Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-01-21
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
oRiFTWoOO ON THE NEWS CURR6''T
FROM WASHINGTON.
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the Consideratios Of the Postal Tsis.
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rection OF the Secretary OF the Interior. bs
signed by Assistant Secretaries.
The memorial OF the National Board OF
Trade now in session at Washington favor
| ing adequate appropriations for the i'm
| provement of rivers and harbors was re-
ferred. Mr.. Springer of Illinois, had read
| from the clerks desk all extract Of the
speech made Yesterday by Mr..
Kelly OF Pennsylvania. to the
effect that = member of the Congress
which had made an appropriation for the
Philadelphia Centennial land who was
! member of the present Congress) had
claimed fee OF $4,000 for having inserted
clause in the bin making the loan upon
I which he could 20 into court and enforce its
payment Mr. Springer said he had no doubt
that he was the member referred to. He
| moved an amendment to the centennial
| bill. changing the appropriation to loan.
At the close OF the exposition the board OF
finance held tha, the money belonged to the
| stockholders and not 10 the Government.
| Suit was entered by the United
| States and il Was decided in favor Of the
! board. He then went TO Attorney General
| Taft and asked him 10 appeal the case TO
| the Supreme Court This vas done and
| the Attorney General requested him TO ap-
| pear on behalf of the Government He did
| 40: and the decision OF the court below was
reversed and the money ordered paid into
! the treasury. He never asked one cent for
his professional services. He did file Pc
tition asking that his case be referred to
, the Court OF Claims TO the value Of his
| services. The committee had reported
bill based upon his PETITION. but which has
never been acted upon. He hoped the
| gentleman would Jetrsct the statement he
mad made.
Mr.. Kelley said ,hs; ne did not intend
doing an injustice. The thing had an ugly
odor when il occurred; il WAS not savory
now. What he meant TO say Was that,
knowing the purpOrt Of his own clause. the
gentleman WAS the one man among the
iif,y million American citizens who feIt
that the subscribers 10 the Exposition
stock ought TO be made to pay. and hunted
them Until he stripped them OF their in
vestment. patriotic a> II WAS.
Mr.. Springer replied that il the gentle
man stated that he demanded q fee for in
sertns the clause, he stated what was not
true.
II the gentleman meant 70 say that he
pursued the case with all the skill and
ability OF which he WAS possessed. he ad-
! miited il. II was the proudess record he
| had MADE since member OF Congress. and
that was the opinion OF his constituents,
who had returned him six times since he
made that record.
Mr.. . NeiiI, o; Pennsylvania. presented
the resolutions oil the Eosrd of Trade Of
Philadelphia insisting npon the necessity
oil tar,r ior the protection OF American
industry. Referred.
The Thoebe-Ca.lis.e contested election
case WIS then taken up. Mr.. Crisp. Of
Georgia, opened The debate, and justified
TIE majority O! une committee in deciding
that the case sao&ld not be reopened on the
ground that the atiiiavits submitted over
,al Inns ,y'N n ha fact hat IL ha
case were reopened. the contestant Thoebe
could not prove Il single charge he had
nade. Mr.. Lyman. OF Iowa. supported the
minority report. and favored reopen
ing the case. The fact that there was
such . constant determine ton thai the
events Of the election should not be inves-
tiga,ed, suggested that there Was something
wrong. Cooper, OF Ohio. denounced the
charge that there had been = conspiracy
between Mr.. Carlisle and his friends for the
purpose OF fl0ng up the matter faverabiy
70 the former. as wholly unfounded and
based only on the Idle chaH frequently
found floating around in the atmosphere
after en Alecf,on-- MES koage,-As.5mk ;.
chusetts. spoke in favor of the min0<7ty re-
port, The case he insisted was too imnortant
10 be settled by atfidavits. The contestant
was the candidate of the labor orsaniza.
tions. His case had been mismsnageG He
the House. and when a workingman's can
didate asked for = rehearing in these days
of discomfort II would do no harm to
Congress or the people 10 hear that mans
case.
On motion OF Mr. Crisp. Mr.. Thoebe, the
contestant. was granted an hour in which
to present the argument in his own behalf
Mr.. Thoebe read from a communication
which he had sent u the chairman OF the
IN unfarorable report upon his request un-
til he had an opportunity to examine the
af}idavits 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 scme of the aftidsvits filed by the Speaker.
and declares his ability to disprove the
accuracy of Others if he Was granted All
opportunity. He was sorry. he continued.
that the working classes were beginning to
lose confidence IN the security Of the ballot.
II the ballot was not secure what did they
have lea lApp!ause on the Republican
side He did not consider il a great honor
exactly to be . member of this House
General laughter and applause What he
meant was that mechanic was jus, as hon.
orable as any other citizen. II every gen.
tlemen here would rather be right than be
President these seats would be filled BY
the right nen. Laush,er,l He did not
propose 10 make any capital out OF the fact
tina, he was workingnsn. He was not
here for favor but for simple justice.
The previous question was then ordered
upon the resolution OF the majority Of the
cOnmittee-whiCh confirms the title of Mr..
Carlisle 10 his scat-and upon q resolution
in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr.
Lyman. of Iowa. declaring that the contest
is of such importance 10 the sitting
member aid to the peop.e Of the country
that il is entitled TO gIll thorough and
impartial investigation, and providing that
the papers in the case be printed and re-
terred 10 select committee or su COM
0ittee OF the elections, committee which
Shail be- authorized 10 investigate the mat
ter.
The substitute was defezted-yeas l25.
nays l32. Seven democrats. Messrs By
mum. Tillman, Foran, Hare. Mckinney,
Shively and weaver. voted in the atiirma-
tive. The question then required 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 in the affirmative,
and N"~>g-. Brumm. Hovey and laidlaw,
who voted ii the negative. refrainrd from
voting or liz" ground that they bad not
sufficient information upon which 10 act
and the vote was announced-yeas 40
nays 5. No quorum. Tne House thea at
six Q clock adjourned Until tomorrow.
TIL. Postal Telegraph Bill.
WAsHiN"ToN. January 2l,-Much time
was taken in the Senate Committee to-day
in considering the postal telegraph bill
Mr.. Hubbard said il Was true that English
operators We're pa:L much less than opera.
tors in this country. but as an Offset 70 this
an American operator would do much more
work than ,h~ Ersli-hman. The American
weuld send ., 800 words to the EnglishmAns
90.
Concerning the Western Union Telegraph
Company, he believed that Of the SIS 0O0,-