The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-26

his own behalf, has importuned nobody but has
simply desired that representatives should be
guided by the law and the evidence. He has
been useful, intelligent and industrious Repre-
sentative, and has served his district and coun-
try we'll
TROUBLE FOR THE DEMOCRACY.
New York Times
The Republicans are in a minority in any case
and Mr. Peelle is entirely sure Of being elected
again next November On the other hand the
Democrats have use for young Mr.. Englishs
vote in the House, and have gratuitously dis
graced themselves for the sole apparent purpose
of pleasing former political leader, who is
thoroughly detested in his own State. The
transaction will cause them much trouble and
loss, not only in the Seventh district of Indiana
but throughout the State, and justly so. The
spectacle of their recent candidate for presi
dent, who is understood to be quite willing to
seek further honors if there is any chance of
his getting them denounced on the floor of the
House for scandalous lobbying and subjected to
formal investigation, is one that will have its in
fuence throughout the country.
ONE OF THE D1sGRAcEFUL FEATURES.
Philadelphia Times (Dem.)
Not the least disgraceful feature OF most dis
graceful transaction was the appearance of the
father of the contestant, himself an ex-member
of Congress and former Democratic candidate
for Vice president, in the role of lobbyist
abusing his privileges ex-member by but
ion-holing members and urging them to vote to
seat his son in spite cf the verdict of majority
charge that money promised in large or
small sums to the coming campaign fund of the
party is untrue, the action of the elder English
was in Violate, of the rules of the House and in
gross violation of all rules of propriety.
GOOD THING FOR REPUBLICANS.
Philadelphia Times (Dem).
The effect of seating young English yesterday
in spite of the fact that he was not elected, will
be to make his district hopelessly Republican in
the future. Hereafter if any Democrat is sue
cessful in securing a seat in Congress from that
district he will doubtless have to be seated, as
English was, by Democratic majority on the
floor of the House. There may be statesman
ship in seating people who are not elected to
seats, but there were thirty-one Democrats in
the House who did not think such action was
statesmanlike, and there will be a good many
| thousands of Democratic voters who will agree
with the thirty-one
A STOLEN SEAT.
Chicago Tribune.
The majority deliberately stole the seat and
gave it to man who had not been elected, with
out making even an apology and by the same
token every other Democrat who defeated
two years ago, even if the majority against him
ran into the thousands, has the same right to 90
into the House and take his competitors seat.
The record Of audacity and pillage can go no fur
Their The English theft has no conditions that
distinguish it from the deeds of the highwayman
or the horse-thief Mr.. English has stolen Mr.
Peelles seat and his salary, and could he be
brought up for the theft in any court of justice
his conviction would be a swift one.
A RANK PIECE OF PARTIsANsHIP.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The seating of young English in place of Rep
resentative Peelle of the indianapolis district
accomplished yesterday. was so rank piece of
partisanship that considerable number of
Democrats could not swallow it. When con
gressmen on that side of the House abandon
their associates political question, it may be
taken for granted that the majority is bent
! an unusually foolish wicked end. Mr.. Peelle
is turned out because he is Republican, not be
cause he was not elected His eiectment will
not improve Democratic prospects in Indiana.
ON AUSTIN BROWNS sAY-so.
Wabash Plain Dealer
Austin Brown. Democratic politician, de-
clared on oath that he discovered a mistake in
the count by correcting which English had
trifing majority There was no recount of the
ballots, and on the evidence of Brown alone the
Democratic House of Representatives gave Mr.
Peelles seat to Mr.. English To the credit of
the elections committee, although nine are Dem
ocrats and but four are Republicans, maiority
was against the steal, and in the House, where
his party had majority of seventy, English was
seated by bare three majority.
NO PRETENsE OF JUSTICE.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Daddy English succeeded in logroling his
sons contest for the seat of Mr. Peelle of
Indiana, through the House yesterday. There
is no pretense that young English received
majority of the votes cast in his district 1t is
| said there was an undue thickness OF paper in
some of the ballots cast for Peelle, and these
thrown out gave the seat to English 1t must
have strained the conscience OF decent Demo
Gratis in the House to vote in English such a
| fmsy and absurd preteXt. o' "o'
A SHAMELESS OUTRAGE,
| Columbus Republican.
This is one of the most shameless outrages
ever perpetrated upon the voters of any district
There are not hundred men in the district
who believe that English was elected and it was
the persistent lobbying of the elder English that
caused him to be seated There is universal in
| dignation among Republicans over the outrage
and disgust and uneaSineSs among Democrats.
! Under the circumstances, they cannot we'll avoid
renominating English, in which case Peelle's
| election is conceded by an overwhelming ma
| jority.
WILL SMOTHER THE CORRUPT PRACTICES.
Lafayette Journal.
! The Democrats cannot even make a reasonable
defense of their conduct 1t is susceptible of no
defense. 1t is an outrage upon the people which
will be resented in manner BETTING the injus-
tice.- The proposed investigation will amount to
nothing. The Democratic majority will smother
| the corrupt practices used in seating Mr. En-
| glsh, but the honest voters of Indiana will not
remain silent when the time to record
their opinion of this infamous transaction.
| A DIsGRACEFUL PERFORMANCE.
| Lafayette Journal.
The seating of Mr.. English was brought about
hy the shameful lobbying of his father, who re-
manned on the floor of the House during the de-
bate. 1t is the most disgraceful performance
that has ever been enacted in the House. 1t is
stain upon the Democratic party that will new
er be effaced. 1t was a barefaced unmitigated
fraud upon the people of the Seventh district
who by the action of the House. have been
practically disfranchised
AN INFAMOUS ACT
Anderson Herald
The most Infamous act Of the present House
of Representatives was the unseating of Stanton
J. Peelle, and seating w. E. English as member
from the Seventh district. great deal of hard
and questionable work was done by the elder
English. assisted by Voorhees, and others; IN fact
it has been charged that corrupt means were EN-
ployed to bring about the result, and an investI-
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