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NOuLTON'D TWO 8TATEMENrs,'

510uLT0N1 TWO sTATEMENrs
Tho long-oxpootod syont III lilo Doceher-Tilton
scandal Inns como to rass. 1Ioulton's ntato-
mont boforo tho Brooklyn InvoatigatinR Com
mlttoe is made public this norntug. but, In
spite of this. tho long -oxpootod oyont has not
como to l,aus Mt all. Nlou1ton has not mado his
statement. 11o has malo atatomont.. It is tho
statomont which the public wero promised. It
is not tho statement which A1oulton intended to
mal.o. It In not oven tho statement which lie
prepared originally. II Ia not tho etatonons
Witch llc would profor to have mndo. But. un-
dor tho otrouu,ataucoa, 1t was tho only Quo which
tho lawyers ndvRod linn to mako. 1t was tho
only QUO which lts counsel would, everything
considered, allow him to mako. Had tho Brook
lyn Investigating Comtnittoo been appoint
cd to hy Deechor, tito evont which
tho country haa expected 30 anxio1sly
would have now transpirod; Mou1ton
would havo mado not statement but his state
mont tho statement lie prolnlsod,' which ho in
tenlod to mako, would l,nvo preferred to
mako, and netuaiIy hal' prepared. But tho
brooklyn Investigating Committee waB not mp
pointed to try Boucher; It was appointed to
acquit Daoclscr. It WINS appointed not to givo all
impartial hoaring to evidence and to pass an i1n-
partial Judgment Oh all tho facts adduced, but
to ontleavor to throw aspossons on tho character
OF Witnesses, MD to put tAom on trinl instoad Of
tho man they wore oBtousiay prosecuting. 1t Ia
very natural that d witness calod to testify
against mnn before d court and jury packed IN
that mans favor should feol inllnposod to say
anything moro than 1o could possibly help.
When Witness kllowA tiiat tho trial In which
Ito ia called to givo evidence IL sllan llo
knows, too, that there IL littto uso iu bis
! giving to tho Judges destructive ani un-
| welcome oyilonco -u1wclcotno and destructive
both in quality aud quantity. No lawyer would
advise Witness to tell Ill Ito knows against
criminal Oh trial When he understood right we'll
tint fullness Of evidence would hayo no ollcct
but to aoquit the criminal, oroato i-wll againat
his client, and expose tho Witness hnlaolf to tho
attaeks of court. jury, and Of partial, prejuced
proas. So fur NJ this Committee WAS con-
! cornod, Moultou was perhaps, Justified In
! Keeping it from them. Tie 1nanuor
in which Eeecher's judges treated Titon aud his
evidence WAS doterring example to other Wit
nesscs. AIoulton proiltcd by tho EXAMPLE. He
| went no far as to state the reasous why he did
not wish to lny Il full statement boforo tho Com
mittco. Ho did not want to say any more than
was absolutely necessary. lie had no desire to
lnjuro Doocher beyond what waa necessary to
anvo Tilton's character for yoracty. Fur all
thoso roasonB, and for the further ono that 1t
! was best Mouitonts full statement should como
nfteY Eoccher'a, tho public may excnso tho for
lner's rorusal to lay NIL tho evidence In bis pos
sessIon before tho Investigating Committee.
| Thero is nuother tribunal which cannot accera
this oxcsso. Moulton must now give TO tlo
| publio tho Btatoment he refused to give to tho
lost jurisdiction of tho caso. Tho whole coun-
| try Inns takon cogniznnco Of 1t. It iH not only
tho confidence Of Mon1ton and his lawyers which
| tho Committee has forfeited; 1t Inns surron-
! derel the confidence OF the whole country. The
reusona that induced a1oultou TO refuse to 1ay
llis evidence before tho Committee should move
him to lay it before the whole American pooplo
| Tho People arc uot packed court jury. They
are impartial unprojudiccd, auxoua only to know
tho truth; caring only for tho truth; ready
to acquit Eeecher II his guilt is not
proved; prepared to brand Iton ali slanderer
anl forgor II the facts warrant suoll action OH
thoir part. The groat court Of pubic opinion,
mighty in all Tho qualities Of good Judge and
Jury, aso sitting aud anxious to hear from aIou1-
ton. They demand his statement, not state
mint. They demand tho statement ho promised
then. Ihoy demand the statement he Ind pre-
pared. JuHtico unites hor voice to that Of tho
pooplo IN asking for the whole evidence. We do
not think TINT man like Moulton, who through
out this whole nffair las shown so much excellent
good Judgment iu nsllring Justice to all, will
feel Tint lie can afford to refuse to lear such O
demand when made upon linn III the na1uo Of
light. Religion, md Society.
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