The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-13
MRS, LEASES ADDRESS.
A SENSATIONAL RESOLUTION.

A Committee to be Appointed to In
vestigate the Senatorial Election.
ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 12-Ever since the
senatorial election last fall there have been
vague rumors current alleging an improper
use OF money to secure votes. Not only
have there been charges against Mr.. Cal
houn's supporters. but counter charges of
an equally serious nature. The matter was
brought to a head this morning in the
House by Mr.. Otis Of Muscogee. He in
troduced this resolutions:
WHEREAS, Charges are being circulated over
the state that during the race for United States
senator at the fall term of the general assembly
as many as eight members of the legislature
offered their votes or suffered their votes to be
offered for sale; and
WHEREAS, Said report is a reflection upon the
general assembly; therefore
Resolved, By the House, the Senate con-
curing, that committee Of three from the
House and three from the senate be appointed
to investigate said charges.
Resolved further. That said committee be
authorized to send for persons and papers and
administer oaths to witnesses.
A SENSATION CREATED.
The resolution created profound sensa-
tion, but nobody could afford to oppose
1t, SO it passed without discussion. The
resolution created little or no comment in
| Juo Oeuhke, as uue loWb Oh lCS introduction
| III the House had already become known
II move," said Hon. Joseph Terrell, as
the reading of the resolusion was concluded,
| that the resolution be concurrsd in"
The vote was UiUG uoce, only one being
heard against it. That one was Senator
Louis.
THE resolution is concurred in" said
President Mitchell, and the Senate fell back
without jostle into the routine order.
| w.. 1,.rs- -,
governor before the committee can be ap-
pointed.
| HISTORY OF THE MATTER
| The history of the resolution is briefly
this: Col. l.. F. Livingston, in reply to cur
rent rumors that charged him with cons
plicity in alleged attempts to buy votes in
| the GordOn-Calhoun senatorial race, denies
this both for himself and for Mr.. Calhoun.
He went further than this, and made a
countercharge. He said that seven mem
bers had offered to sell their votes, and that
Mr.. Calhoun had refused TO buy them, or
| to treat with them. The man to whom the
statement was made repeated it to Mr..
Ottis. Then In turn Mr.. Otis went to Col.
| Livingston, and repeated what he had
heard, and told him that the whole matter
should be investigated.
Col Livingston "hedged" manfully. al
did not say" he said, THAT these seven men
came directly TO me ana Mr.. Calhoun and
proposed to sell their votes for $500 each.
But there were seven members whose
names we're sent up to Mr.. Cslhoun's head
quarters for that purpose"
The colonel in reply TO further questions
bad no more to say. FOR further in.
formation" was his answer to these cues.
tons, 81 refer you to Pat Calhoun and
Jack Spalding."
MR.. CALHOUN WILL TALK LATER
Mr.. Calhoun was asked tonight if the
charge made by Col. Livingston and re-
ferred to in the resolution by Mr.. Otis of
Moscagee was true.
II do not know what the resolution is. y
said he. 81 heard that some sort of investi-
CATION would be made, but have not in~
formed myself any further than that"
| The nature of the resolution was ex,
planned, with the accompanying facts sub.
stantially as they are given above. "Col.
| Livingston referred to you and Jack Spald-
ing, now" he was asked, ARE you really
authority for any such statements"
"As the matter is to be investigated. ~
said he, perhaps / ought to say nothing
about it now-certainlY not until l have
more thoroughly Informed myself of the
Mr.. Otis is an alliance man and voted
for Gen. Gordon, So far as can be learned
Col Lvingabn never named the eight
| men in making his statement or subSe-
| qrently.