The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-24
THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY,
WHAT THE PRINTING COMMIT.
TEE ARE DOING
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AMI
WHAT CAME OF 1T.
Especial To the ST. Louis Republican,
sPRINoYIELp, Ills, March 81.

THE PRINTING MIDDLE.
As reported in the Republican Of to-
day, tho printing committee yesterday
made rather incomprehensible and
double.faced report of tho investigation
which has been going on for the past
three months, and its results. In order
that to.day's Developments in tho matter
may DO pronerIy understood, it may be
| well to explain the process by
to its present perplexing condition
When the investigation lad been finished,
Mr.. Bradwell tho chairman Of tho com.
mittee, thought the matter over, and con.
cluded that the frauds which had been
proven against the public printers war
rsnted the assembly in inflictng no light
or penalty than the voidance of the con-
| tract. He embodied this recommends
tion in q sot of resolutions. but on talking
with the other members of the committee
| he discovered that i've of them were not
| favorable TO this recommendation, they
holding that money, time aud trouble
| would be saved by allowing the
| contract to die n natural death,
| which it will at the end of few months.
Finding that the majority of the commit
tee were unfavorsble to his report, Mr..
Brad we'll disfranchised them and would
not allow them to vote on it at all, telling
said majority that, If they chose, they
might make out q minority report, which
he would present TO the house in company
with his own, which he declared to be tn,
report of the committee, although signed
by only four members The unruly five
followed his suggestion, and the two
reports were handed in rs ono
Hence the confusion, and hence
the action of the house ro
ferrIng it back to the commit
tee for calculation. The members of thu
, committee having been placed in rather 4
, ludicrous position by this matter, it is moi
strange that the two factions felt rather
savage toward one another, and whel
: Messrs. Oberly and Bradwell met at thu
= Leland this morning, tho former accuses
n the latter of having throughout the in
vestiCation attempted to "bull' tho com
mittee. Mr.. Bradwell told Mr.. Oberl
is that ne lied, and Mr.. Oberly slapped tn
ss face of the dignihed judge in most as
la torishing and unpleasant manner. Fol
tunately for the families of both the by
10 ISLANDERS interiored, and further considers
a. tion of the matter was indefinitely pos,
j. poned.
ia When the house met this morning, Mr.
Oberly presented what he claimed to be
VI majority report OF the printing COMM!
II, tee, signed by five members, and Nj
,st Bradwell presented what he considered
on much better one signed by four member
-, Mr.. Oberly charged that one of the sign
>, lures on the latter report was unautho
IT. lied, tho gentleman being absent fro
or, the city, and Mr.. Granger, in turn, char,
he ed the same in regard 10 one Of the si
. natures Of Mr.. Oberly's concoction. 30,
:" were ordered printed and when they CON
us up for consideration lively time may
lis expected
ct Especial dispatch to the st. Louis Globe.
Of THEY DO NOT DWELL.
ir SPRISGFIELD, ILL, March 2l.--Th
ID members of the printing investigate
= committee do not dwell together in peaC
% and harmony; in fact they have becom
70, belligerent - even unto blows. Th
ly double-barrelled report which the chail
n man of the committee presented yeste'
day and was recommitted for the purpo'
of being put in shape, was the oecasio
l. of a bestsd conversation between Messr
a. Oberly and Bradwell this morning at III
10 LELAND hotel. In the course OF the cor
:, versation, Oberly said to Bradwell this
u froun tbs b-giuning OF the investigatio
N he, Bra1well, had tried 10 ride roag she
e. over the committee and have things O.
tirely his own way, but, foe tho sake
peace, they had not protested against
Mr.. BrAcwen, in
A THREATENING NASSEg,
r. said that any gentleman who msde such
''' statement WAS a liar. The words hi
ais scarcely passed his lips when Oberly ga
I'm him ringing slap with his open hand Z
the side of his face, Shich staggered hin
49, Oberly then Squared" himself for "bus
a. ness" but mutual lends interiered al
o. prevented any further demonstration
,s- The remainder of the battle WAS foug
-, with words. Bradwell was very bra'
=, whilo being held by two men, and chara
u terized the blow as merely little tap
p no consequence, but that il be could g
q one in he would annihila,e Oberly--l
,s would never recover from it.
;. THE LATTER REToRTED
:, that he had met greater blackguards tina
=, he, and had never yet been annihil
al ted.
90 II thore Is ever an excuse for resortiI
n. TO blows, this was one OF tho occasion
nj 1t ia remarked by nearly everybody wi
appeared before that committee, and al
IL by many Of its members, that Mr., Bra
Is we'll was arrogant, domineerng and owe
I'D bearing in his manner on all occasion
!, He would brow-beat witnesses who we
~ vastly his superior in every quality tn,
es goes to make man, but il WAS all quiet
p- submitted to rather than have difficult
ga The manner in which be conducted Il
-. Investigation was more like an inquisiti,
80 than n fair investigation.