St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-13
1t Is Finally Exploded in Con-
gress by Aid Of MIR.
Dockery.
He Announces His Purpose
to Allow No Guilty Man
to Escape.
The Virtuous Mckinley Says
He Does Not Associate
With Bribers.
The Silent Matt Quay Comes
Forward With a Latter
Day Force Bill.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-In the house
! Mr.. Dockery. rising to a question of
| privilege, offered resolution recitin g
the fact of the reference of his ''silyer
pool" resolution item to the committee
on rules, and the fact that that commit
| tee had refused to report the same and
| directing the committee on rules to re-
| port the resolution to the house for con-
| sideratiOn. Mr.. Mills, of Texas, con-
tended that the original resolution re-
ferred to the dignity and integrity of
the members of the house. The house
did not lose jurisdiction of the question
because it referred its consideration to
one of the committees. 1t was ques-
tion for the house to determine whether
it should recall the subject. There was
no doubt as to the power of the house;
the question was one of prOpriety. and
this question must be considered with
reference to the length of time that the
resolution had been before the commit
tee. Mr.. Dlngley, of Maine, made the
point that the resolution did not involve
a question of privilege. Mr.. Doekery
held that in aSmuch as the original reSo
luton was question of privilege it
lost none OF that privilege by reason of
its reference to committee. He
changed the phraseology of the pending
resolution so as to discharge the COM
mittee on rules from the further consid-
Grafton of the resolution, and so as to
bring it now before the house.
Investigation Courted.
Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio. said that
whether or not the original resolution
involved matter of privilege had moth
ing to do with the pending question. 1t
had been referred to the committee on
rules, and that committee was now con-
sidering the matter. 1t was proper that
he should say that the committee had
not yet been able to make its report.
He had not the slightest objection to
the broadcast Investigation, but until the
committee madeits report a motion TO
recall the resolution was not question
of privilege. Mr.. Heard, of Missouri,
said that it was just to the Missouri
delegation that the investigation be or
dered, inasmuch as the newspaper ar
ticle OH which the resolution was based
said that one member of that delegation
was member of the ''poOl."
The house decided-yeas l4S, nays So
that the question: was one OF privilege.
Mr.. Mckinley said that when the res
Olution was referred to the committee
on rules the committee supposed that it
was referred to it for purpose, not
simply to ascertain whether there was
such publication as was alleged, but
for the purpose of ascertalning whether
there was any foundation for the accusa-
ton. No names had been mentioned,
no member of the house had been dis
ignated, no distinct charge had been
made against any member.
The Committee
had gone TO work to find out whether
there was any basis for the allegation.
The mover of the resolution had dis
claimed any personal knowledge of the
matter. The two correspondents of the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat had refused
to make any statement or even to say
who was the author of the article on
which the resolution was founded. The
committee had had the intention to go
to the bottom of the matter and to ascer-
tain facts enough to justify a recon-
mendation to the house. 1t had pre-
sumed that the house wanted TO know
whether the committee had information
enough to Justify an investigation.
From the very first he had desired to
have this matter opened up and thor
oughly investigated.
Mr.. Dockerey-The gentleman has al
ways expressed himself to that egect.
Mr.. Mckinley continuing said that
he desired only that the action of the
committee should be understood. There
had been no purpose from the beginning
to suppress an investigations. God
knew he invited investigation. Gentle
men must SO conduct themselves that |
they would be every ready for an in
vestigating committee. 1t was easy to
make charges in newspapers. IL was
an easy thing to put a paragraph on the
wires to the effect that this was a corr
rupt and venal body. That was done
over and over again. AS member on
this floor for fifteen years, if he were
called upon to designate a member who
could be bribed or bought. he could not
do so: for he knew no such men. All
he wanted to do was to set the COM
mittee right. !
No Guilty Man Escapes.
Mr.. Dockery said that he had no per-
sonal knowledge whatever that any |
member on this floor was connected |
with the silver pool prior to the passage |
of the silver bill. His reason for offer |
charges had been made by the CORE
spondents of the Globe-Democrat-m |
of acknowledged eredibility. The |
situation was this: The statement had !
been made by Mr.. Conger, and his state
ment would be cOrrObOrated by at least |
one other gentleman (Mr. Grosvenor), |
that silver pool had existed pending |
the passage of the silver bill. He (Mr. |
Dockeryl had no interest in this mat
ter further than the interest of every
gentleman on the floor The news
paper article reflected upon the integ-
rity of the proceedings of the house;
and the house owed it to itself to make
this investigation. If the charges were
false, that ought to be established to |
the country; if they were true, the house
and the country had the right to know
the names of the senators and repre-
sentatives who prostituted their official |
positions to personal gain. If there
were such, in the words of an eminent |
American, "Let no guilty men escape"
Mr.. Rogers, of Arkansas, offered an |
amendment to the Dockery resolution
providing for the appointment of spe-
cial committee of five members to in
quire into all the facts and circum-
stances connected with
Silver Pools
in which senators and representatives |
are alleged to be interested; also as to |
the alleged purchase and sale of silver |
prior to and since the passage of the /!
act of July IA, 1890, including the |
names Of the persons purchasing and |
selling the same, and who are the own |
ers Of the twelve million of silver bull |