The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-20
WASHINGTON.
Bill English and His Many.Iiooped
Bari.
HAS 1T BEEN TRULY TAPPED ?
lie swears Not-Thc santa Ic Diii In the
scnate--Auspiclous On'ens for Gal
vcston-Thc Paciil" Railway
Bili Passed the House.
WASHINGTON.
AS 1T BEEN TRULY TAPPED ?
ENGLlSH'S BAIL.
DID WELLER DRINK ArTHE nu'


investigation was continued to-day.
Hon. j. B. Kasson was called and invited
To tell what he knew ABOUT the allcga-
ton that Weller had bccrt Influenced by
the elder Mr.. English to lbsont himself
during Il vote upon the 1;nglish-Pcclle
ease. Kasson said he h no personal
knowledge on the point. had been u
matter of remark, gencr1ly among the
members in his vicinity, Tat Weller had
been taken into Il cornE and there
upon Immediately left seat in the
house. He had heard talE OF this Kind
from half u dozen meniners, but could
not recall the names of a&E one III par
ticular rs authority for tl4statcment.
Representative Horr SAL that English
senior was on the fioot importuning
members TO vote for hp son. Many
members considered tlfis an outrage.
Representative Ellis told y itness that he
(Ellis)had no doubt of PED 'saction and
that he had been importumed not TO vote
ut all Ellis said V0orhe( to whom he
was under great obligau uon, had re-
questcd him not to vote nSa All unless he
could vote for English, Al that under
the circumstances he thU1Eht he could
not vote. Half II doz4 Republican
members i'm conversation Viid the Demo-
Gratis had taken Weller toR cloak room,
and after conversing witllfngllsh senior,
Weller left the House a4their sugges-
tion. Witness called tb& attention of
the House To 1t, but did not claim 10
have personal knowledgof
Representative Potterxfaid he was
asked several times to - back of the
seats and see English nnior but re-
piled he was too busy. afterwards he
received n note from English, request
ing an interview. He said the interview
with English, senior, was in Il cloak
room. English said he understood wit.
ness views were againss the right of
his son TO the seat, and thkt witness in
tended to make n speech " the subject.
He requested witness notsp speak, and
said witness might bc mistaken in his
views. Senator VOORHEES,, who was
present, said he thought Witness should
not press his views, wheig the majority
on his side of the house hcld contrary
views. Afterwards witness told Peellc
he did not desire to speak Witness
voted for Pccllc throughoui, as he felt in
duty bound. He considered English's
conduct improper and 50 told Horr.
Other representatives testified that
English importuncd them In the inter
est of his son. To one he said: "Can
YOU stand 10y and see Democrats slaugh-
tered in this way?"
Hon. W. IT. English was then called
and testified that he talked with many
never offered inducements to any one.
Question-"Did you send n note to Mr..
Potter, requesting him 20 go TO the
cloak room?'
Answer-"I did not, but | met him
there; we had n conversation regarding
my sons case, substantially as related
by Potter in his testimony
Q.-"Having accepted so prominent u
position in the Democrat party, and
having been II candidate cr the vice
presidency, didn't you thiIeA improper
to he on the floor of the Hos>e~
Alt never occurred u me as being
improper; If SO, should not have been
there; ! didn't go with any Improper
purposes"
Q.I"Did you ever have talk with
Weller in the cloak-roomY"
Al did not, and ! want to say that
Bayne's statements in his speech on
the floor of the House are false; never,
directly or indirectly, tried 10 influence
Weller, and any statement that ala Is
false"
O.-"Did YOU ever take counsel about
the propriety of your going on the
floor of the House?" Alt did not
occur to me that my going was viola
ton of the rules; after had been on the
floor heard II Republican member say
il was violation; | went to.Carlisle and
asked him if was violating the rule by
being on the 1lOOr ana sltNklnG Wlln
such members as ! desired about my
sons case said was Interested as II
father. a Democrat and u citizen, but
that | had no pecuniaIN lnteresti
he thought / was not violating the rules;
if did or said anything Improper re-
gret it; | don't hesitate to say that when
conversing with the gcntlSmcn that !
did present my sons ease rs well rs
could ut one time thought would not
remain on the floor because II might bc
an injury To my son, but tec impropri-
ETY. OF the thing did not occGr to me-
''Did you ever know n candidate Tor
Nico-President being on the floor OF the
nouse?n asked Alillard.
Al never knew one 10 have son
elected to Congress; ] thought this was
an exception and that | had theprivilege
of the House.
Q.-"Didn't 10 occur to you that your
prominence would have n sort of iniiu-
encc ON the Democratic me,nhersY"
A.-"If | had any inillicnco at all |
thought il would be to show that be-
lieved my sons ease To be clear one"
Q-"Didn't you think your barrel was
larger than Peele'sY'
A.-''As To the barrel business, know
nothing about that"
'if YOU bring up the barrel, will tell
YOU something about Indiana soap, IN
terposed Henly, ADDRESSING himself To
Miller (Republican).
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