Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-28
NEW YORK.

cisms OF the results of the attempt in th'
House of Representatives to expe
Ames and Brooks. The action of th'
House meets with varied comments
The Herald siigmatizes il as a farce
aud says; "For the last three days
from learned expounders Of the law il
the House, we have a bewildering exhi
btion of legal accomplishments Of Gam
mon and Snap, and Of the virtues o
PecksnifR and Of patriotic indignation
maadlin expressions Of charity, inge
NOUS quibblings, bold defiance, cold
hypocrisy and false pretenses; an with
boiling down of all the ingredients of s
witch's cauldron into the resolutions
adopted by the House, we have a pitiful
compromise adopted between the de
mands of public justice, public opinion
and public duty on the one hand, and
OF paltry personal and party considera
tons on the other. A more adroit and
systematic game Of trickery, in all its
parts, than this would be difficult to find
outside of the Senatorial elections OF
Kansas, or the intrigues and devices Of
the belligereRt factions contesting for
the State government of Louisiana. "
In concluding its editorial the Herald
says: 1--WE presume. however, the
American people will yet have some
thing 10 say on this subject, and per-
haps their judgment may be heard even
in the approaching New Hampshire and
Connecticut elections" a
The World editorially says; 1.-THE
country will feel less surprise than in
dignation at so barren result of the
scandalous exposures which have en-
crossed attention since the beginning OF
the year. The House acted on no con-
sistent theory if the doctrine of the Ju'
dietary Committee admitted that the last
election by the people condemns all pre-
yious offenses. A vote of censure for
things done in 1868 is as unwarrantable
as a vote of expulsion"
The Tribune says: They found the
prisoner in the highway rummaging the
pockets of his dead victim. They tried
him for murder in the frsdhegree and
found him guilty Of breach Of the peace.
That is about the nature Of it. Never
had trial or investigation SO weak and
illogical an outlook; never was a verdict
so out of relation with the gravity of
the offense and the bearing Of the evil
dence."
The Sun says: "As we have all along
predicted, the Poland report has come to
grief. With abundant material in their
hands and within their reach to have sat
isGed the demands of justice, the Com
mittee, by their Partially and pusilan-
unity, have broken down the whole case.
In the light Of the evidence, seven mem
beers of the present House stood before
the House guilty of dishonorable and
corrupt conduct regarding the Credit
Mobilier and Union Pacific railroad.
The Committee undertook to shield from
harm the reputation of five by expelling
the other two, but the conspiracy ex-
ploded, the plot caved in, both ends
proved too weak to drive out Ames and
Brooks, and now they are strong enough
to cover the retreat Of Kelly, Garfield
and their associates"
The Times says: 1.-THE House knew
its duty and did not dare perform it. 1t
asserted its power to expel Ames and
Brooks by rejecting resolution contain
ing the negative of that proposition. 1t
acknowledged that these members com
mitted the offenses Of which they were
accused, and this acknowledgment was
made by more than u two-thirds vote;
but though the men we're guilty, and
might be expelled, the House had not
the courage 10 expel them. The House
characterized the course Of Ames and
Brooks as corrupt, and confessed its
jurisdiction, but refused to act. 1t would
be idle now to forecast the effect of yes
terday's proceedings upon future poll
tics. This much, at least, people will
not be slow in perceiving-that repre-
sentatiyes who can acknowledge the
guilt of their associates, yet dare not cast
them out, are not to be blindly trusted.
The British Colonial Annexationists
of this city met last night. Letters we're
read from Chicago, Buffalo and st.
Louis. A gentleman who lately arrived
from Nova Scotia said there was a daily
paper published at ST. Johns, n. B., do
voted to the cause Of annexation, and
that the movement was spreading rap
idly among the trades people in the last
few months. It was announced that a
grand reunion of the Colonists would
take place in this city on the 10th of
May next. 1t is expected that delega-
tons from Chicago, Buffalo, st. Louis
and the different cities Of the Dominion
will attend.
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