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<v Speaker 1>This is section fifty nine of The Gilded Age. This

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<v Speaker 1>LibriVox recording is in the public domain. The Gilded Age,

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<v Speaker 1>A Tale of to Day by Mark Twain and C. D. Warner,

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<v Speaker 1>Chapter fifty nine. When mister nobles bombshell fell in Senator

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<v Speaker 1>Dilworthy's camp, the statesman was disconcerted for a moment. For

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<v Speaker 1>a moment that was all. The next moment he was

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<v Speaker 1>calmly up and doing from the center of our country

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<v Speaker 1>to its circumference. Nothing was talked of but mister Noble's

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<v Speaker 1>terrible revelation, and the people were furious. Mind they were

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<v Speaker 1>not furious because bribery was uncommon in our public life,

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<v Speaker 1>but merely because here was another case. Perhaps it did

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<v Speaker 1>not occur to the nation of good and worthy people that,

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<v Speaker 1>while they continued to sit comfortably at home and leave

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<v Speaker 1>the true source of our political power, the primaries, in

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<v Speaker 1>the hands of saloon keepers, dog fanciers, and hod carriers,

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<v Speaker 1>they could go on expecting another case of this kind,

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<v Speaker 1>and even dozens and hundreds of them, and never be disappointed. However,

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<v Speaker 1>they may have thought that to sit at home and

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<v Speaker 1>grumble would some day write the evil. Yes, the nation

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<v Speaker 1>was excited, but Senator Dilworthy was calm, what was left

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<v Speaker 1>of him after the explosion of the shell, Calm and

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<v Speaker 1>up and doing. What did he do first? What would

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<v Speaker 1>you do first? After you had tomahawked your mother at

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<v Speaker 1>the breakfast table for putting too much sugar in your coffee,

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<v Speaker 1>You would ask for a suspension of public opinion. That

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<v Speaker 1>is what Senator Dilworthy did. It is the custom. He

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<v Speaker 1>got the usual amount of suspension. Far and wide. He

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<v Speaker 1>was called a thief, a briber, a promoter of steamship subsidies,

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<v Speaker 1>railway swindles, robberies of the government in all possible forms

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<v Speaker 1>and fashions. Newspapers and everybody else called him a pious hypocrite,

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<v Speaker 1>a sleek, oily fraud, a reptile who manipulated temperance movements,

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<v Speaker 1>prayer meetings, Sunday schools, public charities, missionary enterprises, all for

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<v Speaker 1>his private benefit. And as these charges were backed up

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<v Speaker 1>by what seemed to be good and sufficient evidence, they

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<v Speaker 1>were believed with national unanimity. Then mister Dilworthy made another move.

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<v Speaker 1>He moved instantly to Washington and demanded an investigation. Even

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<v Speaker 1>this could not pass without comment. Many papers used language

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<v Speaker 1>to this effect. Senator Dilworthy's remains have demanded an investigation.

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<v Speaker 1>This sounds fine and bold and innocent, but when we

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<v Speaker 1>reflect that they demand it at the hands of the

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<v Speaker 1>Senate of the United States, it simply becomes matter for derision.

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<v Speaker 1>One might as well set the gentlemen detained in the

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<v Speaker 1>public prisons to trying each other. This investigation is likely

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<v Speaker 1>to be, like all other senatorial investigations, amusing but not useful.

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<v Speaker 1>Query why does the Senate still still to this pompous

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<v Speaker 1>word investigation? One does not blindfold one's self in order

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<v Speaker 1>to investigate an object. Mister Dilworthy appeared in his place

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<v Speaker 1>in the Senate and offered a resolution appointing a committee

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<v Speaker 1>to investigate his case. It carried, of course, and the

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<v Speaker 1>committee was appointed straightway. The newspaper said, under the guise

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<v Speaker 1>of appointing a committee to investigate the late mister Dilworthy,

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<v Speaker 1>the Senate yesterday appointed a committee to investigate his accuser,

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<v Speaker 1>mister Noble. This is the exact spirit and meaning of

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<v Speaker 1>the resolution, and the committee cannot try anybody but mister

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<v Speaker 1>Noble without overstepping its authority. That Dilworthy had the effrontery

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<v Speaker 1>to offer such a resolution, will surprise no one, and

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<v Speaker 1>that the Senate could entertain it without blushing and pass

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<v Speaker 1>it without shame will surprise no one. We are now

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<v Speaker 1>reminded of a note which we have received from the

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<v Speaker 1>notorious burglar Murphy, in which he finds fault with a

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<v Speaker 1>statement of ours to the effect that he had served

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<v Speaker 1>one term in the penitentiary and also one in the U. S. Senate.

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<v Speaker 1>He says, the latter's statement is untrue and does me

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<v Speaker 1>great injustice. After an unconscious sarcasm like that, further comment

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<v Speaker 1>is unnecessary. And yet the Senate was roused by the

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<v Speaker 1>dilworthy trouble. Many speeches were made. One senator, who was

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<v Speaker 1>accused in the public prints of selling his chances of

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<v Speaker 1>re election to his opponent for fifty thousand dollars and

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<v Speaker 1>had not yet denied the charge, said that the presence

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<v Speaker 1>in the capital of such a creature as this man noble,

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<v Speaker 1>to testify against a brother member of their body, was

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<v Speaker 1>an insult to the Senate. Another senator said, let the

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<v Speaker 1>investigation go on, and let it make an example of

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<v Speaker 1>this man noble. Let it teach him and men like him,

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<v Speaker 1>that they could not attack the reputation of a United

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<v Speaker 1>States senator with impunity. Another said he was glad the

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<v Speaker 1>investigation was to be had, for it was high time

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<v Speaker 1>that the Senate should crush some cur like this man Noble,

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<v Speaker 1>and thus show his kind that it was able and

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<v Speaker 1>resolved to uphold its ancient dignity. A bystander laughed at

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<v Speaker 1>this finely delivered peroration and said, why this is the

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<v Speaker 1>senator who franked his baggage home through the mails last week?

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<v Speaker 1>Registered at that, however, perhaps he was merely engaged in

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<v Speaker 1>upholding the ancient dignity of the Senate. Then no, the

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<v Speaker 1>modern dignity of it, said another bystander. It don't resemble

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<v Speaker 1>its ancient dignity, but it fits its modern style like

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<v Speaker 1>a glove. There being no law against making offensive remarks

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<v Speaker 1>about U S Senators. This conversation and others like it

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<v Speaker 1>continued without let or hindrance. But our business is with

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<v Speaker 1>the investigating committee. Mister Noble appeared before the Committee of

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<v Speaker 1>the Senate and testified to the following effect. He said

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<v Speaker 1>that he was a member of the State Legislature of

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<v Speaker 1>the Happy Land of Canaan, that on the blank day

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<v Speaker 1>of blank, blank blank, he assembled himself together there at

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<v Speaker 1>the city of Saints Rest, the capital of the state,

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<v Speaker 1>along with his brother legislators, that he was known to

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<v Speaker 1>be a political enemy of mister Dilworthy and bitterly opposed

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<v Speaker 1>to his reelection. That mister Dilworthy came to Saint's Rest

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<v Speaker 1>and reported to be buying pledges of votes with money,

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<v Speaker 1>that the said Dilworthy sent for him to come to

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<v Speaker 1>his room in the hotel at night, and he went,

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<v Speaker 1>was introduced to mister Dilworthy, called two or three times

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<v Speaker 1>afterward at Dilworthy's request, usually after midnight. Mister Dilworthy urged

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<v Speaker 1>him to vote for him. Noble declined. Dilworthy argued, said

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<v Speaker 1>he was bound to be elected and could then ruin

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<v Speaker 1>him Noble if he voted no. Said he had every

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<v Speaker 1>railway and every public office and stronghold of political power

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<v Speaker 1>in the state under his thumb, and could set up

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<v Speaker 1>or pull down any man he chose. Gave instances showing

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<v Speaker 1>where and how he had used this power. If Noble

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<v Speaker 1>would vote for him, he would make him a representative

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<v Speaker 1>in Congress. Noble still declined to vote, and said he

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<v Speaker 1>did not believe Dilworthy was going to be elected. Dilworthy

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<v Speaker 1>showed a list of men who would vote for him.

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<v Speaker 1>A majority of the legislature gave further proofs of his

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<v Speaker 1>power by telling Noble everything the opposing party had done

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<v Speaker 1>or said in secret. Caucus claimed that his spies reported

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<v Speaker 1>everything to him, and that here A member of the

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<v Speaker 1>committee objected that this evidence was irrelevant and also in

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<v Speaker 1>opposition to the spirit of the committee's instructions. Because of

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<v Speaker 1>these things reflected upon any one, it was upon mister Dilworthy.

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<v Speaker 1>The chairman said, let the person proceed with his statement.

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<v Speaker 1>The committee could exclude evidence that did not bear upon

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<v Speaker 1>the case. Mister Noble continued. He said that his party

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<v Speaker 1>would cast him out if he voted for mister Dilworthy.

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<v Speaker 1>Dilworthy said that that would inure to his benefit, because

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<v Speaker 1>he would then be a recognized friend of his Dilworthy's,

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<v Speaker 1>and he could consistently exalt him politically and make his fortune.

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<v Speaker 1>Noble said he was poor and it was hard to

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<v Speaker 1>tempt himself. Dilworthy said he would fix that. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>tell me what you want and say you will vote

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<v Speaker 1>for me. Noble could not say. Dilworthy said, I will

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<v Speaker 1>give you five thousand dollars. A committee man said impatiently

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<v Speaker 1>that this stuff was all outside the case, and valuable

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<v Speaker 1>time was being wasted. This was all a plain reflection

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<v Speaker 1>upon a brother senator. The chairman said it was the

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<v Speaker 1>quickest way to proceed, and the evidence need have no weight.

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<v Speaker 1>Mister Noble continued. He said he told Dilworthy that five

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<v Speaker 1>thousand dollars was not much to pay for a man's honor,

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<v Speaker 1>character and everything that was worth having. Dilworthy said he

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<v Speaker 1>was surprised. He considered five thousand dollars a fortune for

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<v Speaker 1>some men. Asked what Noble's figure was, Noble said he

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<v Speaker 1>could not think ten thousand dollars too little. Dilworthy said

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<v Speaker 1>it was a great deal, too much. He would not

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<v Speaker 1>do it for any other man. But he had conceived

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<v Speaker 1>a liking for Noble, and where he liked a man,

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<v Speaker 1>his heart yearned to help him. He was aware that

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<v Speaker 1>Noble was poor and had a family to support, and

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<v Speaker 1>that he bore an unblemished reputation at home. For such

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<v Speaker 1>a man and such a man's influence, he could do much,

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<v Speaker 1>and feel that to help such a man would be

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<v Speaker 1>an act that would have its reward. The struggles of

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<v Speaker 1>the poor always touched him. He believed that Noble would

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<v Speaker 1>make a good use of this money, and that it

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<v Speaker 1>would cheer many a sad heart and needy home. He

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<v Speaker 1>would give the ten thousand dollars. All he desired in

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<v Speaker 1>return was that when the balloting began, Nobles should cast

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<v Speaker 1>his vote for him, and should explain to the legislature that,

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<v Speaker 1>upon looking into the charges against mister Dilworthy of bribery,

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<v Speaker 1>corruption and forwarding stealing measures in Congress, he had found

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<v Speaker 1>them to be base calumnies upon a man whose motives

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<v Speaker 1>were pure and whose character was stainless. He then took

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<v Speaker 1>from his pocket two thousand dollars in bank bills and

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<v Speaker 1>handed them to Noble, and got another package containing five

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<v Speaker 1>thousand dollars out of his trunk and gave to him also.

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<v Speaker 1>Hek a committee man jumped up and said, at last,

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<v Speaker 1>mister Chairman, this shameless person has arrived at the point.

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<v Speaker 1>This is sufficient and conclusive. By his own confession, he

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<v Speaker 1>has received a bribe and did it deliberately. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a grave offense and cannot be passed over in silence. Sir.

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<v Speaker 1>By the terms of our instructions, we can now proceed

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<v Speaker 1>to meet out to him such punishment as is meet

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<v Speaker 1>for one who has maliciously brought disrespect upon a senator

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States. We have no need to hear

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of his evidence, the chairman said, it would

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<v Speaker 1>be better and more regular to proceed with the investigation

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<v Speaker 1>according to the usual forms. A note would be made

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<v Speaker 1>of mister Noble's admission. Mister Noble continued. He said that

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<v Speaker 1>it was now far past midnight that he took his

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<v Speaker 1>leave and went straight to certain legislators, told him everything,

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<v Speaker 1>made them count the money, and also told them of

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<v Speaker 1>the exposure he would make in joint convention. He made

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<v Speaker 1>that exposure, as all the world knew. The rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the ten thousand dollars was to be paid the day

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<v Speaker 1>after Dilworthy was elected Senator. Dilworthy was now asked to

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<v Speaker 1>take the stand and tell what he knew about the

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<v Speaker 1>man Noble. The senator wiped his mouth with his handkerchief,

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<v Speaker 1>adjusted his white cravat, and said that but for the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that public morality required an example for the warning

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<v Speaker 1>of future nobles, he would beg that in Christian charity,

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<v Speaker 1>this poor, misguided creature might be forgiven and set free.

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<v Speaker 1>He said that it was but too evident that this

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<v Speaker 1>person had approached him in the hope of obtaining a bribe.

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<v Speaker 1>He had intruded himself time and again, and always with

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<v Speaker 1>moving stories of his poverty. Mister Dilworthy said that his

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<v Speaker 1>heart had bled for him, insomuch that he had several

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<v Speaker 1>times been on the point of trying to get some

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<v Speaker 1>one to do something for him. Some instinct had told

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<v Speaker 1>him from the beginning that this was a bad man,

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<v Speaker 1>an evil minded man, but his inexperience of such had

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<v Speaker 1>of a United States Senator. He regretted that it was

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<v Speaker 1>plain now that such was the man's object, and that

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<v Speaker 1>punishment could not, with safety to the Senate's honor, be withheld.

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<v Speaker 1>He grieved to say that one of those mysterious dispensations

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<v Speaker 1>given this conspirator's tale a color of plausibility. But this

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<v Speaker 1>would soon disappear under the clear light of truth, which

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<v Speaker 1>would now be thrown upon the case. It so happened,

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<v Speaker 1>said the Senator that about the time in question, a

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<v Speaker 1>poor young friend of mine, living in a distant town

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<v Speaker 1>The day before the election, of friends said to me

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<v Speaker 1>that my election expenses must be very large, specially my

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<v Speaker 1>hotel bills, and offered to lend me some money. Remembering

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<v Speaker 1>made no memorandum of the transaction, and neither did my friend.

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<v Speaker 1>That night, this evil man Noble came troubling me again.

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<v Speaker 1>I could not rid myself of him, though my time

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<v Speaker 1>now to begin his banking operations with, and could wait

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<v Speaker 1>a while for the rest. Noble wished to get the

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<v Speaker 1>I no more look for duplicity and deception in another

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<v Speaker 1>man than I would look for it in myself. I

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<v Speaker 1>never thought of this man again until I was overwhelmed

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<v Speaker 1>the next day by learning what a shameful use he

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<v Speaker 1>and the money I had entrusted to his care. This

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<v Speaker 1>is all, gentlemen, to the absolute truth of every detail

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<v Speaker 1>of my statement, I solemnly swear, and I call him

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<v Speaker 1>to witness. Who is the truth and the loving father

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<v Speaker 1>of all whose lips abhor or false speaking. I pledge

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<v Speaker 1>my honor as a Senator that I have spoken but

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<v Speaker 1>the truth. May God forgive this wicked man as I do.

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<v Speaker 1>Mister noble Senator Dilworthy, your bank account shows that up

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<v Speaker 1>to that day, and even on that very day, you

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<v Speaker 1>conducted all your financial business through the medium of checks

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<v Speaker 1>instead of bills, and so kept careful record of every

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<v Speaker 1>money transaction. Why did you deal in bank bills on

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<v Speaker 1>this particular occasion? The Chairman, the gentleman will please to

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<v Speaker 1>remember that the committee is conducting this investigation, mister Noble,

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<v Speaker 1>Then will the committee ask the question the chairman the

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<v Speaker 1>commiss he will when it desires to know, mister Noble,

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<v Speaker 1>which will not be during this century. Perhaps the Chairman

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<v Speaker 1>another remark like that, sir, will procure you the attentions

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<v Speaker 1>of the Sergeant at arms. Mister Noble, damn the sergeant

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<v Speaker 1>at arms, and the committee too, several committeemen. Mister Chairman,

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<v Speaker 1>this is contempt, mister Noble, contempt of whom of the

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<v Speaker 1>Committee of the Senate of the United States. Mister Noble,

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<v Speaker 1>Then I am become the acknowledged representative of a nation.

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<v Speaker 1>You know as well as I do, that the whole

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<v Speaker 1>nation hold as much as three fifths of the United

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<v Speaker 1>States Senate in entire contempt. Three fifths of you are dilworthies.

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<v Speaker 1>The Sergeant at arms very soon put a quietus upon

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<v Speaker 1>the observations of the representative of the nation, and convinced

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<v Speaker 1>him that he was not in the over free atmosphere

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<v Speaker 1>of his happy land of Canaan. The statement of Senator

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<v Speaker 1>Dilworthy naturally carried conviction to the minds of the committee.

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<v Speaker 1>It was close, logical, unanswerable. It bore many internal evidences

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<v Speaker 1>of its truth. For instance, it is customary in all

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<v Speaker 1>in bank bills instead of checks. It is customary for

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<v Speaker 1>the lender to make no memorandum of the transaction. It

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<v Speaker 1>is customary for the borrower to receive the money without

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<v Speaker 1>making a memorandum of it or giving a note or

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<v Speaker 1>a receipt for its use. The borrower is not likely

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<v Speaker 1>to die or forget about it. It is customary to

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<v Speaker 1>lend nearly anybody money to start a bank with, especially

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<v Speaker 1>if you have not the bank to lend him and

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<v Speaker 1>have to borrow it for the purpose. It is customary

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<v Speaker 1>to carry large sums of money in bank bills about

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<v Speaker 1>your person or in your trunk. It is customary to

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<v Speaker 1>hand a large sum in bank bills to a man

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<v Speaker 1>you have just been introduced to, if he asks you

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<v Speaker 1>to do it, to be conveyed to a distant town

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<v Speaker 1>and delivered to another party. It is not customary to

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<v Speaker 1>make a memorandum of this transaction. It is not customary

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<v Speaker 1>for the conveyor to give a note or a receipt

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<v Speaker 1>for the money. It is not customary to require that

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<v Speaker 1>he shall get a note or a receipt from the

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<v Speaker 1>man he is to convey it to in the distant town.

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<v Speaker 1>It would be at least singular in you to say

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<v Speaker 1>to the proposed conveyor, you might be robbed. I will

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<v Speaker 1>deposit the money in a bank and send a check

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<v Speaker 1>for it to my friend through the mail. Very well,

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<v Speaker 1>it being plain that Senator Dilworthy's statement was rigidly true,

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<v Speaker 1>and this fact being strengthened by his adding to it

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<v Speaker 1>the support of his honor as a senator, the Committee

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<v Speaker 1>rendered a verdict of not proven that a bribe had

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<v Speaker 1>been offered, and accepted this in a manner exonerated Noble

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<v Speaker 1>and let him escape. The Committee made its report to

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<v Speaker 1>the Senate, and that body proceeded to consider its acceptance.

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<v Speaker 1>One senator, indeed, several senators, objected that the committee had

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<v Speaker 1>failed of its duty. They had proved this man Noble

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<v Speaker 1>guilty of nothing. They had meted out no punished to him.

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<v Speaker 1>If the report were accepted, he would go forth free

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<v Speaker 1>and scatheless and glorying in his crime. And it would

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<v Speaker 1>be a tacit admission that any blackguard could insult the

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<v Speaker 1>Senate of the United States and conspire against the sacred

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<v Speaker 1>reputation of its members with impunity. The Senate owed it

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<v Speaker 1>to the upholding of its ancient dignity to make an

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<v Speaker 1>example of this man noble, he should be crushed. An

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<v Speaker 1>elderly senator got up and took another view of the case.

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<v Speaker 1>This was a senator of the worn out and obsolete pattern,

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<v Speaker 1>a man still lingering among the cobwebs of the past

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<v Speaker 1>and behind the spirit of the age. He said that

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<v Speaker 1>there seemed to be a curious misunderstanding of this case.

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<v Speaker 1>Gentlemen seemed exceedingly anxious to preserve and maintain the honor

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<v Speaker 1>and the dignity of the Senate. Was this to be

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<v Speaker 1>done by trying to obscure adventure for attempting to trap

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<v Speaker 1>a senator into bribing him? Or would not the truer

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<v Speaker 1>way be to find doubt whether the senator was capable

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<v Speaker 1>of being entrapped into so shameless an act, and then

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<v Speaker 1>try him. Why. Of course, now the whole idea of

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<v Speaker 1>the Senate seemed to be to shield the senator and

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<v Speaker 1>turn inquiry away from him. The true way to uphold

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<v Speaker 1>the honor of the Senate was to have none but

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<v Speaker 1>honorable men in its body. If this senator had yielded

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<v Speaker 1>to temptation and had offered a bribe. He was a

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<v Speaker 1>soiled man and ought to be instantly expelled. Therefore, he

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<v Speaker 1>wanted the Senator tried, and not in the usual namby

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<v Speaker 1>pamby way, but in good earnest. He wanted to know

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<v Speaker 1>the truth of this matter for himself. He believed that

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<v Speaker 1>the guilt of Senator Dilworthy was established beyond the shadow

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<v Speaker 1>of a doubt, and he considered that in trifling with

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<v Speaker 1>his case and shirking it, the Senate was doing a

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<v Speaker 1>shameful and cowardly thing, a thing which suggested that, in

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<v Speaker 1>its willingness to sit longer in the company of such

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<v Speaker 1>a man, it was acknowledging that it was itself of

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<v Speaker 1>a kind with him, and was therefore not dishonored by

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<v Speaker 1>his presence. He desired that a rigid examination be made

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<v Speaker 1>into Senator Dilworthy's case, and that it be continued clear

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<v Speaker 1>into the approaching extra session, if need be. There was

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<v Speaker 1>no dodging this thing with the lame excuse of want

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<v Speaker 1>of time. In reply, an honorable Senator said that he

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<v Speaker 1>thought it would be as well to drop the matter

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<v Speaker 1>and accept the committee's report. He said, with some jocularity

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<v Speaker 1>that the more one agitated this thing, the worse it

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<v Speaker 1>was for the agitator. He was not able to deny

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<v Speaker 1>that he believed Senator Dilworthy to be guilty. But what

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<v Speaker 1>then was it such an extraordinary case for his part?

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<v Speaker 1>Even allowing the Senator to be guilty, he did not

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<v Speaker 1>think his continued presence during the few remaining days of

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<v Speaker 1>the session would contaminate the Senate to a dreadful degree.

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<v Speaker 1>This humorous sally was received with smiling admiration, Notwithstanding it

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<v Speaker 1>in the House a day or two before. Upon the

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<v Speaker 1>occasion of the proposed expulsion of a member for selling

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<v Speaker 1>his vote for money, the Senate recognized the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>it could not be contaminated by sitting a few days

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<v Speaker 1>longer with Senator Dilworthy, and so it accepted the committee's

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<v Speaker 1>report and dropped the unimportant matter. Mister Dilworthy occupied his

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<v Speaker 1>his people had reposed a trust in him, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was not for him to desert them. He would remain

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<v Speaker 1>at his post till he perished if need be. His

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<v Speaker 1>last time in support of an ingenious measure contrived by

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<v Speaker 1>already paid for once and receipted for. Senator Dilworthy was

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<v Speaker 1>offered a grand ovation by his friends at home, who

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<v Speaker 1>said that their affection for him and their confidence in him,

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<v Speaker 1>we were in no wise impaired by the persecutions that

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<v Speaker 1>for them. The seven thousand dollars left by mister Noble

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<v Speaker 1>await the claim of the legitimate owner. Senator Dilworthy made

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<v Speaker 1>one little effort through his protege, the Embryo Banker, to

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<v Speaker 1>acknowledgment of the fact. End of Chapter fifty nine