Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-22
A House DIVIDED.
Johnny Logan Breaks Murat Hal
stsad's Heart Because He Won't
Put Payte Out Of the Senate,
Hnlstead Turns ON Logan His War Gun,
the Same Weapon lie Used on
Lincoln and Grant.
The Charges Against Payne Virtually
Bead-Demonrats stand Back and
watch the Reps Fight Il out.
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MAshlNHToNb July u --Ihe senate to- |
day proceeded to consider the report in
the matter Of the election of Senator
Payne, and was addressed by Mr.. Pugh 10 |
advocacy OF the position taken by him.
self, Salisbury, Vance and Eustis, to the |
effect that there had been no expression
OF or belief Of suspicion on the part Of
any member of the committee to the ef- |
feet that Payne was connected In .he e.
hottest degree, by act or knowledge,
with anything wrong, criminal or
immoral In his election, and that
no further investigation of charges
should be made. He criticised
the views OF the minority (Messrs. Hoar
and Frye, and argued that they were IN
conflict with the precedents OF the senate
in former cases OF a similar character.
| One remarkable feature in the report OF
the minority was that after declaring the
senate to be court which would have TO
hear and pass upon the title of Mr.. Payne
to his seat, they had "dumped" on the
senate all the trash that could be scraped
up from Democratic newspapers and
ANONYMOUS LETTER-wRTTERs
In regard to the means employed
to secure MIR, Payne's election. Could
it be that the minority believed such
stuff would have any weight on the minds
of the senators2 IL never could have a
feathers weight ON the senate. lie had
merely desired 10 present the case, and
now in the names of seven of the nine
members OF the committee on privileges
and elections he moved that the commit
tee be discharged from further considera-
ton of the subject
Mr.. IIOar addraacad Cha uanato la, ann,
port Of the views of himself and Mr.,
Frye, recommending an investigation of
the charges. Snch investigation, he ar
gued, was due TO Senator Payne, because
II could only make II appear that
: the suspicion which all the senators
= were SO eager to remove did not rest
upon him personally, and ought not to
rest on the friends nearest him or upon
the state that had so honored him. The
question OF the senate was not how the
o case should be decided, but whether an
q inquiry should be instituted. He then
went over much of the ground covered
:, by the report made by himself and Mr.
e Frye In favor Of an investigation.
THE RIAcR EAGLE SCREAMS
e Mr.. Logan took the floor TO reply TO Thu
n argument of Mr.. Hoar and to sustain the
views contained In the report signed b,
n himself and Messrs. Teller and Evarts
h He was as ready now as any senator, anC
ever had been, to expell member II h,
Y felt justified in so doing, but If, as
- ia this case, the senate was appealed Il
on garbed statements, ON garbled eX
L tracts OF testimony TO the injustice Of thu
?, man OF of his reputation, he
(Logan) was not the man to do It
IS There were many considerations N
l. this matter. While he might be appealed
to on one side for the benefit of his party
e associates 10 do en- act which in his
l. Judgment was not warranted by law OF
facts, he was appealed to on the Other
II hand by knowledge which he had Of
l. honorcd age, of honesty OF purpose ant
Of fair character; not only that, but h,
It knew Senator Payne TO have been as
% DEVOTED TO THE GOVERNMENT
and to the country during the war as any
a man whose voice was heard within thu
g senate chamber. When he was asked L
!. deal wrongly with the rights of sucl
e man, his answer was that Their
e was no power In the land that could b.
le brought TO bear upon him, either iron
newspapers or political brawlers, TO d.
le such injustice. Mr.. Logan then oppose,
q Mr. Hoar's argument, and by reading ex
ID tracts from the Commercial Gazette, pro
ceeded to show and endeayored TO prov
Id that the purpose was not to prove tina
t. Mr.. Payne was wrongly elected to tn
10 senate, but to kill off Senators EvartS
Teller and himself for the position the
o, took in the report made In the Payn
e. matter. Mr.. Logan made long speec
De and was very bitter against Murat Ha
stead, editor Of the Commercial Gazette
of After referring to some OF the testlmon
lie taken In the case in Ohio and pronouncin
lis 1t worthless, and then abiding to the las
effort TO have the case re-opened and th
rs other testimony introduced, Mr.. Loga
10 said this did not seem TO be an invest
n cation Of senator's from Ohio as much a
IL Is an
10 ATTACK UPON REPUBLICAN SENATORS,
Is The first thing that was said after thi
n, decision was arrived at by the commltte
was q telegram to the various news
ne papers all over the country that MI
nd Logan had requested the committe
w to keep the votes secret. That went :
a certain character Of papers. Why wa
I'D that said about me? There is no man o.
b. the face Of Gods green earth who eve
a. heard me request secrecy or theretentioi
~. Of any act OF q public character that
,ir ever performed. The members Of th
I'M committee know that that was a lie, an
ly graphed through the Associated Pres
that there was no foundation at o.
&c for the statement. / would like :
be know why that statement was made
OF Why should | be singled out owe
C. senators and have suspicious cast upo
me? It was done just as many thing
at have been done since. II seems 10 b
Ir- thought that now is the time TO kill o.
r. Republicans. God knows am
In TOO SMALL A PERSoS
for them TO commence shooting at first
es Why should be killed of? am not {
10 the way Of anybody. l am not cand
O. date for any office. Why Is It that the
III 80 persistently attack one day Logan, tn
o. next day Eyarts, and the next day afte
Is killing of these men they say now
is the time for our hero.
seems, cir, that ibis part Of tn