Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-21
Fiftieth Congress--First Session.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.

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 HoUsE.-After the introduction of few
 unimportant bills the report in the Phoebe Carlisle contest was taken up. MT. Crisp l opened the debate by reviewing the proceed ] ings before the committee on elections with regard to reopening the case. He justified l the majority of the committee in deciding I that the case should not be reopened.
 MT. Lyman, of Iowa, argued in favor of re- | opening the case, and was followed by MT. ! Cooper, of Ohio, in favor of the majority re- port against reopening the case.
 | MT. Rowell, of Illinois, argued that the committee on elections had followed the proper course in refusing to reopen the case. MT. Lodge, of Massachusetts, spoke in sup port of the minority.
 On motion of MT. Crisp, Phoebe, the con- testant, was granted an hour in which to pre- sent an argument in his own behalf. He read from a communication which he had sent to the chairman of the committee on elections protesting against an unfavorable report upon his request until he had an op- portunity to examine the af6davits presented
 by the contestee. In this communication he
 reiterates in part the statements contained in
 his affidavit filed with the committee, denies
 the truth of some of the affidavits filed by
 the Speaker and declares his ability to dis
 prove the accuracy Of others if granted an
 opportunity. He was sorry, he continued,
 that the working classes were beginning to lose
 confidence in the security of the ballot.
 If the ballot was not secure what did they
 have left? (applauEe on the Republican side).
 He was workingman, he did not consider 1t great honor exactly to be a member of
 the House general laughter and applause).
 What he meant was that mechanic was just as honorable and noble as any other citizen.
 lf every gentleman would rather be right than be president these seats would be filled by the right men Qaughter). He did not pro- pose to make capital out of the fact that he Was workingmau. He was not there for favor, but for simple justice.
 The previous question was then ordered upon the resolution of the majority of the committee-which confirms the title of Mir Carlisle to his seat-and upon a resolution in the nature of 8 substitute offered by Mr. Lyman, of Iowa, declaring that the contest if of such importance to the sitting member and to the people of the country that it is entitled to full, thorough and impartial investigation and providing that to a select committee or 8 sub committee of the elections committee which shall be authorized to investigate the matter. The substitute was defeated, 125 to 132. The fol- | lowing Democrats voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Bynum, Grouse, Foran, Hare, McKin- ! ney and Weaver.
 The question then recurred on the majority resolution on the adoption of which the yeas and nays were ordered. The Republicans with the exception of three or four who voted l in the affirmative and Messrs. Brumm, Hovey 1 and Laidlaw who voted in the negative-re- trained from voting on the ground that they | had not sufficient information upon which to l act and the vote was announced yeas 146, | nays 3; no quorum.
 The House at 2 o'clock adjourned until ! to orrow