Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-23
bound to him in various ways might be
affected. This is
THE FIRST TIME

into the character and conduct of an cleo
tiOn and into the qualifications ofits mem
bers. When q great State Of 3,OO0,OOO
people comes here through its organs and
asserts its belief that the election Of q
United States Senator has been tainted
with fraud and corruption, it viii not do
for the Senate or for member of the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections to say,
''We do not believe that you have shown
evidence enough. You have not convicted
the rascals who participated in this of
fenSe. My friend from Illinois complained
of injustice Well, / think that injustice
was done him. I sympathize with him
heartily. think that injustice was done
to him by Murat Halstead, but he
HAS ATTACKED EVERYBODY.
He has attacked Grant and the Senator
from Illinois and myself But is it the
petition of Murat Halstead that the Senate
Is asked to act upon? No, sir. 1t is the
petition of sixty-eight Of the leading news
paper editors of Ohio, nearly every one of
whom is warm friend to the Senator from
Illinois.
Mr.. LOgan-'I have no complaint to
make about these editors and have not
made any complaint about them. But it
is a mere request by these men. They do
not furnish any evidence. They. do not
give the name Of any man who knows
ANYTHING ON the subject They do not
present any facts, butmerely request that
the Senate will do something"
Mr.. Sherman-''I have merely present
ed it to show that this is not a narrow feel
ing, easily smOthered and that the refusal
to investigate will not eXtinguiSh it. 1t
must have been very strong feeling that
induced General Kennedy, one OF the
brayeSt and trueSt soldiers of the war, to
write that letter to the Senator from Hi
nOiS which was read yesterday, his COM
rade and friend 1t must have been 4
strong feeling that would induce General
Kennedy, the Lieutenant Governor OF
Ohio, man of character and con-
science, and honor and courage,
TO state these things to his fellow soldiers
and friends. That is an evidence OF the
strong feeling that prevails, and the very
editorials which my friend read yesterday
are also an evidence of that strong feeling. y
Mr. Sherman proceeded to give
4 REVIEW
of Democratic politics within the last two
or three years, stating up TO that time pol
itics there had been practically pure. He
gave an account of the Highland House
Convention held in Cincinnati, August,
lSS3, where he said organized fraud had
been introduced for the first time in Ohio
politics. That movement, he said, which
was organized in fraud and born IN
/ -, tho naAnlA nI
Ohio. rs they never had been stirred up be,
fore. Then il was, he said, that mot by
the actual purchase of members Of the Leg
islature, but by the bribery and corruption
of members of the Democratic party IN the
caucus) a sufficient number of votes had
been controlled to defeat Mr.. PendlctOn
and Durbin Ward and to elect his colleague
10 the Senate. These were events, he said,
which had aroused the people Of Ohio
They would not submit to them. They
could not be ridden over by fraud or viO
lence These events had stirred up the
people of Ohio to demand an investigation
of the beginning, the progress, and the END
OF that internal conspiracy.
NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS
are here in this public document, and ar,
I uOl one llllll vi NllN NAaN
Ocratic newspapers after the election
What did they say? They uniformly, with
one voice, pronounced the election Us IN
act of corruption. Forty Democratic pa
pers in Ohio did so. 1t is said that they
/ were Pendleton papers. l DO not know
whether they are or not. But | have her'
/ a letter from a man who will command thC
respect of the Senate and of all the people
Allen G.. Thurman. He WAS asked III:
opinion by the editor OF the
Times and he stepped to the table
| called for paper and wrote note in which
/ he uses these words: Il have nothing
against either of the candidates. My per
sonal relations with each of them has
always been friendly and pleasant. But
| there is something that shocks me IN the
/ idea of men like PendletOn and Ward being
defeated by the combination against them
| of personal hatred and oyergrOwn wealth.
| | ask YOU is this u party contest, when
produce to You the opinion of the Republi'
can editors; and, added tO that, the teSti'
mony of Judge Thurman; added to that
| the editorials of forty Democratic papers
with their storm of charges, sometimes toe
strong, and which | dO not desire tC
read? This matter cannot be quieted
/ There are six or seven men whom l can
name. who, if summoned before this Com
mittee ON Privileges and Elections, would
settle this question forever one way OF the
| other, and | would express my earnest
hope that all these charges may be diSSl-
| pated into thin air. No man would rejoice
more at that than |. :"
MR.. EUSTIS
spoke in favor of the majority report. lie
/ did not find that the circumstances OF thu
| Ohio investigation, whose results had beer
reported to the Senate were such rs t.
show that the Investigation had beer
/ guided by those Just and fair principles o
evidence that prevailed generally IN thr
country.
Discussion was closed by Mr.. Frye, who
said: The United States Senate can en-
gage in no higher, no better, no more re
SpOnSible duty than to put itself toa work
/ the result of which might be a warning
and terrible warning, sounding iron
/ East to West and from North to South
that this corruption, by great wealth, mus
be stopped now, and forever. The vote
will he taken ut > o'clock tomorrow
Adjourned.
$4,000 More for CIarksburg.
Special Tsisyrum 10 ne Register.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-The Senate to-
day passed the bill recently passed by th'