Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-19
HOW IT WAS ALL DONE.
The Senate Decides to Make Public ali
the Details of
JUDGE WOODSS INVESTIGATION
And the Vote BY Which He Was Confirmed as
an United Saias Judge-Ths Names Of Sen
aOrs Voting for and Against Him and
Those Who Were Paired.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 1s.-The
Senate spent some time in executive
session this afternoon In the considera-
tion Of the pending treaty by the terms
of which the claims Of the Venezuela
Steamship Company against the gov
ernment Of Venezuela for damages
caused by the illegal seizure Of their
vessels during the revolutionary move
ment some years ago, is TO be settled by
arbitration.
Senator Morgan, Gin behalf Of the
Committee on Foreign Relations, made
a long explanation Of the conditions
under which the seizures were made,
and told Of the long and heretofore
futile effort of the Department OF State
to settle the claim by the usual diplo-
matiS methods.
No action was taken In the matter by
the Senate. There was also renewal
Of the discussion which has been had
during the recent executive sessions
upon the proposition to acquaint the
public with the nature OF the charges
made against Judge Woods and the pro-
ceedings OF the Senate while consider
cog the nomination. Finally, il was de-
-ided that the testimony taken by the
gSAiessry Committee in the course Of
the investigation should be made public
as well as the vote by which the nOmin-
alton was confirmed.
The vote was: Yeas-Messrs. Allen,
Allison. Chandler, Davis, Dawes, Dixon,
Dolph. Gallinger, Hale, HansbrOugh, Haw-
lev. Higgins, Hiscock. Hoar, Mcmillan,
MandersOn, Mitchell, Haddock, Proctor,
Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman, Shoup, Squire,
StOckbridge-25.
Nays-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Blodgett, Call, COckrell Coke, Faulkner,
George, Gibson, (Maryland), Harris. Jones,
(Arkansas), Kyle, Morgan, Palmer PascO,
PETER, Pugh, Ransom, Turpie, Villas,
voorhees,, Walthall-24
The pairs were: Messrs. Aldrich and
Hill, Cameron and Butler, Carey and lrby,
Casey and Vest, Cullom and Gray, Dubois
and Gibson nOuisiana), FELTON, and Brice,
FRYE and German, Morrill, and Carlisle,
Platt and Barbour, Power and White,
Quay and Mcpherson, Stanford and Vance,
Teller and Chiffon, Warren and Gordon,
Wilson and ColQultt, Walcott and henna-
IL appears that five Senators, all Re-
puplicans, were absent and impaired.
They were MesSrs. Jones (Nevada),
Perkins, Pettigrew, Stewart and Wash
burn. II is explained that the vote was
taken an hour earlier than was expect
ed, so that some of these Senators, who
were attending 10 departmental buSi-
ness, returned TO ihe Capitol too late TO
vote.
The testimony taken by the Judiciary
Committee relative TO the nomination
of Judge Woods makes volume OF 172
printed pages, including exhibits. IL
comprises testimony given by y. {.
Butler, indianapolis, clerk OF the United
States Court, relative TO the COy-Sulli-
van trials; w. c. Nichols, Indianapolis,
deputy clerk OF the court, upon the
same subject; l.. o. Bailey, lndianap-
oils, formerly assistant district attor-
ney. touching the indictments in the
trial on those cases; Solomon Claypool,
Indianapolis, q lawyer, in the same con-
nection; T. NJ. Ochiltree, RuShyllle,
Ind, lawyer, touching the charges OF
discrimination by Judge Woods against
Democrats; Judge c. +. McNutt, Terre
Haute, Ind, OF counsel for the defense
in the COy-Sullivan cases 10 the effect
that Judge Woods conduct had been
strictly unfair and partisan, and that
he had assumed most OF the duties OF
the prosecuting attorney; Emory Is.
Sellers, OF Monticello, Ind, formerly
L. 5. District Attorney, relative TO the
same cases and the blOcks-of-hve letter;
Nathan Morris, OF Indianapolis, present
United states Attorney, Indianapolis,
upon the same subject, touching partic-
ularly upon the dismissal Of the cases;
+. l.. Ritter, Indianapolis, lawyer, in
the same relation; ). y. Chambers,
United States District Attorney. con-
cernlng the estimation 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 the
bribery cases; Judge Woods card TO the
public defending his Interpretation OF
the law in the Dudley case; Justice
Harlan, in approval Of Judge Woods
ruling; a letter from Judge Niolack TO
show that Judge Woods second charge
was not an after thought; ex-senator
McDonald's criticism Of Judge Woods
and the latter's replies; the celebrated
letter (the blocks OF
i've letter.. and the denunciatOry reso-
lption of the Indiana Democratic con-
ventiOn.