The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-22
THE PAYNE ELECTION.
SENATORS GIVING THEIR VIEWS ON
THE MATTER.

knights OF Labor Petitions Cause Lit
Tho House Passes the Concurrent
Resolution to Adjourn July aS-Capi-
tai Gossip.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 22.-The senate
completed the oleo bill Tuesday by inserting
the word knowingly" in the clause regu-
lating the sale Of the product and striking
out tine minimum penalty so that the fine
may be any sum not greater than 81 900,
and Imprisonment not longer than two
years The bill was then passed-37 to "a.
The ave vote was as follows, the nay vote
being almost exclusively of southern mem
bers;
Aldrich, Allison, Blackburn, Blair, Cam
den, Cameron, Chace, Cockrell, Conger,
Cullom, Dawes Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts,
German, Hale, Harrison, Hawley, Hoar,
Ingalls,, Logan, Mcmillan, Malone, Man
dsrson, Miller, Mitchell of Oregon, Palmer,
Payne, Flatt, Plumb, Sawyer, Sewell, Sher-
man, Spooner, Stanford, Teller, Wilson of
Iowa
The sundry civil bill was then taken up
and seventy-s six of the l0j pages disposed OF.
at HIS the senate adjourned
Wednesday Van Wyck presented batch
of petitions from knights of Labor in favor
of land bills and the Oklahoma bill, and
read letter from Ralph Beaumont, chair
man OF the legislative committee of knights
of Labor stating that the petitions were
genuine, that they were expressly author
lied and sanctioned by the general executive
board Of the order in the United States
Three hundred thousand Of these petitions.
Van Wyck said, had been presented TO con-
gress, and as many more were
on their way. The great railroad
presidents did not need any PETITIONS
to influence congress. They came
themselves. One of them had only to
knock at the door and it was thrown open
to him and Immediately hats off" and
if he wanted time it was very cheerfully
given. The senator expressed himself in
favor of the passage of the bills asked for in
the petitions
Sherman president pro tenn caused to be
read the rule prohibiting discussion on the
presentation of petitions, and said if the
rule was not observed, the business OF the
morning hour could lot be proceeded with
Logan felt that Van Wyck had cast GER
tain reflections upon him. lie had never
refused to present petitions sent TO him, and
all that he had done in the case of these Pc
titions was to call attention to the fact that
the signatures appeared to be in the same
handwriting The senator from Nebraska
seemed to take advantage of things of that
kind for the purpose of boosting himself
by characteriZing other senators in a man
ner not very seemly. After further re-
marks the senate proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of the report in tho Payne election
case.
Pugh advocated the position taken by
himself and salisbury, Vance and Eustis,
to tho effect that there had been no ex-
preston of a belief or suspicion on the part
any member Of the committe that Payne
was connected in the remotest degree by
act or knowledge with any wrong, criminal
or immoral, in his election, and that no
further investigation of the charge should
be made
Hoar followed Pugh. He thought nothing
could concern the senate more than the
rules which governed the election Of its
members 1t was important, too, that the
states should know who were their lawful
and unsullied representatives in the United
States senate The senate in considering
this case should not confound cavil and
slancer with public opinion and facts.
Hoar was followed by Logan, who de-
clared at the outset that he would not let
garbled testimony and outside Influences
lead him 10 do an injustice to a man, to do
an act unwarranted in law and fairness
The senator from Massachusetts, (Hoarl had
used CARRIED statements for the purpose of
securing outside prejudice in this case. 1t
was no higher than childrens' play.