The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-05-23

oFFfcE.-on the Corner Market and Sec
Ond streets. overthe Post Once.
Senator Sumner, upon the report o.
/ the Committee on the Frcnch-Arms in
vcstigation being made, undertook to
charge npon the Committee niiaii
lealing, and said that there was a
wrong In Its composition. This Com
mittce had reported entirely cxhoner.
Ating the administration in its every
department. from every species o.
blame by unanimous report, save
sBtevenson, the democrat. Objection
was made as TO the make up of thi.
Committee upon the ground that Mr.
ehurs was not put upon it. The fact,
Ire these: A place on the Committed
As offered to Sumner, which he de.
1mcd. Schurz was the man, who, oi
j others, was the accuser man who
ad vehemently charged upon Grant
png before an open, violation Of the
= tonstitutfon, and said though all the
world nominated him for President he
ould not support him. The great am
ad delivered his spse dinit, and ii was
bought improper that such person
ge should, while he was the prosecu.
Ing witness and attorney ,also, be placed
pon the tribunal to pronounce jndg-
pent. However, John A. Logan was
laced upon the Committee who was
nbllcly known to be unfriendly 10 the
dministration, SO much SO as to be a
hbject Of some Of "Nasts" cartoons,
nd Logan himself says that he had a
eiudice against one Of the cabinet,
hom We happen to know was Gen'l.
elknap. Schurz was invited to ap.
I BAR, introduce his witnesses and ques.
pn and cross question the witnesses.
3 did 30, and further had his lackeys
mind him to telegraph to the country
b. Dtached fra ments, and garbled por.
ons Of the testimony. To Mr.. Sum
Irs exceptions, Senator Logan replied
follows:
ssIf there had been anything improp-
on this committee during fhis inves.
cation, 1t then might have been well
bring it before the Senate; but, sir,
! demand Of tho os6cnator nom Massa-
husetts to point out one single act OF
De man on that committee who did
B3thing to which objection could be
ken throughout the whole investiga-
ION. For thirty-one DAYS no question
fas refused to be asked that was sug-
Dsted by the Senator from Missouri,
Nr. Schurx] who appeared there at the
IMITATION ofthc committee to ask uues-
0ns. He was there every day. His
1estions were answered; no objection
pc made to them and the committee
nducted the inquiry untilit was said
at there were no more witnesses to
brought forward. lftherc was any
Ing unfair, anything improper i'll the
nduct of the committee, ii would be
ell to arraign them; but because the
I pigment of the committee is different
rom the judgment ofthe Senator from
Massachusetts,, its sarraignmcntis made.
RWhy2 Because they do not happen to
ke his views; that is to say, because
at committee have not been induced
report corruption where corruption
ID not exist: because that committee
hve not been induced to report wrong,
here wrong was not proven because
bat committee failed to blacken the
eputation Of any man when the prooi
lied to asperse the character OF a soli
+ Try man: because that committee
iled to bend to the whims Gnd prejn.
ices of certain men, and do violence
Ind wrong to their own conscience L
ppease the wrath that has been aroused
om prejudice in the bosoms of som,
s36en; because that is the case the com
xpittcc is arraigned here to-day fol
Hnproperiy conducting that which hai
S zen confided to it by the Senate Of ths
Il Fnitcd States!'
# Gen. Logan says further, that Nj
uStevenson's report when made, will b
found no real relief to the instigator
Df this movement to prejudice thi
Nation in the eyes of the Government
or people Of the German Empire,
Is Greeley going to accept the nom
nation Of the Cincinnati Convention
Two weeks have expired; he has witt
drawn from the 7ribanc and still h
does not come out in d formal accel
Itance An arrangement we suppose
TO be made with the Democracy whic
Mr.. Greeley don't just now kno'
about himself and therefore it is ncce
sary to await this fix up. Democrat
wants pledges that they shall have
due proportion Of representatives
the cabinet, and as foreign minister
Sc, &c. This is big thing yet to
done before final action be taken.
IS fair to presume since, thu questit
Of reform, the pith Of which accordi,
4 to Liberals rests in q reduction
B the tariff il surrendered bv Greels
that he will also be willing to sure
der still further and indeed cverythi
to democracy provided he may
President thereby. Then the questi
7 must be some way carefully guards
that he Greeley will deliver the goo
will carry ont his promises.
His surrender character to rebels
do not question, and that he will
u willing to promise, but the deliy'
a must be provided for. When this
U. form.party, this very honest party, g
these little things arranged the coun
will probably learn it by the sequel
the action of the democratic party.
The Democratic State Central Ct
mittcc held meeting at Des Moi
yesterday. The Register says the
sion was entirely secret. "Accord
II 10 ono positive report, all of the mt
III bers of the Committee but one,
~ clarcd in favor of straight nominate
at Baltimore, and according to anol
equally positive statement all Oft
but one were In favor ofno nom
tons at Baltimore. So far as we &c
learn, and can judge from the m
statements, the Committee--eomp,
OF six persons--stood four in favo
Democratic candidates, aud two
Greeley.
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