The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-07

dence read. i understand tnaG tne
majority have promised TO furnish the
have not done it. If there were any illegal
voters let us have their names" COntlnu-
ing, the Senator said it was important that
the Senators should know what the evl-
dence was before they attempted to pass on
the case.
Senator Hays joined Senator Johnson in
demanding a reading of the evidence. The
reports, he said, did not agree. Both were
based on the same evidence, and no member
could vote in~telligently until he knew
what it was. Neither the statement of the
majority or minority report should be taken
for granted-the evidence should be pro-
duced to show which was correct. he
cited the fact that had it not been for
the reading of the evidence in the Ray
Carpenter contest, Mr.. Ray would have
been seated. The evidence revealed the
fact that Ray had been guilty of bribery,
and there were enough honest Democrats
to prevent his being seated.
The Democratic members, through Sena-
tors Byrd and Cox, objected, and the NIL
nority then appealed to the Lieutenant
governor. who held that the evidence
should be read. But Senator Iogsdon
moved to dispense with the reading, and
ing over two hours. Senator Thompson, OF
Jasper. charged that the statements
made in the majority report were
not true, and he dared the Democrats
to allow the evidence to be read
in substantiation of their report. Senator
Johnson said the consciences of the Demo-
cratic members mad towards of them and
TO refuse this act of justice was calling
upon the Senators to violate their oaths,
aud cast their votes in the dark. The re-
fusal. he declared, wasin violation OF every
principle of law. That the evidence was
vOluminous was no excuse for not letting
the Senators know what it is. Whose fault
was it that the session was nearly over and
nothing done? Would the majority say
that the minority members should not be
permitted to hear any evidence upon which
to predicate a verdict There was no
political exigency that called for such ac-
ton; there was no reason why the business
of ID. w. voorhees, and Isaac p. Gray should
be made paramount to the business of the
whole people of the State. The voice of
the people was the voice of God, and the
time was near at hand when they would
rise up in their might and put a check upon
such internal outrages.
Senator Hays said that the case had been
postponed until the closing days of the SEES
sion in order to have an excuse for not al
lowing the evidence to be read. -Four Dem
ocrats had submitted one statement;
three Republicans had presented anoth-
the Democrats. and recItlng an
entirely different state of facts. Why was
the evidence taken at all If the Senators
were not to be permitted to hear 1T readf
DIS ~ I1tulDCI W DO ocpkANSo "a Ills SOa1
simply because four members said he should
bel
Senator Thompson. Of Jasper, again
charged that the majority were afraid to
have the testimony read. Not a single fact
was stated in the majority report. The
names of the alleged illegal voters had not
been placed in the report; and they would
not be. A motion was made by Senator
Dresser to postpone action on the reports
until Saturday morning. The appropria-
ton bills would then be out of the way. and
it would be too late for any legislation,
and the case could be acted upon
i~ntelligently. He said the purpose and
over Democratic Senator, and he thought
it was of more Importance to pass the APP
preparation bill than to make a vote for
VOORHEES, or GRAY. The motion to postpone
was lost by q party vote.
The vote was then taken on the motion
to dispense with the reading of the eyi-
dence, and nearly every Republican Sena-
testing against such an outrageous action.
The motion prevailed, Senator Smith being
the only Democrat to vote with the Repub-
licans.
The question then came up on the sub
stitution of the minority for the majority
report. Senator Thompson, of Jasper,
opened the argument for Senator Bichow-
Ski in a brief speech concerning the facts
that were given in the discussion Oh
the motion to do away with the evidence.
Senator Boyd also spoke on behalf of the
minority, while Senator Griffith gave the
Democratic side. The minority report was
set aside. that of the majority adopted and
Bichowski was unseated and Grimes adj
mitted by a strictly partisan vote. Grimes,
with a Voorhees, tag somewhere ab0a. fzs
person, then abused a solemn ceremony BY
taking the oath. e1tr-