The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-27
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. O., April IA, 1893.

WASHINGTON, D. O., April IA, 1893.
Senator Voorhees, has doubtless often
found it advantageous to his clients, in
his practice before the criminal courts,
to plead guilty. and ask the mercy of the
court because of extenuating circum-
stances, and he simply attempted to
work OF the svmpathies of the Senators
as he has 80 often successfully done
upon jurors in behalf of clients he knew
to be guilty, when he 80 bitterly attacked
Senator Hoar for insisting that his reso-
luton, instructing the Committee on
Privileges and Elections to inquire into
the charge Of embezzlement against Sen.
ator Roach and to investigate the same
and report to the Senate if the charge
be found true, be voted upon. Mr.. Vor.
hees took an extraordinary course in ad-
mitting his client-beg pardon, Senator
Roach-to have been guilty OF the crime
charged against him, and asking pardon
for him because of the blameless life he
had led since he committed the crime
and because of his efforts to atone for
the guilty past. This appeal might
have had more effect if Mr.. Roach had
not returned to Washington under cir
cumstances that have attached to him
the suspicion of another crime-bribery.
The position OF Butler, of South Carolina,
Mills, of Texas, and other Democratic
C.-.Ao.. =, ~,a;r%o;o;po <bot tho Stota
had no authority to investigate anything
that happened before man was elected
Senator, the power OF the State which
sent him here as Senator being para
mount and not to be questioned, is SIM
ply ridiculous stretch OF the old States
rights idea; but by the aid of king eau
Gus the Democratic Senators who believe
the investigation should be emade-there
are number of them-were compelled
to acquiesce therein. In order to gst
the votes of sufficient number of Dem
ocrat Senators to pass resolution in
caucus against making this investiga-
ton, Senator German had to acknowl.
edge to his Democratic colleagues who
did not know it that if made there was
great danger of national scandal being
uncovered, which would necessarily be
disastrous to the Democratic party.
When Mr.. Wannamaker was Post
master General he made ruling shut.
ting out from the mails as lottery matter
all circulars issued by real estate specu.
lators or others, offering to give away
lots as an inducement to purchase other
lots. This week at the instigation OF
Congressman Chapman, of Michigan,
Postmaster General Bissell reversed that
ruling.
1t may be true that Mr.. Ady has no
valid claim to the seat now held by
Senator Martin of Kansas, but even il
that were an absolute certainty it would
not have justified the .underhanded
method resorted to by Senator German
to prevent an honest investigation Of
Martins right to the seat, after the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections had
formally agreed to report resolution &c
the Senate authorizing that investigation
After he learned that the committee had
agreed to report that resolution Senator
German went to Senator Vance, chair
man of the committee, and told him that
the committee must not report that res
olution, but must vote, that is, its Dem
ocratjc members must vote to reconsider
the action, of-the committee in ordering
the resolutioE reported, To the credi
Of Senator Vance and the other Demo