New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
THE HOUSE SEATS ENGLISH
,upoRTrNITy AND LOBBYING SUCCEED.


THE EVIDENCE IGNORED AND FAIR rRofosiiloN
RFJECTED-DECENr DEMoOhNi'
rVFrCTs IN INDIANA.
tRv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
x,,o,,,xcroS Nav 22-The House to-day
welded 10 the personal opportunities ana appears
az William H. English, and by vote Oh loo "
lo7 awarded to his hopeful son the seat WHICH
,ichtfuly belongs to Stanton &. Peelle lhcIc Is
no reasonable ground for doubt that this decislon'
which was in fat violation of law and precedent
as well as of the testimony, was causeu' no' ~
much by partisan partality IN lawn
younc English as ii was by the constant, po'oT''
ing and pertinacious solicitations OF 'he i"'1 ~,
ocratc candidate for Vice-President' VINO mas
,orlaa riobt and dav In his sons behalf 1t is not
necessary to assert that corrupt means nave ooen
nsea where personal influences have been so notorl
ousIv exerted ia an improper and unSeemly manner
Only few davs ago il is asserted, four Democratic
REPRESENTATIVES, who to-day voted In iaNoi VI
English voluntarily assured Mr.. Peelle that amer
careful examina ton of the case they had decided
20 sunport his title to the seat 1t is beheVeu ny
MIR Peee and his friends that those iour men "eio
,nhseoueutly "seenn by William h. Engllsh' "ho
induced them to vote against their CONVEX
WILLIAM II. ENGLIsHs ANXIETY
uo vras ON hand early this morning looking IlKea
man who had passed anxious, sieepless mgh''
lie did not come within the bar of the Honse To-
dav. but stood leaning against the screen when eh-
circles the outer row of seats. With one nahd 10
his left ear he leaned forward and anxlousy
watched the proceedings, except once vi t"io0
when he retired to a cloak-room with Delioc c'au'
member whose fealty he distrusted. I ~ uii-
derstood that prominent Pennsylvania
Democrat sent word to English last nlgh'
that he would help his sons case ",oio
efficiently by remaining IN the CLOAK roo"' anu 'io
L. aafv
prudence. He probably did not iofeS'e """' Wv
day had in store for him.
THE STRUGGLE BEGUN.
The first vote to-day was the motion to taple
,be motion TO reconsider the vote of YESTERDAY Dy
which the House decided, l2l to III, that IeeIlo
was entitled TO. the seat. As the roll call pro-
ceedcd great anxiety was apparent Oh uo'n
s,des and neither side gave up the contest wien
the result-l32 to l32-was announced MI Oon
verse INQUIRED whether. the House beng equa'y
diyided the rnles did not require the Speaker to
vote He replied in the negative, as Tie No'o u0
feated the motion. This was sufficient hot'ce
that had his vote been needed Speaker Carilsie
vould have cast it in favor of English oh
that motion thirty-One Democrats voted III
the Affirmative. They were Aiken Beach,
Bowie Budd Collins, Connolly, Dorgan' lhu'ay
Grecnleaf Hardeman, Herbert, &. W. heWlt',
Hunt b. W. Jones, Lore, Lowering NILS Morgan
Monlton Neece S. w. Peel, Potter, Stevens u A.
Sumner Throckmorton, Tillman H. u. turner
Weller Woodward, Worthington and 1aple' vi
snrnpers motion to reconsider the vote of yester-
day, 80 Democrats were recorded III lhe mega
tive beipr those above named. with the exception
of Calamity " Weller, of Iowa, the explanation
of whose sudden disappearance VIII be 1ouhu III
another place He did not turn mp again untli a1ler
the case had been decided Springers motloh
received a majority of three votes.
FAIR PROPOSITION REJECTED.
General Browne of Indiana, then moved
70 recommit the report OF the Edeo-
tions Committee, with instructions 10
make a recount of all the ballots al every
election rreciDct in Marion County and report
the result tO+he House. No proposition conlu nave
been fairer for the Democrats have all based thei
epp,ort of English upon an unauthorized recount OF
the ballots at a portion of the precincts III Iha'
comfy hy q poitical friend of English Upon his
nrsunported. testimony to the correctness OF that
clandestine and imperfect recount Mt NonHeI
and his friends have been forced to depend. bu'
fair. complete and correct recount OF the oaIIo's
was the last thing the Democrats desired ana Ten
eral Brownies motion to reconsider was IeJcCtcu'
ENGLISH GIVEN PEELLEs SEAT
Tho ,ro,l, of Yesterday was then undOne the de-
cision being reversed by vote OF % to Us. Inc
resolution declaring English entitled to the seat
was then adopted-I3O to 1Z7. On that vote ~
Democrats were recorded in the negative.
MIR. Lore. of Delaware, paired mthe negative ana
Calamity" Weller was still among the missing.
Young English was then Brought forward Dy MI MI
hem ADMINISTERED there WIS faint cheering by
few Democrats and the newly tledged Represent
atiye" walked to the real pi the ha 10
GENERALLY seemed TO be rather ashamed oI lneiI
davis work. and it was noticed that only two @ OF
three of them exchanged greetings Win VAe Ac"
rgcruit
WHAT THE EFFECT WILL BE.
Ii is the unanimous opinion OF Indiana hepuoil-
cans and of a good many Democrats, that the Ie-
suit of to-day's action will cause the Democratic
party no little injury IN Indiana next fall senator
Harrison believes that Peee will be returned toCOn-
press by at least 1000 majority and that on the gen
eralticket the Republicans will gain at least lOOO
votes among Democrats who believe in fair play and
deceucy. Peelle aud English will, of course, be
pitted against each other in the Congressional con-
frst and there will be doubt as 10 the result
During the contest just ended MI. feehe mas won
admrStion even among his party opponents, Dy
fle manlIneSs and fairness he has eXhiplttd' re
has made no personal appeals IN ms own oeIlan'
has importuned nobody but has simply desired thal
Renrcsent atives should be guided by the laW ana
the evidence. He has been useful lnteiigGnt
and industrious RepreseAtatlVe, anu mas seINou LIE
district aud country well.
WILLIAM H. ENGLISH AS LOBBYIST.
HE IS ACCUSED or VIOLATING THE PRIVILEGES OF
b. TIE FLOOR-AN NQUlEY ORDERED BY lHh
HOUSE
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRinuNEA
WAsuIyGToN, May 22.-William H. English
oy his conduct during the past few weeks and especa
during III last TWO days has made himself the SUBJECT
on inycst,gaton which the House to-day ordered without
adytsion Most of his party friends would have oeeI
glad inquiry but the safest course Ior Ue
10 pursue seemed TO be TO allow investigation aho
trust the committee for wbfewashmg report No' ai