The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-03-02

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The Corruption Committee-GoOd Results O.
the Investigation.
The late Congressional Corruption Commute,
deserve well of their country. Their industriou
researches have been followed by good results
three Of the members they arraigned as guilty
Of bribery and corruption, Messrs. Matteson, Gil
bert and Edwards all Of New York, wheI
brought up to the bar for judgment, adopted
the saving alternative of resignation. Two Of
them, upon this dodge, were allowed to 60 with
out any further proceedings against them but
the chief Of the trio, and the generally accredited
inside chief of the lobby managers, Mr.. o. B
Matteson, was not thus permitted TO escape. A
resolution pronouncing him unworthy seat
among the members Of the House follows him
into his iDglorious retreat back to his cohstitu-
| ents. Whether he will or will not appeal to
them from the judgment Of his peers remains to
be seem Possibly Messrs Edwards and Gilbert,
whose discovered lobby offences have been com.
paratively trivial, may try the experiment; but,
notwithstanding the tremendous majority by
which Mr.. Matteson was last elected, he will be a
bold man TO risk the peoples direct ratification of
| the verdict Of the House.
Mr. Welch, of Connecticut, the fourth member
| presented for expulsion by the committee, is
| hOnorably acquitted, inasmuch, as to the extent
| of the evidence against him, he seems to have
been rather victim than tool of thelobby Mr..
Simonton, the selfconceited and selfstultiying
correspondent of the New York Daily Tines, and
Mr.. Triplett. the outsider concerned in the book
speculation with the unfortunate Mr. Gilbert,
have been directly expelled from the floor of the
House. as having forfeited, through their lobby
affiliations the privileges awarded to uncont ami
mated newspaper reporters and correspondents.
No doubt had Horace Greeley been at his former
post within the walls of the House, as the edito-
| rial correspondent Of the New York Tribune, he
would have been included in the resolution
against Simonton and Triplett. His late oppor-
tune trip TO the West on course Of moral lee
lures, illustrates the importance Of being away
from the place Of danger at the right time. He
will remain, however, under a very extensive
moral conviction" until he shall have frankly
stated the exact disposition Of the money pocket.
ed upon that draft Of thousand dollars
Such are the principal results of the late lobby
| investigation arraignment of four mem
btrs the resignation Of three, in antici patton of
| condemnation; the indignant reputation Of the
| principal offender. notwithstanding his resigua-
ton, and the acquittal of ore. upon the satlsfac-
tory reasons that he did not mean to DO, did not
know that he had been doing anything, and real.
ly did nothing demanding the supreme penalty
Of the law. All these gentlemen are of the
modera Seward republican school, with one ex-
exception slightly tinctured with Know Nothing
ism, The three designations are from that class
of New York spoils jobbing politicians from "thc
rural districts" more or less skilled in the tao
tics Of the corrupt Albany lobby school Of Thur
| low Weed & Co. The expelled correspondent Of
| the Tines-Simonton-- hopeful pupil Of
| tie some school, for a. far back as The nvestiga-
ton into the Colt pistol patent case this face
| tious individual appears to have been o sort of
| lobby bribery broker or confidence man between
| the inside spoilsmongcrs and the outside dnan.
ciers Of Congress.
We arc not surprised at these results Of this
late committee. On the contrary, they embrace
but small part Of the lobby schedule we sug-
gestcd 10 the committee Of the beginning Of their
lsbois. From the evidence Of o. b. Matteson,
there are still some twenty-five or six members Of
the House belonging TO the band OF forty thieves.
These, however may properly be made
The subject Of another committee at the
next session. In the meantime, il is
proved that this heart breaking sympathy Of
our New York Seward politicians for the slaves
Of The South, i an intense humbug, and thai
with Scwardism the public plumber is the Alpha
and Omega, The beginning and the end The
escape Of Thurlow Weed and the Chevalier
Webb from this late investigation Is, We think.
the most remarkable and the mos, mysterious
feature Of the whole business; and why they
were not summoned az witnesses competent,
most likely. 10 explain all the rami6cations at
Wsshipaton Of the lobby from Albany, we are
at q loss 10 conjecture. At all events, through
this late committee, We have fairly broken int
the shell OF the lobby, and another committee
on two, equally fearless and Industrious, will
clean il out.
IL would require good many millions Of dol
lars to cover the savings 10 the treasury and
be people effected at this session Of Congress.
thus far, through the disclosures of this Corrup.
| ton Committee. That little book lob of one
hundred and cigbty-fve thousand dollars Of the
House struck out by the Senate is but small
| item in the general account A vigilant man or
two in either House will now be sufficient 20
keep the rogues from the public funds and lands
to the end Of this remarkable Congress
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