Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-07-22
BY THE CODE.
Two Dakota Men Agree to Set
tie their Differences with
Pistols.
Logan Makes Big Talk in the
Senate Concerning the
Payne Investigation
The Citizens of Dakota Town
Witness the Gyrations of
a Sea Serpent.
Congressional Proceedings.
SENATE.


SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July 2l.-Mr. Logan
took the floor 10 reply TO the argument
of Mr.. Hoar and sustain the views ex-
pressed in the report signed by him
self aud Messrs. Teller and Evarts on
the Payne case, and said "he was as
ready now as any senator to expel the
member if he felt justified In so vot-
ing, but, If, rs in this case, the Senate
WAS appealed statements, OF garbled
extracts, or perversions OF testimony,
to do an Injustice TO u man or his rep
utation, he was not the man to do it.
The argument that an unfavorable in
ference was to be drawn from the fact
Mr.. Payne was not a candidate at first
was prepost.rous. There were several
gentlemen holding seats in the Senate
who had not been known as candi-
dates until the day of their election.
The bitterness grew out of the Payne
Pendleton contest and there were
charges of corruption pro and con.
The Ohio legislature was in session
for some months after but no notice OF
these charges was taken by it.
When the next legislature met, the
Cincinnati Commercial and other pa
pers commenced "A wild howl and the
legislature was forced to make investi.
cation. Ex-members Of the legisla-
ture were charged with having been
bribed.
The commission Investigated the
matter for four months and came to
the unanimous conclusion that there
was nothing in the testi-
mony that proved the charges.
This does not seem to be an investi-
gation of the senator from Ohio as
much as it IL an attack upon Repubil-
can senators. The first thing said
after this decision was arrived at by
the committee then was a telegram to
various newspa ,ers all over the coun-
try that Logan had requested the COM
mittee to keep the vote secret.
There is not a man on the face of Gods
earth who ever heard me request
secrecy in relation to any act of public
character | ever performed. Why
should be singled out over others
and have suspicion cast upon me? 1t
seems to be thought now is the time
to kill off Republicans; God knows I'm
too small person for them to COM
mence shooting at first. Why should
| be killed off? / am not in the
way of anybody; am not a candidate
in the state of Ohio for any Office"
Referring to certain criticisms in the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, MIR.
Logan said: "Iu the days of Abraham
Lincoln, Halstead thought that Lin
coins head ought to be chucked
against the wall and his brains
knocked out, or something like that.
That was complimentary to Lincoln.
In 1863 Halstead thought Grant was a
drunken old loafer who ought to be
kicked out of society. That was COM
plimentary to Grant. After Grant
was elected President Halstead thought
he was dirty, corrupt old scoundrel
who was not to be trusted 10y the peo-
pie of the country, so in 1872 Hal
stead supported Greeley for President
against Grant, because Grant was not
man to he trusted. l came to
the Senate and the first thing /
knew when 1 got here picked
up Cincinnati Commercial and found
five columns Of the paper charging
my friend from Ohio who presides SO
honorably and firmly over this body,
with all sorts of things. The article
was written from Washington city
and published with great head lines to
show that our friend Sherman was a
dishonorable, corrupt man, who ought
not to be trusted anywhere on account
of some sort of devllment he had with
a quartepmaster during the war. The
next thing I found in the Cincinnati
Commercial was that James Il. Blaine
was a scoundrel. thief and villain,
who should be executed at the near
est lamp post.
The house went into committee of
the whole on the senate amendment
to the river and hsrbor bill, the pend
ing question being on the motion
made by Mr.. Hewitt, striking out the
clause for the improvement of New
York harbor. He withdrew the
amendment. The committee then
arose, and the senate amendment hav.
ing been concurred in, the bill was
sent to the conference. when a strug-
gle arose for priority, and Northern
Pacific forfeiture bills, which was re-
solved. yeas l42. nays "a, In favorof
forfeiture.
The senate bill was read at length,
together with the amendment reported
by the committee or commerce, which
rs 10 strike out all after enacting clause
and insert house bill. Mr.. Reagan
supported the house bill, while Messrs.
O'Neil (Penna). Davis Mass and
Hepburn favored the Cullom bill. Mr..
Hill (In. favored both bills In so far
as they contained the meritorious pro-
visions prohibiting unreasonable rates,
unjust DETERMINATIONS. rebate and
preferred commissions, because
II had been practically tried
in Illinois and many other
states as well as In England,
France and other countries while the
Reagan bill was an experiment. The
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