The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-04
Oh behalf Of Ex-Governor Yarmouth.
The committee took the matter under
consideration, deciding to hear no more
statements,
OHIO BALLOT BOX FORGERY.


The Committee and Counsel Object /,
Murnt Hnistead's Criticisms.
| WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. 3.-After I
recess OF two weeks the Special Houst
Committee investigating the Ohio ballo
box forgery assembled again this morn
ing TO continue theinquiry. Represent
ative Grosvenor opened with state.
ment that since adjournment tho Com.
mittec and himself had been unpleas.
antly criticized by the Commercial Gazette
because Of the conduct OF the investiga.
tion, and because certain witnesses had
not been CroRs.cxamined.
Governor Foraker had been deprived
OF cross.examination. Governor For.
aker interrupted TO deny that he had
anything to do with the criticism.
II should hope moi" sad Mr.. Gresve-
nor, "you arc a lawyer"
Continuing he asked the Committee
to insist upon regular order OF exami.
nation and cross.examinatiOn, 10 that
the public would understand that he
was not to be expected to cross.examine
his own witnesses.
The Chairman said that lie did not
caro- what criticisms were passed upon
the Committee, and he did not propose
TO allow newspaper editorials to inllu.
ence his judgment.
Governor Foraker said that he had
produced no witnesses here. This was
an effort on the part OF the committee
10 get ut tho truth, and he aided the
COMMITTEES at it's request in getting wit.
nesses. II this was to be IN "adver.
sary" proceeding he wished 10 know 1t
at once. He had seen an editorial iu
which Mr.. Halstead criticised him for
not cross-examining Wood, but Wood
had so utterly destroyed the value OF his
own testimony that there was 10
necessity to his mind for a cross examin-
alton.
Mr.. Grosvenor said he represented no
adversary proceedings, and did not pro.
pose by newspaper sneers to be driven
into the attitude OF prosecuting attor-
ney. His clients suffered from u public
belief that there was a ballot box con-
tract and he was called upon to bring out
the facts, and not to be criticized on bis
treating witnesses 80 gingerly.
MIR. Turner, a member OF the commit.
tee, said that the committee had called |
Wood and it had cross.examined him.
He, Mr.. Turner, had taken part in it.
Mr.. .Cogswell said the committee
should ignore newspaper gossip and car
ry out the orders OF the House, nothing
more or less, and the committee assent
ed to this view.
Representative Butterworth, who was
awaiting an examination, said that there |
was not scintilia OF truth in the state
inents that the persons mentioned in
the forgery were afraid to 20 to the bot
tom OF this case. The committee would |
realize the effect of having it said daily
that they were pulling the coat-tails Of
the members Of the committee, saying
."be careful"
MIR. Wilson, member OF the com.
mittee, replied that it would appear
from the record that the committee had
FULLY cross.examined Mr.. Mckinley and
Wood.
Representative ]. B. Whiting, OF Mich
igan, Powell Crossley, OF Cincinnati, and
Governor James E. Campbell were also
examined before the committee ad-
journed for the day.