Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-30
THE GRACE.WHALEY CASE.
Two Reports Made in Congress-
Some Interesting Statements.

Washington, Dec. 22-Because the
public printer took longer than ex-
pected in turning out the majority
and minority reports in the case of
Mayor Grace against Representative
Whaley, Chairman Post, Of elections
committee No /, was unable to call
up to-day, as he had planned, his
resolution embodying the recommen-
dation of the committee that the
charges be dismissed. If Congress
is in session tomorrow the resolu-
ton may be called up in the House,
otherwise it will go over until after
the holidays.
The statement made by Represen-
tative French, of Idaho, in concur
ring with the majority in the opinion
that the charges filed by Mayor
Grace had not been sustained, con-
cludes with the following interesting
paragraph with reference to the cam
paign expenditures of r. w. Hughes;
"Manifestly the Congress has no
disciplinary authority over e. w.
Hughes, who was a candidate for
Congress, though not elected, but it
would be within the province of Con-
gress to inquire into the allegations
made touching the expenditure Of
money upon his part. In view Of the
fact, however, that the department
of justice is entrusted with the re-
sponsibility of law enforcement, |
shall make no recommendation, but
merely raise the question for the con-
sideration of the Congress and the
bearing it may have upon the consid-
Grafton that the Congress will give
to the question of making more eff.
fective the Corrupt Practices Act"
Frcear FavOrs Investigation.
In his minority report, which is
less than half the length of the ma
jority report and dispassionate in it's
wording, Representative Freear,, Of
Wisconsin, analyzes the evidence
from his individual point Of view and
says:
"A thorough investigation will
serve to advise the House as to the
truth Of the serious charges brought
against one Of its members and will
give further needed information on
veXed question that is intimately
associated with such charges. Evil
dence presented to the committee
tends to show that Messrs. Wbaley
and Hughes corruptly spent $780,
600 in the primaries; that in a dis
trict where negroes do not vote the
negroes could not be corrupted any
worse than the white people are cor
rupted, and that the total vote cast
at the special election after the pri-
maries was 1853. Further investi-
cation discloses a total vote cast for
all members from the same State at
the last general election slightly lar
rNr~than the average vote cast for
individual mvmUels Il TTrTN T1aiority
o. TIE -tates
APART from tha ri2u' lf ne State
- daIl with its Own 5oato' AVA rohti~
cal n"nhlclus rs tA1 lucs ION OF Il just
uasie ui GepresCD,a..u 'H ,h.a itDnSe.
and any information bearing upon
this question ought to be welcomed.
"No attempt has been made to
pass upon the Weight Of evidence in
this proceeding, but it is submitted
that the evidence presented before
the committee is sufficient to justify
an Investigation of the facts at Char
lesion, where all the witnesses can
easily be subpoenaed.
TO Prevent Future Violations.
"To disbelieve all the witnesses
examined by the committee, to dis
credit all of the atfidavits Of specific
corruption, to reject all the corrobo-
rating facts, including Nh Whaley'S
knowledge of the rallying commit
tees and the self-interest Of those
who deny the charges, Is to estab-
lish a precedent that will prevent flu
ture violations of the Corrupt Prac-
tices Act from being considered by
the House."