The New-York Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1866, Page 8

DODGE AGAINST BROOKS KPRECH OF THE BON. B. L. DAWES. DAwWES—Mr. Speaker, g0 much ground has been geno over in the discoseion of thie case, and g0 much, as matter of testimony and of law, is iuvelved in it, thet it it will be utterly impossible for me, in the brief hour sllotted me under the rule, to make anything like an ar- gument satisfactory to myself and worthy of the subject. ¥ ean only promise, Mz, Spesker, and that is all I have ever promised in any of these underfakings, 1o be faithful 20 the charge committed to me, and with whatever ability 3 may be able to command, with &ll candor and witha gonviction that 1 have no right to be otherwise than, so #ar a5 in me lies, entircly impartial, endeavor to submit in summing up what in‘)iu the opinion of the Committee, the | gopclugion of this whole case. Mr. Spoaker, the closing remarks of the sitting member liar & character, so unususl in a discussion , that T may perhaps be expected to make sowe zeply to them. 1 thiuk that the House will bear the Com- mitioe ont when I say, as their representative, that from #bo timo when this evidence was submitted to them to be examined and weighed until the present moment not & word of & personal character toward either the contestant o the sitting wemper or any individual member of the House differing from them in thelr mlw'mrtmlnnn fallen from the | Rps of sy one of them, 1 thipk further, My, Speak s my emory sorves me, nolking ‘Lai can bo § fsan chaiacter Las fallen from any member 1 hope that 1 may be able to say of myself, what T of every other member of the Committee, on the othor, that they have striven to !nr‘tfl he 20 onc side and on th be2n the fortune of the Committoe from the # 11l the lost dving notes of the eitting « Within those walis, to hear one contin- med strain and refrain of charces of the grosseat corruption and brivery on the part of (he contestant, and that, Sir, witl- lia of evidence to sustain such oharges. The their report ignored the whole thing, for the reson that the most diligent search of 900 pages of printed matier failed to xoveal n singie particle of tastimony that any woney whatever had ¥ any person for any corrupt o the s'tting member never . e sowe word in defense of this tant might ‘uw @ come from the City of New- where he is hest k ere be has earned a rep- et will outlive any attacks that bave been mado upon aud 1 tbink wisoly, s, it becomes we, 1 et this strain: & politiclau of many yesrs' cvery political party that bas d of titme, and Las repudiated thoy have avowed and elf declared, from his own experience in g with purties, thag he conld buy & semination for Conpross at the hauds of Moza® avd Tamnasy Halls aud the Repablicen party, each and ail of them at tho wamo tiie, wnd heu go into the eanvass, and if ho bad woney s at five dollors a bead to eloot biw—I say, truo that such & mao, whatever bis ability 1l fail in attempting to transier the character thus earned i0 # generation of such service, irom hiwsel! to one who haa never had the fortune to mingle in politics st all, who Sas earncd mmong the mereantile community 8 reputation as tiess 88 tho #1n, & reputation as dear to him in suceossion the § which he has advooas s eye, and whieh mp ttis hour the breath of Qaguisiod, Sir, the nstiuets of s01ae Poiiticl and uocer) N weed in maki We who is wise gives #hom without beisg $ir, the sitting wember bas scen fii not only to atlack the eoutestant with ihe charge of corroption, without @ lolo of testimony that one dollar was ever used for any pose improper ander the law of New-York or elsewhere, t Ju sitempiing (0 sustain that oharge, be Las made out able which be has caused to be prited and spread upou oar secords,i sud which the minority of the Committes Lave un- wistingly incorporated bodily in their report—a table which is u falc ce a8 1t is in Tact. The table sums up &u ex- nditure of £15,508, and it does it in this waj: one item of %00 15 Inwerisd twice: another ftem of 82,000 is jnserted Awie of 8500 is inserted twice. Mr. MaRsnALL—Does the gentlaman assert {hat there is no videpce that Mr. Dodge expended iumeuse sams of wosey in anigx&ir M. £5—T eny therd Is pot s pariicle of evidence that adellar of woncy was expended in au improper way. Mr. MansHALL—It is & matter of conjeotnrs as to how it ‘was expended, The avidence i that lmmense sume of money 'fio egpended, and T ipsist— r, Dawpe—T wish that my friend board the remarks wiich T mado a few moments ago. 1 stated that the minority of the Coramitiee had been imposed upon in incluclug in their zeport irom the brief of the sitting momber a table io wlich & smber of the itews ;nlnm'lcd Iv;‘lceo = . not bear the ent¥s statement of th gentioman; but I understood him as ciarging that this Shole wtatement nhout tho expenditure of money is without founda- tho evidonep. Lbg gentleigan certainly canot under- mt uul\:‘l, cha -um‘urnl cange it u’in ovidenoe n:n : use f money were expended by the contestant; draudulently, wrongfully, and disgracefully; and, if the gentle- will permit me, 1 will state wherein, « Mr, Dawss—TI donot know Low loug the patieuce of the 43 w0l endure; but ol in ray hand the testimony pro- “Lnl it was given; B tlewan from Llicois = proviog what the whyt is glaimeg by the sitting wember, o fi_v, {fln pkm adn_rlhln.f o tho world, T ..:A":E:‘fifi:fi“& poges 2, 59, au d It it ie in evidence n.-nrno it was expended and iostead of its Mr. Marshall| e:u? u Feépott, 1 6 41, 45 of the testimony, where the wit- 36, messce of the sitling mewber Limself deny point-blank his grand and Jeading statoment that Mr. Farr bad been hired, with the money of the contestant, to run for Congress against Mr. Brooks, or that they had expended one dollar of moue with the kriowledge of the contestant, or bad expended it wtherwise than Ju precisely the same way that money is epent By eversboly in cleciions, in paying the expemse of birin procuring nfulm posting hendbills, and in wll e variety of methods 13 whicl mosey ie usually snd properly o cleelions. ARSHALL—Mr. Speckor, lot me say— " H: Dawrs—1I deocline to be farther interrupted. . MARSHALL—Of ovurse, if the gentieman will make these eatements, and will not permit corrections, I must submit toit. The SyraRrn—The gentleman from Massnchusetts (Mr. Pawes) decliues to mli sud must proceed without interrup- Mr. Dawes—Let me read from tha testimouy of the sitting mber's own witness—Eliiot C, Cowden: 1 can anly give you the leading ides. The Ldes was that Mr. A hiad otong Dackers and wag in the way of raising o sreat deel ey —bo mentioved through wiomw, bub I do't remember sow— -fi.nm sount of mouey was Wi 10 earry on Mr. Brook's Section; and on the otber band, his means werw very w acd whiie ba did ot ask us for a dollar, 'we thought it politic to money— M. Cason aud miyseli—end we id it without saying & ord ta auy ove (o ty knowlcdge. 1t may have got out; those Luinge sy ‘but Mr. Dodge was vot ocurulted ia rogard 4o it be knew Mr. abont it to my knowledge.” Epeaker, one word more and T will o what be- domgs 1o this ease. I want to know for what purpose the ing mewbey bas yindud (ko lucome of this eontestant. W ‘vn is it that be is continually referring to the ce of :::"::nzmnu wnlxah! mmnm that I ve com, sy & word 8l watter. -lx“:ot bave alluded 1o it, g} r, if 1 b to repel the mot felt it was Docesssry for some one shargo vu.X seomed lor,be made upon this ‘eontestant, when {lere is U0t & member of witioe who can put a fluger upon & eingle dollar of mouey rhich bes bean used improperly in this case, whethar Ly tbe il bas been brongiit up’ estant or auy of e} m‘slgh pu’rl«}c of fil neome has been wade before th) for eome purpose best known to the sitting member, Wl wigh Igould explain claritably. *“pfl er, W cagmnt had .rnded efore the Hot Abat Lhe pitliug member Was using st bome and party st home for any such parpose, if the contestant had con- sented (0 auch & wean and contewptible performance before d_have feit bound to have Committee of Eloctiovs, I sl #’g&n Wl ‘ all the indignation it deserve Jusion 10 eome to. Fut they do elaiu, or, tave faitbfully exatiined and weighed this cess. do claim that they bave s no peins. They have no labor, They have ommitted uo opportunity. * They o turned a deaf ear to no argument, coe from what source 2 may. 1 Lave before me, taken from the record, a list of the expended hy the Committee in giving the sitting member contestent the opportunity they desired. Ten hours each day, we listened to the learned York. We heard mo compiaint be -:-fi'}» records show ibat be took two weeks to prepare » ‘whet bo Lad said. Tbe Committee waited two wooks more befere they cawo to adecixion. 1Is it proper for bim, $hen, to make auy ul-'rr agalust the Cowmittes t ‘What has trarspired, Mr. Speaker, lo the hearing of this ense from first to last to justify ihe gentleman in his charge on e Chalrman of the Commil that since the metion on the Bruce end Lonu ease bo Las failed to biing to B o ryeof bisduties hero & upright and wsbeadig Sir, 1have been now eight years on this Committee, not by of mice, 5omotiwes put there aAgainst my remon- strance. Dari 5 that time.the records of the Committee skow that 30 cont ] olection cases out of B0 that bave existed 12 the last 30 years have come before the Committes on Elec- tlons, and I stand recorded on every one of them, andon no ever made by we bas the House differcd with me or to sustain mi e. T make no pretension to any ability manifested in those re- ports, but 1 have this to say, that, poorly as 1 may bave heen ‘abie to discbarge the responsible duties of ghis position, there s one thing about thew of whick I am prowd, and that is, thoy are all conalstent, ‘There is no conflict duning all that cight wesre, Mr. Bpoaker, the s power, and et the o of 1o reports 4 buve wade quite a numbor of theu have been st iy party, and 1 ropest, thaton none of them bas the futled to suetain we. ‘But that is of lgss consequence than the fact that at the close ”h whole carcer, now drawlog wdun‘;fll to s close, I mth whom T have afill of contested leave iu tuis book a record w) ed to, 1 can :::y associates on this floor with, if in the vielesi- ue u?ahdl come luto & ruinority. No one de- Lis book, for which in any degree I am responsibi X will protect my 1 amigority, ws 1 foel Yide. oxteut protecied the :nu-uyrh}-u‘l’: owe miuority ol tops when I Lave felt there was some Y want to ask the Honse is there any- the House to treat this case otberwise otber cases ! Is there anything in the o8 this contestaut, or in the cir- mt that calls upon us to treat it treated r the last thirty Lave falled u:‘ [ :ynnhoullnu treat thls case us we have "YW#:‘ po!:nl: n.z:'nv?ncordefl in this case in other light nox under any other precedent than that which 4 me and the House 1n all ouul-vl-fllcbl t0 show that this case & like those which Bave passed hefore 1bo House, uponwhich, after the most deliber.to and caim consideration, we bave entered julgment for and agaiust the parties, and handed down that Judgment to those who sre to come after us as testimony that we deal impartially with con- testants in this body. Rir, what is claimed by this Committes t Not that beoanse aBoand of Registry wea appointed and coustitated of men ‘who were not residents of their distriot that made the election vold, There is no such elaim by this Committee as that the appoiotment of incompetent registrars made voud the election, or i it claimed that becanse they did not appoint a clerk ac- cording to law. or did pot sdminisier the oath required by law. that made the election void. Nor is it claimed that beécause they did not hold their mectings mccording to law tha! made the election void. Nor that, when they «id hold their meet- {ugs, because they did not discharge the dutics imposed upon them by law, tbat made the election void. Wiat, thea, is elaimed by the Commitioe” of Klections? Tt these things put together were means throngh which fraud entered into the ballot-box in that distriet. Not that oue om of f made the election void, not that all o them pnt together mado it void, but thas by means of thew fraud came into that box. By sro of the opinion that thers was mo regisiry at her of the A8 regisiers wan [ ucted wilh- is this: uspecto tion ¢ yto the polli lent voter. aud thet the nrgs and un: roare of votes ol is direcily attributed (0 tiwse departures from, piaiu vrovislocs of law, and that to en and so connted as essential to the purity of t Ts there anyihing err Committee have not stopped, as 1 said before be the effect 1f any one of those dopartares from the law alo existed, but they have taken for wieir guide the law of the State of New-York, as Iaid down in 4 Sclden, und followed it literally in the conelusions to whidh tiey have come. I read the syllbus: ** AR ifregulasity fu conduciing an legul voter of bix vots. or sduwit & diequ it aud s oot ¢ n ot-hox.” s in law in that couclusion? The at what wonid agency of & purty seek! Iooked i1 m action n th “That is the position taken, isted, aud stili no evidence of fraud i ¢ ‘Lhe court, in the “Itis ok to latrict i g By omittng to do so. of law, and Jurisdictio dinig thet the votes were proper); to a question of fact’ whether throngh tlg ballot-box; n reforence to 10 ¢bow bow they Wi right in de Now, Sir, it ¢ theeo_bgencies fr | the ebaracter of these i alities was ) | contrifuted directly to th % of frandulet votes into the !r::.l)m-lmx The r not residents and voters in the dlstrict, but who_did pot know the bonest from the dishonest votera o as 1o be able to pass upon their qualifications . The failure (0 have a clerk sworn by law to make a faithful record ennbled men without tho anction of an cath to do precicely what was charged upon this elerk, namely, make falsc retarns and entrica upon the n for tho purpose of blinding the inspe of el The failure to hold their meetings in the placo designat I enabled them to hoid a mectisg urknown to the elootors ia the district, and therefore to cre. ] for making a frandulent registry to be the guide thereafte r post up the votice in the place where the ele w0 weeks before the day of election was & tise to the electors of that district the names of th registered, so thet all conld know whother they w alse. AT In this connection T wish to eall tbe attention of the learnad gentleman from Obio to the fact that the e'cction was | not held in the place whera they held their other meetings f the performance of their duty. ~ It was beld ina stable near by. The law say# that the notice shall be posted up iu the room or place whero they Bold the regiatzy, wlich the law desigostes as the place for boiding the eloction. Tberefore, the law says that tho notice shall b posted up in the room where the eleo tion is to held. Now, this was not done. The list was posted up fn Thomp- son's bar-room, while the eleotion was he!d 1o his stable, off at a distance, communicating with tlis building, as we leasn to day for the flrst time, only by & passage-way up in the second ory. Mon who went to the pluce where tho election was held, in (be stable, would not find this registry list; and men ere the list was posied ap, would not find the place where the election was held. The obfect of hay- the list posted up iu the place where the election was to be held was that for two weel 1ous to the election every name recorded thero as that of a voter might undergo s challenge. Now, that was uot doue. Now, all of these things revdered it perfectly easy to per form the fraud t ed in regard to thie election pre- cinet, and that is why the Committes buve arruyed togeiber the irregularitics in this precivet. Now, what was the evidence in caset To begin with, the vote in the precinct was douhled; and beside the vote being doubled, according to the testimony of one of the in. fors, there were 250 legal voters who falled to vote. And ote in this Fifteenth District was as large aa it was in the Fifteenth and Tswelfth Districts. forming the old Twelfth District the year before, and the part left of the old Twelfth District g8 thy pew Twelfth District oast withia s few votes of the old vote, 8o thet the two districts takon together give dou- | ble the votes cast in the 0ld Twelfth District. And when sou 1akg into seconnt lhuflwmequ Brnm sald wero reiay 10 Yoté when hh" g\w went dowp Aud ‘0‘;’ Were provented from dolf, thet You will an? 1, or more votes 1o offwet fHe 490 odd given the tear beford, Mr, HaLg—1 desire to ask of the Chairman of the Commit- tee of Elections (Mr. Dawes) if the Committee state to this Houso as & rule of Jaw that the fact that the vote of the old Twelfth and Fifteenth Districts exceeded the vote of the pew :?remh District by 054 per cent ic of jtself evidenco fraud in the election of 1561, The increase of the vote is l ,u;:u-l #5} por oent. [sWEs—That is just like the learned gontloman on the other side taking up une of thoso frrexu'arities by itslf, and 17;m1n; upon it that X ssy that renders the election Allagal. Lfl HAarr~The gentieman caunot have understood my ques- tion; allow me o resiate it. T simply asked whetber the Committee of Eleotions claim that fact tself 1o be pre- d. 1 wake mo proposition, but jon there, Committee make o snch claim, If my friend Lad been attentive to what has alrcady been said be would have learned that that fact of itsclf und alone Is not regarded sa evidence of frand. But that taken with otlher things is ons of the links in the chaia of evidenoe that proves there was frand. And if my friend cares to look over this book of contested-alection cases, 1 will suggest to him to read {he case of Bialr against Barrett, and see what 1s said there, and what use the Committoe wade of thai very kind of evi: dence in that case, and what the Hoase did in couclusion of the case. Now, 1want the attention of my friend to this statement. Yon eannot double the vote in & little district that you can huild & fence around in an hour—you cannot double the vole 1o such & district in & single year without boing able to find some traces of it. Yon caunot double the vote in a single preeinet in th ,lt{nl New-York without being able to fiud wome traces of it. There will be some new pouse built, some new family, some new resident in the district. They cauuot vote without being residects of tbe distriot. Now, bow was it In regard to this district In which the vote was doubled inasiogle yeart Notonly was ihero o new vassers pending the canvass (B.. 2M4) exposed the canvess to peri] from outeiders, and ihat the District voted: Dodge, 394; farnishing reasons. if any District 8 ount, the best reeson for exclidivg this, 1 am aware that the ony which bas boen takon is in the book; but I repeat that neither party asked the Commit- tee to look at this. The sitiing member dessribed four con- sted Districts, bot he ovlv referred to this, be said, for the parpose of elucidation. 111 bave time I will refer to the tes- mony in this District. 1 have slready stated the Committee hat gality in & distriet otherwise houest was nside. 1 have repeated it over and over again. Al sey that the Commitiee based their conclusions not u | fact that the Board was illegally constituted, but upon the frauds which they afterward fouud. 1 waat the House erstand that, It was charged in this Qistrict, after the canyassers took | posscesion of the boxes, they left the canvess and weut away 10 get some refieshment—for 20 miutes. It is now ealiwed cause they did that we must reject thia if we rjoct the | ler. Tow ia this charge rupporied t It is supported, If nt al), by thrce witnesses, three on wo of them awoar only twoof the canvassers went away, two only, naming them, One of them swears he and his associates stood right in sigit of the boxes while they wera pone, and that they conld ses everything that happeved, and that the boxes were not touched. There is some contradiction of the testimony Lere. One wit. | coutradicts enother witness, Oue sv en smother contradicts him. One witn Senutol Senator occopying his seat at tho tine, of the State York, Senator Convolly, T think, swears that he was where ho cou'd look right on the boxes all the time until these men came rooks, 132; Barr, excluded from th | ner back. Another witness contradists him. Oue ewears that thren canvassers wont away and lett xew in charge of tho | clerk aud a police officer. Ho swoars beforo he weut uway | that they eanvassed the Congress bo Now, Mr. Speaker, without any evidonce that the box was toushed at all; with the evidence of Sewator Counolly, who swears that e was whero he could vee the box, wnd that during saw nothivg done to it; with the evidence of the wh anot 0 8aid they ennvas-ed the Congress box before they went away, and with the fact if there Lad been nocanvass there could have been some discrepaves proved, wo are asked we ought not to reject this bux because theso two or threo men went away end leil it. And we are asked to do this at this late day, T insist that we would have weighed tho testimouy if wo had beeu asked i the Committee to b Now, what is the duty of C tako tl'e report of the Commi ily tion, 1 do not ask them to snpport its con testimony they are satisfied it 14 not a_just one, But I fosist it is the duty of Congress to do one of two things, either to support the conc'uslon at which the 10 850w from the testimony why it s not clatm for the Committee the right to hav adopted without examination, Every mewber of the House, as well as evory member of the Committee, ponsible for thé vote which he may east; bat the Commiiteo havo o double responsibility ; they baye to be responsible that they do not misguide the ionse, , bere is 4 case admitted by every- bo yto be disieult tosecire possessionaf ali the facts fo- volved. I do not ask on that account the report of the Com- mittee shall be adopted without question. Tho testimony wis #0 voluminous that 1t could not be expected that the members of the House eould have caref®ly examined it. 1do vot ask that the report shall bo adopted without gnestion, but I do ask for it fuir and cand; treatuent. u from Obfo (Mr, Garfleld) eamo into the it this ease further invostigation. Upon what did This s the language of the gentleman 1, : this whole case o n relarion to the f the repor Jected in ractic 4 Now, T subwit, Mr uly it and understand the testi ing to take the report of the C knows that there Js anythin hax found 1 it that is not orated by the testimony; but becsuse the minority of the Com- mittee do ot agree with the majority. Mr. GARFIELD—The gentleman will allow me (o way that he s only referred to one of the poiuts which I made. 1 trust be will not n_.y H.;l because the two reports differed I wanted tigation, Mr. Dawes—I understaud tho gentleman to say distinetly that he cannot vote upon this question autil these discrepan. cies betwoen the report of the Committee aud thoe views of the winority are reconclled. Mr. GARFIELD—Discrepancies as to watters of fact. Mr. Dawks—Because the Committee, who have studied this case, or who certainly ought to bave doue it, have made re potonit, find thut two of their number ure unable to agres | with them, toe gentleman from Obio is wawiliing to vote until that discrepancy is remo Now, let us s wiit Lo tween tne members of that the Committee say that the vo s the vol | area of the XV o | | v are the points of differonce be- oe. One of them in 1) 4 king luio upon 11 that we must take the case tle that question. I be bad turned to the hook for one mo- went, he would bave seen 1hat the XVih Distil n out of the old XITth District—a singie page of the testininy wonld have setttled that fact. But wy friend says that be ean- not vote until that discrepaucy is reconoibed—until wo aball -I.:In: thiat 6 part of @ thivg is uot threy Lwes 6s lurgy &) the whole, Thd ponileiman saps, farther, that thia e & Modt femarkable now, fustend geutleman in upon the first page of the reports weie piigped oFeverstti »zfu..‘. which co $ A cul 1o of the gro relie coutest,’ very it . l thous sfiecting four o mamely, Thireenth Distriet of the Fightecath Ward, Fifteenth Dis.viet of the Eighternih W ard Third Distri-t of the T weuty-first Ward, aod tbe Seveutd Disttiet of the Twenty first Ward.” My friend read that much; why could be vot, with that ean- ‘which becomes and adorus bls cuaracter, bave read fur- s follows ? s the optndon of the Comuiiten, there is contala f the contestaut respeeting gation of frand in the election, end + wificlently pecitic to require sn answer from tie . and bo basis of & far trial of the facis involved in (be lesues thae a her in the several Licte & distieet the et wker, my friend from Oblo ré®ralad another T wish to call e attontion of the Ho He f the inspectors of election not residing in distriet o ssidftho sitting member deciares that that la general througbout the City of New-Vork, that he 80 declared in the debate yesterday. Now, Sir, I do not fin »uch statement of the sitting _member, that Le had so dec that bo had sffidavits to t eftoct. 1 made and 1t came to hat I ascertained ¢ had procured aflidavite secretly, unkio Aftor ho bad procored the rejection by atiidavit of Dean sbout the residence of procured afidavits, and carried them secretly aronad amon the members of this House, and it was not urtil be runn»s them to bo rend at tho Clerk's dosk, that the Commit ve of Eleolons could derive any benefit from thein whatever. They ‘wore taken pot only without notice, but without kuowledge vu the part of the coniestant. My friend from Wiscorsln (Mr. Palue), eandid and true ma Bat, Mr. § thing to whi! ir and inm aed a o5 » boen ) take notice upported bis oase try who 18 a i which 1 to Committes of obliged to vote for the contests that the sitting member beie yes habitation erected in the distriot, bt somie of the old ones Lad o pulied down, Therc wes no now family io tois district nowD {6 any of those parties; there was Do evidence that there was any new-comer in the distriot. Aud the ovidence of one of the Iuspectors of the Board of Registry was that tho register lind been incorrectly made, by the ci xmrmly putting down wrong numbers and wrong stroete. And there is evidence that the wou could ot be found at those numbers aud on those streets, who were re- corded ss having voted on those streets wnd nnmbers. There is evidence that, to a iarge extent and per cent in this district, men who were scquaiuted with the district and its resident and who wout around fiom house to house, were nnable to fiud these voters anywhere. There is evidence that one of thess attempted, while the other did not, to test {hi rr;t.u‘ - u::m of tle dh"hl:w;lw tluu::hie T m“,‘ 1 yass wag excluded o Tition of the wember, ‘3«'“" E '4.'! i e form of an sffidavit, the con te of whick bave never been before tie Committee In any 2 l(’ , HaLe—The gentleman will permit me to ask him another question, simply to throw likkt upon the case, aa 1 have failed to gather it from the report irsclf. 1 wish to in- quire whether there was avy evidence before the Cowmittes of avy effort whatever to trace out snd falsify the poll-list as 10 the nawes and residence of the voters, ‘Mr. Dawes— It has been etated over and over again that the contestant employed for six weeks & man who had heen & canvasser for the city directory, who (Ilg:l t0 be a capable and skiilful mau for sach work, to go from house to Louse, testin this reglatry. The evidence of this man was not introduce: Tut an officer of the Catbolic Church in fhe neighborbood, & pecallar knowladge of th of the been excluded as part of the testimony of the contestant, was put bofore bim,and e was ssked abont each one of the persons 3 bmit that that was, #o far as his testimony wes conoerned, a verification of the list. Mr, Hare—Did he testify to hlflllf Mr. DAWES—Yen, 8ir; he was employed by the sitting mem- ber for the purpose of discrediting this list, which was excluded by reason of the objeotion of the sitting member, 'Mr., Brooks—Aud we bad four deys o whieh to do it. Mr. Dawes—When this witoces came upon the stand to dls- ceredit the list, he verified it to a certuin extent. Then the sifting member called anotler witness, & German, to discredit thin list. This witness pronoanced 16 of the first 20 names 1o be bogus volers; and theu the sitting memher ex- amined bim no further as to that list. On the other hand, Mr. Speaker, there is 1o reply or explanation ns to the fact that the vote of this district was doubled, aud more than donbled. Now, Mr. Speaker, I think I bave clearly cxplained the con- clusions of the Committee. 1 ehnll not attempt to resrgue or enforoe the legal positions 8o ably presented yerterday by my upou the Comuiitee (Mr. Shellabarger). Nobody bas attcmpted o refute those pouitions; und in trath they are unanswerable, The facts, as I have shown, corroborate those t1one; and in view of the law and the facts, T submit th 1be Committee are fully justified in the conelueion that ¢ vote of that district was so Inrgely fraudulent, wea hased npon illegalities so glaring—contributing, {a tLelanguage of Selden, Qirvetly o the frauds themselves—that there is no precedent, and ought never to be a precedent, for counting such vote, "I'he Committee are calied upon to-day (o stute why they did 1ot treat n the sama way the vote of another districi in which there was & majority for the contestant. Now, Sir, 1 beg the THouse to listen while I state, in the hearing of the members of the c-mnnm“:h-t one reason why we did not pass upon that question was that wo were nover orked to do w0, ‘Mr. BrROOKS—The gentleman will permit 1o to state that T did, in my brief, call the attention of ‘the Committeo to that point. oll"“l '48 of tho brief all the facts are set ont in regard m‘”‘h‘r’r’l ,rm; and it was the duty of the Committee to look at the brief. "Mir. Dawsa—tr. Spoaker, fu further corroboration of what l&ne stated, 1 call attention to the firet paragraph of the sit- ting member's brief: 1t fs sdmitted on both eides that In the foar contested districts sasely, Twenty ot Ward, seventh wnd thisd districte, sod Flehtomsto, Ward, thirteenth and Aitesoth districts, two of the thrue Hegistars there were Republicans ; also, two of tho tiree lnspectors the [polkclerka ((wG in each) wore eavaly di Yided i politics; that is. the Republicans bad the registration of the "'.:.heu 1o the clection, aud the reception of the votes on the day of onr 1 now ask the attention of the Tonse to what the sitting member claims was a call upon the Committee to paes upon this question. I gead from page 48, uuder tue beading, “A made any examination Dodge District” g 'l':u!l rat Ward, Thirteenth Distriet.~The vote stood: odge, 94} Brooks, 134, B ¥ jon e ( naswers were wbaent penling 2, and that thercby De wes incoln, Prestdent, who hud only 316 votes. run higher than Hie wote for McClelian wea 185, (See official returus.)” w, wbat doce he eay in that brieft Iy vays that In the 1 Poenty fnt Warld Tioteee DLULS the omes € afidavita of which the Commitien 1 kuowledge. 1submitto him, therofors wot clear for him to ook in and come te the conclusio yeady done morally, that this The sitting member has waived, by his proceed the presence ol the Hor uq fyrebier cluliw 1 bave the aftids. vit of Las Casan Doad excladed. Mr. MABSHALL—T wish to state, With the permission of the gentleman from Massnohusciis, tho fact, which it sceing 10 m the House ought to know, thal there in w pericctly satiefact Fy reason why his evidence, offred by Mr. Brooks i the aftid i« not submitted by witnesses to the propor tribansl K, and that 1s that there was no specitieation m s by ke contestant ti ctors were not residents of the glestion distriot. 00 noiles whatever befure the evidence was case, none whatéver, Mr. Dawis—I will now yleld for a moment to tho gentle: wam from Vermont (Mr. Woodbridee), Mr. Woousripor—1I desire 1o ask the gentleman a gt T have bean onliged to be abrout for the last ten or twe in Vermont, and, of course, 1 have not examined this for myself, & 1 should otherwiso have doue, or read thn wo elaborate reports preseuted by tho majority and minority of t Committee. T bave been informed, hower Lhat the gentleman whose name appears frat 8 »gn ng the mi- nority report, by reason of liness was oniy jresent uttyof the eetings of the Committee, which co: tiiged durlug a peilol of #ix weeks, and that the other gentleman who sigued tie minority report was very seldom present. Sir, I bave been somew bat accustomed to try eases belora our coarts involving questions both of I any tions of fact ure involved here appearance of the witnesses might govern fu the wel aflbwed to their testimony, 1 desire to ask the Chafrma etions whether tho members of T Ead the slightest wh w given both for the mity re tendance 8o 45 to stimony contestant and the sitting membey ¥ Mr. MASHALL—Lot mo the gentleman from Vermont thiat the witnesses in elcotion cases are not brought befure the Commities at all, Mr. WoouBIIDGE—The testimony is taken iu writing, I know; but have thuse members who signed the minority report been present for consuliation at the meetinge of the Comit - teet Mr. THAYFER—T object 1o that question on a point of order, a5d I do not think Lhat is & proper mquiry. Mr. DAWEs—I was going to ray to the gentlaman from Ver- mont that | cannot unswer such a qaestion, T do not wish to Fivo any indication In regard to the action of the Committee of flie genttoman who signed the winonity report, 1 will wuake no statement about that. 1 think I miay say, however, that ke Committes wera surprised a’ the accniracy with which the minority wera able to reproduce tho language, mciuding the errors in the axithmetical computations of the argument bofore “ommittee of the sitting member. | Laughicr ) 1~1 did not hear the wit of wy fricad that vro- But T would ke to make one rom that 18, 40 far as my cobnection Wwith the minority r concerued, T can siate what my meaus of informwntion we The geutieman seems Lo intimuto that the minerity b formation, and made up r report without knowing what they wore doing. I can ouly state, without raying thing that that ocourred before the Committee. that ali th was before the Committeo 18 before every mewner of this Honse, who can look into tie record, and see whether toe facty stated by the minority of ko Committes ara ¢ vitectly stated or_not, Mr, Dawrs=1 was calling attention to the fact that wlile tho sitting member had exciuded. by the Inexorable rule of law, testimony offered by the contestant, which was most im- portant in its character, if true, in regard to ths frandulent eharneter of this vote, exeluded it because 1t wan im aflidavit, yet unknown to the Comm) he had got togedher some will- Uavits and circu'ated them privately among members of thiy d the last word bie has ba) tuose afli k. Now, Lrabmit it to the Judg- of the sittiog womber) o suy r and right. been the effect of all that on the part of the sitiiug member, ‘ALe geatleman from Oblo (Mr. Garfield) pro) that the House recowmit this case to the Committes of Elcetious. 8ir, it ongit to be recommitted to the Committee if oue of two things hus happened: If the Com- mittee have not dealt fairy with the witting momber, or If ho Tt mot ad & fall and f.ir opportuulty to be heard. Now, I do not intend to kay anything more iu regard to whether the Com wittee have dealt fairly with him. whother or not that was 1 want to show what 10 enable the House to de- Bub L wish to state a few things cide whether the sltting member hns had or not & full and falr opportunity to be heard, and [ mako the statemont in tho lowr- f0g of all tie members of the Cowmittes of Elections, The Com- mitlee comm d this hearing early in Janua'y T wae lougg time before they could get tho aicth rion nm{. < E FETT T & 200 WA LS St g e To ont any tstimony at all on behalf of the thoir foqniry whers hia testimeny was be gave this response: T propose to submit this cise o the Committee first upon the tesiimuny produced aud filed by the coutestant and referred to the Cowmittee. Then if you tind & case against me, I will introduce new testimony and usk you to hear that.” The reply of the Committea to that was, that that wis not the way 10 17 a case; that he must put i3 bis testimony, \hich was then in the Capitol ad within his control, but not re- forred to the Commit:es; that he mast have that referred with gho reat, and £he wh must be tr n‘;uher. Now, I sk the House whether (bat was fair or not; § ask the gontle- man from Obio, (Mr. Garfleld), becanse he is the mover of this resolution to bave the case awnin tried by the Committes, T sk him 8 4 gentleman of great axperience whether it was for us to 34y to the sitting member, ** Wo will not tr! this one side ot a time: put in your testimony alomg with that of the contestant, nnd when yo say you are ready we will ir b whole cese 1" Theroapon he did put in his testimony aad it waa printed in one of those books of evidence. Then when we again eame 10 a hearing of the ease the sit- ting member mads a new proposition, that we should iry the eage upon these two books, and then if the Commilteo found tha' the contestant had the right to the saat, the sitting mem o -r would ask time to take more testimony, The reply of the Committ t is not the "y ot s eabey make np tether son will go to trinl on this record or not; if vou are ready to go to upon this record the Committos are ready {o hear you, 1f you are not ready then way 1 ask the House to decide whothor that was fuir or not. T .lllinf member took a day to decide whethor he Wosid go to trisl upon this testimeny; at the next Lesring he ovme 41 aud said bo was ready. And then it was that " tho Lommittee spent weeks in hearing him and the contestant. ‘And the sitting member gave us notice shat it would be May befo - we got thronzh with th's case. Now, what comes from eircnlating these ivato afiidavits herat Why, the gentleman from Obio (Mr. Garfield), after penivg those private afidivits, and nearing the declarations of theritiing » ¢ fu regan to them, comes in hero and offers & resolution to recommit this case to the Committee, aml thus enable the sitting member to attain the very end he seeks. What was that vesolution 1 o " Rew'ecd, That the testimony taken ss to tha Hon. Jumes Brooke be recommitted to that Committes of Eleciious, with instroctions to report eapecially the facts as 1o the ¢ York, of appoiuting Tuspectors of the Reg fcta in which they T 00 by Brooks of the vote d for porso; tho particalar electio respecting the verif F floenth District yower to relustitate That Mr. Brooks do #o and so; not even that the contestant be allowed an opportuuity to reply to Dat teslimony, 1t i yiropér for me t say that sich is the honesty of the gon- Jeman from Obi» that he ean_never be caught in rny man’s d when it was pointed out to Lim thut common Justics quired that the contestant should aleo have an opportunity to take testimony, be immediately modified the resolution which the afiidavits bad prompted him to offer, and pat it in such a sbape as to provide that both parties should take testi- ouly sulmiited the original frm of the resolution to ut the atlidavits had tended in & eertain degroe to pro- diico exnetly the effct which the siuting member contemplated when he gave us potice in February that be would make us try thin case over again on new testimony. Mr. BROOKS— Hr, Spenker emmm Mr. Dawes—I eannot yield any further, Mr. IlRooRs—WEat the gentleman siys s not trae, The SPEAKER—The gentiemas from Massachusetts declines 10 yield furtier, and must procced without interraption. Mr. DAWES—When it has been sbown that the law required ths Bowrd of Reglatry to be residents sud voters of the dis- not complied with 1riot; that the requirewent of the law wi 10 this distriot; that the Kegistrars gave every opportuity to cheat, and that cheating wan carried ou extensively, the gen. Jo proposes that the caso shell bo sent back to that they mey report Whether in a great ota the same facts did not e an if that wer, When the Commiitee 0 deolded Keglstry in that district wi i wed to fr to regort ate of New-York ia referouce to that motter. The onstom in New-York, I believe, is 1o cheat ou all sides, though 1 do the Committee, wany other dist | Dot know positively huw that may be. st 1 shall be allowed an oppor- snt which the gentleman has uinde d before the Commitiee, I sball t by the perminsion of tin House, we | kiiow that the rules forbia it. The gentleman 1 aa pot stated fairly ali the facts in regard fo the mannoer in which this watter came before the Committee. If the House would rant itx parmisaion, I would give another version of the facts. which, I thivk, tie gentleman would not deny, and believe, would present the mwatter more fairly to the mr. Manssaii~I trost tuity to eorrect the stal se. The SPPAKER—IF the gentleman from Massachusetta yields the floor, the gentloman from Lilinoi can proceed with Lis ex- planation, upless some gantieman raises & point of ord Mr. DAWES—Tle point at issue relates to & mattor which tranapired 1o the Commistee when the gentleman from Llinols wits not present. Mz, MAEsALL=The gentleman seems to maks fnsinan- ton that L uld not attend the sittings of the Committes as rogalarly as 1 should have done, | will state, for the satisfac. tiea of the gentieman and the liouse, that 1 was not able al- wars to be present, But T certainly am able to read, and think to understand the evidence in'this cese. T would liketo # ate the facts aa they setually vecarred, but I do not propuse {0 make that statement except by nnantnous consent, The BPEAKER—Lhe Chair will state thot it has been re- pouadly deciued that it ls nut in order to alluds on the floor fo anything that bas taken place in Commitiee, because cow- wittees must 1eport their setion to the House in a formal mas- uer, 13ut if Bo gentiesian raises the rulmu order, the Clair will not & rost tie gentiewan frow Dligols in acy sfateieny he may moke. 3 Mz, MausuALL=T prefer not t0 proceed withont the consent ‘l‘b: .yP'All'l—T o gentleman from Tlinofs aska uanimous consent to state what tranepired 1 the Committee-room. there objection? T e Chais hears none. Mr. MARSHALL—It appears by the printed evidencs that the time £ 7 taking the testinouy % os ooty wll occupied by the contestant, and when the time closed the siiting member had ot hud an opportanity to conelnds his evidoncs. The con testant, aithoagn appesled Lo, refused to cousent to an exten- s ot time. The subject, if T atm uot m 5, first cawo up Commiftee on & motion to dismiss the case, for the ¢ thers was sot sufllownt notive nud tist there were ding to the forms of law. That was the e e Thon the sitiing member did appeal 1o (e Committas me ehouk! be given to him to go back and take the evi- whioh be had proposed to take before. ‘That privil sed him, 1 do nut say that the Committes neted L rly 8 refusing tiat permiasion, but 1 think it far that House should know that the eitting member has made every endesvor to have this evidenca taken. He has tried “very means in his power to obtain s opportunity to take this testimony, bota by appealing to tho coutestant anu to the Commiti M. Kavvosp=I the gentleman from Massachusetis to yleid 10 me for & few moment e Dawe<~T will yiekd to tue gentloman from New-York for five winutes. Mr. Rtaxsoxn—I did not wish to fnterrupt the srgument of the Chuirman of the Committee, for What I have o say has 1o bearing on what he is disoasslig Withvat entering futo & o uvass of 1he werits of tae euse—1 am asbamed 10 say 1 have ot powsessed wyself of & knowiedge of all the testimony iu the e denire slmpiy to refer 10 o napect of the argument of The #11ting member, particuinly as 1 heard him yestorday aud touduy; | mean that porion of his ergument which may be callad argumentom ad imeid, reisting personally to the con. teatant, 10 | ] s matters wile., #ecording W i witting member, have becu on 1 listened with a good deal of wurprl pon the wealth of the coutestat of the amount of his income, the net incos ax, the sggiegate leowo upon which e does Dot pay tax, the amount per axaum, per diem, wid per horam, anid wo much for each moment he drew bls Dbreath, Wha' cou'd ba the use of snch enumeration us that uniess to appeal o the prejudices of tho House againet his wealtht Tuat, 1take the iGerty to say, Is an unfair appesl, und une with which this case has noth v there is not 8 man in New.York, or In the oo of Whe earth, who knows the con- o m'ru;nl prete ,..1 or sus- is 40 bo woighed againet AR bevnn nequised y m Alter thing United State testant in this casd, yho ¥ill [ ot 1° foslusion o k.?»., yr\ i Pia in this or any othor seale bonorabiy, Juatly, inirly, withont wro g g wealth fn this wuy 1t is b a1 rather in bis prajse than against him (hat he wtitl And scmething still more 10 his praise and honor tihut ho Lns expended it as lLiberally and acquired Ity with the clarittes of Now-York, ¥, whioh seak that city as t be bas it thoulld be the f. poby and bouorably as bo has There 1o not a man fuml oF the ebarities outsido of the fleld of ope or o recruital of thelr resources, who does 1ot know the eonteatant in this s the first wman to go and the jnau from whom they come with rjbugions 7o Just to veproach the contestant stribnted to bimdn the terrible s voetive which he applies to the ansoe hat the murderers, thioves, sconndrals, and to be found, a8 the gentleman has with sted the pissage, In the parlors of tae rhat#trotel the wtter liteo too fur, but I do ‘can avoid the conclusion that the Intents 0 that thess men wero (. the parlors of ame purposo and with the same motives jons of Cataline luto his pros 3 Teay be knows better than that. 110 knows no wan ev2r stood in the presence of the contestant venturing to make any proposition dishonorablo in any way. The-s £ g mem er will o gree with me thal they wero there for a8 witnesses, aud not 84 par- which brought 1 do him no injustice w t agatust porsonsl injusties done to s cise, wnid T do not wish 1o enter iuto any fui ther discussion of the matter. Mr. Brook8~The gentleman prowmised to eall the attention of the Committes to the fact that the July rlots were in the Fifuenth and 1o show the testinony taerefor, Nr Dawes Socaker, 1 did promiso to make an answor. 1 ask the gentieman to read tue report. ' port does not the July rots were i Trict, but it ways, ¢ P district bad o b neetion with the * L think ¢ what reputation is. wit sueh was 1 t mitten w strict to the July riots, and thoso o tus son mado this reputa- Hon. \fr. PROOKS—Waa that in the proof t . DAWEA—No, it was not; but reputation is proof withe out taking dopusitions. Tt is what peopie aay of him. k4 Plhey never suld it 16 was never s excopt 1t was said oyer and pver again in the Com- . 7 in the Third Dist thnt? “Thero aro two anewers to that. That s & o nnanimous that the alle f: 4 therefore it does %0 or Mot. Tho eyt q! %0 wany times that he 4 not tell bow ma A foll aslecp. Mr. BroOKs—1Ix that 1n the prooft Mr. DAw#s—1 eannot spend time on theso matlers, That is the second £ ings Bow, what is the third ¢ Mr. Bi0oKs— L@ g nieman prowiseif to mike ail corrections, Masaid thit Brady wes o s f-eonstitated ¢ Mir, Dawgs—I explained what I meant by tifit when the gendenan from Tiliofs (Mr, Marelial)) was on the floor, [ heant that be wos & clerk who was put la tie placo of his Drother, withont appointment, because Lis brother sald he wanted to Illlklmlyfl ment for bim. He did Lis work, and Took the pay as olerk, in bis brothor's namo. 1 call that self- appointment. 1 am Lot a lex cographer. flmn.l 0 tostimony of the wan who drauk the liquor: Qo Anewer—1 wi D you Lake any liquor theio? i Question—D + liave taken liuo Wt you remember th A ot take very much 't you recolluct You w many glossos did you take ! Tdon'tre VI:N. .l =1)'d you take ten ! v mane plve yon this lgior ! st whetker Bz, Fiteaimmous o bie ber- derazia Question—Eilker Mr. ¥itzalmmons or bia barkeoper gve # to T A awer—Very lko, Sir, Question—Did be give it to others besiZe you? Auwwer—Yea. Queation—Many others, or fow ! Answer—1 don't think tere were many. Mz, BRooKs—15 there any pmm he was dronk 1 ‘L:u.:x':rw'u—u»d:nln ‘good doal of liquor sad got esleep. ok Mr, Spoaker, T have apent oonsiderable time on this ‘matter. lloro The Qlobe will strike out of my remarks everything that is to the sitting mem- ber, that I may nescr have it to think of after this case is ovr. 1'was dweiling npon the Alnfullr reqnest made by the gen- lemaa from OV, (7. Garicl,] Art fhat we shoul takethis casa back and go iuto evidence whether others were in t] habit of cheating in the same way, and as his resoln tion was modified, that both parties take farther testimony out the Fifteenth District, and finally, by the Fifteenth District I adoption of the resolntion now pending, thus: Hiesolved, That the invalidity of the f the Cights ork wonld uot of iteell the canvasedrs of that & nth Ward of the City of New-' Jection of the official returns astify { Gy Resoleed, That this cas be recommitted to the Committes of Elections to report upon supplementsry proof to be made ss provided I ctoed, Tont itier party be anthorized to take suppl erclre efthier pas authorized to take supplement testimony 21 mv- -.'-fllnn in the Fifleenth bm’p .4"&! E beforo the 10th dey of May next, compiying tutory rogilaions, pplicabl o tbs case: Provided, Iv&d[fly (‘lollcc of any proposed examination of wiinesses shiall be uffcien Now, 1 want toinquire why the gentleman o this pro- position to the Fifteenth District of the Figl puu:r.nn wm. If o had read the yeport he would bave found that there aro two other distriots 1a which the Committee said that the allegations were not snstained, they were in doubt as 10 the testimony in regard to those districts, Why did the gentleman oot think it of just as much importance to take tes- timony 1 rogard to tliose districts as in regard to this one t Mr,” GArpietp—This is the only one which decides the Case. Mr. Dawes—That only shows, as I stated before, that the testimony was 80 volaminoua that my d could not read it, and #0 he trusted to the minority report for his facts. 'We re. ported on four districts, two of which we sustain and two of which we do not, becanse there is dount in the testimony. E h Q"I: mu;hgn more nwld‘;mn 1 wa‘ advert, The gon- eman from Ohio (Mr. Garfiel 8 be is prompted Docause we wake shis admission; 2 i Tho Commitius sre, however, of the opinion that it was compe- {ent fof eltheE cout-stant. oF sitiing membar 40 prove the Gastiog of legsl wotes at tus poll, even withont a register.” aiter. Now, that is precisely what wo in the report declared was o proper thing for them to do. ‘I'hey did not do it, but after- ward the sitting member asked to have further time for that purpose, In that respect the resolution of the gentleman from 0uio (Mr, Garfiald) follows the very courso which the sitting member desirod. And now I wish to eall attention to the fact that when the gentieman from Olio (Mr. Garfield) adopted tho resolation offered by my collsague on the Committeo (Mr. Paine), con- fining the taking of this testimony to the 10th day of May, the sitting member sprang to bis feet and sought to extend the time beyond the 10th day of May. Let him not be concerned. 1f the resalution is adopted, and this s rocommitted to the Committes, bo wil! not be required to be here on the 10th day +ill not be required to be here this session of atall. It s not possible. There are four election ! behind yet to bo heard. ‘The testimouy cannot be kept until afier the 10tk of May aud produced here until the eloss of tho session. It will bo Jannary before be would get to the heasing of the case, and then he can take 10 days as well at the next seteion os at this, and it wiil bo the last two weeks of Congress before the report will bs made. And does the ntleman euppose that in the last two weeks wo ean spend four more days arguing this case ‘That is the practical rosult of the proposition to sabmis it again to this Committee, and that, too, after every oppertunity hus bewn alforded that any contestant or sitting mewmber has had in 30 years to bring his case before she Committee. Lhero is not on record a case whero a party has bad a bearing of ten duys, and Jins afierward come into the House and eaid he wanted more time to take testimony. Bat wy friend from Ohio (Mr. Spalding) bas another mode of disposing of this case. Why did not my friend on my right come right out manfully aud say we Lad better eoufirm the #itting member in bis seat than strike this side blow at the re- port of the Committes by recommitting the report, the effoct of which can be notbing else than to confiem hit in bis seat ¢ “The practical operation of it, I submit, is nothing clse than to doso, Busmy friend over the way (Mr, ‘Spaldine) says that the metkod pursued by the Committeo is not justifiable to sct aside the vore of & preainct which in proved to be illegd and fraudulent, and which he agrees with the Committee i - caase we have 1o right o to overrids the will of the p a precinet; and if we may do it fn oue precinct we may do it o I'u,luml may thus uaseat any member, I bel! I state it correc ‘Aud taat is the line of the argument of the geutlemon from MWioots (Mr. Farsaworth,) It was an argnment that evineed that he nnderstood thoroughly the It was exactly In the line that 1 had heard befors so long in the Committee, that 10 0u¢ who hud heard 1t the first (ime could doubt but what it was an uble and thorough argument, made from & complete understanding of the cose. But I want 1o call Lis attention to the fact that bis conver- sion ia the caso surpasses that of Saal of Tarsus. For let uy romember that in tha last fow moments of the debate fn the Voortices case wy friond begged a few minates of my timo in order to make a speech, and Le made haste to say that be dis- sgreed with the Committes hocause they did not go far envugh, Becanso the Committee set aside s poll sod guve the parties an opportonity to prove the votes, ke that that, iu bis oploion, was sot law. &lirn fLe bazuer fell. | s, ¥ DRIDGE—] move tho gentleman's time bo extended. Mr, DAWEs—I weat five or ten minates, Mr. ELpriar~—I wove that the gentleman bave ten minutes. No objection was made. Mr. Uawes—1 nnl{ wapt to eall tho gentiewan from 1iiinols, (r Faroswarth,) where, on the lant day of the Voorliees case, ho undertook o call the Com- mittes to accoant becaase they not only set aside the poll for the same rensv that they set asido the poli iu this case, but they als0 zave AN 0pPOrtusity to prove the voies which were Jogully given; which, ke eaid, we ongnt not to baye done, Yet yesterday my friond made buste to -q‘ when the Com- mittee bad douo in this case exsctly what bo said the should have done in the other case, that it was ot & principi by which be could rtand. Mz, FARNSWORTH—Will the out the difference botween the Mr. Dawis—I understaod ¢ fally. Notw, my frient from Oudo (Mr, Spalding) Las s more singu- Jar way of dolug thisgs than tbat. Iie says i is an unsafo proceeiing to cstablish the procedent of setting aside a whole poll, bocanse there wus illegal aud fraudalent voles cast ia the putting the power in our handa to I, wod wiist s bis rewedy for ¢ 3 ntlersan allow me to polnt ases 1 He pro o all the polle. He says it would be ot ahpre , most unjast, most wicked to set asido pol, aithough in bis speceh Le agrees with the Comwitteo biat 1t was fraudulent and illegal, sod therefore void, liat he says it gives us the power to unseat » wember by settiug aside just as'many polls ns we ploase, and then he proposes as his reniody that we set aside ail tuo polls. Now. it is our duty to o something else; it is our duty to say, aud 10 sny now, which of iheso two men was elected, unless we beliove in one of two hings. We must believe, if we refuse to decide which of those two men wes slected, cither that the Committes are fools and cannot reproduco the eonolusions whick le in the testimony, or that ihey are kuaves ud Teluse to do 0, one of the other. 1 ask noibing in behaif of the Cowmmittce, T only ask this Tious not by auy side blow to set aside the report of the Commitice; not o recommit the case to the Committes for the purpose of taking more tosti- moay. which will vad in leaviag the sitting member Lere, for reasons 1 bave alrendy stated, unless they think the Committes have pot treated bim fairly, sod bave uot given hic every opportunty to try his case us it cught to buve been tried. Fhare n doubt the Committes will, as well a they may, ehoertully porform sny doty whieh is devolved upon thom ‘:{ the House, Bat I confess to s Inck of strength nid sowe feel- 1o of discouragoment if all the Iabor which they bave per- formed 10 this coas is to be et aside and considered as nanght. 1 betieve it has been the honest oudeavor of the Committee to wift this case fally; and baving doue so, with all their knowl- edee of other cases and the prisciple therein iuvolved, there bas ben loft upon their minds a clearer conviction than ever ested upon in otbor cases that the Bouust retarn lefs the arity of 1l avor of Mr. Dodge. And thst is the Frason why they have reported & resolation that tho contest- bt sbunld bave this se: pon the. reported by the Committes Jamen Brooks b uot entitied to & sest ln Kevolved, That this House asa K ty ninth Cougies fTom the CITY NEWS, s TrsTIMONIAL LECTURE 70 THE REv. HENKY GILES. — A teatimonallecture to the Rev. Heury Giles will be delivered Nicholle, esq., in All Soul's Church, eorner of Fourth- d entiothat., this evening at ¥ o'clock, Bubd- Compennntions of War." Buris Heap.—Another change in the cattio market, caused by light recsipte, with loss than 4,000 baeves on sale at il the markets for the week—2,000 less than last week—prices wout up de_# 1, but the market closed woak owing to late Sheep are doing bettor with almost o bare warket afternoon, Hogw have declined fally jo. ¥ B cince , aud tho warket is fully supplied. s 27 B A Casg oF CHOLERA IN THE CITY—INQUEST BY | Conoxen Govii--0a Ssturday slght lest Mrs, Mary Helle, | & German woman, aged 40 years, rosidivg on the third . | floor of the teaement house No. 42 Dolencey-st., wan seized with cramps and chills, but soon got beitor. On the following eveuing she was again sttacked with eramps, accompavied by iMog and purging, and died on Monday morning. frer death Coroner Gover called, and found ition hud already set in. Dy, Joba Doach made wination, and found all the symptoms of Aslatio e ‘o coroner ot once add: a Dr. E. B. Dalton, oue of the physicls yed by the Board of Halth, wforiing bim of tho occurrence; and ulso votitied the Comimiasjoners of Charities and Correction to at once re- move the body boyond (be city limits, in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic. a pos v, Boxpkp WARkHOUSE RoBBED OF SILKS By Burg- LA, —Some time between Satorday night and Monday morn- fug, the bouded warchouse No. 3 Greenwich-st., ocoupied by Mensrs, Dovoe & Beecher, was ontered by burglars and robbed of wilk goods to the amount of over #3,000. The ware- louse was entorod from the rear, which opens upon the back- ard of the tenement houso No. 13 Broadway, and was effected Y-y prying open one of the rear window shutters. The case fiom whioh the siiks were taken was located on the third-foor, and wasowned by A. T, Stewmt & Co. It contained 26 Plecas, and of these 23 were taken. The outside wrappers aud Tatis wero first removed. The goods wer rtion that woro to have been taken out of tue warebouse on Menday. No oluo to the thieyes hax yet been obtained, et DARING ATTEMPT AT KOBBERY—A CASHIER AT- TACKED ON THE STREET IN THE DAYTIME, AND AN ATIEMPT MADE 10 Rop i1t oF $12,000.~0n Monday afternoon, while Mr. George C. Wead, Casbier and General Superiatendent of the Eius Iron Works, located in Rivington-st. near Goerck. was passing along Riviogton-st., having in bis hand & small oarpot bag containing 812,000, with which he futendod paying off (he workwen 16 the foundery, whon near Essex-st. e was wuddenly attacked by thres men. Uvo of the rulllaus cawe up hind, nod struck kigy & yiolent blow on the forchoad, near ng blw, but not renderiug hlm insensi- woothor mun camo from tound the ized tho bag, whilo tho third also sssanited Mr. Ttor rotalued bin grawp of the Drg and_cried for o2 besom g flebienad, tiowrsd 98 @ bk “tho right eye, stugye ble, At the same Saieved s ek D“N.l“)-flklm' iu the isos. This Chi exercises. Th though ewly formed, has grown. o qnunpldxy,n?dm be ong —— Fire 1¥ EIGETH-AVR.—At ahout 1} o'clock yester. day afternoon, s fire occurred in the three-story frame bulld- ing No. 616 Eighth-ave., the firet floor of which is aw' ur;:;r mnxnd dwelling by Mr, Nuffer; the #4,000; lnsored. 4 o —————— | Anuouncewents | m!;uum' Ru;r&h:nl cmwrunn ¥ A o~ ', Youthy' a :zlfi'l. uite to custom Just received, (10) latest styl .mm Bootch Goods T the Castom nepxm:u.:?:'" o KAW BRos, - No. 62 Lafayette-place,, and No. 4 Fourth-ave, Opposite Cooper Unisn. g 3,500 Bricks per hour are made by the “Na. TIoNAL,” which Is & elay-tempering machine, and the hricka made by it WILL STAND ALL CLIMATEZS, Those made by the dry pressing mackines will all crawble to pieces on being exposed to frost. AwzAM Requa, General Agest, No. 19 Broadway, N. Y. ei— Tag Scuoyrkiny MuTvan (oAl COMPANY, Ovrice, No, 2 Wallst, . Yanp, Nos, 263 and 255 West Twenty-fitb-st,, between Seveuth and Eighth-sves. Bee advertisement on last page. ploia i, g On A‘no"-h.y page, under * Instruction,” see advery isement of BURNHAM'S ANERICAN [)U51NE<8 COLLEGE, & #1e- Fior inatitution, loeated as Springheld, 3 et 2 e The only thing in the world that has never been brokan through by burglars 13 the EvRGLAN-ALAmM TrLEGRAPH. Ench window and door protected; apviicd invisibly, without damage. K. iloes, No. 193 Brosdway: ’ — Srrm,; has eoma, and the most wholesome beveraga for {amily we ot this tie is KEXTS EAcr Iania Comran, - For wia lnd--fm st 25 conts per pound. VWhoiesale Depot, Nay i Dr. Jonx L. Kexxepy, office No. 25 Bond-t., near Broadway.—Speclal stention civen to Clronle dlaestes, Fevers, &l enen of Chest Passengers Sailed. FOR HAVANA~Tn Steamsbip Vers Cruz—. Price, Qulutar Mrs. Martha Price, Miss Stella Price, Thomas H, Ustewood, Bolaso, 1. Payao, B W. Buzon. 1. ), Madrid, Moce. Clas Henry Gore, Col. 3. Mcl wife and danzhter, A, B, W ilamuon, Stol was Lopez Durand, Mic Muilona, Jr. Lou o and ekild, Manel Ber, o C. H. Fosts gy Jowe Zamors Drs G sel Canipo, Jowe Gimenz, For ales Plerwon. lere . J. Ogloss, Antonlo Kosss. 1), Plerson, Henry Msy, lamon Granor, Mlie iromer, Jaiaos Deasonier, Henry Jaues, Mrsy ¥. Foulke, Jemes Jogues, Grounge Flores, Jemes B. Dncomb, Avtonio Fravel George Priagand child, Franch Gonge, Hane Trousbinger. ARRIVE uson, Lix - to ol March 37, Qo > Dok Apel 4, uk 4 48 enca for Liverpool. 8.), Dester. Antwerp and Fl ol very heavy wosth saw ahip Gorlia Bteamehip Hecla (Br.), town 26th, with midse. an: lon. 5725, sw mmlh‘l{ Bark King Bird (of Wi A Ing 48 A{: ‘with mdee. to Beatze & \erto. mant of ! April 6, Jst. 39, lov. v for Liverpool. Scbr. Jousthaa Cone, Albany for New-Haven. WIND—At Snneet, 0 TO THOMAS R. AGNLW', Nos. 260 and 2 Greenwichat, corner of Morzay, srd 'there yon will fisd Teos, Coffecs, Fish, Floir and cyecyti g .40 cheaper than auy sicte @ New-Yor vrice house. SRERESY TRON IN THE BLOOD. THE PERUVIAN SYRUP 18 A PROTECTED SOLUTION OF THE PROTOXIDE OF IRON, anew discovery in mediciue, which STRIKES AT THE KOOT OF DISEASF, by sappiing the blood with lta vita yrizeipie, of life elemente This s the sec of ibe woud ccoss of this remedy n carlo DYSPEPSIA, LIVER COMPIATNT, DIA; A, B NER RIHE CUILLS Oll’(‘ TIONAL VIO ¥ T KIDNEYS, ELADDER, FEMALE MPLAINTS 1t discases originting tn & T2 OF THI BLOOD, of ccompanied by DEWILITY 0% A LOW #TATE 07 - THE STHTEN. \ Thousende have been changed by the wee af this remedy from cak sickly, sulfeving creaturcs 1o sérong, healthy and Aappy men Vomen; and tavalids cannot peasonably Nes.iuie to give it w trial. g ‘A Damphlet of 52 pats, containiug cert.-ates of cures end recome mendations (rom some of the most eminent physicians, clerymes, 44 others, baste much other valnabie 1nd iateresting matier, will bg sont FRER 10 any one soul AN AND etor, . s New York, __Bold by sli Drugginte SCROFULA. ee that 10DINE. le the BEST REMEDY for evor discevered. 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