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YHE WILSON coMM1TrEE's REPORT.

k11A H"aNAs NV4A&AA414EF9 hEFQhS,
Tho bill propqaed by tic Wilson Committoo to
Institute suit against tho Pacific Railroad COM
pany would at first sight seem to be lille looking
tho stablo door after tho horse had boeu Btolen
T1o conclusion that busincss man naturally
would mako, would 10 ayerao to orippling tho
Onion paet1o 10 order to recover tho moneys out
Of which tho Government had boon lofraudod,
md llo would also conclude that auoh would bo
the efroot OF tho lawsuit that tho Committee roo-
ommond, A more careful royiow OF tic report
an4 tho proposed Legislation. however, shows
Tint tho lawsVlt will not necessarily hayo this
elreot; and TINT, oven II it should, the Goyoru-
ment has boon 30 grossly, porsistontly, and un-
pluah|pgly swindlel, that 1t Is duo to tho poonlo
to recoyer all that can DO recovered and to pro-
tect t1om fully against future frauds. Tho
Oommittoe And that tho cost of tho Union pa-
clio head. even in i!s imperfect condition, was
$50, 900 900; that $2s, 100000. OR 10 per cont of
tho entire cost Of tho road, was profit; That
this profit WA aeoursl from The Goyorumd:.:t.
aubsdles Of money aud ]en4 aud tAst It was
divided among those who wero actlpg pA Trus.
tees for tho Government. Tboy hold that tho
Union Pacific 1tailroad was primarily thu Tyua.
tae Of the bolds aud landa which tho Qoyeru-
mopt appropriated fof lts construction. Whom
!ss managers, then, betrayed thia trust for their
, 1873-02-22

In 1857, when Mr. John B. Floyd Was Bccre-
tary Of Var, war with tho Iformons was got
up, and military expedition fitted out and sent
acroBH tho Plains. Tho job cost ton or twelve
millions Of dollars, which was q big sum for
thoao days, and permitted only two or throo
millions Of profit to tho apeculatora. It looks
now 7ory much as il somebody was trying to
repeat this bubiueas On larger scale. It is pro-
posed to send an army to Utah, and to call out
regiments Of volunteers md for whnt2 There
is not pretoneo that there is any disorder in
tho Territory. It is conceded that tho public
poace ana prosperity were mover 80 vol cstab-
lished AZ now. But there aro idle handa that
want something to do, md, therefore, = var with
tho Mormons, upon pretext OF reforming thoir
morals, and which war will cost thirty or forty
millions Of dollars, is atrongly urged. Teaching
morality or religion with tho bnyonet ia a pro-
cess hardly sanctioned by tho civilization OF tho
Aua.
, 1873-02-22

I
When the bill giving right Of way to tho :Atohi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, and granting
1t public lands for dopots WAS before tho Houae,
Mr. Twlcholl, of Massachusetts, who is said to
bo tho President Of tho Company, spoke in its
favor, and in opposition to taking from the road
tue power to mortgage He was ut once met by
objections from soyoral membors, who, with
d delicate sonsitiyenoas that is raro In
that qnS-ter, protested TINT ono who
was directly interested in the measure
ought not to yoto a,i6 lobby for 1t. Dlr. Cox
stated that ho had never, since his membership
in tho House, Witnessed moro shameful sight
than TINT OF nIr. Twicholl arguing in Ills OWL
interest. Ho hoped that for tho public credit
OF Congress-, Mr. Twichell would neither vote
nor talk for tho measure Il is easy to imagno
tho discontinue this sudden oEtbreak Of Con-
gresaional girtue brought upon poor Iwieheu,
who has soon Qongressmen voting and pleading
without rcmonRtrance every day OF eyesy aossIon
TOR yoaxs, for schemes Of private and public
p1under in which they woro to havo slareB or
dividends. The bill WAS dcfeated.
, 1873-02-22

A aovore commentary upon tho conduct Of A[r.
Oolfax and tho other members Of Congress In
volved In tho Credit 1fobilier matter was fur
nishod by tho eyidoneo Of o1-sonator Fowler, Of
Tonnossoe. just after Mr. Coltax had concluded
his latest explanation, TINT ho had received
$4,000 from his strangor-frlond. Noabitt, 1fr.
Fowler testified that Oakcs Amos had offered
him the aamo amount Of Credit Mobilier stock
that had boen given to Colfax; but, from Amcs'
explanation OF what was expected OF those mom-
bors Of Congress receiving tho stock, ho con-
oluded that his private interests would bo placed
In opposition to his public duties, md, therefore,
le could not honestly accept tho stock. This
was tho REV taken by spealor Blaine, ox-sona-
tor Baysrd, Mr. Boutwell,, and sonator Logan,
but seems neYer to hayo occurred to hrr. Colfax
or Mr. Kelley.
, 1873-02-22

Tho Cincinnati Commercial royowa eomo o1
tho notable procedonts furnished by tho British
Parliament for Nsaling with corruption among
ita uombcrs. Tho impeachment and disgrace OF
Lor Bacon for taking bribes ia familiar. Both
before and since his time, bribery Of mcmbors OF
Parliament has beon regarded as ono Of the
highest crimos. aud punished by expulsion. In
1917, ono John Aahburnham was expelled
from tho House Of Commons for receiving
G500 from Trench merchants. In 1895, Mr..
Guy, who was both a member Of tho Oommons
and Secretary of tho Treasury, was sont to the
Tower for taking q bribo, and dismissed from
oflicc sir John Trevor, tho Speaker OF tho
House Of Commons during tho reign Of William
and Mary, wqs expelled for having takon thou
sand guineas for soryicoa which he rendered cor
tain merchants; and, few days later, bIr.
Thomas Hungorford, II uombor, WAS likowiao
expelled rs being guilty "of g
high crime and mlsdemeanor by ro-
coiying twonty gulnoas for Ills pains and
seryico In behalf OF the same measure. More
over, tho British Parliament has always pro-
tocsed tho virtue Of It's nombors by tho Btrictcst
rules In regard to the advancement Of any indi-
vidual intoroat, or interest as attorney. In that
body. Members aro prohibited from the accept
snce Of any foos for professional services con-
nocted with any measure pending before either
House Of Parliament. There Ia also rulo in
tho House OF Commons that no membor ahall
DO allowed voto upon any question
in which ho has direct pecuniary inter-
est. It is not Of unfrequont occurrence
for membors to state tho interest which they
haye in pending measuros. whethor noar or
remote, and ask instructions in regard to thoir
privilege Of voting. 1tis Common, too, to throw
out votes upon information Of q membor'a bcing
Interested in the question on which ho has voted.
No Committee Gun consider bill in which any
member OF tho Committee has an interest.
Every member Is incompetent to practice aa
counsel before the House, Or any Committee, or
to advise on any private bill in Parliament. It
the American Congress- had made it q practice
to restrict its mombers aa closely as tho
members Of Parliament aro restricted by It's
rules, 1t ia not probable that tho fragrant cor
ruption Of recent development would over have
beon reached. Thoao restrictions haye tho Of.
fect Of keeping before membors constantly tho
dangers which attend legislation in which they
have an intereat, md to Impress upon them tho
importance which tho nation aotB upon their
absolute purity.
, 1873-02-22

largo Government Bubs1dieB In lands and bonds.
Minister Washburno exposed tho fraud, but was
attaoked by Fremont through tho prcaB. Tho
misrepresentation woro BllcceBBful enough to
aoll sovoral millions Of tho bonds. It waB at
this timo Tint General solonck want to Paris,
aud thoro, a. attorney for thu "southern Lana
Agency ian institution that had mover boon In
corporatod, Of which Frederick ". Poor, Con-
oral sohoncks nepllow vas Gonoral Agont),
mado contract with aonoral Fremont, ms
Vico prosldont OF tho Memphis & Ell
paso Railroad, by which this "southorn
Land Agency" was to aol1 thrcc- c-fourths Of all
tho land received by the railroad under grnnts
from tho State OF Toxas. Tile " Southern Land
Agency" waB to havo commissions ranging
from 10 to IL per cent, and It waa to establish
and maintain agonclee in Europe aa voll as
America, tho omigrantB boing mainly kept In
view. Thia contract was subsequently ratified
In Now York, whittier both Gonoral schonok and
Gonoral Fremont went for that purpose It was
a ntce project, which, 1t has boon estimated,
would hagc yielded about @2,o0o,00o irrespective
Of any additional grant from Congress-. Tho bill
subsequently failod in the Senate. Tho right of
way was given to tho Texas Pacific Railroad and
IN effort WIS made to havo this now roatl rooog-
nizo tho contract, but 1t was not sucooanful.
, 1873-02-22

Diarogardin8 Governor Dovorsdgo'a withdrawal
Of the nominations for nailroatl Commissioners,
tho Bonato Hnilroad Committoo llavo rccom-
mended that Btillwell and Robinson bo not con-
flrmod. Thoy approve tho nomination Of Mc-
Orea. This attompt to bring thoHo nan,os again
boforo the Senate, and to question tho right Of
tho Governor to withdraw his nominations, was
dofoated by tho decision Of tho President Of tho
Senate, that tho Governorha oxorciaoa powor
that was undoubtedly Ills, and that tho Bonato
had nothing to ssy IN tho n,htter.
, 1873-02-22

Tho Canada Southern Railway, tho shortest
and most level rotlto botwoen Buffalo and Do
troit Was finished yesterday. When tho Chicago
& Canada Southern Railway. which is to ooomplote
hayo boon built, tho movement Of freight East
ward, which tB now embarrassed by want Of fa-
cilitios, will bo groatly accelerated. This now
routo sayoa In distance and grades, and has
therefore loss capital invested than competing
liuog On which to mako diyidonds and interest,
, 1873-02-22

dentllen Of moderate views and liberal Nor
tnons nro said by our dispatches from Utah to
favor tho proposal brought before Oongress by
Senator Pool, to logalize all poygamous mar
Tiuges in the past, for tho sake Of tho woman
and children who arc concerned. The Mormon
priesthood have not yot abandoned tho horrors
OF tue blood atonoment ayatem, and In ono place
arc reported to hsvo violently urged their fol-
lowers to tear limb from limb those who have
dared to apoatatizo.
, 1873-02-22

Ono OF tho carpet-bag mombors Of Congress-
has been investigating tho accounts Of tho war
of 1919, and has discovered that, in tho Settle
mont made by tho Government somo forty or
fifty years ago, thore WAS mistake Ia comput-
lug tho interest, and that there is now due to
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Massac}lu.
eetts, and some otl1sr states, over three mlllpns
.of dollars. THIS sum he propoaea shall bo paid
out OF tho Treasury, and tho bill for that pu1-
, 1873-02-22

The report Of tho Senate Committee on priyt-
logos and Elections upon tho Louisiana case will
command tho thorough respect Of the country.
The Committee consists Of senators Morton,
Carpenter, Logan, Trumbull, Hill, Alcorn, and
Anthony, all Of them Republicans, and ali, ex-
cept Mr. Trumbul. pretty strong partisans. In
the examination OF tho Louisana case, they
have risen above party considerations, and have
roBolutely laid bare tho frauds and uaurpationa
Of all porsons connected with tho disgraceful
proceedings In that State. In condemnation Of
tho conduct OF Judge Durell, Of tho United
States District Court. tho Committee arc rnnu
imoua, His interference and usurpation arc do
nouncod in as seyorc terms "a hayo boon employ
cd by anybody, End his actions aro prosecuted in
such detail % to mako Lis Impeachment the
next thing i1 orQeE. T4e Committee trace
to him, and fo hta official miaconduct,
tho responsibility for all tho subsequent crime
co2,mittod BY all tho others. Tho rival cnndi-
didates fos Governor wore A1oEnory, Fusion, aud
Kellogg, Republican. Tho fact probably iB, TINT
McEnery received substantially tho votes Of all
tho white inhabitaEts Of tho Btatta; and Kellogg
tlo votes of all, or nearly a the coloroa ps..o scoe
Tint both aidos roaortcd to all tho finds and
contrtyances they could invent is perlapz
equally truo, Tho goyornor IN of1lco was sup-
porter Of McI7nery the Federal o1lcora wero
supporters Of KeIlogg. Tho Governor had aon-
troll Of tho oanvaas aud declaration of the vote.
especially Of tho returns for members of tho
Aog1elature' There was struggle oyor this,
and pending tho declaration Of tlo Governor of
tho namos Of tho momhors Of tho Legislature
olect, On appeal ves ::mado by the Custom House
authorities to Judge Durcu. This fllnctionary
took Jurisdiction OF tho case, uo grantod m
order prohibiting, uudor tho ponalt,os Of con-
tomrt, any persops mooting aa a Ieo,
tslature Aayo such pcraons as sbou1d
DO named to tho United statos Mar
shal by certain otlor l,srHQns named by
him; ho iasuod an order to tlle Marshal to om- |
ploy FORCE to tako possession OF all tho offices of
the State Government, and to protect tl,e Lerla-
laturo he had callod into exletonco by Ills order.
All thls WAS done by tho Marsllal, General
Emory was ordcrcd from Washington to execute
tlle erqers giycn to lllo Marshal, Those ordors
of Judge purell tho Committoo taclsse to have
been Illegal ind void. Thoy aay that l.e lad M
moro authority to order tho aoizuru Of tho State
House than ho had to ordor the aoiz,,ro OF tho
Capitol at Washington. They condomu, iu uu-
terms, Ills whole interfcrouce nv Ill.,
from tlrHt to last, ansl especially hts
rider to employ the military, Of which order tho
Committee say ut is imposnIblo to conceive Of
moro irregular, Illegal aud IN every way inox-
uaablo not OIL tho part Of Judge" That order
lad no moro loyal force, tho Committee add
hau II issuod by any other citzon. Aftpr cou-
, 1873-02-22

Bacon, Of tho Kansas Legislature. Tlis Ia tho
dlroct form md should DO sovoroy aorutinzod.
Two Thousand dollars nro mover rondy for any
porBon nnloHH TINT person is roady to do somo-
thing for tho $4,000. "Yo1 can hayo 85 900 jrst
an well as flvo conts," eaya John r. Murphy,
potnoroys ngont, to ". II. Dond, Of tho Kansas
Legislature. This ia also direct, aud with m up
ward tendency. Whore thore 10 no difference
botwoon $4,000 md Avo conts, It shows TINT tho
urgency Ia pressing, aud indIcatoB noconaity
that tho victim had bottor not invest. "Namo
wl1at you want, and will go right down to
pomoroy's room and fir It up Immediately"
Such an approach as this Ia tantamornt to
in kicking the to1nptor down etaire, thereby ac-
celebrating his departure for pomoroya room.
worry noat why is tito following, in which Mr..
Prime. Pomoroy'a agent, approached Mr.. Dra-
coll, Of tho Kansas Legislature. uc told Mr.. D.
thore was money in Topeka, anl ho could havo
nomo. 10 nocd not make any plodgos, but, in d
tow aayB, friond would call and ask him to do
favor, which he could rcfuae or not, aa ho
choao. In this caBo, tlloro is groat doal Of
sugar on tho pill Tho bribo is indirect, but It Ia
thoro all tho aa1no. Look out for it. business
is business; just eay how much money 1t will
take to secure your yoto," says Hokc, ono Of
Pomeroy's agents, to tho aame victim. This Is
40 c1oar that there Is no mood Of warning.
Pomoroy'a agents have not exhausted tho
various disguisos Of. the bribe. Oakos Amos'
t,aIn f+ h1,n rf.,,t.,
offers to sol stock at par which Is worth 500 and
ia paying 1900 pcr cont per annum, agreoa to
hold It In trust and let tho dividends pay tho
principal, then beware. Avoid the butt. Don't
ovon nibble at 1t. Ono touch, and tho hook will
DO In your gllls, and thon when you aso fairly
landed you will havo to flop and twiat about on
the ground as Oo1fax, Brooke, Patterson, and
othors aro now doing, to show that you nevor
touched the fascinating bait, while tho unpity.
Ing spectators will only say: "How came you in
oakoa Amos basket, it you didn't moddle with
his bnit ~
Tho only safo rulo for Regulators in future ia
not to accept money, or any other consideration,
for which no honest equivalent has, or can be,
rendered. In tho present condition Of things
aud with tho faotH Which tho Investigating Com.
mitteea this session hare Developed, thoro ia no
oxcuae hereafter,
, 1873-02-22

II is charged that tho liquor doalera Of Indiana
raised s250,o00, to DO spent On the Legislature
TO defeat the stringent Temperance law which
was passed. yesterday. Ono sqnator was offered
$1,000 to absent himself from the vote. The
Senate has ordered the facts to bo investigated.
, 1873-02-22

Tho suit which has boon tustltuted against
General Fremont In Paris hau directed attention
once more to tho contract mado between him
and denoral sohonclt,i iu Paris, in May. 1soo
A bill passed. the House In March, 1809 granting
THO rlRht OF way to the Memphis & lsl pauo
hailroad, but oopgrroFs I'd d1ourned for the summe.
before the eonste reached It. I4s bill was repre-
sented In Paris aaAaytng passed, aud containing
, 1873-02-22

Tho othor day, Senate Committee reported
that to pay $4,000 to IN opposing candidate
for the Senate to withdraw was bribery, whore
upon Mr. Jim Nye, Of Nevada, who recently
declined being candidate for Senator ip favor
OF Jones, in an excited nannnor protested against
my more Investigations; If they wore continued
auy longer, he said. taey would oyorturp tho
foundations or personal liberty. What was it
that 30 excitod afr. Nyo?
, 1873-02-22

The Chicago FREQ Library Lot Exchange bill
has passed tho House OF Representatives in the
Shape In which it came from the Senate, with
tho exception Of stipulation that, it any dif-
ference is found to DO duo by the Government
on the exchange, 1t shall not DO paid uutil an
appropriation is made for It.
, 1873-02-22

Tho humorous Investigations which have been
pending for the past few wooks in connection
with Credit Mobiior, Senatorial elections, State
volyed Congressional morals, have laid bare all
the secrets Of bribery, nnd this SO completely
and unroaorvodly, that 1t would not BIO difficult
70 compile 0 handbook showing how to catch
men, which would bo fully as interesting and in
etruotiye as old Igaak'a Complete Angler. Such q
work would show how tho bait Is prepared, how
tho hook ia fashioned, md then how
skilfully tho anglor whips tho stream
and landa the fish into his basket. There is
only ono mystery which has not yet boon solved.
Tho ylctlmB which snappod ut the bait and
which Oakos Amos and the other anglers safely
secured, woret after all, but minnowa, amnll
suckers, end gudgeona, which ara always on tho
surface, swimming about, with mouths wfdo
open for anything that may come iloating along I
but what has booome Of tho old follows who
swim Deeper? How did they manage to come
up to tho surface, get tho bait of the hook
without once getting prioked, and thon drop
quietly down, down into doep waters, or under
rocks and atumps, to digest tho bait without
paying tho penalty that !.as Qyertaken ell thoao
fol2l In Ames' fsh:basket
Let tlia mystory be what 1t may, tho manifold
n}eans Of bribery by which such professors Of
the acionco as Qakaa An)es. Durant. Alloy. POM
croy, ard others have achieved sueaoaa, are now
thoroughly palpablo, and no legislator can longer
plead ignorance OF what constitutes u hriba.
The knowledge thus acquired may be Of no
-"--nt ysluo, for bribery just now Ia not q good
p4.- - ot Investment, It has boon
or fayorlto for,.. t,een over.
ovordoue. Tho marriott has
stocked. oakos Amoa might go to-day
through both Houaoa Of Congress with
Ills pockets full Of bribes, aud lo would
not tand an opon hand bohind single Congress
elonal ooat-tall, We presume thero Is not
Congressional family In Washington that would
rocoivo sample OF ton or coffoo from tho grocer
oven, lost 1t might bo construed to mean bribo.
Virtue Is IN tue high placos today, and dis
honesty haB suddenly become unfaslionablo.
But this cannot last forever, Such q high |
moral pressure must inevitably bo followed by q |
reaction, mud temptation will again present itsolt,
and human nature may succu1nb prrpoao1y, or
[gnornnsly, In tho future "a 1t has In
tho past. Tho chief valuo, thon, Of tho tcsti-
tnony In tAoso Investigations IL to furnish Con- |
greaBmen, aud all otl4or kinds Of legislators
with somo infallib]e tcsts by which thoy may
liHcover tho tomptor, and not, wAon 1t Ia too
ato, find thomaolyos with Ills neonoy In their
'ockots, aud compelled to twiat and squirm llko
IN oel, to pravRrleato, md DO nj! manner Of
'oolfHh things to convince tho PUBLIC That tLey
ltdn't know It waa q prlbo. brief study Of
hp yerions diaguisos in which tho briber
omos may bo q Yeluo, therefore, md
orvo to put tho uoxt Congress on it4 6l}ara
nd assp e!;sar hands in etaso LogIalaturen.
Two thousand dellArH 4ss really FOR YOU" naye
", nQr9baqhor, Pomosoys agent, to Frank
, 1873-02-22

PRESIDENT urant announced at tho Cabinet
meeting, yesterday, that tho press Of public
busnoHs which would attend tho inauguration
OF hia second Administration would prevent tho
visit to the South TIC had hoped to make in
March. 1t 1t understood that tho deliberations
OF tho Cabinet wero adverse to calling an extra
session OF Congress. Tie sonate, however, will
be called on to meet in extraordinary gosaion on
March l.
, 1873-02-22
over.

Senator Pomeroy's counsel have obtained
1oavo to summon additional Witnesses, one Of
whom will awcar that Pomoroy told him that
he would pay nobody my money for his vote.
, 1873-02-22

Tho sonnte Of Mainc, by majority Of ohd in
n vote Of twenty-nine, have decided that cider,
II not Of tho Intoxicating sort, may be sold and
drunk within tho State.
, 1873-02-22
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, 1873-02-22

pose, though defeated, received noarly 100 votes.
This blows tho Indifference With which congroaa
treats the expenditure Of money by mlllonb,
and tho specific gravity which ovory bill Inns that
proposes to plundor tho Trean,iry.
, 1873-02-22

The cnse OF Phelps, Dodge T. Go. is stin in
doubt. Tho United Btates District Attorney at
pute botwocu them and THO Government, and tt
Ia now untlor consideration by eeoretary Bout
, 1873-02-22

The Constitutional Convention Of New York
proposes, as constitutional provision, that tho
Erie, Champlain, O6wego, Oayuga, and Seneca
Oanals bo held as tho property Of tho State for
, 1873-02-22
Gbp Gbifapn mIibu,1e.


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properly classified.
, 1873-02-22

Tho Common Council have ratified the Mayors
nomination of Low p. Wright and oarlile Mason
as Police Commissioners. Tho voto stood %
, 1873-02-22
To,DAy'S ADJUSTMENTS.

MtvroKER,s T11EATRE-Madtson atroot, betwoen
ot.,a .nd De..tor,. Engagement Of Edwin Booth.
Aitornoou .Don Coasss do Dazau." Escnins, II Nor.
nhnnt NJ V0uIco.n
, 1873-02-22

fIOoLEY,s OPERA HOusE-Randdlph ,trccs, be'
twecn CLARK and I.aBalls 'hfaIor WolltnRon Do
Doo.s" "Evorybodss Ffiuud" Afternoon and eTeniaR.
, 1873-02-22

MYERS OPERA IloUsE-Monroe street, botwoon
State and Doa1born. Arlington, Cotton Kusnb1e's
Minstrel and Butlesaue Troupe. Ethiopian Comoaica.
Afternoon ard pyenInR.
, 1873-02-22

GLOBE THEATRE-Desplhincs ttfeot, botWoon Madi.
aon and Washington. 'Noek aud Ncok." Afternoon
and oraptug.
III + aTIa1t tatt GtcnsaEt M1tinaG