, 1888-01-21
WANT 1T REOPENED.
Thoebe's Backers Again Move
to Unseat Carlisle.
Boreas Still Makes His Pres
ence Felt Up North.
A Lady Who Had a Long
Financial Head.
The Carlisle-Thoeb Case.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-After a per-
sonal explanation from Springer Of Hi
nols relative to his connection with the
case involving the right of the United
States in the appropriation made for the
Philadelphia centennial in 1876, the
house proceeded to the consideration of
tie Thoebe Carlisle contested election
case.
Crisp opened the debate by reviewing
the proceedings before the committee on
elections with regard to reopening the
case. He justified a majority OF the COM
nittee in deciding that the case should
not be %reopened.
Lyman of Iowa knew no reason why
the house should not reopen the case.
Grave charges had been made by contest
ant in the atidavits-ex parte affidavits it
was true-and they had been answered by
other ex parte af1idavits. Strong efforts
had been made to prevent an investiga-
ton of those charges. Were contestee
and his friends afraid of the truth? The
fact that there was such constant deter
mination that the events of the election
should not be Investigated suggested to
his mind that there was something wrong.
Cooper Of Ohio spoke in support of the
majority report.
Rowell of Illinois took the same view
and argued that the committee on cleo
tions followed precisely the proper course
in refusing to reopen the case.
Lodge of Massachusetts spoke in sup
port of the minority report. The case
was too important to be settled by afida-
Wits 1t was n case which deserved the
attention of the American congress. Con-
sidering, particularly, the enormous dis
parity between the contestant and the
contestee, the house should proceed with
great circumspcction. A contestant was
a candidate OF labor organizations. His
case had Teen shockingly mismanaged.
He came now and threw himself on the
house. There was a widespread belief
among the great working classes that the
power of a corporation, the power of a
ring, and the power of men high in
authority and backed by money and influ-
encc, had enormous weight in all lcgisla-
tive bodies of the country. 1t was a dan
gerous, unwholesomo belief.
On motion of Crisp. Theebe was grant
ed an hour in which to present argument
IN his own behalf,
The previous question was then or
dercd. Upon the resolution OF the ma
jority of the committee, which confirms
the title of Carlisle to his seat, and upon
the resolution is the nature of a substi-
tute offered by Lyman OF Iowa, declaring
hat a contest Of such importance to a
sitting member and to the people of the
country that it is entitled to a full, thor.
ough and impartial investigation, and
providing that the papers in the case be
printed and referred to the select com
mittee or the subcommittee on elections,
which shall be authorized to investigate
ter, the substitute was defeatcd-ycas
l25, nays 1872.
The following Democrats voted in the
affirmative: Messrs. Bynum, Grouse,
Foran, Hare, Mckinney, Shively and
Weaver.
The question then required on the ma,
jority resolution. on the adoption Of which
the yeas and nays were ordered. All Re
p|ublicans, with the exception of three OF
four who voted in the affirmative, and
Messrs. Brumm, Ilovcy and Laidlaw, who
voted in the negative, relrained from vot-
ing on the ground that they had not suffi.
cient information upon which to act, and
the vote was announced-yeas l40, nays
3 No quorum.
The house her adjourned until to-mor-
row.