The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-24
PAYNE WHITEW ASHED
EyARrs CLOSES THE DEBATE



was proceeded with, and Mr., Call address
ed the Senate.
Mr., Call said he was opposed to furthe
investigation. Mr.. HaWley argued il
favor Of the investigation.
Mr.. Eyarts closed the debate In an ar
gument against further investigation.
was not TO be doubted, he said, that thI
Senate was master Of the question pre-
scented, and was under no law or restraint
except that imposed by the constitution
but by the same reasons the scope anC
bounty Of the senate's mastery aud duty
were limited and fixed by the same firm
instructions Of the constitution. What
ever rights, whatever duties in regard L
VindlUation or the punishment Of thosI
concerned In frauds in States In Senatorial
elections vested In the Senate were hxeC
In the constitution, the Senate had nc
power and no right to investigate the con
duct Of one political party at the requeH
Of another.
Coming down to the merits OF the par
tlcular care he quoted Senator Payne'E
letter to the Chairman Of the Ohio Legis
tive Committee inviting and challenging
the most thorough and rigid scrutiny, anC
offering for inspection his private CORES
poRdsnCe and books Of account, aud
Chairman Cowgills reply that II there
was any testimony tending to inCulpate
Mr., Psyne in any degree with any ques'
tionabls transaction his request would be
SCceded to.
Gould any person, he asked, require q
more prompt, a more universal PROPOSE
ton from the SenatoF4- The fact that
the Ohio Legislative Committee did NOT
call on Mr.. Payne was proof that It did
not Con6ider that there was anything be.
fore 1t which required his examination,
Thus the opinion OF Ohio about their
Senator was clear. 1t was clear from one
end Of Ohio to the other, In all the agi.
tatlon Of the subject no imputation had
touched the Senator. He was right then
in saying the Senate must discard that
view Of the matter Tor Ito consideration.
TIE DEMOCRATIC SEwsPAPRRL
Referring to the extracts from Demo.
cratic newspapers which had been pre-.
Iented by MeSHrs, Hoar and Frye, Mr..
Evarts stated that thcss editorials were
all published Immediately after tho eleC.
ton, when all Ohio was ablaze, and that
when six weeks afterwards Mr.. Payne
presented himself he took his seat In the
senate az calmly as on summers
morning q king would come to his throne.
The Senator whom he succeeded presented
his credentials aud the other Senator
from Ohio (Mr. Shermau) held up the
land Of the sworn Senator when no took
lis seat. Senators might talk till they
zero hoaIse about the power and force
md value ot this newspaper testimony,
but It was two years old, and when 1t was
gathered up, by the opposite party the
case was in different situation,
When he said gathered up by the
opposite party, he should say
that he did not know who had collected
t. lie had never seen 1t in the committee
room and had never dreamed such mat.
;ers were 10 be presented. These Demo.
,ratic editors instead OF meeting, as some
lines happened in political distractions,
20 have a Democratic feast on crow, had
decided to hold crow parliament. The
parliamentary system Of these knowing
birds was extremely simple. They all
,Deak at the same tmo aud they all say
the same the same thing. They had great
power Of voice, butR very limited voCa
oularY. They had great energy Of asso
'iatlon but great poverty oi action. They
nad great emphasis Of eloCution, but they
aCked the rising and falling infections
hat were SO recommended by rheto
dcians to all scholars OF that charming art
AS TO HALsTEAD.
Asto the opinion which Senator sher
man had given oi ono Murat Halstead
hat his attack was OF no consequence al
he had attacked Grant, Sherman and
Lincoln as well as Logan, he said he would
aot venture to speak OF the editor Of the
Cincinnati Commercial GaEttte in that tone
II would seem from what Mr.. Sherman
mad said that this gentleman did moi
Srite tho words oil lion. He was re-
minded OF that scene in Midsummer
Night Dream where the young playerC
were intending to entertain the company
With the comedy Of Pyramus and Thisbe
md where they were consulting as 10 how
the lion might be represented without
frightening the ladies. He rehearsed q
portion OF this scene with much comic ef
lect, ending with Bottoms advice, "let
him name his name and tell them plainly
he Is Snug, the Joiner" Laughter.
Referring to Mr.. Hoar's allusion 10 the
fact. that Mr.. Payne had not previously
been known as candidate, he instancet
the case OF Mr.. Garfield receiving thu
nomination for the Presidency In a con
Ventlon where he was representing the In
terests OF another tavorite son OF Ohio
and lie asked whether 1t was TO be sale
that that could not be accounted for eI
cept by treachery or the use Of money o.
other improper means.
Mr.. Hoar said the argument oil the Sen
ator from New York, stripped OF It's emo
ton, It's passion, It's eloquenCe, It's wit, IL
moral exhortations which seemed strange
ly out Of place on the side OF which they
we're evoked was reduced to these two
propositions; First, knowledge shoulC
preCede investigation, not follow II. Sec
ond, The people Of the whole country
are not 80 convinced In the question as tC
whether their Lawmakers Blt In the Sen
ate by uncorrupted title as they are In the
question whether In this invcatigation thC
people Of Ohio had been remlss or tardy
II there was anything else In the argu
ment he could not think whatit was.
THE VOTE.
This closed the debate and the Senate
proceeded to take the vote. The iirst
vote waa on the resolution OF Messrs
Hoar and Frye, for further investigation
and 1t was rejected, yeas II, nays A. Al
follows.
YRAs-17.
Blair, Conger,
Dawes, Ldmunds,
Frye, Hale
Harrison, Iawley,.
Hoar, McMMi Han,
Malone, MAndofson,
Mitchell, (0rcgon), Palmer,
Plat, Sherman,
NVIIann Ttnval