The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-10

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can party and tn; party was appealed to,
I" - urgnnizc the committee that the op-
iN'nent- of the proposed investigation
should control il.
As | sad, twenty-rour senators had
voted t. clothe this COMMITTEES wuh ample
authority IT, inquire into existing abuses
and expose them thirty-dve had voted
against i, and when the public sentiment
ufthc country had forced senators to agree
To- an Inve,tgn,ion then the party cry was
raised to =" urgpnize the committee that OF
the twrnty.four senator's who voted III
favor at cl",hiug the committee with uu-
th,rity to inquire into abuses one single
one, aud he Democrat alone was put
upon il. OF the other six not one had
voted in favor OF giving authority to the
committee To- send for persons and papers,
aud make the investigation thorough MS
originally proposed. il Is true that when
the subject was brought 10 the notice of
the ,cnste, one uf the six declined and an
other sena,Cr was substituted ~ hi. place,
the senator from California Mr.. Cas-
scrlvi making two Democrats on the
committee. WHY was the committee 81
orushiZrd? IL was done in obedince 10
pn,ty dictntior. The cry ot party ai.egi-
ance was invoked to accomplish II. 1hese
were The words of tie senator from lndi-
ana:
ave we're asked TO create n smelling
committees to be set uIon the president
from that time until the election, just a.
We would putt dct Give upon IL suspected
criminal. No sensible party would do
that. We did not do it; We created com
mittee that was denounced as Icing
whit.wushiug committee; but II ha, al
ready Wind Gated itself ,
Now. the senator from Indiana tells Y, u
why the committee was created as II was.
We were not gong TO create smelling
d committee, us he ,Hy., ito be- set upon
the prr. dent.' No sir; hut was the
senator from Indiana opposed to organic
ing committee in favor of exp sing
abuses, If they exi-ted AID is that setting
smel,ing. Committee upur the president
Of the United States repudiate such an
idea. Nothing could have given rcater
strength totie president Of the United
Stat.st1an I" hnyc bad II earnest, faithful
c,mmIttcc in favor Of investigation, who
should have hunted out in Hll Of tie de-
parimruts Of the government the abuses, If
any, that exist d, should have brought
them to his notice, ard allow him to cor
ret and reform them. Why, sir, that
would have gwen strength 1" the ad-
mlni.tratiun, strength TO the Republican
party But what Wa. the impression that
went all over this county ia consequence
Of the partisan ursanlZtti"n of the COM
mite 1t was TINT n "whtewashing
committee" was formed. a. the senator
from lrdiuuE tells u. l. 1t any wonder
But be saw thi. committee has winds
Gated i,self Mr. President, stall make
no connect upon the conduct of the
l.
porl. bot il. nctiOn and conduct in the
management ui tie lnve.tll alton were
pubic, and are before the world.
The committee Wa Instructed to inquire
into OiicIai abuses IN the city Of New
Y"rk aud IN the cust"m-house particular
Is. IL was charg cd wish the duty oi in.
ouIriLl, vhptHrr officials had impr' per y
iutericrcd win tnc ire uuIu 'r V'SS'i""-'
,fiuquirIug whether officers IN the custom
hnu.e had teen asscs,ed Tor the pui poe Of
raising money T. control -lectl"rs, wheth-
er they had improperly int'rlered IN
party Cunv utiuns and in politics; and
when it wa sent To make that inquiry, II
was not sent nor instructed I" inqulrt
into the conduct Of the poop themselvr;
il political matters. The people have n
ugh, t. do as they please at elections; but
The printed reports show that wltne.sr.,
that ca. .nm-hou,e rfficer, by the score / ad
thronued the halls of legislation, interirr.
inr with theufgan zpton ofthc legislature
ollhe -,atr of New York were inquired OF
whether they we're not there interfering
also. a. If this cummitl,c WAS authorized
10 luquire INTO the conduct of the people
instead OF the misconduct of the officers
The report further shows that witnesses
who came before the committee TO testify
Ia abuses existing in the custom house
TO the fnct that custom house officials Wer,
i'm the habit of cSacting money IRON mer'
chants for the PEE formance OF duty, Were
INQUIRED of to know If It was not rs ba'
for them to give money as for the otfical
TO take IT, Was this committee OF our
sent To- inquire into the conduct OF tn
merchants of New York, or into the mis-
conduct Of the officials in tho custom
house?
And. sir. have seen it stated in th
, ntuers-I know not with how muc
truth-that notice has been given that Ia
witnesses brought before this COMMITTED
who expose the bribery, corruption an
= mElfcasance of officials, are to be pros'
: cutcd themselves as participants IN III
n frauds they expose. Sir, Will make n
- comment up,n this. ! state but what
have sren published, and shall be gra'ihe
iflt i, not true; for il Will strike II
' country as Il strange way Of ferreting Oh
. the abuses of officials, to publish IN ~
: vance that the witnesses Who expose the
= will themselves BE- indicted Ms PARTICIPANT
: You will not Lc likely to lind out man
" abuses IN that way.
Il And sir, here IN this body, on the pre-
: cnt occasion, II Resolution Is offered threa
= ening senators, even, who move invest
q gati"ns with fine aud imprisonment
: connection with the investigation nbn'
!, which they propose to make the inqu'r!
~ SIR, the county will understand IN
!. Senators may tell Us they nre for inves
" gnt ON, in favor of exposing abuses, b
3 their act. aud their votes IN this body W
10 AL be we'll understood by an inteliige
AS people,
ls How is the proposed inquiry now und
confederate, met? BY the same alleg
,r tion as was made against the other, tn
ga this debate Is to make capital against
ma ! Rrpub icnu partN-the same charge;
p. heard il in March; We heard it in DeceI
~ brr; we head il in February. Not
RI Investigation hns beer moved, no one
-. proposed IN inquiry INTO The exist
nd ALIASES, but he ha- been assall"d ms uhihi'
~, ,ul Ia party; and II hns been sad that
,,n al irct is AZ, attack upon the Republc
H. pn,t> deny il. LAY that the Eep'
h. Icar, party can only muintan lis ascel
al ,nrht nuly Ia maintain lis