Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-24
SENATOR PAYNE |MBROGL|O.
Another Day OF the Time Of the Senate
Consumed In Its Earnest
Discussion.
Senator Logan Explains His Position
In Fiery, but Very Bold
and Telling Speech.
The House Decidedly Objects to the
Senate Action on the River and
HarbOr Bill.

WASHINGTON, July 2l.-Sehstor Hoar
from the Committee on judiciary, to-day
reported iavorably the bill to repeal the
tenure Of office act. The repeal is not
however, to affect any officer heretofore
suspended under the provision OF said act
or any resignation or any nomination OF
appointment heretofore made by virtue o
tie provision thereof.
Er Van Wyck, in presenting another
batch Of Knights Of Labor petitions in
favor OF the Land bills and the Oklohoma
hill, read a letter from Joseph Beaumont,
Chairman OF the Legislative Committee OF
lie Knights of Labor, by whom these pc
iitions have been sent to SO many Sena.
tors. stating in response to Senator Vest IS
remarks yesterday, that these petitions
were genuine and were sent to him either
directly or by authority OF the persons
purporting to have signed them, and
further that they were expressly authorized
and sanctioned by the General Executive
Board OF the order in the United States.
The Senate then at noon proceeded to the
consideration OF the report on the election
oS Senator Payne, and was addressed by
NJ
by himself. Mr.. Salisbury Mr.. Vance and
Mr.. Eustis, to the effect that there had
been no express belief or suppositior on
thc mart of any member OF the committee
+ at Mr. Payne was connected in the re-
,uotest degree by act or knowledge with
,nythins wrong. criminal or immoral, in
his election, and that no further investiga-
ton OF the charges should be made. Mr..
lioar addressed the Senate in support OF
the views of himself and Mr. Frye, recon-
men,Iius an investigation OF the
charges Such investigation. he argued,
WIS due to Senator Payne, because it
woud make it appear that the suspicion
which all Senators were so eager to remove
did not rest on him personally and ought
not to rest On the friends nearest him, or
upon the State that had honored him. The
question before the Senate was not how
a case should be decided but only whether
an inquiry should he instituted. One thing
he supposed would be conceded by every
body, and that was that the power,
wherever it be- which should make this in
quiry must be one that could compel the
attendance OF unwilling witnesses and one
that had Jurisdiction to hear and decide
the case after the inquiry was made. AS
10 the source OF the charges, all that the
Senate required was that the charges
body OF sufficient weight to assure the
Senate that the charge was not made
lightly or without reason.
Mr.. Logan took the floor to reply to the
argument OF Mr.. Hoar and to sustain the
views expressed in the report signed by
himself end Messrs. Teller and Evarts. He
was as ready now as any Senator and ever
had been to expel a member if he felt justi |
fed in so voting, but ii, as in this case: the
Senate was appealed to on garbled state |
ment; on garbed..extracts, on perversions |
oi testimony to do an injustice to a man
or to his reputation he, Logan) was not |
the man to do it. There were many con- |
sderatons in this matter. While he |
might be appealed to on the one side for
the benefit OF his party associates which in |
his judgment was Lot warranted by the |
Ia" or the facts, he was appealed to on the !
other hands by the knowledge which he |
had OF honoIed age, Of honesty OF
purpose, and Of fair character. II have |
been threatened and warned, but would |
rather be right than have all the offices or |
compliments that could be bestowed on
me-" (Applause). "There is not an Office |
in the country that would make me do |
wrong to any man in the Senate for politi-
cal purposes. What is there in this case
that should cause such excitement and |
| have never been much alarmed by the |
attacks made upon me. have had quite |
anumber OF such attacks made and care |
Ty little for them.'
The Senator, continuing, defended himself
against the charge in the press dispatches |
that he had requested that the proceedings !
oi the committee be kept secret. This, he
alleged. was in the nature OF an attempt |
10 kill him off, and he said: at will not |
hurt anybody to kill me OFF, not the
slightest. l have been killed Off hall
tozen times and they may kill me again.
it"lii not hurt me- and il it be a pleasure
t" other people let them have therfun."
lie then referred to the attacks of the
'incinnati Commercial Gazette upon Sher-
man Evarts and himself, which he de-
nounced IN scathng language, and in con-
suS'on, he said he had been actuated in
shis matter by impulse, not by being ag.,
Erievcd; not by attacks, but by Il calm and
deliberate examination OF the testimony
ahd "i the law III the case. He had done
his duty and would stand by it for his ac-
'ioh was right and just and proper. [Ap-
plauSa
hlE. Teller was proceeding to analyZe
''' es'lm"ny in the case, but gave way to
i Eo'!on 10 ad lourn, holding the floor to
conclude his remarks tomorrow.
House.
Mr. Morrison's concurrent resolution, re.
ported from the Committee on Ways and
Means, providing for the adjournment OF
congress July 2S, passed by vote OF l45
10 3G.
ihe House then went into Committee OF
.ne Whole on the Senate amendment to
me River and Harbor bill. The Senate
oA was read at lenngth, together with the
amendment reported by the Committee on
commerce which is ostrike out all after the
.,I,aselins clause and insert the House bill.
Ai'er short debate the House took a re-
s sfSS TIL o'clock, the evening session to be
.or general debate on the Interstate Com
meFce bill
!, AT the evening session the House debated
Inc Inter State Commerce bill until IL
'eioek and then adjourned.