The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-28
cuARdEs .AGA1Nsr PAYNE

Form muiRtad by the ohio HOuSe OF Repre-.
ssatativSS PtoSented to the tonAte.
WASHINGTON, April 27,-The Chair laid
before the Senate communication from
the Clerk Ofthe House Of Representatives,
Of Ohio, transmitting a transcript Of the
testimony taken by u committee OF that
House, and tho report Of the same com.
mittee on the charges relating 10 the cleo.
tion Of Senator Payne.
MIR. Payne Eaidthatii any formal motion
was required 10 refer the papers to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections
he made that motion, and requested that
the minority report Of tho committee take
the same course. Mr.. Payne then made
a brief statement Of the circumstances at.
tending the meeting Of the Democratic
caucus Of the Ohio Legislature, January
s. 1884, at which he WAS nominated. He
said: Hfhe papers submitted embody the
regulls OF an investigation into this can.
vaFg, conducted secretly for more than
three months by o committee Of the
House Of Representatives Of the State Of
Ohio"
After reading the resolution under
which tho committed was appointed, he
said; "The eCopa OF tho investigation as
actually conducted BY the committee, is
stated In tho majority report, as toilowst
Whenever our attention was called to
anything which indicated the probable
employment Of improper means to gain
support, We followed the clues presented
on the theory that we were not only au-
thofissd, but In duty bound 10 pursue any
matter that promised even remotely 10
show the use Of such means In connection
with tho election, because the discovery
Of one important feet, thong h having no
Immediate bearing upon the charges
avaintt lhe persons named in the reso.
Iinlion, might lead 10 the discovery
having such bearing And further
more, and Upon tho same theory, our IN.
uuiries we're not confined to technical
rules Of legal proof, but the COMMITTEES
avRiled itself Of any sourcO oil intormationi
admitted hparsay statements, and even
| The opinions Of Witnesses. had hoped
that the request put forward Ivy the mi.
norily members Of the committee, that
proceedings should be open tO the public
would have been aCCeded 10 and that l
might have been spared the misteprosen.
tatlons Of tho testimony which Tor three
months havo been 40 asslduously oircti-
lated, and against which have, Of conrsei
no defense. The results ol the i1vestiga-
tion atenowhBfe embodied In the ajority
and minority reports"
After commenting on tho evidence oi
| Donavin, and Of the failure Of the commit
lee 10 call him Senator Payne) before u
he uuoles the correspondence he had Will
Chairman Cowgirl, Of the committee. ID
reference 10 the tender he made TO the
committee Of bis private papers and book
Of accounts he saysi "The committee altei
having exonerNtod, As II was Obliged X
do, all persons charged 10 the resolution
and myself ttAhsnls the hundreds Q
pages Of gossip 10 the Senate WI lthout max
ling any request Of isbody, The. teeoln
lion says. For the Information Of the bod.
. Of which Senator Payne lg member an
ior such aCLlon Rs II may deem advisable
| OF course, | have no knowledge oil III
contents Of the testimony. The member