Year: 1878

and unlawful proceedings, and particular state
ment OF the charges against him, and the came
shall be accompanied by statement in writing
signed by one or more members Of the House
that he had or they had reason to believe the facts
set forth in said charges.


lie advocated the adoption of his substitute. and
sad It proved the good faith of the republican
side OF the House. Nobody desired to stiae the
legitimate investigatiou1, bnt the House should
not go further than was comprebe pded In thi. ,as
| ouion.


Wood opposed the substitute TIE consent to il
would be TO put an end TO all Investigations II
would publish before hand the parties 10 be iuyes.
ugated and the witnesse. to be submitted, and
mus give time Tor papers to be removed and for
witnesses to abscond.


Clymer conceded that the republican members
were just as earnest and sincere in their willing
ness for investigation when there was proper
cause. lie could conceive of no more disagrees-
Die duty that could be imposed on any public SER
want than that OF becoming public informer


Cox of Ohio remarked that he alone on his side
OF the house had favored the adoption of the res
olutlon before the recess. stil he believed in the
general principle laid down by the gentleman
nom Maine llale) There ought to be as little
general searching as possible, for no one knew
what, but at the same time it was exceedingly
dlmcult TO draw the line. He was willing to 90
SO far as to say that a member should rise in his
place aud say that he believed certain charges to
be true.


lie himself was the only member against whom
the resolution could possibly be framed because
ne had been IN charge OF department (the in-
terror Department. IN regard to which rumors of
maud had been so commonD He could not con-
ceve OF the circumstances under which il would
appear TO him 10 be a fIen ndly act on the part of
his political friends to object to any breadth of in
vestigation which could reach his own official acts


lie should consider the substitute as satisfactory
and that II any committee should come into the
house and say on their honor that they deem an
INV estIgatlOn pecessaly the shauli he i'm.
medlately given. lie would go with the demo-
cratic SIDE of the house for any investiga alton
which II might deem necessary.


Garfield said what was compla med of was that
these eighteen committees were empowered in ad-
vance OF any allegation to send for papers and
persons any where in the United States that they
were armed with penary authority to command
any private citizens from Maine to California to
leave his business to come to Washington as
witness, to bring his books and papers, and dis
close any of bis private affairs, and that not by
the express command of the house delivered in
the case proper, but by the vcarious power of
the house given IN adyaLce 10 a few gentlemen in
committee room.


That featsrs of the resolution would be regard
cd unwise and utterly unjustifabe by any fact
known to the county. tie did not propose to con-
sent TO throw drag net A 600 900 of citizens
to drag any one of them into committee room
without any hearing, and without the specific au-
thority of the house.


The general debate having closed, the first
question taken on Burehard's amendment suthof-
izing the committee TO apply to the house at any
lime Tor power to send for persons and papers was
agreed to 80 to 80.


Foster offered amendment nstructing the
committee on public expecdiurc to investigate
the expenditure of various sums appropriated by
the nth congress, for conducting Investigations,
and TO report specifically to whom and for what
services the payments were made. He did not
believe in this drag net process of investigation.
lie asked his democratic friends whether they
wanted TO continue that kind Of investigation
which had blackencd the character of a gentle
man who had been before9he democratic national
convention as a candidate for the presidency aud
was now prominent candidate for senator from
OHIO (Pendlcton). 1t seemed to him the country
mad had enough OF that sort of thing.


After considerable discussion Fosters amend
ment adopted.


Tue question then recprred on IIse's substitute
and it was adopted, l0l to 80.


When the result of the vote WAS announced il
was greeted with demonstrations of triumph on
the republican side of the house.


The committee then rose and reported the reso-
luton and substitute.


Hale of Maine endsavored to get action 10 the
house, but Wood Of New York moved for an ad-
J1alnment, characterized by Hale as fllibustei-
lns) which was carried l0l 10 80, and the house
at 80 adjourned till tomorrow.