Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-22
THE BaE n CONGRESS.
nDIseuauisn of the Charge.
AgaEnst Payne


pfoeeeded % coasideE the reports Il ~
Iatfnn 20 fhe eleofion ef Senator Payne.
PaRh aFRaed that Payne vas not aon-
nected m the ramotest degfee ~ act or
kne sleaae with anything urone, crimi-
nal oF immoral, in his eleotion-
Hear oontended that the charges oi
ooEFautian wefe made b. men and By
bodies 81 snfiioisnk weight % oompa
she Senate 20 inquire into fhem.
Logan followed Ho8r, making Q de-
fense Of the report signed by Evarts,
EellsE and himself.
Hoar addressed the Eenste II support
of tie views of himself and Ffve. REQ
ommending IN Investigation Of the
charges. such An iuVasliQafioz, he ar
Rued. YES duo 70 Senator Payne. because
Il oonld only make 4 appear that shs
easpicion whfah al the Senaaors we're 60
eaQaF 70 remove, did net rest on him
personally, and suaht not 10 rest on the
friends nearest him. o. upon the State
that had 50 honored him. Ihe question
before the senate Was not how q case
should b decided. bat only Whefher an
inquiry shauld hs u situted. One thinR,
be supposed, would be oanoeded by
everybody, and khnf vas khaa the power,
uhoever i might Be, which should make
this inQuiry, must be enc thas coald
compel The attendanoa of unwilling
Witnesses and shai had Jurisdiction 10
hear and decide the case after inquiry
vas made as 80 she aourca Of the charges
All ihat the Senate required vas that
the charge should come from individuals
o. frem body Of sufficient weight 20
assure the senate khnt the charges we're
not made lightly OF without Faason.
Logan took the do0f 20 reply 20 the
argument Of Hoar and 20 sustain the
views expressed N the report signed b.
himself and Messra. Teller and kVaFts.
He was as ready nov as any member,
and ever had been, - expel members IL
be felt Justified In 50 voting. but, as ID
this oasa the Senate vas appealod 20 on
Rarbied statements, on gRrblsd extracts
or portions Of testimony, 10 do inius-
tios 70 q man % 20 bis reputation, be
logan was not the man 10 do il.
There were many considerations in this
matter. While he might be appealed
20 on one eide for the bensit Of his
party associates 70 do an oct which 10
his Judgment vas not warranted b. the
law ana she facts. be asappealed 90 on
the other hand by the kneWifdae he. had
Of honesty OF puFposs and fair chagao
ter. Il have heen thEeatsned and
warned, but / would rather be right
than have all the ofIlces or compliments
that esnld be bestowed upon ms. TAP
plansel. There is not an Office il the
eonntgy that would make me do wrong
- any man In the Senate for political
purposes. am the wrong man 10 be
used for any zach purpose. What is
there IN this case that shoald
cause such excitement, and
cause such charges 10 be made
against the Senator7 have never been
mnch alarmed By the attacks made up
on me. ! have bad quite q number sf
saeh attacks made and care very little
for them, but 10 order 10 show the in
tense feeling against certain individuals
propose TO read what has been said
about Republican Senators By persona
who claim 20 be Of that party. This
does not seem 70 be an investigation OF
she Senator from Ohio as much as IL Is
~ attack upon Republican Senators.
The dEst thing that was said after this
thine was arrived ct by the committee
was q telegram 10 the various newspa-
pers all over the country that Logan
hAd requested the committee TO kesp
the vote seeFst. This vent 70 certain
kind Of papers IN the country. When
vas that aaid about mef There Is net
q man on the face Of the earth who
ever heard me request secrecy IN rela-
tien 10 any act Of q public character
that / ever performed. The members
Of the committee know that that was q
lie, and the chairman Of the committee
teIeRraphed thFough the Associated
Press that there vas NJ foundation at
n aasl
know Why that stalemsnt vas made.
Why should / be sinaled out over
other Senator's and have suspicion
east upon mef IL was done just
as many things have been done.
time 70 kill oh Republicans. God
knows that am too small q person for
them 10 commence shooting at drst.
Why shouid be killed od2 ! am not
IN the way OF anybody. ! am not
candidate 10 Ohio for any ofiioe, aud
DO not want 70 be candidate for any
office. Why is Il that they % persist
entity attack one day Logan, the next
day ETarts, and the next day, after
killing OF these two men, they say, Nov
Is che time for our harop ft seems, sir.
ehas this Is part of q play. The last
part OF the play Is for the purpose of
destroying, II possible, the Republicans
in this Senate chamber, instead Of o0st
ing the 6enaeor from Ohio. Well, that
is an right. ! am ready 10 be destroyed.
am no hello to anybody. IL will be no
bart 10 anybody 10 kill ne od-not the
slightest. ! have been killed on half
dozen times and they may kill me again.
ID will not hurt me. and II Il will
Be a pleasure 10 the other peo-
ple, lee them have their fun.
am not 4 candidate h Ohio fer any
Office. and I don't want 10 be q eaudi-
date for any oflse.n
Rsferrisg 70 the attacks made upoa
him By the CoaaBisyejai Castle, Logan
said, sThe Cincinnati CsmBlsretat Ca
sstts h q very inhasntiai paper, very
powerful piper. Nobody dispales that
ID is owned and edited and haa been fer
long time. hya man named Halstead.
In the days Of Abraham Lincoln, Hal
stead thoueht that LiRooln's head
ought 20 bs ehuaked against 3 wall and
bis brains knocked Gus. o. something
like that. That vas 3 oompltment %
Lineoin. IN 1858, Halstssd thoaght
Grant was q dEankeu old loafef. Who
ought 70 be kicked out of society. fhaf
vas IaM kaaA&uA " NAtAAes AHAAA1 ~
shs Senate here almost accidentally, and
the arss thing knew when ect here
picked up The Cincinnati Gasfffe one
aay aud foand i've eolnmna IN thaE pa-
pet charging ny friend frosa O9ia. VIE
presides 20 honorAbly aad faithfully ever
this body. vita al sstts Of things
Tha next tninR thai found
il the Cincinnati CsaRsretal was that
Janes q. Blaine vas Q % eJundEel. q
thief and = villain, Who ahs1ld Be exs-
oussd az tha nearest iamp poet. did
not believe if aboat Blaine; did not
about Sherman; ] did not belisse Il
about Grana. and / did net belisve i
about Linooin. did not think that
vas bse encuRh fellow ever 70 Be- at-
tanksd bV tie Cineinnati Camntrcisi.
and never dreamed 81 such . thinRs
hue The sther DAY picked Il 40 and %
my uiaeR aalonishmant foQnd mg name
msntiansd in Il In 3 complimentary
WaY il oonnection With the natnas Of
tive other Senators VITO are ereatsr men
than myself. lInean kers qacseS from
TIE CncinnafI Ceass4erriak tfazrtfe an
araela Aaainat himself and sssaaoFs
EraFts and Teller. and spsaktng of
EsextS aa q Representative Of coal oil
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