Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-24
VERY honest JOHN SHERMAN,
He Takes Part In the Payne Debate
and Urges an EARLY and Full
Investigation.
The House Decides that It Will MOI
Agree to the Senate River and
HarbOr Bill,
OleOmargarine Still q MOOted Point
Talk About Public Buildings
and Other Items.

! WASHINGTON, July 22.-Mr. Teller ad-
dressed the Senate in support OF the views
| submitted in the report on the Payne
bribery case, signed by Evarts, Logan anc
himself. Mr.. Teller ssid he would no
ftrust himself to express in the Senate his
opinion of the attempt to compel by pub
lie convention Of political editors the de
termination of a judicial question. Il
thsre VAS evidence OF bribery and corrup
ton it had been withheld from the Senate
Committee. Mr.. Teller was followed by
Mr.. Sherman in an earnest speech in favor
OF investigation.
The Senate bill for the erection of a
public building at Nebraska City, Nebraska,
passed. Mr.. Hale, from the Conference
Committee on the Naval Appropriation
bill. submitted a report which was agreed
to. The Senate then resumed the conaid-
GRAFTON OF the Payne case, and Mr.. Tel
Ter concluded his remarks commenced yes.
terday. He quoted from the Hoar and
Frye report the following paragraph: The
Senate has also recently referred to the
committee certain resolutions adopted by
a Convention of the Republican editors OF
Ohio, held July 8, 1886, praying the Sen
ate to investigate these charges. The
newspaper reports of the Convention shows
that the Governor of the State was pres
ent at the Convention, and declared his
concurrence in said prayer; There have
also been communicated to US ex-
tracts from Democratic news
papers of Ohio showing that majority
OF these papers have declared their
opinion that the election was procured by
corruption. Copies Of the extracts are ap-
pended II will not venture" Mr.. Teller
continued, ito comment on that state
ment. l will not trust myself to express in
this body my opinion OF, an attempt to
compel by a public convention Of political
editors the determination OF a judicial
question. will leave that for the minority.
am satisfied from an examination OF the
testimony that there is NO proof OF corrup-
tion and that no proof can be obtained by
all the methods Of Ohio politicians are in
corrupt. did not inquire as to what may
have been done, beyond or during the cam
paign or at some other time. l con-
fined myself to the question submitted
to the committee by the Senate.
On that have acted. On that am pre-
pared to record my vote aud to record it
under the solemnities Of my oath, without
regard to the wishes OF any man or men,
unmoved by prejudice or passion, by in
terest or favor, unawed by threats. unter-
rorized by what they call ''public opi4jon."
MIR. Sherman then proceeded to address
the Senate, Mr.. Sewell, occupying the chair
He rose, he said, to perform the most dis
time he had been in this body, he had never
had occasion to bring before the Senate
the politics Of Ohio, as distinguished from
National politics. In performing what
he regarded as a public duty to the
people OF Ohio, and particularly to the
Republican people Of Ohio, he would do it
in no spirit OF unkindness to his colleague
He did not think any of these paper ex-
tracts read by Mr.. Logan should have any
on their motives. As matter
OF course the newspapers were rude and
rough in their language against public men,
but if any body expected better treatment
age yet far remote. 1t was the history OF
politics that every man in public life must
be arraigned by newspapers.
Mr.. Sherman argued at some length, de-
claring that the mere accusation of respon-
sible parties. that there was a suspicion OF
fraud was sufficient grounds for the Senate
to base an accusation upon.
MIR. Eustis spoke in support OF the ma
ority report. He did not find that the |
circumstances OF the Ohio investigation,
whose result had been reported to the SEN
ate, were suchlas to show that the investiga-
tion had been guided by those just and fair |
principles OF evidence that prevailed gener-
ally in this country.
The Chair, Mr.. Sewell, announced the |
question to be on the adoption OF the re-
port OF the majority OF the committee.
Mr.. Hoar moved as an amendment that |
he minority report, calling for an
Investigation. be adopted instead Mr..
Frye, in supporting the minority re-
port said the question was whether
bribery and corruption had been used and
lot whether the Senator from Ohio had
himself been a participant in it. In con.
'lusion he said, ''The United States Senate
'an engage in no higher, no better, no more
duty than to put itself to a
work, the result OF which will be warning
md e terrible warning from the East to
he West, andfrom the North to the South,
hat this corruption by great wealth must
top now and forever" A vote will be
AIKEN al 2 O'Clock tomorrow. Adjourned.