated by the Elections
COMMITTEE, ana the accusation that they were
hastily incOnsderateiy disposed of is utterly un-
founded. Di5blc filed his allegations, supported by
tucl testimony ne could obtain, more than three
months ago. Mackey was given three days to file
evidence IN Tebutal Then the committee took
three weeks 10 consider the matter, and Oh March
20 oveTruled DIbbles motion. From that time until
week ago last LlOnday DIbbIe did nothing, and
then fading that effort was about TO be made 10
bTnG the case to trial, he filed another memorial
asking that the whole matter be rec pened. The
Elections COmlEIttee took this memorial into con-
tderaton. and aftr discussing it several hours aud
thdIng that II contained nothing new or material,
they dismissed if.
The proof offered by Mackey that the allegations
a-e pS DlDDle were uniounded was most cOnclus
I've ana overwhelming, but even the allegations did
.ot 70 10 We length of denying that Mackey was
ialI!y ana honestly elected TO Congress on NSyem-
Der z, Iooo' Nobody has yet dared to DENY that
30 Inc report OF tbe minority OF the Elections Com
Elit'ee resls the case yirSuay upon the plea that
the election case in which MackcY 30 e'. !
artyf aoated 6h, on tao death of 0CoRnor and
votes cast at the so-csled special Oi thC