The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-03-19
WOODS CONFIRMATION.
Tho Revised Voto by which ho wns Con.
flrmed Judge,

Tho Revised Voto by which ho WINS Con.
ilrmcd Judge.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 1S.-In
the senate today there was renewal
OF the discussion which has been Ind
during tho recent executive sessions
upon tho proposition to acquaint the
public with the nature OF the charges
made against Judge Woods, and tho
proceedings OF tho senate while eonsid.
cring tho nomination. Finally II was
decided that tho testimony taken by the
judiciary committee in tho course OF
the investigation should bemade public,
as well as the vote by which tho nomi.
nation was confirmed. The vote was
Feas-Messrs. Allen, Allison, Chand.
!cr, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Dolph, Gall
niger, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawlty, 1Iig-
gins, lIiscock. uoar, Mcmillan. Man.
dcrson, Mitchell, 1Iaddock, Proctor,
Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman, Shoup,
Squire and Stockbridge.-25.
Nays-Messrs. Bato, Berry, Black.
burn, Blodgott. Call, Cockrcll, Coke,
Daniel, Faulkner, George, Gibson MARY.
land). Harris, Jones (Arkansas), Nor.
gun. Palmer, Pasco, Pcner, Pugh, Ran.
.-24.
The pairs were Messrs. Aldrich aud
Hill; Cameron and Butler; Carey and
lrby; Casey and Vest; Cullom and
Gray; Dubois and Gibson (Louisiana) /;
FELTON, and Brice; Frye and German; !;
Morrill, and Carlisle; Platt and Barbour; ;
Power and White; Quay and McPher.
son; Stanford and Vance; Tclcrr and
Chiffon; Warren and Gortlcn; Wilson
and ColquitS; Walcott and kenha. z
1t appears tha. five senators, all Re-
publlcans, were absent and impaired.
They were Messrs: Jones (Nevada), Per-
kins, Pettigrew, Stewart and Nashburn.
1t Is explained that the vote was takun
an hour earlier than was expected, so
that some OF these senators who were
attending to departmental business re-
turned to the capitol too late to vote.
The testimony taken by the judiciary
committee relative to the nomination Of
Judge Woods makes a volume Of 172
printed pages. including exhibits. 1t
comprises testimony given by n. G.
Butler, OF Indianapolis, clerk of the
United States supreme court, relative
to the Coy-Sullivail trials; W. G. Mich.
OILS, OF indianapolis, deputy clerk Of tho
court room, upon the same subject; l..
Q. Bailey, Of indianapolis, formerly as
sistant district attorney, touching the
indictments in the trinl on those caaes
Samuel ,Claypool, Of Indianapolis, a
lawyer. in the same connection; L. NJ.
Ochiltrec, Of Rushville. Ind, Il lawyer,
touching the charges OF discrimination
by Judge Woods against Demo
Gratis; Judge G. F. Mc0utt, OF Tcrre
Haute, Ind, OF counsel for the
defense in the Coy.Sullivan cases to the
effect that Judge Woods conduct had
been strictly unfnir and partisan and
that he had assumed most OF the duties
Of the prosecuting attorney; Emory b.
Sellers, oil Monticello, lind, formerly
United States district attorney, relative
to the same cases and the Blocks OF Five
letters; Nathan Morris, OF indianapolis,
present United States attorney, upon
the samc subject, touching particularly
upon the dismissal OF the cases; Z. I.
Ritter, indianapolis, lawyer, in the Same
relation; S. N. Chambers. United States
district attorney, concerningthe ostima-
ton in which Judge Woods is held by
the people of Indiana.
The exhibits are made up of the
records OF the courts in the trial OF tho
bribery cases; the opinion OF the Su-
promo Court in the same case; Judge