Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-01-28
THE CARLISLE MIDDLE.

&AuAAOAG IN " 0VAEs
Mr.. Carlisle's sickness is undoubt-
edly due to the mental worry be has
gone through in his appointment of
Committees and in the contest over
his own seat in Congress. The
House is no less sick and demorali-
zed over the same issues. To the
general surprise, no less than seven
Democrats--aud prominent Demo
Gratis, at that-v0ted against the
party, and in favor of fully investi-
gatiug the case against the speaker.
They were Bynum and Shively, of
Indiana; Hare, of Texas; Tillman,
of South Carolina; Faron, of Ohio
Mckinney, OF New Hampshire; and
Weaver, Of Ohio. The vote stood
1872 to 125 against the amendment.
and 1T was therefore lost. But this
slim majority and detection of the
seven Democrats, shows how gener-
al is the belief that a strict investi-
cation into the case should have
been granted. There have been
cases again and again where the
memorial of very small humber OF
petitions for an investigation has
been granted. Less than twenty
people signed the memorials in the
Young and Butterworth cases.
Here, no less than four thousand
citizens signed memorial to inves.
tigate the Carlisle case, but the dem
ocratic house refuses the plea OF four
Thousand for justice. The stand OF
these seven Democrats shows that
even among bis own party there are
leading men who believe that Mr..
Carlisle has no right to the seat that
he holds.
The proceedings OF Friday and
Saturday plainly showed the want
of cool and disciplined men. On both
occasions the majority in the House
acted like panic-stricken army.
This may have been due partly to
their humlliating position. The re
quest of the minority for a real, in
stead of sham, investigation Of Mr..
Carlisle's right to a seat III Congress
was modest and just. II it was
necessary to appoint a special COM
mittee to inquire into the right of a
simple congressman from Cincinnati
to seat in the FoIty-nmth Con
gress, why was it less necessary to
ascertain if Mr.. Carlisle, the speaker
OF the House, was fairly elected to
his seat? Why was it important to
throttle debate by calling the pre-
vIons question 7 Were those engi
neering the movement ashamed OF
their work? Was it imperative for
Democratic success that the people
should be deceived as to the real is
sue, aud is the majority afraid to
face candid discussion of the case
ON it's merits Mr.. Carlisle may
have been fairly elected to Congress
and his acts as Speaker Of the House
of Representatives may be perfectly
valid, but if so his friends have done
him a grevious wrong.
Mr.. Thoebe is nothing but poor
nottingham, dependent on his daily
labor for his subsistence. He has no
money to waste Oh election contests,
and it is creditable to his manliness
that he made such a contest in Ken
lucky, aud was subsequently, able to
make out such pr'ma facie case as
he did before the committee. Aside
from all party considerations. it is
due the class which he represents
that all doubt of the result in Mr..
Carlisle's district should be removed,
and it is due the country that not a
shadow of suspicion should rest on
the title of the speaker of the House
of Representatives.
There is All additional reason as
signed for the stand taken against
Carlisle in his contest with Thoebe,
the Knights of Labor. In making
up his committee on Labor Mr.. Car
Isle snubhed Mr.. Foran. who was
very anxious to be chairman of that
committee, and. with the exception
OF Compton, Mr.. Carlisle appointed
not a man who is the ayowed friend
of organized labor as such. Now
organized labor has struck back at
Mr.. Carlisle, and it is openly assert
ed that at least five of the seven
votes cast against him were so cast
because it was known that the
knight of Labor sentiment and in
fiuence were against Mr.. Carlisle.