Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-23
xLIx congress.
THE SENATE.

INC senate then resumed CDuriuSAHNt"N
OF the PAYNE case, and Teller concluded
his remarks commenced yesterday. He
quoted from the Hoar and Frye report
the following paragraph The senate
has also recently referred 20 the commit
tee resolutions adopted BY q convention
Of Republican editors Of Ohio held In
Columbus, Ohio, July s, 1856, praying the
senate 10 investigate their charges. The
newspaper reports Of the convention
show that the governor Of the state was
present at the convention and
declared his concurrence 10 said
prayed. There nave also been communi-
Gated extracts from Democratic papers
Of Ohio, showing that majority OF these
papers have declared the opinion that the
election was procured by corruption.
Copies Of these extracts are appended.
~ will not venture he continued, "to
comment on that statement; ! VIII not
trust myself 20 express In this body my
opinion Of an attempt to compel by pub
lie convention or political editors the de-
termination Of . Judicial question. 1
will leave that for the minority. think
need only to state II to have every
honest man I'm e affronted. / am
HANInMNNA nun hu VI "a" A~tIhA
mOuy that there Is no proof Of corrup.
ton Of the members Of the legislature,
and thst no proof Of II can be obtained by
this senaten
Mr. sherman proceeded to address the
senate.
He rose, he said 10 perform the most
disagreeable duty of his life. During all
the time he had been in the body he had
never had occasion to bring before the
senate the politics OF Ohio as dis
tlngu,shed from national politics In
performing what he regarded public du-
~ TO the people OF Ono, and particularly
10 the Republican people Of OHIO he
would 40 II In no spirit Of unklnd1ess
TO his colleague. lie had known him
Cor had known Of HIM since he
had arrived az the age of manhood
He bad always known him as q respected
and honured citizen OF Cleveland, re-
gatded well by his neighbors, and he was
glad TO say that In this investigation and
IN performing his duty he should net
have occasion 10 arraign his colleague in
the slightest degree. He believed that
whatever corruption had occurred in the
process Of election, no knowledge OF such
corruption was brought 10 his colleague.
He believed also that II the investigation
were granted his colleagues honor would
not be touched by the testimony that
would be produced
Mr. Sherman in a long speech went
over the chief grounds on which the re.
quest and demand for an Investigation
are based laying much stress upon the
fact that forty of the leading Democratic
newspapers Of Ohio and many very in
nuentisl Democratic politicians In the
afQfg aud far and
closed as follows; 81 have now per-
formed my duty 10 my state and especial.
ly 10 the party that | represent here.
All that can say 20 you in conclusion Is
that we believe (and many are the state
ments OF Democratic editors and Demo-
cratic clt1eus) that there has been fraud
and corruption IN the election OF my
colleague That Is belief generally
held Ia the state OF Ohio, and we ask
you TO make such inquiry as
will satisfy your conscience
whether that charge is true
or false. II II Is true you alone are the
Judges II Il Is false you cannot punish
the men who made the charges, but you
can vlndicate the men who have been un-
Justly accused In any view that | can
take OF it believe that It is the duty OF
the senate Of the United States (as II re-
CARDS It's own honor and the future OF oul
country not 10 leave this matter In II,
present condition, to be believed by som,
and disbelleved by others, TO be made tn,
subject Of party contest and party chica
merry, but you should have fair, full ant
judicial investigation into the merits o
the accusation. II the charges are false
stamp these men with the brand Of igDo
many; II they are true, deal with the fact
proved as you shall think just and right
Mr. Eustis spoke In support OF the ma
iorlty report, and had colloquy witt
Mr.. IIoar on some OF the points in
yolytd
The chair Mr.. Sewell) then announce,
the question 10 be the adoption OF tn
report OF the majority OF the committee
MI, Ioar offered as an amendment tina
the minority report calling for an inves
tigation be adopted In stead
Mr.. Frye, In supporting the minorit'
report, said the question was whethe
bribery and corruption had been used
anG not whether the senator from 0hl
(Mr Payne) had himself been particl
pant IN II. Mr.. Frye then took up tn
work OF the ohio investigation commit
tee and read extracts from the testlmon
TO show that bribery had been useC
lie was willing to say, however
that there was no testimony which prove
that the senator from Ohio Mr.. Payne
had been guilty OF bribery, or which eve
shadowed suspicion that that gentl,
man had been guilty OF the bribery, II
then reiterated some Of the allegation
and arguments contained In the minorit
report and urged that the investigated
be had
The vote viii be taken at 2 O'Clock q
morrow The senate then adjourned,
TIIE HOUSE.
WAsmNGToN, July 22--Mr. Hatch
Missouri, from the committee on agI
culture, reported back as n mltter
privilege the oleomargRrlne bill with SCI
ate amendments. The speaker held tn
the report was not privileged one al
declined 20 entertain It, and proceeded
call the committees for reports, when Il
following were submitted;
by MIR Tucker of Virginia, from Il
committee ON Judiciary, calling upon u
Encouragement for Information as