New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-30


mi ted ia based upon interested and unworthy mo-
tves and the member, as the attacking party,
cannot hone % get through uuscathed. Ne pan
will + npr,n;, 10 challenge my condYeTs on
thi, aoor. In the affair Of this simon S9Fens,
we have saved t. on, uy him. S'' ,roDSsred the
| Government ,La s,;ab,o It service for it. III the
Republicans are wiIhng to allow Stevens to pocket
this money let thom For ne, my vote snali ho9
80 In that direction and others ,h 49,. 4. NO, tba
presume will agree with me, . LIZ. ,h Tn,,r r. nO,
'lme to take The peoples money ~ ;m1o tie ISnas
already sufficiently robbed, and TO =. my VIC
OF corrupt spectators aud coltracto - t0 L. .Le
amount of money go fraudulently ella usu, ou. .u1
frauds IN connection will which We b >o .P'i -
and IN doing 60 have drawn upon US nv tom
Indiana will disclose tie particular Of the eA.rsVr r.
dinary transaction with Stevens aud others, Auu ~
bis bands now leave the matter. Al.
Mr. HOLMAN tDem., Ind, as member VIC
Select Committee briefly referred TO the bel9el ,n'5
in this debate and after declaring bis cooness Nu
dspassionateness proceeded to vindcae the repo. u,
especially IA to what 1t says about the TRANSACTION
of Alexander Cummings, Of whom he spoke as the
protege Of Mr.. Cameron, and who had been put for
ward 10 shield his principal AS to the purchase OF
horses, not One-four.h Of those purchased in Penn
sylyana and Louisville wero seryieeable. There
was in this no evidence Of fidelity TO public interest.
Mr.. MO0RHEAD (Rep., Pa protested against
such sweeping denunehtions. II any persons were
guilty, let them DC eNiOseQ, anu Ue WOulu RO us
as any one for Furnishing them. II such charges con-
Time 10 be INDUCED, honest contractors woald be
driven out and business fall into the hands Of sc0un
drels. Thus the Committee destroying the very
interests we are trying 10 build up.
Mr.. HOLMAN referred 10 Mr.. Cameron's pat
ronage 10 the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, which
WIS enormous, as exhibited by the figures The EN-
pOyment Of Mr. Cummings in connection with
transportation showed that Mr.. Cameron was willing
TO advance the interests Of his own family at the sac
ritice Of the public good.
Mr. MOORIIEAD inquired il Mr.. Cummings was
member Of the Cameron family.
Mr. HOLMAN replied that The World newspa-
per, Of which Mr.. Cummings was manager, was tho
most noisy in supporting Mr. Csmeron's transsc,
tons On the subject of arms, Mr.. Cameron had
made contracts amounting to $30,00O.0OO, and on
which the profits would have been 8, 800 600 over
and above the legitimate profts yet mr. Cameron
bad denied ever making a contract Against tese
abuses Gen. Ripley had stood up Ike Roman, Ike
a breakwaier against the tide Of corruption.
Mr.. MOORlIEAD said on the I'D Of June, less
than one month before the battle of Bull Ran, Gen.
Ripley, in the belief that the arms would no. be
wanted, that there could not be much OF war, dis
poged OF ten thousand ned mrskets, 40 good as any
Ia the world TO Mr. Colt, in exchange for pistols.
Mr.. Cameron directed them TO be brought back at
the price paid for them. I
Nj. HOLMAN asked whether the gentleman did
not know that Mr. Cameron made contracts for
$50 900 900 worth Of to stock brokers aud
tsry Of tie Navy in the matter OF purchssit gvesses
aud referred 10 ether matters discussed ~ the report
OF the Select Committee.
Mr DAWES tsulted the llouse forgetting the
personalities INDUCED IN to-day, would return to the
direct ssue tefore them. Ii was SAID the exposures
made by the Committee bad brought the Nation into
Disgrace abroad, but this was not the fault OF the
Committee. Should they have covered up the sore
or laid it open and probed 1t TO the bottom When
sbuaes ceased 10 be exposed then might properly be
.amented tie absence OF honesty and public virtue
1t should not be expected that they would 90
vhitewashiug Committee. Az grand inquest they
could only bring the facts before the House for their
action. lie r.msrked with pleasure that tho SecFe-
tary Of the Treasury mad co-operated with the Com
mit,ee 10 The fullest extent in reforming abuses.
Mr.. OLIN Rep., n. ~ defended Gen. Ripley ne
man Of uniring devotion, hoiesty, and patriotic
real.
Sir. FENTON Rep. " ", in replying TO the
forter remAfks Of Mr.. Stevens, said In the investi-
cations oi ths Committed in NeW-lOrk Harrisburg,
and Washington, they did no, fail 70 furnish the
accused parties with the evidence or offer them an
opportunity Of being heard an explanation lie did
not accompany the Committee TO the West, and had
d-fened from thoir conclusions 10 that military
department. lie moved the previous question on
lbs pending resolution OF tie Committee. ,
Nj. STEVENS moved to lay the whole subject :
IN the table, pending which the House Adjourned.