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Show 3y TC. U. Telfgraph l INTERESTING SENATE PROCEEDINGS. PRO-CEEDINGS. Washington, 25. When the doors were re-opened at the conclusion of the i executive session, Conkling disclaimed ' any personal feeling in the matter of : the investigation, denied that he had given currency to the report that sus : pieion of having furnished the treaty , had fallen upon his colleague, Fenton. : Chandler was anxious to narrow down the circle of the investigation so as to ascertain who is the executive reporter for the Senate, ! Carpenter, from the select cotnmit- tee, made a report submitting all the : testimony i hey had taken. They say that Clvirles A. Tinker, manager ol the U U. Telegraph office, and J. A. K:rby, operator in that office, are in custody lor contempt of the Senate, for I refusing to auswer certain questions 1 propounded to them. I Edmunds called lor the reading of : the testimony. ' , Sumner said the reading of the tes-i tes-i timony would delay action on a resolu-; resolu-; lion having iii view the liberation ol j White and Kamsdell, fellow citizens, , who ought to be released from cu-tody. Iruuibuil moved to lay the report on ; the labie: his object bemg to turn' Tinker and Kirby over to the eiurt 1 under the laws and discharge White! and Ramsdell from custody, that their case may take the same direction. The j motion was agreed to, 34 to 1 1. iison's motion to discharge White and Kamsdell was then proceed with, but subsequently withdrawn. Sherman offered a substitute, to the effect that witnesses who may testify that no Senator or employe of" the Senate Sen-ate have been connected with them in the publication of the Treaty be dis-cha-eed. Edmnnds argued that this would appear ap-pear to be a confession on the part of the Senate that one of its Eeuibers ! was cuiity. Wilson denied that the country i wouid put any such interpretation i upon the passage. -TIIe did not believe tnat any person wou.d think that any Stnatot had so dishonored himself. 1 Turing his remarks Wilson s'ared ' that the resoiu' ion to raise the committee com-mittee of investigation had been pre-' pared by the Senator from iCew York, .Conkling'. and introduced by the . Senator from Wisconsin (Carpenter), ' when Carpenter caiie-i Wilson to order for d'Vuiging what rook place in executive exe-cutive session, and Wilson begged pardon par-don tor h:s fcrgeu'ulness. uson, ot ConkUng's request, repeated the state-. state-. ment and said he had intenied to add that tie resolution received the ncan-jimoai ncan-jimoai vote of the Senate and thai, every metsber was equally responsible for it. -: Cockling, who was lab-'.ring under great esj.Lcmenc, thea took the rloor-Htf rloor-Htf said the statement of Wilson, whetier so intended cr not. would convey tie impression that Cockling had stated incorrectly his position on this Datier. He then proceeded to ' state what he said had taken place in i executive session ia regard to an investigation. in-vestigation. Ke said a special com-1 com-1 suttee was nc-t suggested by him ct 'Carpenter, an 3 that -while he (Conk-"ii;;"1 (Conk-"ii;;"1 QxeT the rcsrlnricm for one, it 1 was'at the req-aen cf a punaber of .Senators, j Thirman aid, that after tie reve- at.-. a v-:. .. ': t. a 1 r. , b- t a c.a :c. it i-tl.- n...r :-t 1: ..- !jr:e to h-.ll ia cu-t.-l;. t oo e ;ir..-.-'j.n who were now i f r - ..r..;.i :y the orier of .!' - e".re. .v-t .v-t ry tjiti. w-iio chi.4 in the c-.u-i'.ry i;.'aii s) regard it. wt cti su-a-n-x w-re o'.'...y '.'-try'.!: t:; -r-.-c-t- t '.:.-.- tX":.t:".e 1 -:i. To su-:h v.-.i iati- u I-.- tie put. .cat: n if the treat;, t. Iii ; r.-vt-.i-.y ca..-.--i a"riit: n. av; Li .-h ii i 3-a. n. 'ltat I ? c: --cce-t. aLl t-vc-ry n;.-LLv-.r of the S -n ate I a i a.-re.i w.'h L.tu. that a-i ia vt-t'.ati-.a ' :' i 1-? trai?. at tfar; -Lat.jr . r cl.-.r ef th-.1 c.-li:-' a- -.-t.o-tT.-. J i ::, he shli he -ani-h-.-i II.; Senate hai lj j ..-w.-r u k--; :::.. iiicn i:: ; r..- i oe t-y n.' -i '. r - e i. i if thl s--: n. At ) . '-:.- .flic j-ta-.-e w.cali r.ie rvaj h-sL.o over su:h -i.am prt-ica-e ct law. S-mner sai i. what le La-1 said ii: .-X'-'CLit : . e --.--n wa-. t:.at an i: yi.r. -h iiid te io-titu'cl or the rale on this -ucct te g.ven up. ( |
