Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-24
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, July g, 1886

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 case were taken up again. MT. Call oppose further investigation.
 MT. Hawley favored an investigation. H
 sald there was vast representation Of pub lie sentiment from Democratic newspaper l and Democratic leaders denouncing the con
 duct of the legislature which elected MT |. Payne. Concurrent with all this were opin
 ions of the Governor and Lieutenant Cover I nor, the other Senator from Ohio and th'
 declaration of both branches of the legisla
 ture. For the honor of the Senate, for ths
 honor of the State of Ohio there should be
 digni6ed and complete investigation. He cer
 tainly could not see how injustice and deal
 ing with the question on broad considera
 tions the Senate could refuse to order an in
 vestigation.
 MT. Evarts closed the debate in an argu,
 ment against further investigation. It was
 not to be doubted, he said, that the Senate
 was the master of the question and was un-
 der no law except that imposed by the con- l stitution. He quoted Mir. Payne's letter to l the chairman of the Ohio legislature commit 1 tee inviting the most thorough scrutiny and
 offering for inspection his private core spondence and books of account and Chair
 man Cowgill's reply that if there was any I testimony tending to inculpate him with | any questionable transaction his request
 would be acceded to. Could any person
 require more early, more prompt, more l universal proposition from the Senator? | -]~OS SAAesS | did not call on MT. Payne was proof that
 it does not consider there was anything be- l fore 1t requiring his examination. Thus the | opinion of Ohio was clear. That was settled.
 It was clear that from one end of Ohio to ] the other in all the agitation or the subject imputa- l tion had touched the Senator. l Referring to MT. Hoar's allusion to the fact | that MT. Payne had not previously been | known as candidate he instanced the case ] of General Garfield receiving the nomination l for the presidency in a convention where he l was representing the interests of ano ther and asked whether it was to be said that that could not be accounted for except by the use l of money.
 MT. Hoar said MT. Evarts' argument was reduced to these two propositions: l. Knowledge should precede investigation, not follow it. 2-The people of the whole country are not so concerned in the question as to whether their lawmakers sit in the Sen ate by interrupted title as they are in the question whether in this investigation the people of Ohio had been remiss or tardy. If there was anything else in the argument, he could not think what 1t was.
 The Senate proceeded to vote. The reso- lution of Messrs. Frye and Hoar for further investigation was rejected; yeas IT, nays A. The resolutions of the majority that there should be no further investigation were adopted-yeas A, nays 17-as follows:
 Yeas.Beck Begry Blackburn Rr9Swn BGtler g Coquitt, Colburn, Eustis, Evarts, Gibson, German, Arkansas Jones' of Nevada, Kenna Logan. Maxey, Miller, Plumb, Pugh, Ransom, Rlddleberger, Saus- Wyck, Vest: Voorhees, Waltha1i. Whitiehorne Vii son of Maryland-44
 Hale Harrison Haxiey, Hoar, McMiIlan, Mahone' Manderson Mitchell of Oregon, Palmer, Platt Sherman and Wilson of Iowa.
 There was a slight applause when the re- suit was announed.
 The Senate took recess until o'clock.
 At eight o'clock the Senate resumed con- sideration of the suHdry civil appropriation bill and 8 number of provisions were ar ranged
 HoUsE.-The oleomargarine bill was taken up. MT. Hatch said although the bill had been reported back with a recommendation that the Senate amendments be non-concur- red in, in view of telegrams and letters which had been received by the committee during the past twenty-four hours he had been in structed to move to concur in all of the amendments.
 MT. Dunham opposed the bill and declared that the votes in favor of it would be cast in order to secure votes this fall 1
 MT. Gibson maintained that the bill was opposed to every Democratic principle.
 The committee rose and reported the vine- l gar and oleomargarine bills. The House re- fused, as recommended, to strike out the en- l acting clause of the vinegar bill and it re- sumed it's place on the calendar.
 The Senate amendments to the oleomargar- inc bill were concurred in. The bill l now goes to the President for action. |
 MT. Turner moved to discharge the Com l mittee on Elections from further considera- l tion of the Rhode Island contested case and l coupled that motion with @ resolution that l neither contestant nor contestee was duly elected and declaring the seat occupied by l Price vacant. The Republicans resorted to l The House was left without | 8 quorum, the Republicans refraining from voting. |
 MT Turner withdrew his motion for the | pres mt.
 MT. Wells reported disagreement of the | conference committee on the river and har- | bor bill and further conference was | ordered
 The conference report on the naval bill ! was submitted and agreed to and the House l took recess until o'clock, the evening l session to be for the consideration Of pension 1 bills.
 The House at it's evening session was treat ed to three very fine speeches from MT. Golf and Wilson, of West Virginia, and MT. of Kentucky, in support of bill increasing to $100 a month the pension of General Benjamin F. Kelley, of West Vir- ginia, MT. Breckenridge's speech being a was warmly applauded and heartily congrat- ulated by members on both sides of the House. No final action on this measure was taken, but half dozen other pension bills, among them the Senate bill granting a pen sion of $100 month to the widow of Gene l ral Stannard, were passed. The Senate then at 10 40 D. m. adjourned.