Evening star., 1921-10-26
HOUSE COOLING OFF
IN BLANT0N CASE
Members Do Not Want to
Make Him Martyr, Aiding
His Political Fight.

The temper of feeling against Rep
resentative Thomas l.. Blanton of
Texas for inserting obscene language
in the Congressional Record. which
caused House Leader Mondell, after
conference with the steering commit
tee, to introduce a resolution for ex-
pulsion of the Texas member, seemed
to have cooled off considerably today
Representing Blanton. returning
from Wheeling, w. Va, will not reach
the city until late this afternoon. The
falling off in the demand for his eX-
pulsion has been caused, to con-
siderable extent, by the argument
that such action would make martyr
of him in his home district and pos
sibly aid him in a campaign for cleo
ton to the Senate.
Some of those who were most
ardent yesterday in urging prompt
expulsion today showed a disposition
to favor severe cenSure. 1t was
pointed out by prominent republicans
and democrats alike that if resolu-
ton of severe censure is passed, it
will contain strong language.
Former Kindred Cases.
! Because there was no official COM
pilation of previous eXpulSions and
attempted expulsionS from Congress.
William Tyler Page. clerk of the
House, has prepared such record for
House Leader Mondell.
This record shows that in the Fifth
Congress a motion to expel Repre-
sentative Roger Griswold of Connecti-
cut for personal encounter with Mat
thew Lyon of Vermont was defeated
on February Is. 1898.
In the Fifth Congress Representa-
tive William Blount of Tennessee was
expelled on July s. 1897, on charge of
high msdemeanor.
Representative Matthew Lyon of
Vermont, also in the Fifth Congress,
was before the House under a resolu-
ton for expulsion on account of per-
Grswold and the motion to expel
was defeated on July Is. 1898.
For completely with Aaron Burr in
the Tenth Congress, Representative
John Smith of Ohio was charged by
the Senate on April 9, 1903. The reso-
luton to expel was defeated, and he
resigned on April 25, 1903.
Cases During Rebellion.
For participation in the rebellion
during the &th Congress, Represen-
tatives William X. Sebastian and
Charles B. Mitchell were ordered ex-
PEELED on July II. 1861. The resolu-
ton of expulsion was revoked and
annulled by the Senate on March 3,
1877, as far as Sebastian was con-
cerned.
During the Thirty-seventh Congress
number of members were ex-
PEELED for sympathy with the rebel
lion. Their names and dates of eX-
pulsion were as follows: Representa-
tives Jesse ID. Bright, Indiana, Feb
ruary 5, 1862; John c. Breckinridge,
Kentucky, December 4. 1861: Henry c.
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Truxten Polk. Missouri, January 10.
1862: Waldo Porter Johnson, Mis-
souri,, January 10. 1862; John w.
Reid. Missouri, December 2, 1861;
John b. Clark, Missouri, July 13,
1861; Thomas L. Clingman, North Car
olina, July II. 1861; James Chestnut,
jr., South Carolina, July II, 1861; AL
fred o. p. Nicholson, Tennessee, July
IL, 1861; John Hemphill, Texas, July
IL, 1861.
John T. Dewesse of North Carolina,
was charged with receiving pecuniary
consideration for appointment to the
Naval Academy and on March 1, 1870,
condemnatory resolution was pass
ed. He resigned February 2S, 1870.
Il. Franklin Whitmore of South
Carolina, in the Forty-second Con-
gress. was charged with receiving pc
cuniary consideration in making ap..
pointment to the Military and Naval
academies on February 1, 1870. While
the resolution for expulsion was pend
ing he resigned February "a, 1870
The House, however, passed the con-
demnatory resolution. Representative
Whitmore was reelected The House
refused to admit him and returned
his credentials.
Two-Thirds Vote Required.
A two-thirds vote of members pres
ent would be required to expel Blan-
ton. In the question of voting on the
MondelI resolution leaders declared
the House would vote without re-
gard to party lines.
The storm that had been sweeping
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